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July 22

Armed conflicts and attacks

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.
Source: Garowe Online external link
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Source: Reuters external link

International relations

U.S. president Donald 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.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Flash flooding kills three people and leaves 15 others missing in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Source: AP external link
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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.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
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July 21

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.
Source: AlJazeera external link
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At least 22 people are killed and more than 90,000 people are displaced as Tropical Storm Wipha hits the Philippines and South Korea.
Source: Gulf News external link
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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.
Source: AP external link
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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.
Source: AP external link
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Israeli troops and tanks enter Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for the first time since the start of the war.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
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Hundreds of Bedouin civilians are evacuated from Suwayda, Syria, as part of a ceasefire following clashes that left hundreds dead.
Source: Reuters external link

July 20

Politics and elections

Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet.
Source: NHK external link
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito lose their majority in the House of Councillors, marking the first time in LDP's 70-year history that it leads a coalition in the Diet without a majority in either house.
Source: NHK external link

Disasters and accidents

Seventeen people are killed and 11 others are missing in torrential rains in South Korea.
Source: AP external link
Six people, including a pregnant woman, are killed in a fire on the passenger ferry just before it reaches Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Source: Hindustan Times external link

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
Ecuador extradites José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros cartel, to the United States where he faces federal charges related to drug trafficking.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 85 Palestinians are killed while attempting to access aid across the Gaza Strip.
Source: AP external link