Wednesday, July 2^nd, 2025 

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the 14th Dalai Lama announces that the institution of the office of the Dalai Lama will continue after his death, and that the Ganden Phodrang Trust will have sole responsibility in identifying his successor. (AP) 

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) 

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) 

Tuesday,  July 1st, 2025 

Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik claims that Russian forces have captured the entirety of the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. (AP News) 

The M1 line of the Warsaw Metro is damaged in an overnight fire in Warsaw, Poland. Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski blames the incident on a power outage. (TVP Info) 

A sea rig capsized in the Gulf of Suez, near the Egyptian coast. Of the 31 people on board, 21 were rescued, 4 were killed and 6 are missing. (Marine Traffic) 

Turkey arrests four journalists of the satirical magazine LeMan accused of drawing Muhammad, the sacred prophet in Islam. (BBC News) 

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Tuesday,  July 1st, 2025 

Twenty bodies, five of them decapitated, are found either hanging from a bridge or inside a van abandoned beneath, near Culiacán, Sinaloa, amid clashes between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. (The Guardian) 

Turkey arrests four journalists of a satirical magazine accused of drawing Muhammad, the sacred prophet in Islam. (BBC News) 

At least 39 people are killed and dozens others injured due to an airstrike on the al-Baqa internet café in Gaza City. Multiple sportspeople and multiple journalists were killed, including Ismail Abu Hatab. (NOS) 

United States president Donald Trump signs an executive order lifting all American sanctions on Syria that were imposed during the now-overthrown Assad family’s regime. (White House) 

Police in Baku, Azerbaijan, raid the office of the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik, alleging its operations in Azerbaijan are via “illegal financing” after its official accreditation was revoked in February. (AP) 

The M1 line of the Warsaw Metro is damaged in an overnight fire in Warsaw, Poland. Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski blames the incident on a power outage. (TVP Info) 

The Constitutional Court of Thailand suspends Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal. (The Washington Post) 

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, the city’s largest workers’ union of over 9,000 city workers, goes on strike to demand negotiations over pay. (WHYY-TV) 

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) 

Monday,  June 30th, 2025 

Ryland Headley, a 92-year-old man, is convicted for the 1967 murder of Louisa Dunne, which is believed to be the UK‘s longest-running cold case ever to be solved. (The Independent) 

The sheriff’s department for Kootenai County, Idaho, confirms that the suspect in the previous day’s arson and ambush mass shooting, which killed 2 firefighters, has been found dead. (MSN) 

The death of an 82-year-old woman that was severely injured in the firebombing attack earlier this month at a protest to release Israeli hostages from the October 7 attacks at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado is announced by leaders of the Boulder Jewish Community Center. (AP) 

National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett announces that the United States will restart trade talks with Canada after they cancel their digital services tax on American technology firms. (CBC) 

Twelve people are killed and 34 others are injured in an explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in Sangareddy, Telangana, India. (The Economic Times) 

Wildfires break out in Turkey resulting in İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport cancelling or diverting all flights. (The Independent) 

A civilian vendor shot at close range by police during protests over the death of Albert Ojwang in Nairobi, Kenya, succumbs to his injuries in hospital after being declared brain-dead, bringing the death toll from nationwide protests in Kenya to 20. (DW) 

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