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July 20

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.
Source: Al-Ahram external link

Politics and elections

Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan's National Diet.
Source: NHK external link
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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.
Source: NHK external link
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Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed, including a pregnant woman, 284 are rescued and others are reported missing in a fire on the just before it reached the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
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17 people are killed and 11 are missing in heavy rains in South Korea.
Source: AP News external link
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Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 85 Palestinians are killed while attempting to access aid across the Gaza Strip.
Source: AP external link
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Israeli forces identify and destroy 2.7 km of subterranean tunnels used by Hamas in Jabalya.
Source: Jerusalem Post external link

July 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites.
Source: AP external link
Street-to-street fighting in Suwayda, Syria, is reported between local Druze forces and pro-government Bedouin tribesmen.
Source: i24 external link
An Agence France-Presse war correspondent reports witnessing armed men looting and setting fire to Druze-owned shops in Suwayda.
Source: BBC News external link
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.
Source: CNN external link

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.
Source: Los Angeles Fire Department external link
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.
Source: Marine Insight external link
At least twelve people are killed in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Playas, Guayas Province, Ecuador.
Source: Diario Extra external link

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.
Source: News18 external link
At least 21 people are killed and 34 others are injured after a bus overturns and crashes in Kavar, Fars province, Iran.
Source: The New Arab external link

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.
Source: BBC Sport external link

July 18

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.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel and Syria agree to a ceasefire, following a de-escalation of the conflict after Syrian government troops withdrew from Sweida.
Source: Reuters external link
Israel intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis, who say it was targeting Ben Gurion International Airport.
Source: Reuters external link

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.
Source: The Korea Herald external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: AP external link
The United States government declares the Pakistani militant group The Resistance Front a terrorist group after it committed an attack in Pahalgam in April.
Source: DW external link

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed in a stampede during a public celebration in Garut, West Java, Indonesia.
Source: Jakarta Globe external link
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.
Source: KABC-TV external link
Four people are killed and over a dozen are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 35 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Russia withdraws from its military technical cooperation agreement with Germany.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link

July 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three people are killed and nine others are injured when Israeli forces strikes the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the only Catholic church in Gaza.
Source: BBC News external link
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured after a fresh outbreak of tribal violence in the Galgaduud region of Somalia.
Source: Hiiraan Online external link

Politics and elections

The Ukrainian parliament appoints Yulia Svyrydenko as the new prime minister, succeeding Denys Shmyhal.
Source: Reuters external link
The British government announces it will lower the voting age to 16, allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming general election.
Source: NPR external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 69 people are killed, 11 are reported missing, and 43 others are injured in a fire at a shopping mall in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq. The Iraqi government declares three days of mourning and the provincial government files lawsuits against the owners of the mall.
Source: NDTV external link
At least four people are killed, two others are seriously injured and more than 1,000 others are evacuated after torrential rainfall submerges buildings and causes a landslide in Gyeonggi and South Chungcheong provinces, South Korea.
Source: The Korea Herald external link
A child is killed and 21 people are injured when a coach bus crashes in Somerset, England.
Source: BBC News external link