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July 27

Disasters and accidents

At least six people are killed and 27 others are injured in a stampede when a high-voltage electric wire reportedly falls on a path causing panic among a large crowd at a Hindu temple in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Thailand and Cambodia agree to negotiate a ceasefire following mediation efforts by United States president Donald Trump the previous day.
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The Israeli Air Force begins humanitarian aid drops over the Gaza Strip amid growing international pressure to allow food into the Palestinian enclave.
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July 26

Law and crime

At least eleven people are injured, several critically, in a mass stabbing attack at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. A suspect is in custody.
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Disasters and accidents

At least 18 people are killed and 48 others are injured when a bus overturns on a highway in the Andes mountains in Junín Department, Peru.
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Six people are killed and another is injured in a traffic accident on Interstate 485 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Cambodia's ambassador to the United Nations, Chhea Keo, calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with Thailand.
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Twelve more deaths are reported in Cambodia while a Royal Thai Army soldier is shot dead on the border as both countries exchange artillery fire.
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Around 38,000 civilians in Cambodia and almost 140,000 in Thailand flee their homes as fighting intensifies.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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Cambodia closes its airspace over the regions in the country where the conflict is being fought.
Source: Phnom Penh Post external link
Royal Cambodian Army major general Duong Somneang is killed in an artillery strike on the frontline.
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The Royal Thai Navy engages Cambodian forces in the Gulf of Thailand after they launched attacks on Trat province, Thailand.
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Russian forces launch an overnight drone and cruise missile attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, killing at least three people and damaging multiple residential buildings.
Source: Reuters external link
At least nine people are killed, including three attackers and a child, and 22 others are injured, including several critically, in a terrorist mass shooting and grenade attack at a courthouse in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The Jaysh al-Adl militant group claims responsibility for the attack.
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The United Nations World Food Programme says 90,000 children and women are in need of urgent treatment in Gaza.
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July 25

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
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

Disasters and accidents

A school collapse caused by continuous rainfall in Piplodi, Jhalawar District, India, kills at least seven students, seriously injures 28 others, including eight critically, and traps over 32 under debris.
Source: The Indian Express external link
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
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

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
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

Politics and elections

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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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

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.
Source: BBC News external link

July 24

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

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 an explosion at an ammunition depot in Maarrat Misrin, Idlib Governorate, Syria.
Source: AP external link

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

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