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Typhoon Gaemi making landfall in Taiwan
- In Gaelic football, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship concludes with Armagh defeating Galway in the final.
- Typhoon Gaemi (satellite loop shown) leaves more than 70 people dead in the Philippines, China, Taiwan, and Cambodia.
- Landslides kill at least 257 people in Geze Gofa, Ethiopia.
- In cycling, Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France.
July 31, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is assassinated in Tehran, Iran, while attending the inauguration ceremony for Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian. (NBC News) (The New York Times)
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Manila Bay oil spill
- The Cavite provincial government in the Philippines declares a "state of calamity" after an oil spill from the sunk MT Terra Nova reaches the shores of eight municipalities, requiring implementation of a no-catch zone and relief aid to be given to ~25,000 fishers. (GMA Network)
- The MV Mirola 1 is discovered to have ran aground near the coast of Bataan, becoming the third vessel to spill oil into Manila Bay in one week. (GMA Network)
Law and crime
July 30, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Haret Hreik airstrike
- Israel launches a missile attack on southern Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least three civilians and injuring 74 others. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel claims it has killed Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr in an airstrike in Beirut, while Hezbollah says he is still alive. (Reuters)
- An Israeli civilian is killed in the HaGoshrim kibbutz by a rocket fired from Lebanon. (Reuters)
- 2024 Haret Hreik airstrike
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- The Russian defense ministry says that its forces have taken control of the settlement of Pivdenne in Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Kivu conflict
- Angolan President João Lourenço announces that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a ceasefire following Angola-mediated talks. (TRT Afrika)
- Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
- The Turkish defense ministry says that it targeted Kurdish militants in northern Iraq with air strikes, killing 13 people. (Reuters)
- Unidentified gunmen open fire on a bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff working for a United Nations development agency in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. No casualties have been reported. (TOI)
Business and economy
- Tesla recalls more than 1.8 million vehicles due to a hood issue that could increase the risk of a crash. An over-the-air software update for the issue was made available in June. (Quartz)
- Rex Airlines, Australia's third-largest airline, suspends all domestic Boeing 737 flights and enters voluntary administration. (AFR)
- Spain's competition watchdog fines online travel agency Booking.com with a record €413 million fine for "abusing its dominant position" in the past five years. (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Gaemi
- The death toll from torrential rains and floods caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hunan, China, increases to 22. (Yahoo! Canada)
- Typhoon Gaemi
- 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
- The World Health Organization reports that it is now "very likely" that poliovirus has infected Gazan citizens and is spreading among the population. The statement was released shortly after the Gaza Health Ministry declared a polio epidemic in the territory. (Reuters) (Barron's)
- 2024 Wayanad landslides
- At least 162 people are killed, 191 others are injured, and more than 89 others are missing in landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala, India. (The Times of India) (Al Jazeera)
- Killucan helicopter crash
- A helicopter crashes near Killucan, County Westmeath, Ireland, killing two people. (RTÉ)
- Five people are killed and nine others are injured when a boat capsizes on the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. (Al Ahram)
International relations
- Algeria–France relations, Politics of Western Sahara
- Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France after France recognizes the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal, which was proposed by Morocco in 2007. (RFI)
- Armenia–Turkey relations
- Turkey and Armenia resume talks aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations and agree to simplify visa rules for some passport holders. (Al Arabiya)
- Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations
- Kyrgyzstan says that 94% of the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border has been agreed upon by officials from both countries. (RFE/RL)
- Philippines–United States relations
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces the allocation of $500 million to fund the Philippine military. (DW)
Law and crime
- 2024 Venezuelan protests
- Freddy Superlano, a leading figure in Venezuela's opposition coalition, is arrested as the death toll from ongoing anti-Maduro protests increases to four. (Al Arabiya)
- American Indian boarding school gravesites
- A federal investigation commissioned by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland discovers that sixty-five federal American Indian boarding school sites have unmarked or marked gravesites, and confirms that "at least" 973 Native American children died at boarding schools, primarily from abuse and illness. (AP)
- British Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 28 years for directing the al-Muhajiroun militant network. (ABC News)
- Interpol announces that more than 200 people have been arrested and more than US$1.6 billion of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking conducted across Europe, North America, and Africa. (ABC News)
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardons a German citizen in death row. (Barron's)
Politics and elections
- Masoud Pezeshkian is inaugurated as the ninth president of Iran. (France 24)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic officials postpone the men's individual triathlon race due to poor water quality levels in the Seine river. (CNN)
