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Paul Kagame

• In the Rwandan general election, Paul Kagame (pictured) is re-elected as the president, and the Rwandan Patriotic Front coalition win a majority in the lower house.
• KP Sharma Oli is appointed prime minister of Nepal after the incumbent Pushpa Kamal Dahal loses a no confidence motion.
• In association football, Euro 2024 concludes with Spain defeating England in the final, and the Copa América concludes with Argentina defeating Colombia in the final.
• In tennis, Barbora Krejčíková and Carlos Alcaraz win the women's and men's singles, respectively, at the Wimbledon Championships.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Peter Buxtun
• Ruth Hesse
• Shelley Duvall
• Peter Courtney
• Naomi Pomeroy
• Bill Viola

July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Two Indian soldiers were killed and four others injured in an attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district (The Hindustan Times)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Protesters set the headquarters of Bangladesh’s main state broadcaster ablaze while many people are trapped inside. (France 24)

Arts and culture

• A large stegosaurus skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York City - the most ever paid for a fossil. (BBC)

Business and economy

• Egypt’s Suez Canal reported a 23.4 percent drop in revenues attributed to disruptions in Red Sea shipping over the past year, marked by attacks from Yemen’s Houthi militia on Israeli-linked vessels. (Al Arabiya)
• Saudia group and Lilium GmbH signed a binding sales agreement for 50 electric Lilium Jets, with options for the purchase of 50 more. (Flight Global)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 16 people are killed in a fire at a shopping mall in Zigong, China. (Aljazeera)
• Seven people have died, including three young children and a teenager in a suspected arson attack in Nice, France. (BBC)

International relations

• Sudan–United States relations
  • The United States will give an extra $203 million to help millions of civilians affected by the war in Sudan. (Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in South Korea
  • South Korea’s top court ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Ursula von der Leyen is reelected to her second term as president of the European Commission. (BBC)

July 17, 2024 (2024-07-17) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 42 Palestinians are killed and more than 70 others are injured in Israeli strikes on a United Nations-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp and on a designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi, Rafah. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at students and professors occupying Dhaka University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to protest against the ruling Awami League party and its government job quotas. (Al Jazeera) (CBC News)

Arts and culture

• Archaeologists unearth remains of a medieval papal palace in the square outside the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The European Union General Court dismisses ByteDance's lawsuit against the European Commission's designation of the company as a "gatekeeper" under the Digital Markets Act, citing ByteDance's significant global market value. (Bernama)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas
    • The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Beryl in Texas, United States, increases to 22, with several deaths in the Greater Houston area caused by heat illness due to prolonged power outages amid an ongoing heat wave. (NPR) (KRIV-TV)
• At least 16 people are killed in a fire at a shopping mall in Zigong, Sichuan, China. (AP)
• Comoros-flagged oil tanker Prestige Falcon capsizes off the coast of Oman. The Indian Navy rescues nine crew members, with seven others missing. (AP)
• At least six people are killed by storms in Brest, Gomel, and Mogilev Regions, Belarus. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2024 European heatwaves
  • Italian authorities place thirteen cities throughout the Italian Peninsula under rare severe heat warnings due to predicted heat indexes reaching as high as 44°C (111.2°F) throughout the week. (AP) (Sky News)

International relations

• Germany–Ukraine relations, Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Germany issues plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Eugenics in Japan
  • Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida formally apologizes to 130 victims of forced sterilization under the Eugenics Protection Law which was declared unconstitutional on July 3, and approves compensation measures for more than 25,000 affected victims and their relatives. (NHK)
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces measures to reduce the spread of fake news and harmful content in all forms of media, which the People's Party claims is an act to censor and control critical media. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign
    • U.S. President Joe Biden temporarily suspends his re-election campaign to recover at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, after being diagnosed with COVID-19. (CNN)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel's Knesset passes a resolution 68–9 stating that it opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state. (Haaretz)

Science and technology

• NASA cancels its lunar water-seeking rover mission with the VIPER rover, citing cost overruns and launch delays, after spending $450 million on the project. (AP) (NASA)

