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July 23
Law and crime
A
mass shooting
in
Maguiresbridge
,
Northern Ireland
, leaves three people dead and another seriously injured.
Source:
BBC News
International relations
India
announces it will
resume issuing
tourist visas
for
Chinese
citizens, ending a five-year suspension imposed following the
2020 border skirmishes between the two countries
.
China–India relations
Source:
The Straits Times
July 22
International relations
U.S. president
Donald Trump
announces a trade deal with
Japan
on
Truth Social
that would let Japan invest $550 billion into the
United States
and reduce the
tariffs
to 15%.
Tariffs in the second Trump administration
Japan–United States relations
Source:
CNBC
President Trump announces a
trade agreement
with
Philippine president
Bongbong Marcos
that sets a 19% tariff on Philippine exports to the United States, while U.S. goods entering the
Philippines
will be exempt from tariffs.
Tariffs in the second Trump administration
Philippines–United States relations
Source:
Reuters
Politics and elections
The
Ukrainian
parliament
adopts a law placing the
National Anti-Corruption Bureau
and the
Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office
under the
Prosecutor General
, sparking widespread protests across the country, the largest since the 2022 Russian invasion. Despite calls to veto the law,
President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
signs the law.
2025 Ukrainian protests
Corruption in Ukraine
Source:
The Kyiv Independent
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least ten people are killed after
Jubaland forces
claim they have taken full control of the
Beled Hawo District
headquarters as well as the entire city, following heavy fighting with the
Somali National Army
from the
Federal Government of Somalia
.
Constitutional crisis in Somalia
Jubaland crisis
Source:
Garowe Online
The
Houthis
launch a
ballistic missile
at
Ben Gurion International Airport
in
Israel
, which is intercepted by
Israeli forces
.
Red Sea crisis
Source:
Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Flash flooding
kills three people and leaves 15 others missing in
Gilgit-Baltistan
,
Pakistan
.
2025 Pakistan floods
Source:
AP
A head-on collision between a
minibus taxi
and a
truck
kills 17 people and injures several others in
Harare Province
,
Zimbabwe
.
Source:
AP
July 21
Disasters and accidents
At least 31 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured after a
Bangladesh Air Force
FT-7BGI
training aircraft
crashes into a college and school campus in
Uttara
,
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
.
2025 Dhaka fighter jet crash
Source:
AlJazeera
At least 22 people are killed and more than 90,000 people are displaced as
Tropical Storm Wipha
hits the
Philippines
and
South Korea
.
2025 Pacific typhoon season
Source:
Gulf News
International relations
The
Venezuelan
attorney general's office
opens a formal investigation into
Salvadoran
president
Nayib Bukele
and his
government's
alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants detained in the United States and sent to the
CECOT
megaprison, built to hold alleged
gang members
.
El Salvador–Venezuela relations
Source:
AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
The
National Liberation Army
deploys a
drone
to attack a
military
convoy in
Catatumbo
,
Colombia
, killing three soldiers and injuring eight others.
Colombian conflict
Catatumbo campaign
Source:
AP
Israeli troops
and tanks enter
Deir al-Balah
in
central Gaza
for the first time since the start of the war.
Gaza war
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Source:
Reuters
The
United States
and
Germany
agree to send five
Patriot missile defense systems
to
Ukraine
.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Source:
The Kyiv Independent
Hundreds of
Bedouin
civilians are evacuated from
Suwayda
,
Syria
, as part of a ceasefire following clashes that left hundreds dead.
Syrian civil war
Southern Syria clashes (July 2025–present)
Source:
Reuters
Sports
The
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
announces a ban on
transgender women
competing in
women's sports
in compliance with an
executive order
issued earlier this year.
Source:
NPR
Health and environment
A study published in outlines a mouse model which shows a
combination therapy
involving the two previously approved
cancer
drugs of
Letrozole
and
Irinotecan
that effectively treats
Alzheimer’s disease
.
Source:
Cell
July 20
Law and crime
Egyptian
police
kill two suspected militants belonging to the
Hasm Movement
, an affiliate of the outlawed
Muslim Brotherhood
, during a raid on their hideout in
Giza
. One passerby is also killed.
Terrorism in Egypt
Source:
Al-Ahram
Ecuador
extradites
José Adolfo Macías Villamar
, leader of the
Los Choneros
cartel
, to the
United States
where he faces federal charges related to
drug trafficking
.
Source:
AP
Disasters and accidents
Seventeen people are killed and 11 others are missing in
torrential rains
in
South Korea
.
Source:
AP
Six people, including a pregnant woman, are killed in a fire on the passenger ferry just before it reaches
Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
.
Source:
Hindustan Times
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 85
Palestinians
are killed while attempting to access
aid
across the
Gaza Strip
.
Gaza war
2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
Source:
AP
Politics and elections
Japanese
citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the
House of Councillors
, the
upper house
of the
National Diet
.
2025 Japanese House of Councillors election
Source:
NHK
The ruling coalition of the
Liberal Democratic Party
(LDP) and
Komeito
lose their majority in the House of Councillors, marking the first time in LDP's 70-year history that it leads a coalition in the Diet without a majority in either house.
2025 Japanese House of Councillors election
Source:
NHK