Portal:Current events/July 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Luhansk Oblast campaign
    • Head of the Luhansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik says that Russian forces have captured the entirety of the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. (AP)
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Ukrainian SBU drone attack on a military factory in Izhevsk, Russia, which produced Tor surface-to-air missile systems, kills three people and injures 45 others. A state of emergency is later declared by Head of the Udmurt Republic Aleksandr Brechalov. (BBC News)
• Mali War
  • Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin claims responsibility for attacks on several Mali Armed Forces positions near Senegal in Mali. The Malian army spokesperson said 80 attackers were neutralized while there were no details on casualties among soldiers. (CTV News)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • A boy and some insurgents are killed and nine others are injured when dozens of militants armed with guns and rockets storm a police station and set fire to two banks before fleeing in Mastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army is suspected to be behind the attacks. (CTV News)

Disasters and accidents

• Eight people are killed and five others are injured, including three critically, in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India. (India Today) (Deccan Herald)
• A sea rig capsizes in the Gulf of Suez off the coast of Jabal al-Zeit, Egypt. Of the 30 personnel on board, 23 are rescued, four others are killed, and three others are still missing. (MarineTraffic) (Reuters)
• An Australian east coast low rapidly intensifies as it makes landfall on the east coast of Australia, affecting millions of people in Sydney and the Central Coast. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• The Warsaw Metro's M1 line is damaged in an overnight fire in Warsaw, Poland. Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski blames the incident on a power outage. (TVP Info)

International relations

• China–Philippines relations
  • The Chinese government sanctions former Philippine Senate majority leader Francis Tolentino, barring him from entering China, citing his conduct on China-related issues. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Thai political crisis
  • The Constitutional Court of Thailand suspends Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal. (The Washington Post)
• Turkey arrests four journalists of the satirical magazine LeMan accused of drawing the Islamic prophet Muhammad. (BBC News)
• One person is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack when a 21-year-old man stabs employees at a company in Mellrichstadt, Bavaria, Germany. (Euronews)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders the indefinite suspension of air defense and weapon shipments to Ukraine, including Patriot interceptors and other missiles and ammunition. (The New Voice of Ukraine)

Arts and culture

• Succession of the 14th Dalai Lama
  • The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso confirms that after his death there will be a reincarnated successor. Chinese officials reject this statement and announce that the next Dalai Lama will have to be born in China and his appointment will have to be approved by the government. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Somali Civil War
  • At least five Ugandan soldiers are killed and some others are injured when a military Mi-24 helicopter part of the African Union peacekeeping mission crashes near Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The helicopter carrying eight people had been arriving from an airfield in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. (AP)
• 2025 European heatwaves
  • Two farmers are killed in a wildfire in Catalonia, Spain, while three people die from heat-related causes in Sardinia, Italy, and a 10-year-old American tourist dies after collapsing from extreme heat in Paris, France. Hundreds of others are hospitalized. (BBC News)
• Six people are killed and 29 others are missing when a ferry carrying 65 people capsizes off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. (The New York Times) (AP)

International relations

• Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
  • Australia, India, Japan, and the United States announce a joint initiative to work towards securing minerals necessary for new technologies and reduce reliance on Chinese sources. (DW) (The Guardian)
• Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian orders the suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency following the Iran–Israel war and the United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2025 Chicago shooting
  • Four people are killed and fourteen others are wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (WBBM-TV)
• Trial of Sean Combs
  • American rapper and music producer Sean Combs is acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering and found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. (Reuters)
• Australian airline Qantas is hit by a cyberattack affecting a third-party platform used by its call centre, compromising the personal data of up to 6 million customers. (ABC News Australia)

Science and technology

• 3I/ATLAS
  • The Minor Planet Center confirms an interstellar object is transiting the Solar System on a hyperbolic trajectory, the third of its kind to be officially confirmed. The object is likely a comet and could be as large as 12 miles (20 km) in diameter. (Minor Planet Center) (Earth Sky)
• Ford recalls more than 200,000 vehicles due to a software defect that can cause the backup camera to fail, raising the risk of crashes. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • Israeli airstrikes and shootings kill at least 94 Palestinians in Gaza, including 45 who were attempting to get humanitarian aid. (AP)
• Gang war in Haiti
  • According to the United Nations, over 90% of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince is now under the control of violent gangs. (NPR)