- Several athletes test positive for COVID-19, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, forcing her to withdraw from the 1500 metre freestyle swimming event. (Al Arabiya)
- Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Brazil wins a bronze medal in women’s artistic gymnastics, their first ever medal in the sport. (France 24)
- United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- The United States wins a bronze medal in women's rugby, their first ever medal in the sport at the Olympics. (Fox News)
- Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
July 29, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- Battle of Tinzaouaten
- The Wagner Group states that it and the Malian military sustained heavy losses in clashes with Tuareg rebels near the Algeria–Mali border. (Al Arabiya) (France 24)
- The Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine claims that it provided assistance to the Tuareg rebels in their battle against Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Tinzaouaten
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Ukrainian army sergeant Oleh Chaus reports that the Russian army captured the eastern Donetsk villages of Prohres and Vovche, citing insufficient weapon supplies, deficient training, and decreased motivation as causes of the setback. (AP)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- 2024 France railway arson attacks
- French police arrest a far-left extremist who may have been behind an attack on the TGV long-distance train network ahead of the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (DW)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Major international flagship airlines including Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and Ethiopian Airlines cancel or delay flights at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon due to threats of Israeli retaliation towards Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
- Sudanese civil war
- Human Rights Watch reports widespread acts of sexual violence in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages committed by the army and Rapid Support Forces. (Reuters)
- Protesters taking part in a march in Gwadar, Pakistan, attack security forces deployed to guard them, killing a soldier and injuring 16 others, according to the Pakistani Army. (Reuters)
- Far-right Israeli protestors, including several members of the Knesset, storm the Sde Teiman detention camp after military police from the defense forces detained nine reservists on suspicion of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee. (Haaretz)
Business and economy
- The United Arab Emirates grants lottery licenses for the first time in the country's history. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- At least two people are killed and as many as 100 others are injured when a passenger train carrying 800 people collides with a Kamaz truck near Volgograd, Russia, and partially derails. (Al Arabiya)
International relations
- Guatemala–Mexico relations, Mexican drug war
- The Guatemalan government grants temporary resident permits to over 200 Mexicans, mostly children, on humanitarian grounds as they escape drug violence. (AP)
- Panama–Venezuela relations, 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- Panama suspends diplomatic relations with Venezuela and withdraws its diplomatic personnel from the country until a full review of the presidential election results is concluded. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 Southport stabbing
- Three children are killed and ten other people are injured in a mass stabbing at a dance school in Southport, Merseyside, England. A teenager is subsequently arrested. (BBC News)
- Sakina Muhammad Jan becomes the first person to be jailed under Australia's forced marriage laws after ordering her 21-year-old daughter to marry a man who later murdered her. (BBC News)
- The Grand National Assembly of Turkey approves a law ordering the euthanization of stray dogs that are sick or have been deemed aggressive. (SCMP)
- French police report multiple sabotage acts targeting telecommunications operators in parts of the country, affecting 11,000 clients, with the incidents being treated as vandalism. (DW) (Politico)
- King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardons jailed journalists Taoufik Bouachrine, Omar Radi, and Soulaimane Raissouni, along with 2,476 other convicts, as part of a gesture marking the 25th anniversary of his reign. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- Foreign relations of Venezuela
- United States–Venezuela relations
- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken states that the U.S. government has "serious concerns" that the Venezuelan election results do not reflect "the will nor the votes of the Venezuelan people" and demands that Venezuelan electoral authorities publish fair and transparent election results, adding that the United States and the international community will "respond accordingly". (AP)
- Venezuela recalls its diplomats in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay after those countries oppose the election results. (TRT World)
- United States–Venezuela relations
- 2024 Venezuelan protests
- At least one person is killed as protests occur throughout Venezuela due to the disputed election results. (AP) (Hindustan Times)
- Foreign relations of Venezuela
- 2024 Serbian environmental protests, Jadar mining project
- Thousands of environmentalists and opposition group members protest across Serbia against a European Union–Serbian government lithium mining project meant to reduce its dependency on Chinese lithium that would seize and raze several rivers and forests. (AP)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Slovak deputy prime minister Tomáš Taraba announces that he will boycott the Olympics closing ceremony in response to being offended by what he called "progressive political theater" hosted by "drag queens" during the opening ceremony. (Anadolu Agency)
- Olympic organisers cancel the second session of triathlon training due to water quality concerns in the Seine river. (France 24)
- Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
July 28, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Majdal Shams attack
- Several nations, including the United States, Australia and multiple European nations, release travel advisories urging all their citizens not to travel to Lebanon, and for those residing there to leave as soon as possible in anticipation of an Israeli attack against Hezbollah. (Anadolu Ajansı)
