Portal:Current events/2015 July 26
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July 26, 2015 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon
- A 13-year-old female suicide bomber attacks in the Cameroonian town of Maroua, killing 20 people and injuring another 70. (Voice of America)
- Cameroonian officials order the closing of mosques and Islamic schools, and bar underage children from being at public places, following the recent strings of suicide bombings. (AP via Fox News)
- A suicide bomber detonates a vehicle loaded with explosives at a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing 15 people. (CNN)
- A bomb detonates on a bus carrying Egyptian military conscripts in Arish, injuring 18. (Daily News Egypt)
Business and economics
- German marketplace organizer Deutsche Börse agrees to purchase trading platform 360T for €725 million. (Wall Street Journal)
- Verizon employees in nine states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia) and Washington, D.C. vote to go on strike on August 1 if disputes between the union and the company result in no new contracts. (New Haven Register)
- Nike agrees to pay a combined $2.4 million to consumers of Nike+ FuelBand over false advertising. (Times Gazette)
Arts and culture
- Bobbi Kristina Brown, age 22, daughter of American entertainer Whitney Houston and heiress to the Houston estate, dies approximately 6 months after having been put in a medically induced coma since being found face-down in a bathtub in her Roswell, Georgia home near Atlanta on January 31, 2015. (CNN), (MSN)
Disasters and accidents
- A light plane crashes in the Tokyo residential area of Chōfu, killing three people. (ABC Online)
Law and crime
- Palestinian youth and Israeli riot police clash at the Al-Aqsa Mosque as the Muslims attacked Jews celebrating Tisha B'Av with rocks and firecrackers and barricaded themselves inside the mosque. (New York Times)
- At least 20 people are killed as gunmen open fire at a wedding celebration in Afghanistan's Baghlan province. (Al-Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- John Sewel, Baron Sewel steps down from his position as Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords following a drug scandal. (BBC)