Lebanon convicts and sentences six people who are accused of killing a United Nations peacekeeper in Beirut in 2023.
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AP 
July 29
Law and crime
Disasters and accidents
At least 18 people making the Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage are killed in a bus accident in Deoghar, Jharkand, India.
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NDTV
The death toll from the flooding in Hebei and Beijing, China, increases to 34, with eight others missing.
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NPR
International relations
United Kingdom prime minister Keir Starmer declares that the UK will formally recognize the State of Palestine should a ceasefire not be achieved by September.
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The Telegraph
Armed conflicts and attacks
Wazalendo militia Human Rights Defense Forces and M23 rebels clash on a hill near Kazinga, Masisi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Radio Okapi
According to the Sudan Doctors Network, thirteen children have died from malnutrition in a displacement camp in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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AP
Zaïre-FPAC militants attack Sanduku 1, Djugu Territory, DRC, killing two civilians.
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Radio Okapi
Politics and elections
Four people are killed and over 500 others are arrested in protests in Luanda, Angola, against the government's increase in fuel prices.
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DW
July 28
Armed conflicts and attacks
Congolese government–aligned Wazalendo militias, including Resisting Congolese Patriots and the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo, clash with M23 rebels in Shoa and Shamarambo villages, Masisi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The villages are captured by the M23.
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Radio Okapi
Wazalendo militia Collective of Movements for Change clashes with M23 rebels in the villages of Mashango and Mudugudu, Rutshuru Territory.
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Radio Okapi
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Al Jazeera
The Houthis release a video showing ten crewmembers of the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which the group attacked and sunk earlier this month, in captivity.
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Reuters
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BBC News
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Garowe Online
The Indian military announces they have killed three militants in the Dachigam area of Jammu and Kashmir.
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AP
International relations
A peace conference opens in New York City, United States, aimed at reviving the two-state solution and renewing diplomatic efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Reuters
Law and crime
Five people are killed, including an NYPD officer and the perpetrator, and five others are injured, including four with non-gunshot injuries, in a mass shooting at the 345 Park Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
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BNO News
Three people are killed and eight others are injured, including the perpetrator and an officer that sustained non-gunshot injuries, in a mass shooting at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, United States.
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KRNV-DT
Six people are killed, including the perpetrator, and two others are injured in a mass shooting at Or Tor Kor Market in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Thairath
Two people are killed and two others are injured, including the perpetrator, in a mass stabbing on business premises on Long Lane in Southwark, London, United Kingdom.
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Sky News
A court in Bogotá, Colombia, convicts former president Álvaro Uribe of witness tampering and bribery.
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AP
Disasters and accidents
Politics and elections
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos orders a nationwide audit of flood control projects across the country, alongside a crackdown on corruption on these projects, in response to widespread damage caused by recent flooding resulting from Tropical Storm Wipha and the monsoon season.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
July 27
Sports
In association football, England defeats Spain 3–1 on penalties in the UEFA Women's Euro final to win their second major football championship and successfully defending their title. Spain's Aitana Bonmatí is named the tournament's best player.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Sky News
The Israeli Air Force begins humanitarian aid drops over the Gaza Strip amid growing international pressure to allow food into the Palestinian enclave.
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BBC News
Cambodia and Thailand agree to negotiate a ceasefire following mediation efforts by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio the previous day.
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AP
Al-Shabaab seizes control of the central Somalia town of Mahaas in the Hiiraan region following a ground offensive. The attack began with multiple suicide bombings just outside the town, followed by heavy gunfire, prompting the army and local Ma'awisley militias to withdraw.
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AP
Allied Democratic Forces militants attack the city of Komanda, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 43 people, including 20 during a vigil in a Catholic church.
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Radio Okapi
Seven New People's Army guerrillas are killed in a military operation in Uson, Masbate, Philippines, as Philippine troops pursue remaining insurgents.
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AP
Seventeen people are killed and 14 others are injured after gunmen open fire on a bar in El Empalme, Ecuador. The shooting is believed to be linked to a conflict between local drug cartels for control of drug trafficking routes.
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BBC News
International relations
U.S. president Donald Trump and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announce a trade deal that would set a reciprocal 15% tariff on all exports and promise to boost European Union investment into the U.S. by $600 billion. The EU also promises to purchase $750 billion in American energy products over an unspecified period of time.
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BBC News
Russian airline Nordwind launches the first commercial flight from Moscow to Pyongyang, North Korea.
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AP
Law and crime
Iran executes two members of the exiled terrorist group Mojahedin-e-Khalq on charges of carrying out attacks on residential, education, and government buildings.
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AP
Three people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass shooting in Turks and Caicos, whose authorities are deeming it the first mass shooting in recent history, due to an increase in violence spilled over from the gang war in Haiti.
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CBS News
Disasters and accidents
At least three people are killed, including a railway employee and the driver, and around 50 others are injured, including 25 seriously, when a Deutsche Bahn Regional-Express train carrying 100 people derails in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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ARD
Twenty-five people are killed, 26 others are rescued, and 49 are reported missing when a large wooden boat capsizes in Niger State, Nigeria.
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Reuters
At least six people are killed and 27 others are injured in a stampede when a high-voltage electric wire falls on a path at the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
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The Independent
July 26
Law and crime
At least eleven people are injured, several critically, in a mass stabbing attack at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. A suspect is in custody.
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WPBN-TV
Disasters and accidents
At least 18 people are killed and 48 others are injured when a bus overturns on a highway in the Andes mountains in Junín Department, Peru.
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CP24
Armed conflicts and attacks
Cambodia's ambassador to the United Nations, Chhea Keo, calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with Thailand.
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BBC News
Twelve more deaths are reported in Cambodia while a Thai soldier is shot dead on the border as both countries exchange artillery fire.
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AP
Around 38,000 civilians in Cambodia and almost 140,000 in Thailand flee their homes as fighting intensifies.
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Al Jazeera
Cambodia closes its airspace over the regions in the country where the conflict is being fought.
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Phnom Penh Post
Royal Cambodian Army major general Duong Somneang is killed in an artillery strike on the frontline.
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Nation Thailand
The Royal Thai Navy engages Cambodian forces in the Gulf of Thailand after they launched attacks on Trat province, Thailand.
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Thai PBS World
Russian forces launch an overnight drone and cruise missile attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, killing at least three people and damaging multiple residential buildings.
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Reuters
At least nine people are killed, including three attackers and a child, and 22 others are injured, including several critically, in a terrorist mass shooting and grenade attack at a courthouse in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Sunni jihadist separatist militant group Jaysh al-Adl claims responsibility for the attack.
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DW
The United Nations World Food Programme says 90,000 children and women are in need of urgent treatment in Gaza.
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BBC News
Sports
In association football, the Nigerian women's team wins a record-extending 12th Africa Cup of Nations title after defeating the host nation Morocco 3–2 in the final. Nigerian forward Rasheedat Ajibade is named the tournament's best player.
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The Guardian