July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 57 Palestinians are killed by Israeli bombardments in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah. (Reuters)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Six people are killed during clashes in Bangladesh as opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas, which benefit pro-government families, clashes with police and pro-government supporters. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Muscat mosque shooting
  • The Islamic State claims responsibility for the prior day's mass shooting at a Shi'ite mosque in Muscat, Oman. This is the first attack carried out by the Islamic State in the country. (BBC)
• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • Three Syrian children are killed by an Israeli airstrike on the village of Umm al-Tut in southern Lebanon, while two others are killed during a strike on the Kfar Tebnit-Khardali road. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 25 people are killed and 17 others are injured when a bus veers off a cliff and crashes in Ayacucho Region, Peru. (Reuters)
• Heavy rainfall across the Midwestern United States causes a dam failure in Washington County, Illinois, prompting an immediate evacuation order in the nearby city of Nashville. (USA Today)
• A malfunction causes an emergency shutdown of one of the four reactors at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Background radiation levels are reported as normal. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2024 European heatwaves
  • Ukrainian state electrical grid operator Ukrenergo begins emergency power shutdowns in seven eastern and central oblasts amid a record heat wave and equipment failures worsened by ongoing Russian attacks. (Reuters)
• Romania approves the culling of 481 bears in the country, after a 19-year-old woman was killed by a bear last week in the Carpathian Mountains. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Czech Republic–Ukraine relations
  • The Czech Republic announces plans to facilitate Colt CZ Group assault rifle production and the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine. (RFE/RL)
• Estonia–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Lithuania–Russia relations
  • The Baltic states announce their exit from Russia's and Belarus's electricity grid along with plans to synchronize their grid with the continental Europe grid on February 9, 2025. (AP)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
    • An investigation by the Associated Press and Israeli investigative organization Shomrim finds that the United States and Israel allowed tax-deductible donations totaling over US$200,000 to multiple Israeli far-right extremist groups involved in blocking and disrupting humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip. (AP)
• Kosovo War
  • War crimes in the Kosovo War
    • The Kosovo Specialist Chambers criminal tribunal sentences former Liberation Army member Pjetër Shala to 18 years in prison for war crimes committed during the war. (Al Jazeera) (Koha Ditore)
• Six Vietnamese and American people are found dead at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, in a suspected cyanide poisoning incident. (AP)
• American senator Bob Menendez is found guilty on all counts, including acting as a foreign agent, in a federal corruption trial. (ABC News)
• Former governor of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, and director of the Adra Prison Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles, California, United States. Al-Sheikh has been accused of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor. (The New York Times)
• German authorities in four states search the properties of management and shareholders of the right-wing extremist magazine Compact, seizing assets and evidence after the magazine was banned by the interior ministry. (Reuters)
• Police in Paraguay seizes more than four tons of cocaine, worth $240 million, at a river port in Asunción, the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history. (AP)
• Chinese businessman Guo Wengui is found guilty by a U.S. jury on multiple fraud charges, accused of running a racketeering enterprise from 2018 to 2023 that defrauded thousands of investors out of over $1 billion. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French legislative election
  • French President Emmanuel Macron approves the resignation request of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who will continue to serve as head of the transitional caretaker government. (AP)
• 2024 Welsh government crisis
  • Six weeks after losing a vote of no confidence in the Senedd, Vaughan Gething resigns as First Minister of Wales. (The Guardian)
• Kenya Finance Bill protests
  • Police fire tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protestors as demonstrations continue in cities across Kenya, calling for the removal of President William Ruto. (Al Jazeera)
• Roberta Metsola is re-elected as President of the European Parliament with the highest number of votes ever registered for a candidate in the history of the European Parliament. (Times of Malta)

July 15, 2024 (2024-07-15) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • Fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), pro-government militia, and M23 rebels is reported in the Bashali Chiefdom, Bahunde Chiefdom, and the surroundings of Bweremana following simultaneous attacks on the positions of the FARDC and allies by the M23. (Radio Okapi)
    • Four civilians are killed and five others are injured in a bombardment on Bweremana. Local police accuse the M23 of being responsible. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • At least 12 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (Anandolu Ajansi)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukraine–NATO relations
    • NATO establishes a new command centre in Wiesbaden, Germany, to plan and coordinate support for the Ukrainian military as part of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine. (Euronews)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Over 100 people are injured in violent clashes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between supporters of the ruling Awami League party and opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas which benefit pro-government families. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Muscat mosque shooting
  • Six people are killed and 30+ others are injured in a mass shooting at a Shia mosque in Muscat, Oman. The three attackers are killed by security forces in the ensuing shootout. (Al Arabiya)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Eight soldiers are killed during a suicide bombing at a military base in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ten Pakistani Taliban gunmen are also killed in an ensuing shootout. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • An Israeli airstrike on Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, kills three civilians and injures three others. Israel's military says that its fighter jets struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
  • At least 47 people are killed and 350 others are injured by severe storms in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. (Dhaka Tribune)
• At least one person is killed and over 400,000 people without power as a derecho impacts the Midwestern United States, with downburst winds exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h) and multiple tornadoes being reported near Chicago. (Fox Weather)

