Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- In cycling, Demi Vollering (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
- In Rome, Emperor Nero's private theatre is discovered under the courtyard of Palazzo Della Rovere.
- In Niger, soldiers stage a coup d'état, detaining President Mohamed Bazoum.
- The Israeli Knesset approves a judicial reform bill after months of protests against it.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
- At least four civilians are killed and 43 are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih. (CNN International)
- Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
International relations
- France–Niger relations
- Niger's military junta accuses France of wanting to intervene by force to reinstate ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, a day after ECOWAS gave an ultimatum for Bazoum's reinstatement. (AFP via Libération) (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Four people are shot dead on board the Jaipur Superfast Express (12956) by a Railway Protection Force constable on escorting duty in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (TNN via Times of India)
Culture
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Russia says that it destroyed three Ukrainian drones over Moscow, which injured one person, prompting officials to close the Vnukovo International Airport to traffic. (AFP via The Guardian)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2023 Khar bombing
- At least 45 people are killed and nearly 200 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Khar bombing
- Sinai insurgency
- Five people are killed and seven others are injured in clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon. (AP via ABC News)
Arts and culture
- Spanish government researchers identify 357 missing foreign fighters from the Spanish Civil War, specifically from the International Brigades, with most of the fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are killed and 76 others are injured by severe storms in parts of central Russia. (BBC News)
- Three people are killed and 37 others are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in El Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)
International relations
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- International reactions to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- West African regional bloc ECOWAS announces a no-fly zone over Niger. (Channels TV)
- ECOWAS threatens to "take all measures necessary", including the use of force, to reinstate the government of Niger if ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated within a week. (AFP via France 24)
- The military junta regime warns against any foreign intervention in the country, saying that "we want to once more remind ECOWAS or any other adventurer, of our firm determination to defend our homeland". (Reuters)
- Chadian president Mahamat Déby visits Niamey in order to meet with Nigerien government officials to address the crisis. (AFP via The Peninsula)
- International reactions to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian officials announce that a peace summit, aimed at addressing the invasion, will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in early August with representatives from 30 countries expected to attend. (AP)
Law and crime
- One person is killed and eight others are critically injured in a shooting in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. (CNN)
- Five people are injured, two critically, in a shooting at a shopping center in Lansing, Michigan, United States. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Central African constitutional referendum
- Citizens of the Central African Republic vote in a referendum that could remove the presidential term limit. (Reuters)
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Thousands of pro-Tchiani demonstrators protest outside the French embassy in Niamey, setting fire to the door and defacing a plaque. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
- Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Anti-war activists protest in Belgrade, Serbia, after two prominent anti-war and anti-Putin activists experienced problems trying to enter the country. (AP)
Sports
- 2023 UCI Women's World Tour
- 2023 Tour de France Femmes
- Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering of SD Worx wins the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes with a dominant stage win over fellow Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar Team on the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. (CNN)
- 2023 Tour de France Femmes
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Moroccan defender Nouhaila Benzina becomes the first football player to compete in a senior-level international tournament while wearing a hijab, following the overturning of a FIFA ban on head coverings in 2014. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces strike Zaporizhzhia, killing two civilians and injuring another, as well as damaging infrastructure. (CNN International)
- Two people are killed and 20 injured in a Russian missile strike on civilian infrastructure in Sumy. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- Sungai Kolok fireworks disaster
- At least 12 people are killed and more than 115 others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Su-ngai Kolok, Thailand. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Canadian wildfires