Business and economy

• South American trade bloc MERCOSUR and European bloc EFTA sign a free trade agreement, setting up a free trade zone of nearly 300 million people. (DW) (Buenos Aires Herald)

International relations

• Afghanistan–Russia relations, Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Russia becomes the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Four people are injured in a hammer attack by a 20-year-old Syrian national on an Intercity Express train while it was between Straubing and Plattling in Bavaria, Germany. (Euronews)
• Four people are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a man near a shopping mall in Tampere, Finland. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung
  • The South Korean National Assembly votes 173–3 with three abstentions to approve the nomination of Kim Min-seok as the country's prime minister, despite boycotts from the People Power Party over allegations surrounding his wealth and family. (Yonhap)
• Air traffic controllers in France go on strike to protest understaffing, management culture, and outdated equipment. Hundreds of flights are delayed or cancelled, including at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, which is one of Europe's busiest airports. (DW) (Bloomberg News)
• The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is passed by the United States House of Representatives in a 218–214 vote and is signed into law by President Donald Trump the following day. (BBC News)
• The Syrian transitional government unveils the new emblem of Syria, featuring a gold-coloured eagle, facing to its right, with three five-pointed stars arranged in an arc above its head. (SANA)
• Christophe Mirmand is appointed the new minister of state of Monaco and will succeed acting Isabelle Berro-Amadeï on 21 July. (Le Monde)

Science and technology

• The 3.500 years old Caral city of Peñico is discovered in Peru. (BBC)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
    • The Pakistan Army says it killed 30 Pakistani Taliban fighters trying to cross the Afghanistan–Pakistan border barrier in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• July 2025 Central Texas floods
  • At least 51 people are killed, including 15 children, with 27 more children missing, during a flood in Central Texas, United States. (BBC News) (CNN)
• At least 16 people are killed when a building collapses in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP) (France 24)
• A fire and subsequent explosion at a gas station in Rome, Italy, leaves 45 people injured, including two critically. (Roma Today)

Law and crime

• Anti-gentrification protests in Mexico City, Mexico, lead to tourist harassment and vandalism in Condesa. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • Israeli airstrikes kill 24 Palestinians, including ten who were seeking humanitarian aid, and injure dozens of others. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• In Glendora, Mississippi, 13 cars of a Canadian National freight train derail, including one car spilling benzene, forcing an evacuation of the area. (Press-Register)

Politics and elections

• The Turkish government arrests the mayors of Adıyaman, Adana, and Antalya, who are all part of the opposition Republican People's Party, as part of a bribery investigation. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 38 Palestinians in Gaza. (AP)
  • Israeli–Lebanese conflict
    • Israel conducts four drone strikes in Bint Jbeil, Shebaa, and Shaqra, in southern Lebanon over the weekend, killing one person and injuring several others. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Magic Seas is attacked by the Houthis with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Red Sea forcing the crew to abandon ship, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation. (NOS) (ABC News Australia)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Boko Haram insurgents kill nine people and injure four others in an attack on Mallam Fatori in Borno State, Nigeria. (AP)
• Gang war in Haiti
  • The historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is destroyed following an arson attack by armed gangs. (Le Quotidien 509)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from the collapse of a multistory building on Friday in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, rises to 27 as rescuers pull 11 more bodies from the rubble as the three-day rescue operation ends. 10 others were injured in the collapse, of which one died in hospital from their injuries. (CTV News)
• A truck and a commercial vehicle carrying passengers collide along the Zaria-Kano expressway in Kano State, Nigeria, killing 21 and injuring three. (AP)
• Five Turkish soldiers are killed by methane gas exposure in a cave in northern Iraq during an operation to search for a fellow soldier's remains. (AP)

International relations

• Japan–Philippines relations
  • The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that the Japanese Navy will export six used Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to strengthen the Philippine Navy due to territorial disputes in the South China Sea. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Prosecutors in South Korea request that former president Yoon Suk Yeol be detained amid the ongoing investigation against him for insurrection. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
  • In association football, the defending champions Mexico win a record-extending 10th Gold Cup title after defeating the United States 2–1 in the final at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. Edson Álvarez is named the tournament's best player. (France 24)

