Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet.
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NHK 
July 20
Politics and elections
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito lose their majority in the House of Councillors. This marks the first time in the 70-year history of the LDP that it leads a coalition in the Diet without having a majority in either house.
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NHK
Armed conflicts and attacks
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AP
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Jerusalem Post
Disasters and accidents
Six people, including a pregnant woman, are killed; 284 are rescued; and others are reported missing in a fire on the just before it reached the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Hindustan Times
17 people are killed and 11 are missing in heavy rains in South Korea.
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AP News
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.
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Al-Ahram
Ecuador extradites José Adolfo Macías Villamar to the United States, where he faces federal charges related to drug trafficking.
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AP
July 19
Disasters and accidents
At least 38 people are killed, eleven are rescued and eight others are reported missing, including children, when a storm causes the tourist boat to capsize in the Hạ Long Bay in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam.
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News18
At least 21 people are killed and 34 others are injured after a bus overturns and crashes in Kavar, Fars province, Iran.
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The New Arab
Sports
In boxing, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk defeats British challenger Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in London, England, via a fifth-round knockout to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion.
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BBC Sport
Law and crime
At least 30 people are injured, including seven critically, in a vehicle-ramming attack at a night club in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Los Angeles Fire Department
The Puntland Maritime Police Force confiscates a Turkish vessel illegally transporting high-grade weaponry, including armoured personnel carriers and crates of weapons, to Mogadishu in Bareeda, Ras Aseir region.
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Marine Insight
At least twelve people are killed in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Playas, Guayas Province, Ecuador.
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Diario Extra
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites.
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AP
An Agence France-Presse war correspondent reports witnessing armed men looting and setting fire to Druze-owned shops in Suwayda.
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BBC News
The M23 paramilitary group and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a declaration of principles stating that a full ceasefire and final peace agreement will be signed no later than August 18, and that it will be aligned with the earlier DR Congo–Rwanda agreement.
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CNN
July 18
Law and crime
The Seoul Central District Court rejects former president Yoon Suk Yeol's petition to release him due to an unreasonable request more than a week after he was re-arrested on charges related to a failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024.
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The Korea Herald
The governments of El Salvador, the United States, and Venezuela conduct a prisoner swap involving over 200 Venezuelans incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in exchange for the release of ten Americans from Venezuelan custody.
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Reuters
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and places him on nightly house arrest, and forbids him from approaching embassies, foreign ambassadors, and diplomats.
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AP
The United States government declares the Pakistani militant group The Resistance Front a terrorist group after it committed an attack in Pahalgam in April.
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DW
Disasters and accidents
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Jakarta Globe
At least three people are killed in an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility in Monterey Park, California, United States.
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KABC-TV
Four people are killed and over a dozen are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 35 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis, who say it was targeting Ben Gurion International Airport.
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Reuters
Politics and elections
The Trinidad and Tobago government declares a state of emergency after uncovering a plot by criminal organizations to allegedly target and kill government officials.
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AP
International relations
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The Kyiv Independent