Thursday, July 24th, 2025 

Hungary bans Irish rap trio Kneecap for three years ahead of a music festival, citing a national security threat over their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah. (The Times of Israel) 

A study published in Cell outlines a mouse model which shows a combination therapy involving the two previously approved cancer drugs of Letrozole and Irinotecan that effectively treats Alzheimer’s disease.  (Newsmax) 

The International Criminal Court convicts Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom, leaders of the Anti-balaka militia alliance, of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentences them to 12 and 15 years in prison respectively for their roles in various massacres against civilians throughout the civil war in the Central African Republic. (AP) 

An Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 operating as Angara Airlines Flight 2311 en route to Tynda crashes into a forested area in Amur Oblast, Russia, killing all 48 occupants, including five children. (The Guardian)

French president Emmanuel Macron announces that France will recognize Palestine as a state starting September, citing reasons such as to an immediate end to the war and helping the humanitarian crisis. (France 24) 

At least twelve people are killed, several others are missing, and 157 are injured in a explosion at an ammunition depot in Maarrat Misrin, Idlib Governorate, Syria. (Xinhua News Agency) 

At least seven students are killed, around 19 others are seriously injured, including eight critically, and over 32 are trapped under debris when a school collapses due to continuous rainfall in Piplodi, Jhalawar District, India. (The Indian Express) 

The traditional chiefs of Palau and the Palau National Congress reject a proposal by the United States to host asylum seekers, and strongly advise president Surangel Whipps, Jr. to also reject it. (Island Times) 

Cambodian and Thai troops exchange fire near the Prasat Ta Muen Thom site near the border. Fourteen people are killed and 46 more are injured in Thailand. (BBC News) 

The Supreme Court of the Philippines rules that the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, filed by the lower house of Congress in February, is unconstitutional. (Reuters) 

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 

Bryan Kohberger is sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022. (The New York Times) 

A specialized court in Antioquia, Colombia, sentences seven former Chiquita executives to 135 months in prison and fines them COP$13.876 billion (US$3.4 million) for financing the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group. (Infobae) 

Six Northeastern University students are killed and one teacher is injured after the collapse of protective grates over a flotation cell at the Wunugetushan gold mine near Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, China. (Reuters) 

India announces it will resume issuing tourist visas for Chinese citizens, ending a five-year suspension imposed following the 2020 border skirmishes between the two countries. (The Straits Times) 

At least ten firefighters and rescue workers are killed and 14 others are injured in a wildfire in Eskişehir Province, Turkey. (CTV News) 

Two people are killed and hundreds of others are evacuated in a fire in Limassol, Cyprus. The fire brigade chief says the fire was arson. (Greek Reporter) 

One person is killed by Tropical Storm Wipha in Nghệ An province, Vietnam. (AP) 

The Gambia reports its first case of mpox and announces an outbreak. (Hurriyet Daily News) 

Indonesian National Police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires across the country, which contribute to the Southeast Asian haze. (AP) 

Governor Arnold Palacios dies in office in neighboring Guam due to a medical condition. (Marianas Variety) 

Lt. Governor David Apatang succeeds Palacios as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. Dennis C. Mendiola becomes Lieutenant Governor.  (Radio New Zealand) 

A mass shooting in Maguiresbridge, Northern Ireland, leaves three people dead and another seriously injured. (BBC News) 

Tuesday,  July 22nd, 2025 

President Trump announces a trade agreement with Philippine president Bongbong Marcos that sets a 19% tariff on Philippine exports to the United States, while U.S. goods entering the Philippines will be exempt from tariffs. (CNN)

U.S. president Donald Trump announces a trade deal with Japan on Truth Social that would let Japan invest $550 billion into the United States and reduce the tariffs to 15%. (CNBC) 

The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, which is intercepted by Israeli forces. (Reuters) 

The Ukrainian parliament adopts a law placing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office under the Prosecutor General, sparking widespread protests across the country, the largest since the 2022 Russian invasion. Despite calls to veto the law, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the law. (The Kyiv Independent) 

At least ten people are killed after Jubaland forces claim they have taken full control of the Beled Hawo District headquarters as well as the entire city, following heavy fighting with the Somali National Army from the Federal Government of Somalia. (Garowe Online) 

Flash flooding kills three people and leaves 15 others missing in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (AP) 

A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a truck kills 17 people and injures several others in Harare Province, Zimbabwe. (AP) 

Monday,  July 21st, 2025 

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announces a ban on transgender women competing in women’s sports in compliance with an executive order issued earlier this year. (NPR) 

The United States and Germany agree to send five Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) 

The National Liberation Army deploys a drone to attack a military convoy in Catatumbo, Colombia, killing three soldiers and injuring eight others. (AP) 

At least 31 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured after a Bangladesh Air Force FT-7BGI training aircraft crashes into a college and school campus in Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AlJazeera) 

At least 22 people are killed and more than 90,000 people are displaced as Tropical Storm Wipha hits the Philippines and South Korea. (Gulf News) 

The Venezuelan attorney general’s office opens a formal investigation into Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government’s alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants detained in the United States and sent to the CECOT megaprison, built to hold alleged gang members. (AP) 

Israeli troops and tanks enter Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for the first time since the start of the war. (Reuters) 

Hundreds of Bedouin civilians are evacuated from Suwayda, Syria, as part of a ceasefire following clashes that left hundreds dead. (Reuters) 

Sunday, July 20th, 2025 

Ecuador extradites José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros cartel, to the United States where he faces federal charges related to drug trafficking. (AP) 

Seventeen people are killed and 11 others are missing in torrential rains in South Korea. (AP) 

Six people, including a pregnant woman, are killed in a fire on the passenger ferry KM Barcelona 5 just before it reaches Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP) (Hindustan Times) 

Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet. (NHK) 

The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito lose their majority in the House of Councillors, marking the first time in LDP’s 70-year history that it leads a coalition in the Diet without a majority in either house. (NHK) 

Egyptian police kill two suspected militants belonging to the Hasm Movement, an affiliate of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, during a raid on their hideout in Giza. One passerby is also killed. (Al-Ahram) 

At least 85 Palestinians are killed while attempting to access aid across the Gaza Strip. (AP) 

The End