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.

China–India relations

Source: The Straits Times

Health and environment

The Gambia reports its first case of mpox and announces an outbreak.

2023–2025 mpox epidemic

Source: Hurriyet Daily News

Disasters and accidents

At least ten firefighters and rescue workers are killed and fourteen others are injured in a wildfire in Eskişehir Province, Turkey.

2025 European wildfires

Source: CTV News

One person is killed by Tropical Storm Wipha in Nghệ An province, Vietnam.

2025 Pacific typhoon season

Source: AP

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.

2022 University of Idaho murders

Source: The New York Times

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 billion) for financing the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group.

Colombian conflict

Source: Infobae

A mass shooting in Maguiresbridge, Northern Ireland, leaves three people dead and another seriously injured.

Source: BBC News

Indonesian National Police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires across the country, which contribute to the Southeast Asian haze.

Source: AP

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three Haitian National Police officers are killed and one is missing after a gang attack in Liancourt, Artibonite department, Haiti.

Gang war in Haiti

Source: Haitian Times

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Newsmax