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Flooding near Hunt, Texas
- Flooding in central Texas (pictured), United States, leaves more than 100 people dead.
- Astronomers announce the discovery of 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object passing through the Solar System.
- The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile releases the first light images from its new 8.4-metre (28 ft) telescope.
- In basketball, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Indiana Pacers to win the NBA Finals.
July 8, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Five Israeli solders are killed and two others are seriously injured when explosive devices are detonated and militants open fire on forces evacuating the injured soldiers during an operation in North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine. (AP)
July 7, 2025 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Red Sea crisis
- Israeli attacks on Yemen
- The Israeli Air Force strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen in response to recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel. (ABC News) (Reuters)
- Houthi attacks on commercial vessels
- Israeli attacks on Yemen
- Red Sea crisis
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces launch a long-range drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging the main oil refinery in Ilsky. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- 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)
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- 2025 Kenyan protests
- Eleven 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. (Sky News) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2025 Central Texas floods
- 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 have been issued for expected additional rainfall. (AP)
- One person is killed and ten others are injured after a restaurant's roof collapses in Terracina, Province of Latina, Italy. (Ansa)
Law and crime
- 2021–2022 Luzon sabungero disappearances
- 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)
- 2023 Leongatha mushroom murders
- 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)
- Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
- Amnesty International says that Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people last year, many of them over drug offenses. (AP)
- Death of Jeffrey Epstein
- The United States Department of Justice announces that the alleged "Epstein client list" does not exist, and that Jeffrey Epstein's death was a suicide. (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 Philadelphia) (KYW-TV)
- The perpetrator is killed and three people, two police officers and a border guard, are injured in a mass shooting at a when a 27-year-old man with a rifle and tactical gear opens fire on law enforcement officers before being fatally shot at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, United States. (CNN)
- Eleven people are charged after an ambush on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in 2024 that left one police officer injured at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, United States. (Fox 4)
Politics and elections
- Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung
- 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)
- 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)
- The Surinamese parliament elects Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the country's first female President. (CNN) (France 24)
July 6, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli airstrikes kill at least 38 Palestinians in Gaza. (AP)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli–Lebanese conflict
- Israel conducts four drone strikes in Bint Jbeil, Shebaa, and Shaqra, in southern Lebanon over the weekend, killing one person and injuring several others. (Al Jazeera)
- Red Sea crisis
- A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier is attacked by the Houthis with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Red Sea forcing the crew to abandon ship, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation. (NOS) (ABC News Australia)
- Gaza war
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Boko Haram insurgents kill nine people and injure four others in an attack on Mallam Fatori in Borno State, Nigeria. (AP)
- Gang war in Haiti
- The historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is destroyed following an arson attack by armed gangs. (Le Quotidien 509)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from the collapse of a multistory building on Friday in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, rises to 27 as rescuers pull 11 more bodies from the rubble as the three-day rescue operation ends. 10 others were injured in the collapse, of which one died in hospital from their injuries. (CTV News)
- A truck and a commercial vehicle carrying passengers collide along the Zaria-Kano expressway in Kano State, Nigeria, killing 21 and injuring three. (AP)
- Five Turkish soldiers are killed by methane gas exposure in a cave in northern Iraq during an operation to search for a fellow soldier's remains. (AP)
International relations
- Japan–Philippines relations
- The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that the Japanese Navy will export six used Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to strengthen the Philippine Navy due to territorial disputes in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- Prosecutors in South Korea request that former president Yoon Suk Yeol be detained amid the ongoing investigation against him for insurrection. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
- In association football, the defending champions Mexico win a record-extending 10th Gold Cup title after defeating the United States 2–1 in the final at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. Edson Álvarez is named the tournament's best player. (France 24)
July 5, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- Israeli airstrikes kill 24 Palestinians, including ten who were seeking humanitarian aid, and injure dozens of others. (AP)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
Disasters and accidents
- Four people are killed after an aircraft crashes and burns in the Central Eastern Alps in Wald im Pinzgau, Austria. (NOS)
- In Glendora, Mississippi, 13 cars of a Canadian National freight train derail, including one car spilling benzene, forcing an evacuation of the area. (Press-Register)
Politics and elections
- The Turkish government arrests the mayors of Adıyaman, Adana, and Antalya, who are all part of the opposition Republican People's Party, as part of a bribery investigation. (AP)
July 4, 2025 (Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2025 Central Texas floods
- At least 51 people are killed, including 15 children, with 27 more children missing, during a flood in Central Texas, United States. (BBC News) (CNN)
- A fire and subsequent explosion at a gas station in Rome, Italy, leaves 45 people injured, including two critically. (Roma Today)
- At least 16 people are killed when a building collapses in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP) (France 24)
Law and crime
- Anti-gentrification protests in Mexico City, Mexico, lead to tourist harassment and vandalism in Condesa. (AP)
July 3, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- Israeli airstrikes and shootings kill at least 94 Palestinians in Gaza, including 45 who were attempting to get humanitarian aid. (AP)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- Gang war in Haiti
- According to the United Nations, over 90% of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince is now under the control of violent gangs. (NPR)
- Somali Civil War
- At least five Ugandan soldiers are killed and some others are injured when a military Mi-24 helicopter part of the African Union peacekeeping mission crashes near Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The helicopter carrying eight people had been arriving from an airfield in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. (AP)
Business and economy
- South American trade bloc MERCOSUR and European bloc EFTA sign a free trade agreement, setting up a free trade zone of nearly 300 million people. (DW) (Buenos Aires Herald)
International relations
- Afghanistan–Russia relations, Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Russia becomes the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung
- The South Korean National Assembly votes 173–3 with three abstentions to approve the nomination of Kim Min-seok as the country's prime minister, despite boycotts from the People Power Party over allegations surrounding his wealth and family. (Yonhap)
- Air traffic controllers in France go on strike to protest understaffing, management culture, and outdated equipment. Hundreds of flights are delayed or cancelled, including at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, which is one of Europe's busiest airports. (DW) (Bloomberg News)
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is passed by the United States House of Representatives in a 218–214 vote and is signed into law by President Donald Trump the following day. (BBC News)
- The Syrian transitional government unveils the new emblem of Syria, featuring a gold-coloured eagle, facing to its right, with three five-pointed stars arranged in an arc above its head. (SANA)
July 2, 2025 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders the indefinite suspension of air defense and weapon shipments to Ukraine, including Patriot interceptors and other missiles and ammunition. (The New Voice of Ukraine)
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 European heatwaves
- An African Union Mi-24 helicopter deployed as part of the AUSSOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashes in Mogadishu, killing five Ugandan soldiers. (AP)
- Six people are killed and 29 others are missing when a ferry carrying 65 people capsizes off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. (The New York Times) (AP)
International relations
- Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
- Australia, India, Japan, and the United States announce a joint initiative to work towards securing minerals necessary for new technologies and reduce reliance on Chinese sources. (DW) (The Guardian)
- 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)
Law and crime
- 2025 Chicago shooting
- Four people are killed and fourteen others are wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (WBBM-TV)
- Trial of Sean Combs
- American rapper and music producer Sean Combs is acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering and found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. (Reuters)
- 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)
Science and technology
- 3I/ATLAS
- The Minor Planet Center confirms an interstellar object is transiting the Solar System on a hyperbolic trajectory, the third of its kind to be officially confirmed. The object is likely a comet and could be as large as 12 miles (20 km) in diameter. (Minor Planet Center) (Earth Sky)
- Ford recalls more than 200,000 vehicles due to a software defect that can cause the backup camera to fail, raising the risk of crashes. (AP)
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