The world, region by region

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Friday 4 July 2025

5 stories, region by region.

Americas

  1. 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.

  2. Crime & Justice

    Anti-gentrification protests in Mexico City, Mexico, lead to tourist harassment and vandalism in Condesa.

Asia-Pacific

  1. 2025 Karachi building collapse

    At least 16 people are killed when a building collapses in Karachi, Pakistan.

  2. 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.

Europe

  1. Disasters

    A fire and subsequent explosion at a gas station in Rome, Italy, leaves 45 people injured, including two critically.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 4 July 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.