Politics and elections

• The Surinamese parliament elects Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the country's first female president. (CNN) (France 24)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Houthi attacks on commercial vessels
      • Attacks on the Eternity C
        • At least four people are killed, two people are injured and two other people are missing after the Eternity C, a Liberian flagged ship, is attacked in the Red Sea near Hodeida, Yemen, by multiple Houthi boats and drones. The ship later sinks. (NOS) (NOS)
    • Israeli attacks on Yemen
      • The Israeli Air Force strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen in response to recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel. (ABC News) (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Ukrainian Armed Forces launch a long-range drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging the main oil refinery in Ilsky. (The Kyiv Independent)
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia launches over 100 drones at areas across Ukraine, killing ten civilians and injuring 38 others. (PBS)
• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Shabelle offensive
    • Al-Shabaab militants recapture Moqokori, a town in the Hiiraan region of Somalia. The heavy fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Somali National Army and Ma'awisley fighters. (Garowe Online)
• 2025 Kenyan protests
  • Eleven people are killed and 29 others are injured in clashes with security forces amid ongoing anti-government protests in Kenya, according to the National Commission on Human Rights. (Sky News) (Reuters)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Over 70 vigilante group members are killed and others are missing in an ambush by bandits in two villages in Kanam and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria. Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) denied the initial account and reported eight deaths and several missing. (Daily Post) (Vanguard News) (The Punch)

Business and economy

• Paschal Donohoe is re-elected President of the Eurogroup. (RTE.ie)

Disasters and accidents

• July 2025 Central Texas floods
  • The death toll from the flooding in Central Texas, United States, increases to 104, including 28 children, with 41 other people still missing. Flash flood warnings are issued for expected additional rainfall. (AP)
• Ramses Exchange fire
  • Four people are killed and at least 22 others are injured in a fire at the Ramses Exchange building in Cairo, Egypt. National connectivity data is brought down to 62% of ordinary levels, including banking and phone calls. Trading on the Cairo Stock Exchange is halted the following day. (NOS) (CNN)
• Four people are killed, including two children, when a Cirrus SR22 crashes into a field near Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford, North Carolina, United States. (WTVD-TV)

Law and crime

• 2021–2022 Luzon sabungero disappearances
  • Philippine police chief Nicolas Torre announces that 15 police officers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in abducting and killing at least 34 cockfighters across Luzon, Philippines, from 2021 to 2022. (AP)
• 2023 Leongatha mushroom murders
  • Erin Patterson is found guilty on all charges regarding deaths from Amanita poisoning from a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Australia. (ABC News Australia)
• Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
  • Amnesty International says that Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people last year, many of them over drug offenses. (AP)
• Death of Jeffrey Epstein
  • The United States Department of Justice announces that the alleged "Epstein client list" does not exist, in contradiction of Attorney General Pam Bondi's claims of possessing it, and reaffirms that Jeffrey Epstein's death was suicide. (AP)
• The perpetrator is killed and three people, two police officers and a border guard, are injured in a mass shooting when a man opens fire on law enforcement officers before being fatally shot at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, United States. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung
  • Kim Min-seok is officially inaugurated as the prime minister of South Korea at the Government Complex in Sejong City, four days after he was approved by the National Assembly. (The Korea Herald)
• Russian president Vladimir Putin dismisses Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin replacing him. Hours after his dismissal, Starovoyt is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. (ABC News Australia)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • Five Israeli soldiers are killed and two others are seriously injured in an ambush in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. (The New York Times) (The Washington Post)
  • Israeli–Lebanese conflict
    • An Israeli airstrike kills at least three people and injures 13 others in an attack on Tripoli, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis
  • German vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck announces it will cut around 5,000 jobs in the country by 2030 in an effort to save €1 billion following a drop in sales. (DW)
• Bulgaria and the euro
  • The European Parliament and the European Council approve Bulgaria's request to adopt the euro, which will replace the lev as Bulgaria's official currency on 1 January 2026. (Euronews) (European Council)

Disasters and accidents

• July 2025 Southern New Mexico floods
  • At least three people are killed, four people are trapped, including a father and his two children, and 85 others are rescued when they are washed away in flash floods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. (AP) (LBC)
• Ten people are killed and some others are injured when a fire and explosion cause eight rooms to collapse at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Star)

