July 19

Law and crime

Puntland Maritime Police Force confiscated a Turkish vessel illegally transporting high-grade weaponry, including armoured personnel carriers and crates weapons to Mogadishu in coastal area of Bareeda in the Ras Aseir region.

Turkish involvement in the Somali civil war

Source: Marine Insight

At least 30 people are injured, including seven critically, in a vehicle-ramming attack when a person drives into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard before being attacked in Los Angeles, California, United States. The suspect, who was shot, fled the scene and no arrests have been made.

Source: Los Angeles Fire Department

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites.

Gaza war 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

Source: AP

Fierce street-to-street fighting is reportedly underway between local Druze forces and pro-government Bedouin tribes.

Syrian civil war Southern Syria clashes (July 2025–present)

Source: i24

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar warns the Druze minority in Suwayda, Syria, are under threat from "jihadist attackers" and accuses Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa of supporting them.

Syrian civil war

Source: Kurdistan 24

Disasters and accidents

At least 34 people are killed, 11 are rescued and 8 others are reported missing, including children, when a tourist boat capsizes at the Hạ Long Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site in Vietnam.

Source: News18

Nine people are killed and six others are injured when a truck collides with two passenger vans in Aurora, Isabela province, Philippines.

Source: Manila Bulletin

July 18

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.

2024 South Korean martial law crisis

Source: The Korea Herald

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.

March 2025 American deportations of Venezuelans

Source: Reuters

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.

Political ineligibility of Jair Bolsonaro

Source: AP

The United States government declares the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba a terrorist group after it committed an attack in Pahalgam in April.

Source: DW

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel and Syria agree to a ceasefire after Israel attacked Syrian forces on Wednesday to defend the Druze.

Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)Southern Syria clashes (July 2025–present)

Source: Reuters

Israel intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis, who say it was targeting Ben Gurion International Airport.

Red Sea crisis

Source: Reuters

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed in a stampede during a public celebration in Garut, West Java, Indonesia.

Source: Jakarta Globe

At least three people are killed in an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility in Monterrey Park, California, United States.

Source: KABC-TV

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

July 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three people are killed and nine others are injured when Israel strikes the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the only Catholic church in Gaza.

Gaza war

Source: BBC News

At least six people are killed and ten others are injured after a fresh outbreak of clan violence in the Galgaduud region of Somalia.

Somali Civil War

Source: Hiiraan Online

Politics and elections

The Ukrainian parliament appoints Yulia Svyrydenko as the new prime minister, succeeding Denys Shmyhal.

Source: Reuters

The United Kingdom announces it will lower the voting age to 16, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming next general election.

Source: NPR

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.

2025 Kut shopping mall fire

Source: NDTV

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

A child is killed and 21 people are injured when a coach bus crashes in Somerset, England.

Source: BBC News

July 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 21 Palestinians are killed in a crowd crush at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site in the Gaza Strip. The GHF attributed the stampede to armed agitators, while Hamas and Palestinian eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers sprayed people with pepper gas and opened fire.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)Gaza war 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

Source: Reuters

The Israeli Air Force bombs the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and the presidential palace in Damascus.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)Southern Syria clashes (July 2025-present)

Source: The Times of Israel

Israeli forces launch an attack on the Druze city of Suwayda in As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria, after scattered clashes continue in spite of the ceasefire announcement by the Syrian Armed Forces.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)Southern Syria clashes (July 2025-present)

Source: AP

The Bangladesh military clashes with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj District, leading to four deaths and many others injured.

Bangladesh quota reform movement

Source: AP

At least 27 people are killed when unidentified gunmen attack a village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria

Source: AP

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border.

Somali Civil War (2009–present)

Source: Reuters

Law and crime

The Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service detains dozens of suspected Somalian Islamic State militants, whom it alleges were trained and deployed to conduct operations throughout the country, especially in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari region in Puntland.

Islamic State insurgency in Puntland Puntland counter-terrorism operations

Source: Reuters

U.S. president Donald Trump signs into law the HALT Fentanyl Act, reclassifying all fentanyl-related substances, including synthetic drugs, as Schedule I controlled substances.

Opioid epidemic in the United States Anti-fentanyl legislation in the United States

Source: The Hill

The Russian State Duma passes new legislation that introduces fines for searching for prohibited material online.

Internet censorship in Russia

Source: The Washington Post

One person is killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting on a street in Taranto, Italy.

Source: Rai News

Politics and elections

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is sworn in as the first female president of Suriname.

2025 Surinamese general election

Source: RFI

The Shas party quits the Netanyahu cabinet due to disagreements over Haredi Jews conscription exemptions from military service in Israel, but remains in the governing coalition.

Thirty-seventh government of Israel

Source: Al Jazeera

International relations

The United Kingdom ends its five-year ban on Pakistani airlines from landing in the UK due to significant improvements in aviation safety standards.

Pakistan–United Kingdom relations

Source: Dawn

Disasters and accidents

Torrential rains in Punjab, Pakistan, kill at least 63 people.

2025 Pakistan floods

Source: BBC News

One person is killed and thirteen others are injured in a lightning strike at an archery range in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States.

Source: BNO News

A tsunami advisory is issued after a M 7.3 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Alaska, United States.

Source: WAGA-TV