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July 24

Law and crime

The International Criminal Court convicts Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom, leaders of the Anti-balaka militia alliance, of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentences them to 12 and 15 years in prison respectively for their roles in various massacres against civilians throughout the civil war in the Central African Republic.
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Disasters and accidents

An Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 operating as Angara Airlines Flight 2311 en route to Tynda crashes into a forested area in Amur Oblast, Russia, killing all 48 occupants, including five children.
Source: Reuters external link
At least six people are killed, several others are missing, and 140 are injured in a explosion at an ammunition depot in Maarrat Misrin, Idlib Governorate, Syria.
Source: AP external link
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Cambodian and Thai troops exchange fire near the Prasat Ta Muen Thom site near the border. Fourteen people are killed and 46 more injured in Thailand.
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July 23

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.
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Law and crime

Bryan Kohberger is sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in prison without parole after pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022.
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A specialized court in Antioquia, Colombia, sentences seven former Chiquita executives to 135 months in prison and fines them COP$13.876 billion (US$3.4 million) for financing the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group.
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A mass shooting in Maguiresbridge, Northern Ireland, leaves three people dead and another seriously injured.
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Indonesian National Police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires across the country, which contribute to the Southeast Asian haze.
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Disasters and accidents

At least ten firefighters and rescue workers are killed and 14 others are injured in a wildfire in Eskişehir Province, Turkey.
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Two people are killed and hundreds of others are evacuated in a fire in Limassol, Cyprus. The fire brigade chief says the fire was arson.
Source: Cyprus Mail external link
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One person is killed by Tropical Storm Wipha in Nghệ An province, Vietnam.
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Six Northeastern University students are killed and one teacher is injured after the collapse of protective grates over a flotation cell at the Wunugetushan gold mine near Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, China.
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Health and environment

The Gambia reports its first case of mpox and announces an outbreak.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News external link
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July 22

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.
Source: Garowe Online external link
Three Haitian National Police officers are killed and one is missing after a gang attack in Liancourt, Artibonite department, Haiti.
Source: The Haitian Times external link
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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.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link

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%.
Source: CNBC external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Flash flooding kills three people and leaves 15 others missing in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Source: AP external link
A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a truck kills 17 people and injures several others in Harare Province, Zimbabwe.
Source: AP external link

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.
Source: AlJazeera external link
At least 22 people are killed and more than 90,000 people are displaced as Tropical Storm Wipha hits the Philippines and South Korea.
Source: Gulf News external link

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.
Source: AP external link

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 external link

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.
Source: AP external link
Israeli troops and tanks enter Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for the first time since the start of the war.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
Hundreds of Bedouin civilians are evacuated from Suwayda, Syria, as part of a ceasefire following clashes that left hundreds dead.
Source: Reuters external link