Law and crime

• Treatment of women by the Taliban
  • The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban official Abdul Hakim Haqqani over alleged persecution of girls, women and the LGBTQ+ community. (AP)
• Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, and six others are injured, including three police officers and three seriously, in a shootout at a house in Calldetenes, Catalonia, Spain. (Ara)
• A 9-year-old is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 16-year-old at a school in Estação, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (CTV News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Shabelle offensive
    • 2025 Jaalle Siyaad military academy bombing
      • Several people are killed and injured in a suicide bombing targeting the 14th October Brigade of the Somali Armed Forces at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters) (Hiiraan Online) (Somali Guardian)
    • At least seven Kenyan police officers are injured after an al-Shabaab roadside bomb strikes their patrol truck on a highway east of Mandera in Kenya, near the border with Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Houthi attacks on commercial vessels
    • Attacks on the Eternity C
      • The Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged ship, sinks in the Red Sea after being attacked by the Houthis on Monday. At least four people are killed, seven others are rescued and fourteen are reported missing. A rescue operation is underway. (The Guardian) (NOS)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian forces launch 728 Geran-2 drones at Ukraine overnight in the largest single drone attack of the war to date. (Newsweek)

Business and economy

• Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • U.S. president Donald Trump announces a 50% tariff on most imports into the United States from Brazil starting August 1, in a letter addressed to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and citing the trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. (Reuters)
  • President Trump also announces a new set of tariff rates on imports from Algeria, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, assigning country-specific duties ranging from 20 to 30% following the expiration of a 90-day negotiation period. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Guatemala earthquakes
  • At least six people die when a M_w 5.7 earthquake strikes Guatemala and causes widespread damage. (ABC News)
• At least thirteen people are killed and nine others are injured after a section of the Gambhira Bridge in Gujarat, India, partially collapses during morning rush hour. (The Times of India) (NDTV)

International relations

• United States and the United Nations
  • The United States issues sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. (NPR)
• The Syrian minister of foreign affairs Asaad al-Shaibani announces the country's readmission to the Union for the Mediterranean after 13 years of its suspension. (ARK News)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over five key charges related to his short-lived martial law declaration on December 3, 2024, placing him in custody for the first time since March due to concerns of evidence tampering. (Yonhap)
• Censorship in Turkey
  • Turkey partially bans certain contents from X (formerly Twitter)'s AI chatbot Grok amid a criminal probe over insults to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two women, queuing for nutritional supplements near a medical point in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. They were among at least 82 killed in strikes in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it struck a member Hamas's elite Nukhba forces who took part in the October 7 attacks. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
  • Palestinian political violence
    • Two Palestinians kill a 20-year-old Israeli settler in a combined shooting and stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion Mall in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (YNet)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kyiv strikes
    • An overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, kills two people, injures 28 others, and causes fires across the capital with multiple districts targeted. 397 drones and 18 missiles are launched in total. (BBC News) (The Kyiv Independent)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • At least 30 bandits, five security officers and one civilian are killed during an insurgent attack on three villages in Faskari, Katsina State, Nigeria. (AP) (Reuters)

International relations

• Armenia–Azerbaijan relations, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev meet in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for peace talks regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. (Reuters)
• France–United Kingdom relations
  • French president Emmanuel Macron and United Kingdom prime minister Keir Starmer announce a joint migration deal for the UK to deport illegal migrants to France in exchange for accepting asylum seekers with British family connections. (DW)

