Tuesday,  July 8th, 2025 

The United States Department of Justice announces that the alleged “Epstein client list” does not exist and reaffirms that Jeffrey Epstein‘s death was a suicide. (AP) 

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) 

Six Israeli soldiers are killed and ten others are critically injured during a Palestinian military operation. Palestinian forces detonated explosive devices on Israeli soldiers and later opened fire on Israeli forces evacuating their injured soldiers in Beit Hanoun, Palestine. (Palestine Chronicle)

Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, and five police officers are injured, including three seriously, in a mass shootout when a man opens fire on police officers responding to a hostage situation at a house in Calldetenes, Catalonia, Spain. (Ara) 

Ten people are killed and others are injured when a fire and explosion cause eight rooms to collapse at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Star) 

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban official Abdul Hakim Haqqani over persecution of girls, women and the LGBTQ+ community. (AP) 

Monday,  July 7th, 2025 

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) 

Amnesty International says that Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people last year, many of them over drug offenses. (AP) 

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) 

Two people are injured and two other people are missing after a ship is attacked in the Red Sea near Hodeida, Yemen, by multiple boats and drones for the second consecutive day. (NOS) 

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. (Reuters) 

Over 70 vigilante group members are killed and others are missing in a mass shooting ambush by bandits in Plateau State, Nigeria. (Daily Post) 

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) 

Four people are killed and at least 22 others are injured in a fire at a 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. (CNN) 

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) 

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

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Monday,  July 7th, 2025 

The Ukrainian Armed Forces launch a long-range drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging the main oil refinery in Ilsky. (The Kyiv Independent) 

Russia launches over 100 drones at areas across Ukraine, killing ten civilians and injuring 38 others. (PBS) 

The Israeli Air Force strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen in reponse to recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel. (Reuters) 

Israel strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen. (ABC News)

Al-Shabaab militants recapture Moqokori, a town in the Hiiraan region of Somalia they lost in September 2022, following a local uprising led by Ma’awisley fighters. The heavy fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Somali National Army and Ma’awisley fighters, who lost control of the town after a suicide bombing and a fierce attack by the militants. (Garowe Online) 

Ten people are killed and 29 others are injured in clashes with security forces amid ongoing anti-government protests in Kenya, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. (Reuters) 

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) 

Three people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting in the Grays Ferry neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (Metro) (CBS News) 

South Korean prime minister Kim Min-seok is officially inaugurated at the Government Complex in Sejong City, four days after he was approved by the National Assembly. (The Korea Herald) 

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