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July 30

Science and technology

The government of Australia announces the inclusion of YouTube in its world-first social media ban for children under 16, starting in December.
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Disasters and accidents

A M 8.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Tsunami alerts have been issued along the Pacific coast with calls to seek higher ground.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

At least four South Sudanese soldiers are shot and killed by Ugandan forces, who retaliated after a Ugandese soldier was killed by South Sudanese forces on Monday during border clashes. Both countries have agreed to an immediate ceasefire.
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Law and crime

Russian Federal agency Rospotrebnadzor blocked web service Speedtest due to identified threats to the security of the public communications network and the Russian segment of the Internet in Russia.
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July 29

Law and crime

Lebanon convicts and sentences six people who are accused of killing a United Nations peacekeeper in Beirut in 2023.
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The Internal Security Agency of Poland detains 32 people, including a Pole, a Colombian, Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians, who are suspected of coordinating with Russia to engage in sabotage.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian forces launch drone strikes and cruise missile strikes across Ukraine, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens of others, including 16 inmates killed in an airstrike on a prison in Zaporizhzhia.
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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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According to the Sudan Doctors Network, 13 children have died from malnutrition in a displacement camp in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Zaïre-FPAC militants attack Sanduku 1, Djugu Territory, DRC, killing two civilians.
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The Houthis launch a ballistic missile targeting Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, which was intercepted by Israeli forces.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

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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The death toll from the flooding in Hebei and Beijing, China, increases to 34, with eight others missing.
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A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of the Venezuelan air force crashes in Amazonas State, Venezuela. Seven of the 10 people on board are killed.
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A dust explosion at a wood chip manufacturing plant in Fremont, Nebraska, United States, leaves three people missing.
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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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International relations

Maltese prime minister Robert Abela announces that Malta will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly session in September.
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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 Netherlands bans far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich from the country and calls on the European Union to support a ceasefire in Gaza.
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July 28

Arts and culture

The Polisario Front formally condemns the recent filming of Christopher Nolan's upcoming film in Moroccan-occupied Dakhla, Western Sahara.
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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.
Source: Reuters external link

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.
Source: Radio Okapi external link
Wazalendo militia Collective of Movements for Change clashes with M23 rebels in the villages of Mashango and Mudugudu, Rutshuru Territory.
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Israeli attacks kill more than 80 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
U.S. president Donald Trump issues a new 12-day ultimatum to Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
Source: BBC News external link
Clashes occur in Dolow, Somalia, between Jubaland forces and the Somali National Army.
Source: Garowe Online external link
The Indian military announces they have killed three militants in the Dachigam area of Jammu and Kashmir.
Source: AP external link
The Pakistani Counter Terrorism Department kills three suspected militants accused of orchestrating an attack in Karachi last year.
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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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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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Six people are killed, including the perpetrator, and two others are injured in a mass shooting at Or Tor Kor Market in Bangkok, Thailand.
Source: Thairath external link
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.
Source: Sky News external link
A court in Bogotá, Colombia, convicts former president Álvaro Uribe of witness tampering and bribery.
Source: AP external link

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.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 30 people are killed and several others are missing due to heavy rain and flooding in Hebei and Beijing, China.
Source: AP external link
Three people are killed and hundreds of others are evacuated during floods across nine counties in northeastern Romania.
Source: Reuters external link

July 27

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.
Source: BBC News external link
Russian airline Nordwind launches the first commercial flight from Moscow to Pyongyang, North Korea.
Source: AP external link

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.
Source: Reuters external link

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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Twenty-five people are killed, 26 others are rescued, and 49 are reported missing when a large wooden boat capsizes in Niger State, Nigeria.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: The Independent external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 73 Palestinians are killed while seeking humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Sky News external link
The Israeli Air Force begins humanitarian aid drops over the Gaza Strip amid growing international pressure to allow food into the Palestinian enclave.
Source: BBC News external link
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.
Source: AP external link
Cambodia and Thailand agree to negotiate a ceasefire following mediation efforts by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio the previous day. However, both sides accuse the other of violating the ceasefire.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: Radio Okapi external link
Seven New People's Army guerrillas are killed in a military operation in Uson, Masbate, Philippines, as Philippine troops pursue remaining insurgents.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: BBC News external link

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.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: CBS News external link