- Majdal Shams attack
Business and economy
- Foreign relations of Malaysia
- Malaysia formally applies to become a member of the BRICS economic bloc and geopolitical organization. (Anadolu Ajansi)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- 2024 California wildfires
- The Park Fire in California, United States, spreads to more than 350,000 acres, with at least 134 structures being destroyed by the wildfires. (NBC News)
- 2024 Manila Bay oil spill
- The Philippine Coast Guard finds and seals diesel fuel cargo leaks from MTKR Jason Bradley, the second vessel to sink in Manila Bay in one week, following MT Terra Nova's sinking. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- 2024 Sudan floods, Sudanese refugee crisis
- At least twelve people are killed by extensive flooding throughout Kassala State in eastern Sudan that submerged several internal displacement camps. (ILKHA)
International relations
- Russia–United States relations, Germany–Russia relations
- Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to position long-range missiles that could strike throughout Europe following the United States's announcement of plans to set up long-range missiles in Germany beginning in 2026. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- Venezuelans vote to elect their president. Incumbent Nicolás Maduro is standing for reelection for a third consecutive term. (BBC News)
- Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro is declared the winner of the Venezuelan 2024 presidential election by the National Electoral Council. Opposition parties claim that there are irregularities in the election results. (AP)
- The National Electoral Council announces that, with 80% of the ballots counted, Maduro's 7-point lead is "striking and irreversible". (BBC)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Eleanor Harvey wins a bronze medal in fencing at the 2024 Olympics, making it the first medal Canada has ever won in fencing. (TSN)
- France at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Léon Marchand wins 400m medley and broke the olympics record that was held by the American swimmer Michael Phelps. (The Guardian)
- Moldova at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Denis Vieru wins the bronze medal in judo, making it the first medal Moldova has ever won in the sport. (HotNews)
- South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- The South Korean women's archery team wins its tenth consecutive Olympic gold medal after beating the Chinese team in a tiebreaker that required a magnifying glass to determine the final score. (AP)
- Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
- In Gaelic football, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship concludes with Armagh defeating Galway in the final. (The Irish Times)
July 27, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Majdal Shams attack
- Twelve people, all children, are killed in rocket strikes on the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel claims that Hezbollah is responsible for the attack, but Hezbollah denies any involvement. (Reuters)
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows that Hezbollah will "pay a heavy price" which "it has not paid so far" in response to the attack. (Barron's)
- Majdal Shams attack
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 Ukrainian cyberattacks against Russia
- Hackers from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine escalate "massive" cyberattacks on Russia's largest banks, prohibiting any cash or credit transactions. Cyberattacks also target Russian public transport systems, internet and mobile providers, and social networks. (Kyiv Post)
- Russian forces capture the village of Lozovatske in Donetsk Oblast. (Anadolu Agency)
- 2024 Ukrainian cyberattacks against Russia
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- More than fifty people, including fifteen children, are killed in Israeli attacks on a school used to shelter displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Mali War
- Battle of Tinzaouaten
- Mali's Tuareg coalition CSP-PSD claimed to have killed and wounded dozens of Malian Armed Forces soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries on the outskirts of Tinzaouaten. Russian sources said the head of the Wagner-affiliated Grey Zone Telegram channel, which has 560,000 subscribers, died in the battle. The status of Wagner Group leader Anton Yelizarov is currently unknown. (VOA)
- Battle of Tinzaouaten
- Sudanese civil war
- At least 22 people are killed and 75 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces attack on Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- The ancient Roman Appian Way, the oldest Roman road which began construction in 312 B.C., is added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Seven people are killed and others injured after a stampede during a concert at the Stade des Martyrs stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Health and environment
- Iran orders all government offices and commercial institutions to close tomorrow due to ongoing country-wide heatwaves. (ABC) (Bloomberg)
Law and crime
- Eight people are killed and five others are injured when a vehicle hits pedestrians in Changsha, Hunan, China. The perpetrator is arrested. (AP)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics, Canada Soccer drone spying scandal
- In response to the spying incident involving the Canada women's national soccer team coaching staff using drones to spy on the New Zealand team, FIFA deducts six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women's football tournament and bans three coaches for one year, including head coach Bev Priestman. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
- In association football, Spain defeats the Netherlands 2–1 in the final to win their sixth UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship title. (UEFA)
July 26, 2024 (Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Gillette Pilatus PC-12 crash
- A plane crashes in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States, just north of Gillette, starting a wildfire and killing all seven people onboard, including three members of the gospel group The Nelons. (WSB-TV)