- Another firefighter is killed while combating a wildfire near Fort St. John, British Columbia, marking the third firefighter death in Canada's wildfire season this year. (AFP via The Straits Times)
International relations
- Haitian crisis, Foreign relations of Haiti, Foreign relations of Kenya
- Kenyan foreign minister Alfred Mutua announces the country's plan to deploy 1,000 police officers to Haiti, leading a multinational force to assist local law enforcement and restoring stability, pending mandate approval from the United Nations Security Council and local authorities. (AFP via VOA)
Law and crime
- Colombian police arrest the son of President Gustavo Petro and his ex-wife on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment related to the alleged acceptance of funds from drug traffickers during Petro's 2022 presidential campaign. (AFP via France 24)
- Indonesian police announce the arrest of three Bali-based immigration officers linked to an illicit organ trade network accused of trafficking 122 individuals to Cambodia for nephrectomies and selling their kidneys, earning an estimated IDR 24.4 billion (US$1.58 million) since 2019. (AFP via CNA)
- Iran announces that it will try 104 members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran in absentia, including its leader Maryam Rajavi, who is in exile in Albania. (Xinhua)
Politics and elections
- Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo facilitates an agreement between opposing Kenyan political alliances Azimio la Umoja and Kenya Kwanza in order to establish a joint committee aimed at resolving their "differences" following a series of violent protests against the government of President William Ruto. (AFP via Barron's)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Nine civilians are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential complex and a nearby building of the SBU in Dnipro. (Reuters)
- At least four civilians are injured in a Russian shelling of a residential area in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. (CNN)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Russia claim to have shot down two Ukrainian S-200 missiles, with the debris injuring at least nine civilians in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast. (The New York Times)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Nigerien army general Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new President of Niger following Wednesday's coup d'état. (BBC News)
- The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid to Niger in response to the coup. (AA via TRT World)
Business and economy
- Ford announces that they will recall more than 870,000 F-150 pickup trucks due to concerns about possible parking brake malfunctions. (CBS News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Doksuri
- The death toll from Typhoon Doksuri's landfall in the Philippines rises to 39, with about 42,000 people displaced. (AA)
- At least one person is killed and 68 others are injured as Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in Taiwan. (CNN)
- Typhoon Doksuri
- Six people are killed when a small plane crashes in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Reuters)
- Four people are missing and feared dead after a helicopter crashes off the coast of Queensland, Australia. (Reuters)
- A Cessna Citation III goes missing with three people near Veracruz, Mexico. All three occupants are feared dead. Search and rescue operations ongoing. (XEU Noticias)
Health and environment
- 2023 heat waves
- Preliminary data by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals that the North Atlantic Ocean's temperature has hit an all-time high of 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), reaching this peak several weeks earlier than usual in the year. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
International relations
- Haiti–United States relations, Haitian crisis
- The Biden administration orders U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing "kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure" in the country. (Reuters)
- Taiwan–United States relations
- The U.S. Department of Defense announces the provision of a $345 million military aid package to Taiwan. (AFP via i24 News)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Singapore
- Singapore executes Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in the country in nearly twenty years. Djamani was found guilty of trafficking 30 grams of heroin in 2018. (BBC News)
- Disney v. DeSantis
- A judge in Florida, U.S., denies a request by entertainment conglomerate Disney to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Governor Ron DeSantis against their effort to neutralize the Walt Disney World district takeover in Orange County. (AP)
- 2023 Langweid am Lech shooting
- Three people are killed and two others are injured during a spree shooting in Langweid am Lech, Germany. (AP)
Sports
- 2023 WNBA season
- In basketball, the Dallas Wings' Satou Sabally records her first triple-double with 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Wings' 90–62 win over the Washington Mystics. This is the Wings' first triple-double since 2005, and the first since the franchise moved to Dallas in 2016. (AP) (ESPN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Ukrainian forces reportedly retake the village of Staromaiorske, Donetsk Oblast. (CNN International)
