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Flooding near Hunt, Texas
- Flooding in Central Texas (pictured), United States, leaves more than 110 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 9, 2025 (Wednesday)
July 8, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Five Israeli soldiers are killed and two others are seriously injured in a militant attack in the Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip. (The New York Times) (The Washington Post)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli–Lebanese conflict
- An Israeli strike kills at least three people and injures 13 others in an attack on Tripoli, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war
Business and economy
- German economic crisis
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 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)
- At least four people are trapped, including a father and his two children, and 85 others are rescued when they are washed away in flash floods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. (AP) (LBC)
Law and crime
- Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, and six others are injured, including three police officers and three seriously, in a shootout at a house in Calldetenes, Catalonia, Spain. (Ara)
- A 9-year-old is killed and and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 16-year-old at a school in Estação, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (CTV News)
- 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)
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. The heavy fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Somali National Army and Ma'awisley fighters. (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 National Commission on Human Rights. (Sky News) (Reuters)
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- Over 70 vigilante group members are killed and others are missing in a mass shooting ambush by bandits in Plateau State, Nigeria. (Daily Post)
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 are issued for expected additional rainfall. (AP)
- Ramses Exchange fire
- Four people are killed and at least 22 others are injured in a fire at 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. (NOS) (CNN)
- Four people are killed, including two children, when a Cirrus SR22 crashes into a field near Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford, North Carolina, United States. (WTVD)
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 alleges that the alleged "Epstein client list" does not exist, in contradiction of Attorney General Pam Bondi's claims of possessing it, and reaffirms that Jeffrey Epstein's death was a suicide. (AP)
- 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)
Politics and elections
- Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung
- Kim Min-seok is officially inaugurated as the prime minister of South Korea 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)
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)
Politics and elections
- The Surinamese parliament elects Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the country's first female president. (CNN) (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
- 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)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
- The Pakistan Army says it killed 30 Pakistani Taliban fighters trying to cross the Afghanistan–Pakistan border barrier in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
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)
- At least 16 people are killed when a building collapses in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP) (France 24)
- A fire and subsequent explosion at a gas station in Rome, Italy, leaves 45 people injured, including two critically. (Roma Today)
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)
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)
Law and crime
- Four people are injured in a hammer attack by a 20-year-old Syrian national on an Intercity Express train while it was between Straubing and Plattling in Bavaria, Germany. (Euronews)
- Four people are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a man near a shopping mall in Tampere, Finland. (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)
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