International relations
- China–India relations, Sino-Indian border dispute
- China and India agree to cooperate in withdrawing all their troops from their disputed border, with aims of peacefully achieving "complete disengagement" from the border conflict as quickly as possible. (AP)
- European Union–Russia relations, International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The European Union sends its first transfer of €1.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for military and infrastructure support. The Kremlin denounces the transfer as "illegal" under international law and pledges legal retaliation. (AP) (Reuters)
- Finland–Russia relations
- Finland reports that a Russian Navy Baltic Sea fleet vessel trespassed on Finnish territorial waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland. (Reuters)
- Italy–Syria relations
- Philippines–United States relations, ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign
- A former top United States official states that the Department of Defense covertly admits to conducting a mass disinformation campaign targeting the Philippines using social media bots and fake accounts to discredit the safety of Chinese CoronaVac vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, following public denial of involvement in June. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 France railway arson attacks
- Arson attacks on TGV infrastructure disrupt rail services in France. (The Guardian)
- International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine
- The United Kingdom drops its challenge to the International Criminal Court's issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- U.S. President Joe Biden adds Lebanon to the Deferred Enforced Departure list, temporarily protecting Lebanese citizens residing in the United States from deportation for 18 months, in response to growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. (Detroit Free Press)
- Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards is charged with making child pornography. (The Guardian)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- The opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics take place on the banks of the River Seine and the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris, France. (NBC News)
July 25, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- A Palestinian governmental body announces that senior Hamas leader Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara has died in Israeli prison after being arrested in October 2023. (Reuters)
- Myanmar civil war
- The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, an ethnic armed organization, claims to have captured Lashio, the location of an important regional military base, and Mogok, the center of the country's gem-mining industry. The country's ruling military junta denies the claims. (AP) (VOA)
Business and economy
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Fitch Ratings downgrades Ukraine's credit rating from "CC" to "C" due to the country's need to restructure US$20 billion in international bonds to foreign investors, increasing the country's risk of default. (Al Jazeera)
- Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southwest Airlines announces the end to its 53-year open seating policy, starting in 2025. (Reuters) (Good Morning America)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Manila Bay oil spill
- An oil tanker capsizes off the coast of Limay, Bataan, Philippines, killing one person and spilling oil into Manila Bay. (CNBC)
- At least 21 people are killed during a heat wave in Beni Mellal, Morocco. (NDTV)
Health and environment
- The Brazilian Ministry of Health reports the world's first Oropouche virus deaths of two women in Bahia. (The Telegraph)
International relations
- Israel–Hamas war, Israel–United States relations
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- July 2024 protest in Washington, D.C.
- The White House and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris issue statements strongly condemning vandalism and American flag burning during pro-Palestinian and anti-Benjamin Netanyahu protests in Washington, D.C., yesterday, with Harris calling them "despicable acts" by "unpatriotic protesters". (AP) (Politico)
- July 2024 protest in Washington, D.C.
- U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hold separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on the Israel–Hamas war and plans following the conclusion of the war. (NBC News)
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
Law and crime
- Homelessness in California
- In the United States, Governor of California Gavin Newsom signs an executive order directing state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments throughout the state. (AP)
- Human rights in Cambodia
- Candlelight Party President Teav Vannol is fined 6 billion riel (US$1.5 million) for "defamation" of the current Cambodian government to foreign media following his party being barred from the 2023 general election, which saw the incumbent People's Party win 120 of 125 National Assembly seats. (Reuters)
- Spanish General Council of the Judiciary blockade
- The twenty new members of the General Council of the Judiciary are sworn in, putting an end to the institutional crisis that the country's supreme judicial administrative body experienced for five years. (RTVE)
- The Canada Revenue Agency announces it will revoke the charity status of the Jewish National Fund, stating that the use of its donations to fund the IDF's military infrastructure violates Canadian tax laws. (National Post)
- Sinaloa Cartel leaders Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López are arrested by agents of the United States Department of Justice in El Paso, Texas. (BBC News)
- A German man who is sentenced to death in Belarus for photographing Belarusian military sites in Ukraine urges Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko to pardon him in a television appearance. (DW)
Science and technology
- Life on Mars, Perseverance (rover)
- NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars finds a rock containing spotted features which are possible fossilized records of microbes, though non-biological processes cannot yet be ruled out. (Space.com)
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