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Supporters of the military coup against President Mohamed Bazoum set fire to the headquarters of the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niamey, Niger. (BBC News)
- Syrian civil war
- Six people are killed and 20 others are injured during a bombing at the Sayyidah Zaynab's Shi'ite mosque in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. (AFP via Hindustan Times)
Arts and culture
- The government of Rome, Italy, announces the discovery of Roman emperor Nero's private theatre under the courtyard of the Palazzo Della Rovere. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 27 people are killed and six others are missing when a boat capsizes in Laguna de Bay off the coast of Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines. (AP)
- One person is killed and 84 others are injured by a chlorine gas leakage at a sewage plant in Qena, Egypt. (Egypt Independent)
- An evacuation is ordered due to an explosion of an ammunition dump of an air force base in Nea Anchialos, Magnesia, Greece, due to the ongoing wildfires. (DW News)
Health and environment
- Climate change
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declares that Earth has entered an "age of global boiling" as scientists confirm that this year's heat waves have been some of the hottest in recorded history. (The Guardian)
International relations
- China–North Korea relations, North Korea–Russia relations
- North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu and a Chinese delegation meet in Pyongyang to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities during the Korean War. Kim and Shoigu also attend an exhibition of North Korean ballistic missiles, which have been prohibited by multiple United Nations resolutions endorsed by China and Russia. (Reuters)
- Papua New Guinea–United States relations
- United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announces the deployment of a Coast Guard Cutter to Papua New Guinea in August. (AFP via The Manila Times)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Kuwait
- Kuwait executes five men, including one involved in the suicide bombing of a mosque in 2015. (AP via ABC News)
- USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
- A lawsuit is filed against Michigan State University in Michigan, U.S., accusing the school of "illegal secret votes" to prevent the release of 6,000 documents in the case of an investigation involving Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in 2018. (PBS NewsHour)
Sports
- China–India relations
- The government of India withdraws the Indian Wushu team from the Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, in order to protest against the issuance of Chinese stapled visas to three of the athletes who are from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, as the issuance of such visas is seen as an attempt by China to assert territorial claim over the state. (India Today)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches cruise missiles at Kyiv Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, and Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk says that 36 targets, including three Kalibr and 33 Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles were shot down. (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Soldiers from Niger's presidential guard detain President Mohamed Bazoum inside the presidential palace in Niamey. Entrances to government ministries are also blocked. (Al Jazeera)
- Soldiers announce on state television that President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. The country's borders are closed and a nationwide curfew is declared. (The Examiner) (The Guardian)
Arts and culture
- Egypt cancels American rapper Travis Scott’s upcoming concert at the Giza Pyramids over Scott's alleged promotion of Freemasonry. (Rolling Stone) (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- At least six people are killed and thousands of others are displaced as Typhoon Doksuri (Egay) makes landfall in Luzon, Philippines. (AP)
- The Shoei Kisen Kaisha-owned cargo ship Fremantle Highway with around 3,000 cars, en route from Germany to Egypt, catches fire near Ameland, Netherlands. One person is killed and 22 others on board are injured. (Reuters)
- Twenty-three people are killed and several others are injured when a bus overturns in Ngeune Sarr, Louga Department, Senegal. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed, nearly a dozen are injured and one person is reported missing after a silo exploded in Palotina, Paraná, Brazil. (Reuters)
International relations
Law and crime
- 2023 Malian constitutional referendum
- Mali downgrades the French language from official language to working language in accordance with the new constitution. (Africanews)
- American actor Kevin Spacey is acquitted of nine sexual assault charges. (Reuters)
- The Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite United Nations concern and rare public protests. (AP)
- Andrew Malkinson, a British victim of a miscarriage of justice, who was sentenced to a whole life tariff for attempted murder and rape and spent 17 years in prison, has his conviction quashed. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of the 2023 Cambodian general election
- Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen announces his upcoming resignation after four decades in power, with his son Hun Manet succeeding him. (CNA)
Science and technology
