Sunday, July 30th, 2023 

Russia says that it destroyed three Ukrainian drones over Moscow, which injured one person, prompting officials to close the Vnukovo International Airport to traffic. (AFP via The Guardian) 

At least 44 people are killed and nearly 200 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) 

At least four officers are killed and at least 21 others are injured in a mass shooting at a police facility in Arish, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. (AP via Al Arabiya) 

Five people are killed and seven others are injured in clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon. (AP via ABC News) 

Spanish government researchers identify 357 missing foreign fighters from the Spanish Civil War, specifically from the International Brigades, with most of the fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. (AP) 

Ten people are killed and 76 others are injured by severe storms in parts of central Russia. (BBC News) 

Three people are killed and 37 others are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in El Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. (Al-Ahram) 

West African regional bloc ECOWAS announces a no-fly zone over Niger. (Channels TV) 

ECOWAS threatens to “take all measures necessary”, including the use of force, to reinstate the government of Niger if ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated within a week. (AFP via France 24) 

The military junta regime warns against any foreign intervention in the country, saying that “we want to once more remind ECOWAS or any other adventurer, of our firm determination to defend our homeland”. (Reuters) 

Chadian president Mahamat Déby visits Niamey in order to meet with Nigerien government officials to address the crisis. (AFP via The Peninsula) 

Ukrainian officials announce that a peace summit, aimed at addressing the invasion, will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in early August with representatives from 30 countries expected to attend. (AP) 

One person is killed and eight others are critically injured in a mass shooting in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. (CNN) 

Five people are injured, two critically, in a mass shooting at a shopping center in Lansing, Michigan, United States. (CNN) 

Citizens of the Central African Republic vote in a referendum that could remove the presidential term limit. (Reuters) 

Thousands of pro-Tchiani demonstrators protest outside the French embassy in Niger, setting fire to the door as well as defacing a plaque bearing the words Embassy of France in Niger and replacing it with Nigeran and Russian flags, with others shouting pro-Russian phrases. (AFP via Al Arabiya) 

Anti-war activists protest in Belgrade, Serbia, after two prominent anti-war and anti-Putin activists experienced problems trying to enter the country. (AP) 

Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering of SD Worx wins the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes with a dominant stage win over fellow Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar Team on the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. (CNN) 

Moroccan defender Nouhaila Benzina becomes the first football player to compete in a senior-level international tournament while wearing a hijab, following the overturning of a FIFA ban on head coverings in 2014. (AP) 

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Saturday, July 29th, 2023 

Kenyan foreign minister Alfred Mutua announces the country’s plan to deploy 1,000 police officers to Haiti, leading a multinational force to assist local law enforcement and restoring stability, pending mandate approval from the United Nations Security Council and local authorities. (AFP via VOA) 

Russian forces strike Zaporizhzhia, killing two civilians and injuring another, as well as damaging infrastructure. (CNN International) 

Two people are killed and 20 injured in a Russian missile strike on civilian infrastructure in Sumy. (The Kyiv Independent) 

At least 12 people are killed and more than 115 others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Sungai Kolok, Thailand. (Al Jazeera) 

Another firefighter is killed while combating a wildfire near Fort St. John, marking the third firefighter death in Canada’s wildfire season this year. (AFP via The Straits Times) 

Colombian police arrest the son of President Gustavo Petro and his ex-wife on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment related to the alleged acceptance of funds from drug traffickers during Petro’s 2022 presidential campaign. (AFP via France 24) 

Indonesian police announce the arrest of three Bali-based immigration officers linked to an illicit organ trade network accused of trafficking 122 individuals to Cambodia for nephrectomies and selling their kidneys, earning an estimated IDR 24.4 billion (US$1.58 million) since 2019. (AFP via CNA) 

Iran announces that it will try 104 members of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran organization in absentia, including its leader Maryam Rajavi, who is in exile in Albania. (Xinhua) 

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo facilitates an agreement between opposing Kenyan political alliances Azimio la Umoja and Kenya Kwanza in order to establish a joint committee aimed at resolving their “differences” following a series of violent protests against the government of President William Ruto. (AFP via Barron’s) 

Friday,  July 28th, 2023 

Nine civilians are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential complex and a nearby building of the SBU in Dnipro. (Reuters) 

At least four civilians are injured in a Russian shelling of a residential area in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. (CNN) 

Russia claim to have shot down two Ukrainian S-200 missiles, with the debris injuring at least nine civilians in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast. (The New York Times) 

Nigerien army general Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new President of Niger following Wednesday’s coup d’état. (BBC News) 

The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid to Niger in response to the coup. (TRT World) 

Ford announces that they will recall more than 870,000 F-150 pickup trucks due to concerns about possible parking brake malfunctions. (CBS News) 

The death toll from Typhoon Doksuri’s landfall in the Philippines rises to 39, with about 42,000 people displaced. (AA) 

At least one person is killed and 68 others are injured as Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in Taiwan. (CNN) 

Four people are missing and feared dead after a helicopter crashes off the coast of Queensland, Australia. (Reuters) 

A Cessna Citation III goes missing with three people near Veracruz, Mexico. All three occupants are feared dead. Search and rescue operations ongoing. (XEU Noticias) 

Preliminary data by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals that the North Atlantic Ocean’s temperature has hit an all-time high of 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), reaching this peak several weeks earlier than usual in the year. (AFP via Manila Bulletin) 

The U.S. Department of Defense announces the provision of a $345 million military aid package to Taiwan. (AFP via i24 News) 

Singapore executes Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in nearly twenty years. Djamani was found guilty of trafficking 30 grams of heroin in 2018. (BBC News) 

A judge in Florida, U.S., denies a request by entertainment conglomerate Disney to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Governor Ron DeSantis against their effort to neutralize the Walt Disney World district takeover in Orange County. (AP) 

Three people are killed and two others are injured during a spree shooting in Langweid am Lech, Germany. (AP) 

In basketball, the Dallas Wings’ Satou Sabally records her first triple-double with 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Wings’ 90–62 win over the Washington Mystics. This is the Wings’ first triple-double since 2005, and the first since the franchise moved to Dallas in 2016. (AP) (ESPN) 

The Biden administration orders U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing “kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure” in the country. (Reuters) 

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