Law and crime

• Irish Amateur Swimming Association abuse scandal
  • Former swimming coach George Gibney agrees to be extradited from the United States to Ireland to face trial for indecent assault and rape. (RTÉ)
• The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency arrests four people for conducting cyberattacks as part of an organized crime ring against national retailers Marks & Spencer, Harrods, and Co-op Food. (AP)
• In a case concerning regulations requiring the South African athlete Caster Semenya to decrease her natural testosterone levels to be allowed to participate in the female category, the European Court of Human Rights finds that Switzerland violated her right to a fair hearing, requiring the case to be sent back to Swiss courts. (ECHR) (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Labour in India
  • Sporadic clashes occur in East India between trade unionists and left-wing groups against police and Trinamool Congress supporters during a current general strike opposing the "Special Intensive Revision". (ABP)
• Von der Leyen Commission II
  • European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen survives a vote of confidence at the European Parliament. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • United States president Donald Trump confirms plans to sell weapons to NATO allies to be provided to Ukraine after the Pentagon previously paused weapon shipments. (Axios) (PBS)
• Israeli settler violence
  • Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians near Ramallah in the West Bank. One of the victims, identified as a Palestinian-American, was beaten to death whilst the other victim was shot in the chest. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • At least 23 civilians, including four children, are killed and about 30 others are injured, with ten critically injured, in an Air Force strike on a Buddhist monastery in the District of Sagaing, located in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. (ABC News)
• Yemeni civil war
  • At least five children are killed after an explosive device detonates in Al-Hashamah, Taiz Governorate, Yemen. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Ecuadorian security crisis
  • Los Choneros gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar agrees to a request of Ecuador's National Court for extradition to the United States to face trial for drug trafficking and arms smuggling. (CNN) (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • Ovidio Guzmán López, son of the former drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pleads guilty to two counts of drug distribution and two counts of participation in a continuing criminal enterprise. He is expected to cooperate with the U.S. government by providing information on criminal networks. (Reuters) (Chicago Tribune)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukraine infrastructure
    • Russia launches 597 drones and 26 cruise missiles across Ukraine, killing two civilians in Chernivtsi, injuring 20 others, and damaging infrastructure in several cities. (ABC News) (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• List of World Heritage Sites
  • UNESCO adds 26 landmarks to the UNESCO World Heritage list. (UNESCO World Heritage Convention) (Newsweek)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people, including a baby, are killed and twenty people are hospitalized in an apartment fire in Ankara, Turkey. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of New Caledonia, Politics of New Caledonia
  • Representatives of New Caledonia sign an accord with the French government to become the "State of New Caledonia" within the French Republic, subject to a referendum. The new state would immediately gain control of some foreign affairs, and would have the option of gaining further powers, subject to further referenda. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
• Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • United States president Donald Trump announces a 30% tariff increase on imported items from Mexico and the European Union to take effect on August 1. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Five men are lynched after being accused of robbing damaged homes in the M_w 5.7 earthquake in Santa María de Jesús, Guatemala, earlier this week. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2025 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Iga Świątek defeats Amanda Anisimova in the women's singles final 6–0, 6–0 to win her first Wimbledon title, becoming the first Pole to do so. This is the third major final to have a double bagel scoreline and the first since 1988. (The Independent) (WTA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • Israeli strikes kill at least 30 people, including six children, at a water collection zone, bringing the official death toll in Gaza to over 58,000. (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • Southern Syria clashes
    • More than 30 people are killed and 100 others are injured in clashes between local military groups and tribes in Suwayda, Suwayda Governorate, Syria. (Sky News) (The Straits Times)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces insurgents kill at least 66 people in Territory of Irumu, in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 48 civilians are killed, houses are razed and property is looted in an attack when Rapid Support Forces fighters storm the village of Um Garfa in North Kordofan, Sudan. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Arizona wildfires
  • Dragon Bravo Fire
    • The Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona, United States, is destroyed by the Dragon Bravo fire. (AP)
• 2025 Fall River assisted-living fire
  • Nine people are killed and more than 30 others are injured, including five firefighters, in a fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. (WPRI-TV)
• 2025 Zeusch Aviation Beechcraft B200 crash
  • A Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft crashes and catches fire shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport in Southend-on-Sea, England, killing all four people onboard. (NOS) (The Independent)

Law and crime

• 2025 Lexington shootings
  • At least three people, including the perpetrator, are killed, and three others are injured, including a state trooper and one critically, in two spree shootings in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. (NBC News) (BNO News)

Sports

• 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
  • In association football, English club Chelsea F.C. win the Club World Cup, defeating French club Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 in the final. Chelsea winger Cole Palmer is awarded the tournament's Golden Ball. (FIFA)
• 2025 Major League Baseball draft
  • In baseball, the MLB draft is held at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Cumberland, Georgia, U.S., with the Washington Nationals selecting Eli Willits as the first overall pick. At the age of 17, Willits becomes the 3rd youngest player in MLB draft history to be selected first overall. (ESPN)
• 2025 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats his rival and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win his first Wimbledon title. Sinner is the first Italian player to win a singles title at Wimbledon. (ESPN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • United States president Donald Trump announces that several NATO allies will buy U.S.-made weapons, including Patriot air defense missile systems, and that those countries would provide them to Ukraine. (NPR) (Axios)

Disasters and accidents

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying five people goes missing after contact with its pilot is lost shortly after refueling in Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. (Aviation Safety Network) (The Kyiv Independent)

Law and crime

• Rapes of Gisèle Pelicot
  • Gisèle Pelicot is awarded the Legion of Honour award, the highest civil order of merit in France, for her courage in testifying in the case about her decades-long sexual abuse. (DW)