July 21
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli troops and tanks enter Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for the first time since the start of the war.
Source:
Reuters
Source:
The Kyiv Independent
Disasters and accidents
At least 19 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:
CNA
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
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
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
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
Disasters and accidents
Seventeen people are killed and eleven others are missing in torrential rains in South Korea.
Source:
AP News
Six people, including a pregnant woman, are killed in a fire on the passenger ferry just before it reaches Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Source:
Hindustan Times
Armed conflicts and attacks
Source:
AP
July 19
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
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
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
Eight people are killed and six others are injured when a truck collides with two passenger vans in Aurora, Isabela province, Philippines.
Source:
Manila Bulletin
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
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
At least twelve people are killed in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Playas, Guayas Province, Ecuador.
Source:
Diario Extra
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites.
Source:
AP
An Agence France-Presse war correspondent reports witnessing armed men looting and setting fire to Druze-owned shops in Suwayda.
Source:
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.
Source:
CNN