- Pentagon UFO videos, David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims
- The United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability holds a congressional hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena, amid claims from former intelligence official David Grusch that the U.S. military is operating a clandestine retrieval program for crashed "non-human" craft. (The Guardian)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum
- Battle of Omdurman
- The Sudanese Armed Forces shells three RSF-held neighbourhoods in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more. (The Guardian)
- Syrian civil war
- Russia–United States relations
- The United States Central Command says that a Russian military jet damaged an MQ-9 Reaper drone in Syrian airspace on July 23, by ejecting flares while flying "dangerously close" to the U.S. aircraft. (BBC News)
- Russia–United States relations
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Three Hamas members are killed by Israeli soldiers in the Nablus neighborhood of al-Tur, in the occupied West Bank. (AP)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a $400 million military aid package to Ukraine. The package includes various anti-tank and air defense missiles, 32 Stryker armored fighting vehicles, Hydra 70 rockets, and Black Hornet Nano surveillance drones, among other equipment. (The Guardian)
- List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in 2023
- 2023 Italy wildfires
- Four people are killed by wildfires in southern Italy. A firefighter also dies in Sardinia while fighting fires in Baunei. (La Repubblica)
- 2023 Greece wildfires
- Two air force members are killed when a Canadair CL-215 waterbomber crashes on Evia island, Greece. (Metro)
- 2023 Italy wildfires
- Four people are killed and several others are injured by floods in Lombardy, Italy. Heavy rains also occur in Veneto. (Fanpage)
Health and environment
- Fifty-one long-finned pilot whales are found dead after beaching themselves on a beach near Albany, Western Australia, as part of a larger pod of nearly 100. State authorities and volunteers are working to redirect the remaining 46 whales to deeper waters. (AFP via CNA)
International relations
- 2023 Quran desecration in Sweden
- Denmark–Egypt relations, Denmark–Turkey relations
- Far-right protesters set fire to copies of the Quran outside the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen, Denmark, prompting outrage from Muslim-majority countries. (Politico)
- Foreign relations of Egypt, Foreign relations of Sweden
- The Egyptian foreign ministry summons Sweden's envoy over protests in Stockholm that desecrated the Quran. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
- Denmark–Egypt relations, Denmark–Turkey relations
Law and crime
- Islamic terrorism in Europe
- Six men are found guilty of terrorist murder for their participation in the Brussels bombings in 2016, with two of them also being found guilty for their roles in the Paris attacks in 2015. (BBC News)
- Ecuadorian security crisis
- Ecuador declares a state of emergency in all prisons after gang clashes that killed 18 prisoners. (The Guardian)
- A 25-year-old man is charged with three counts of murder, including one as a domestic violence offense, four days after intentionally causing a fatal accident that killed three people on the Bruce Highway in Federal, Queensland, Australia. The suspected killer had been chasing one of the vehicles prior to the accident. (ABC News Australia)
- A five-month-old girl dies when Indian forces fire tear gas at Rohingya refugees trying to escape a detention centre in Hiranagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (The Guardian)
- The United States Department of Education initiates a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's legacy admissions policy, in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. (AFP via The Manila Times)
- One man and two teenaged boys from Guayama, Puerto Rico are found dead in the northern city of Carolina. Hours earlier, two Guayama teenaged girls, aged 13 and 15, had also been found dead inside a Toyota Tacoma vehicle near Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, also in Carolina. Authorities confirmed their belief that the crimes are related. (Telemundo)
Politics and elections
- Capital punishment in Ghana
- The Parliament of Ghana votes to formally abolish the death penalty, becoming the latest African nation to end the punishment. The 176 prisoners currently on death row in Ghanian prisons will now have their sentences changed to life imprisonment. (BBC News)
- 2024 United States presidential election
- The presidential campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis fires former National Review writer Nate Hochman for posting videos that include anti-LGBT and neo-Nazi content. (The Guardian)
- Chinese state media announces that Foreign Minister Qin Gang has been replaced by his predecessor Wang Yi. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Casey Phair, participating as part of the South Korean football team in a match against Colombia, becomes the youngest player to appear at a FIFA Women's World Cup game at 16 years old. (NPR)
- The Philippines win their first match and score their first goal at a FIFA Women's World Cup tournament after defeating co-hosts New Zealand 1–0. (CNN)
- The BBC apologises for asking Morocco captain Ghizlane Chebbak how many of the team are lesbians. (The Independent)