Portal:Current events/2015 July 2

July 2, 2015 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Sinai insurgency: July 2015 Sinai attacks
- Egypt vows to continue an offensive on the Sinai Peninsula until ISIL militants have been removed. A hundred people have been killed in fighting in the past two days. (BBC)
- Egyptian Air Force air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula kill at least 23 ISIS-linked militants a day after the deadliest clashes in the region in years. (Reuters)
Boko Haram
- Boko Haram gunmen kill scores of people in attacks on the Nigerian towns of Kukawa and Musarram in recent days. (Agencies via WA Today)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Airstrikes on Sanaa kill eight, according to Houthi officials. (AP)
An attack on a convoy in northern Mali kills six UN Peacekeepers. (AP)

Business and economy

Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- London-based BP agrees, pending court approval, to pay $US18.7 billion to compensate the United States government and the five Gulf Coast states--Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas--for damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The settlement includes a civil penalty of $US5.5 billion under the Clean Water Act. (Fortune) (AP via Washington Post)
According to a statement from Ukraine's nuclear energy authority, Yadernoye Toplivo, a private U.S. nuclear energy company, ConverDyn, could begin helping Ukraine in the production of enriched uranium, a day after Russia shut off natural gas supplies to the country after the two failed to reach agreement over Ukraine's unpaid gas debts to Russia.(MSN)

Disasters and accidents

Sinking of Kim Nirvana-B
- The Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the Philippines en route from the city of Ormoc to Camotes island with 173 people onboard; at least 33 people are confirmed dead while at least 50 people have been rescued. (AFP via ABC Online), (BBC)
A bridge collapses under a Pakistan Army train at Gujranwala, killing nineteen and injuring over 100.Dawn

Politics and elections

Health and medicine