International relations

• Belarus–Latvia relations
  • Latvia issues a ban on Belarus-registered passenger vehicles entering Latvian territory from Belarus or Russia. (Reuters)
• Hungary–European Union relations, 2024 visits by Viktor Orbán to Russia and China
  • The European Commission announces that top European Union officials including European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary during its rotating EU Presidency, in response to rogue meetings made by Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán to Russia and China regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP)

Law and crime

• Clifton Suspension Bridge human remains discovery
  • Colombian Yostin Andres Mosquera is charged with the murders of two gay men and remanded in custody by Wimbledon Magistrates Court in London, United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
• Disappearance of Jay Slater
  • A body believed to be missing 19-year-old Jay Slater from Lancashire, United Kingdom, is found near where he was reported missing in Tenerife, Spain, after a 28-day search. (BBC News)
• Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
  • Former United States president Donald Trump's criminal prosecution over his alleged mishandling of classified documents is dismissed by District Judge Aileen Cannon, who states that Special Counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and lacked the authority to bring the case to court. (Reuters)
• Female genital mutilation in the Gambia
  • The National Assembly of the Gambia upholds a ban on female genital mutilation, which has been criminalized since 2015. Some conservative and religious groups had sought to overturn the ban through controversial legislation. (AFP)
• The prime suspect arrested over the discovery of nine mutilated female bodies in a rubbish dump in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi, Kenya, confesses to killing 42 women. Another man is also arrested. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican National Convention, 2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
    • Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump selects Ohio senator J. D. Vance as his vice-presidential running mate. (The Hill) (The New York Times)
• 2024 Rwandan general election
  • Rwandans vote to elect their president between incumbent Paul Kagame and two other candidates, as well as elect 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies. (Reuters)
• 2024 Syrian parliamentary election
  • Syrians vote to elect the 250 members of the parliament. (AP)
• Arrest of Imran Khan, 2023 Pakistani protests
  • Pakistan moves forward a case to ban former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party due to alleged use of illegal foreign funds and party supporter protests at military installations, and also pushes charges of treason for Khan and former president Arif Alvi. (Reuters)
• Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process
  • Several Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, schedule reconciliatory meetings in China in an attempt to end their ongoing political disputes. (Reuters)
• Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas resigns in order to assume her new role as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European External Action Service. (Politico)

Science and technology

• Mare Tranquillitatis pit
  • In the journal Nature Astronomy, American and Italian scientists announce the discovery of a lunar cave, approximately 250 miles (400 km) from the landing site of Apollo 11. (AP) (Nature Astronomy)

Sports

• 2024 Copa América
  • In association football, defending champions Argentina defeat Colombia 1–0 after extra time in the final match to win a record 16th Copa América title, with Lautaro Martínez scoring the winning goal in the 112th minute. Kick-off was delayed by 82 minutes due to fans breaching the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium, the match's venue, in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. (AP) (The New York Times)

July 14, 2024 (2024-07-14) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • At least 17 Palestinians are killed and 80 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a UNWRA-run school used to shelter displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza City. The IDF claims that a Hamas command center was there. (Reuters) (The Guardian)(The Jerusalem Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia takes control of Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast, which Ukraine had previously recaptured in July 2023. (Reuters)
• Somali civil war
  • Top Coffee bombing
    • Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia, while customers were watching the Euro 2024 final. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Three Italian hikers are killed during accidents on the Mont Blanc. (Bologna Today)

International relations

• China–Russia relations
  • The Russian Navy and China's People's Liberation Army Navy begin joint military drills in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. (AP)

