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Jakarta Globe 
July 18
Disasters and accidents
At least three people are killed in an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility in Monterrey Park, California, United States.
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KABC-TV
Four people are killed and over a dozen are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 35 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis, who say it was targeting Ben Gurion International Airport.
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Reuters
Law and crime
The Seoul Central District Court rejects a petition by former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to release him due to unreasonable request more than a week after he was re-arrested on charges related to a failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024.
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The Korea Herald
The governments of El Salvador, the United States, and Venezuela conduct a prisoner swap involving over 200 Venezuelans incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in exchange for the release of ten Americans from Venezuelan custody.
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Reuters
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and places him on nightly house arrest, and forbids him from approaching embassies, foreign ambassadors, and diplomats.
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AP
The United States government declares the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba a terrorist group after it committed the attack in Pahalgam in April.
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DW
Politics and elections
The Trinidad and Tobago government declares a state of emergency after uncovering a plot by criminal organizations to allegedly target and kill government officials.
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AP
July 17
Politics and elections
The Ukrainian parliament appoints Yulia Svyrydenko as the new prime minister, succeeding Denys Shmyhal.
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Reuters
The United Kingdom announces it will lower the voting age to 16, allowing 16-and-17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming next general election.
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NPR
Disasters and accidents
At least 69 people are killed, 11 are reported missing, and 43 others are injured in a fire at a shopping mall in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq. The Iraqi government declares three days of mourning and the provincial government files lawsuits against the owners of the mall.
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NDTV
At least four people are killed, two others are seriously injured and more than 1,000 others are evacuated after torrential rainfall submerges buildings and causes a landslide in Gyeonggi and South Chungcheong provinces, South Korea.
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The Korea Herald
Record-breaking daredevil and skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies in a paragliding accident in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy. A woman on the ground is also injured in the accident.
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ABC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Three people are killed and nine others are injured when Israel strikes the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the only Catholic church in Gaza.
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BBC News
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured after a fresh outbreak of clan violence in the Galgaduud region of Somalia.
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Hiiraan Online
July 16
Politics and elections
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RFI
The Shas party quits the Netanyahu cabinet due to disagreements over Haredi Jews conscription exemptions from military service in Israel, but remains in the governing coalition.
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Al Jazeera
Law and crime
The Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service detains dozens of suspected Somalian Islamic State militants, whom it alleges were trained and deployed to conduct operations throughout the country, especially in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari region in Puntland.
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Reuters
U.S. president Donald Trump signs into law the HALT Fentanyl Act, reclassifying all fentanyl-related substances, including synthetic drugs, as Schedule I controlled substances.
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The Hill
The Russian State Duma passes new legislation that introduces fines for searching for prohibited material online.
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The Washington Post
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Rai News
International relations
The United Kingdom ends its five-year ban on Pakistani airlines from landing in the UK due to significant improvements in aviation safety standards.
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Dawn
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 21 Palestinians are killed in a crowd crush at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site in the Gaza Strip. The GHF attributed the stampede to armed agitators, while Hamas and Palestinian eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers sprayed people with pepper gas and opened fire.
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Reuters
Israeli forces launch an attack on the Druze city of Suwayda in As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria, after scattered clashes continue in spite of the ceasefire announcement by the Syrian Armed Forces.
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AP
The Bangladesh military clashes with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj District, leading to four deaths and many others injured.
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AP
At least 27 people are killed when unidentified gunmen attack a village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria.
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AP
Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
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BBC News
One person is killed and thirteen others are injured in a lightning strike at an archery range in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States.
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BNO News
A tsunami advisory is issued after a M 7.3 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Alaska, United States.
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WAGA-TV