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July 26, 2016 (Tuesday)

War in Somalia (2009–present)
- Al-Shabab claim responsibility for a bombing attack in Mogadishu near an African Union base that has reportedly killed several people. (Al-Jazeera)

Stockholm Pride:
- British journalist and conservative gay activist Milo Yiannopoulos’ tour stop in Stockholm, Sweden this week is cancelled after a security evaluation showed a significant threat to his life. (Breitbart News)
Sagamihara stabbings
- At least 19 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a knife attack at a care centre for disabled people in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A man has handed himself in to the police, according to local media. (BBC)
2016 Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray church attack
- Two men armed with knives take a priest, two nuns and two parishioners hostage in a church near Rouen in the French region of Normandy. French police kill the hostage takers after the priest was killed. (NBC News) (BBC), (Haaretz)

2016 Democratic National Convention
- Former president Bill Clinton, husband of presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, will speak on the second night of the convention. (The Sacramento Bee), (Time)
The Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull announces that a Royal Commission will be held into the Northern Territory youth justice system after the Australian Broadcasting Commissions Four Corners program shows footage of juvenile Aboriginal Australians being tortured at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre. John Elferink has been sacked as the Northern Territory's Minister for Justice and Corrections following the report. (ABC News), (The Guardian)

Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to travel around the world without fuel after it returns to Abu Dhabi. (Deutsche Welle)

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+**British journalist and conservative gay activist [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]’ tour stop in Stockholm, Sweden this week is cancelled after a security evaluation showed a significant threat to his life. [http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/25/milos-gay-pride-march-in-sweden-cancelled-after-threat-revealed/ (''Breitbart News'')]
 *[[Sagamihara stabbings]]
 **At least 19 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a knife attack at a care centre for disabled people in the city of [[Sagamihara]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. A man has handed himself in to the police, according to local media. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36890655 (BBC)]