Law and crime

• Attempted assassination of Donald Trump
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation identifies Thomas Matthew Crooks as the "subject involved" in yesterday's attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting at a home in Lautlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The shooter later commits suicide. (Reuters)
• Twenty-seven people, including Colombian Football Federation president Ramón Jesurún, are arrested and 55 are ejected following crowd control issues at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S., before the Copa América final, where fans breached security gates at the stadium's entrance. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Palestinians in several cities in the occupied West Bank enact a general strike in protest against a recent Israeli strike on Gaza that killed 90 people and injured 300 more. (Al Jazeera)
• KP Sharma Oli is named as the new Prime Minister of Nepal in his fourth term in office, with his communist party forming a coalition with the Nepali Congress party. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2024 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic 6–2, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4) in the Men's singles final to win his second Wimbledon title and his fourth overall Grand Slam title. (The Guardian) (Wimbledon)
• UEFA Euro 2024
  • In association football, Spain defeat England 2–1 in the final match to win their fourth UEFA European Championship title, having previously won in 1964, 2008, and 2012, the most by any team. (Al Jazeera)

July 13, 2024 (2024-07-13) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2024 targeted assassination of Muhammad Deif
    • At least ninety people are killed and over three hundred others are wounded in a strike on the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, in what the IDF states was a targeted strike against Al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Deif and high-commander Rafa’a Salameh. (AP) (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
  • July 2024 al-Shati refugee camp attack
    • At least twenty people are killed by Israeli military shelling on a prayer hall in the al-Shati refugee camp during Zuhr prayer. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • Two people are killed and twenty-five people, including two children, are injured in a Russian double tap strike on the village of Budy, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Attempted assassination of Donald Trump
  • Former U.S. President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States, with his condition later reported as "fine" by a spokesperson. The Butler County District Attorney reports that the suspect was shot dead and that a member of the audience was killed in the shooting. (AP) (The Guardian)
• Western DR Congo clashes
  • The FARDC repel an attack by Mobondo militiamen on the village of Kinsele, Kwamouth, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 42 Mobondo militiamen, 9 FARDC soldiers, and a civilian are killed. (Radio Okapi) (Radio Okapi)
• Ituri Conflict
  • CODECO militiamen attack Zaire militia-controlled Pluto, Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing the population. After four hours of fighting, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) intervene. Thirteen Zaire, seven CODECO, and six FARDC soldiers are killed. (Radio Okapi)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least eight people are killed and 21 others are injured in a shootout between security forces and inmates at a prison in Mogadishu, Somalia, in an attempted prison break. The prisoners who attempted escape are allegedly al-Shabaab members. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Australia–Russia relations
  • Russia accuses Australia of inciting "anti-Russian paranoia" after Australia charges a Russian-born Australian couple with espionage. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Four people are killed and nine injured after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. (CNN)
• Three people are killed and four injured after a mass shooting at a birthday party in Espinasse-Vozelle, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The perpetrator kills himself. (France 3 Régions)
• The Guardia di Finanza frees 33 Indian farm workers from exploitative conditions in Verona, Veneto, Italy, and seizes nearly €500,000 (US$545,000) from two Indian individuals accused of charging workers €17,000 ($18,500) each for permits. (AP)

Sports

• 2024 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Barbora Krejčíková defeats Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, in the Women's singles final to win her first Wimbledon title and her second overall Grand Slam title. (Reuters) (Eurosport)

July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • Gaza City rescue crews discover at least 60 Palestinian bodies in the Tel Al-Hawa and Sabra districts following a week of attacks on Gaza City by Israeli forces. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Six people are killed and at least 19 others are injured in Russian attacks across Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Saints Academy college collapse
  • At least 22 children are killed and 132 are wounded after a school building collapses in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
• Gazpromavia Flight 9608
  • A Gazpromavia Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashes near Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, killing the crew of three people. (Reuters)
• Madan Ashrit Highway disaster
  • Fifty-one people are missing, 11 are killed and 3 others are injured after two buses are swept off the Madan Ashrit Highway in Chitwan District, Bagmati Province, Nepal, due to landslides caused by heavy rain. (Reuters)
• Tulsa race massacre
  • Intermountain Forensics names the first identified victim of a mass gravesite holding over one hundred Tulsa race massacre deaths as World War I veteran C. L. Daniel from Georgia, United States. (AP)

