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July 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Royal Thai Armed Forces's Border Defense Command declares martial law in eight districts of the provinces of Chanthaburi and Trat on their border with Cambodia, citing "Cambodia's use of force to enter Thai territory".
Source: NDTV external link
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The Royal Thai Air Force launches airstrikes on targets inside Cambodia, including areas near the Preah Vihear Temple and Prasat Ta Muen Thom.
Source: The Star external link
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Russian forces enter the city of Pokrovsk for the first time since the invasion began, and enter the city of Kupiansk for the first time since 2024. Fighting is underway in both cities.
Source: ISW external link
Al-Shabaab targets two military bases operated by AUSSOM and the Somali Armed Forces near the Somali capital Mogadishu using a bomb-laden attack.
Source: Garowe Online external link
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Following the capture of Beled Hawo by Jubaland forces, Somali federal troops are deployed to reinforce federal government presence in Gedo.
Source: Garowe Online external link
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In a joint military operation, Puntland Counter-Terrorism forces and US SOF capture the financial and foreign recruitment chief of ISIS-Somalia, Abdiweli Mohamed Aw Yusuf "Abdiweli Walalac," and two others. The operation took place in the Laag area of rural Xumbeys in the Bari region of Puntland.
Source: Garowe Online external link
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U.S. Central Command kills senior Islamic State leader Diaa Zoubaa Musleh Al-Hardani along with his two sons in a strike on Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
Source: Al Arabiya English external link
Wazalendo fighters launch an offensive to take the town of Luke, Masisi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo, which the March 23 Movement had taken the previous day.
Source: Radio Okapi external link
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The Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo of the Wazalendo resist an attack on their positions by the M23 in the area of Showa, Masisi Territory. Residents of Luke, Showa, and Bukombo flee to escape the fighting.
Source: Radio Okapi external link
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Two Mai-Mai militias continue to fight over the control of agricultural roads in Babila-Babombi chiefdom, Mambasa Territory, DRC. Residents of several villages flee to escape the fighting.
Source: Radio Okapi external link
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Science and technology

Thousands of pornography websites begin implementing age verification to block content for British viewers under the age of 18, according to Ofcom.
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Disasters and accidents

A boat carrying Egyptian migrants and Sudanese crewmen en route to Europe capsizes off the coast of Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya, killing at least 15 people, injuring 10 others and leaving some missing.
Source: AP external link
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A school collapse caused by continuous rainfall in Piplodi, Jhalawar District, India, kills at least seven students, seriously injures around 35 others, including eight critically, and traps over 32 under debris.
Source: The Indian Express external link
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A gas explosion at a ten-story apartment building in Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia kills at least six people, including a child, injures seven others and destroys or damages over 30 apartments.
Source: Novaya Gazeta external link
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International relations

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announces India will lend a US$565 million credit line to the Maldives, gift their armed forces several heavy fighting vehicles, and launch formal talks for a free-trade agreement.
Source: AP external link
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The traditional chiefs of Palau and the National Congress reject a proposal by the United States to host asylum seekers and strongly advise President Surangel Whipps Jr. to also reject it.
Source: Island Times external link
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Law and crime

The trial of former Congolese president and senator for life Joseph Kabila for his crimes in connection with the M23 Movement and the Congo River Alliance begins. The armed forces auditor general charges Kabila with treason, participation in an insurrectional movement, crimes against the peace and security of humanity, intentional homicide, rape, torture, deportation, and condoning crimes.
Source: Radio Okapi external link
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The government of Hong Kong places a HK$200,000 (US$25,500) bounty on 19 members of the overseas pro-democracy organization Hong Kong Parliament.
Source: DW external link
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Politics and elections

Source: Reuters external link

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.
Source: AP external link
Hungary bans Irish rap trio Kneecap for three years ahead of a music festival, citing a national security threat over their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

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 are injured in Thailand.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

International Relations

French president Emmanuel Macron announces that France will recognize Palestine as a state starting September, citing reasons such as an immediate end to the war and helping the humanitarian crisis.
Source: AP external link

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 twelve people are killed, several others are missing, and 157 are injured in a explosion at an ammunition depot in Maarrat Misrin, Idlib Governorate, Syria.
Source: AP external link

July 23

Health and environment

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

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.
Source: The New York Times external link
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.
Source: Infobae external link
A mass shooting in Maguiresbridge, Northern Ireland, leaves three people dead and another seriously injured.
Source: BBC News external link
Indonesian National Police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires across the country, which contribute to the Southeast Asian haze.
Source: AP external link

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.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Disasters and accidents

At least ten firefighters and rescue workers are killed and 14 others are injured in a wildfire in Eskişehir Province, Turkey.
Source: CTV News external link
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
One person is killed by Tropical Storm Wipha in Nghệ An province, Vietnam.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: South China Morning Post external link

Politics and elections

Source: Radio New Zealand external link