International relations

• Finland–Russia relations, Russian emigration during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Parliament of Finland passes a law allowing border guards to restrict trafficked asylum seekers from crossing the Finland–Russia border. (CNN)
• Argentina designates Hamas as a terrorist organization over its October 7 attacks on Israel. (Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
  • A court in Quito, Ecuador, sentences three people to 12 years in prison and two people to over 34 years in prison for the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. At least two of the five are allegedly part of the Los Lobos criminal organization. (Reuters)
• Rust shooting incident
  • A judge dismisses American actor Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial due to the withholding of evidence. (The Guardian)
• The Metropolitan Police seeks a 24-year-old suspect after human remains of two men are found in two suitcases in Bristol and more remains today in Shepherd's Bush, West London, United Kingdom. (Evening Standard)
• The Philippine Senate orders the arrest of Bamban mayor Alice Guo for failing to attend hearings investigating her alleged involvement in Chinese transnational crime. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• LGBT rights in Burkina Faso
  • Burkinabè Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala announces a ban on homosexuality in the country. (BBC News)
• Same-sex marriage in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
  • The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rules that same-sex marriage is legal in Aruba and Curaçao. (De Telegraaf)

Sports

• The International Olympic Committee announces that Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympics Esports Games in 2025. (ESPN)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• H5N1 outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• Iceland volcanic eruptions
• Sudanese refugee crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes

Protests and strikes

• European farmers' protests
• Israel–Hamas war protests

• Israeli protests
• University campus protests

• Kenyan anti-tax protests
• New Caledonia social unrest
• United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes

Elections and referendums

Recent

• July

• 04: United Kingdom, House of Commons
• 05: Iran, President (run-off)
• 07: France, National Assembly (run-off)
• 15: Rwanda, President, Chamber of Deputies
• 15: Syria, People's Assembly

Upcoming

• 28: Venezuela, President

Trials

Recently concluded

• Sweden:0Mohammed Hamo
• United States:0Bob Menendez  •  Alec Baldwin
• ICC:0Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz

Ongoing

• Hong Kong:0Jimmy Lai
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• Athletics

• 2024 Diamond League

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Australian rules football

• 2024 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 WNBA season

• Canadian football

• 2024 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2024 Tour de France

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2024 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2024 NRL season

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

July

• 17: David Morrow
• 17: Bernice Johnson Reagon
• 17: Pat Williams
• 16: Joe Bryant
• 16: Peter Courtney
• 15: Norm Hewitt
• 14: Jacoby Jones
• 13: Shannen Doherty
• 13: Ruth Hesse
• 13: James B. Sikking
• 13: Richard Simmons
• 12: Tonke Dragt
• 12: Bill Viola
• 12: Ruth Westheimer
• 12: Evan Wright
• 11: Shelley Duvall
• 11: Monte Kiffin
• 10: Joe Engle
• 10: Dave Loggins
• 09: Joe Bonsall
• 09: Jim Inhofe
• 09: Maxine Singer
• 07: Jane McAlevey
• 07: Bengt I. Samuelsson
• 06: Khyree Jackson
• 05: Jon Landau
• 05: Vic Seixas
• 01: Ismail Kadare
• 01: William Rubinstein
• 01: Robert Towne

June

• 30: R. Sampanthan
• 29: Princess Lalla Latifa
• 28: Orlando Cepeda
• 28: Audrey Flack
• 28: Mohamed Osman Jawari
• 27: Kinky Friedman
• 27: Martin Mull
• 25: Sika Anoaʻi
• 25: Bill Cobbs
• 25: Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
• 24: Shifty Shellshock
• 23: Bud S. Smith
• 21: Jamie Kellner
• 21: Frederick Crews
• 20: Donald Sutherland
• 20: Taylor Wily
• 18: Anouk Aimée
• 18: James Chance
• 18: Willie Mays
• 18: Anthea Sylbert
• 18: Yoyong Martirez
• 17: Ricardo M. Urbina
• 16: Ludwig Adamovich Jr.
• 16: Bruce Bastian
• 16: Barbara Gladstone
• 16: Bob Schul
• 15: James Kent
• 15: Matija Sarkic

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Ecuador

• Ecuadorian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel–Hamas

• Regional spillover

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