Wednesday 16 July 2025

Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria

At least 27 people are killed when unidentified gunmen attack a village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Spillover of the Somali civil war

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border.

Puntland counter-terrorism operations

The Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service detains dozens of suspected Somalian Islamic State militants, whom it alleges were trained and deployed to conduct operations throughout the country, especially in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari region in Puntland.

Disasters

One person is killed and thirteen others are injured in a lightning strike at an archery range in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States.

Opioid epidemic in the United States

U.S. president Donald Trump signs into law the HALT Fentanyl Act, reclassifying all fentanyl-related substances, including synthetic drugs, as Schedule I controlled substances.

2025 Surinamese general election

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is sworn in as the first female president of Suriname.

Disasters

A tsunami advisory is issued after a Mw 7.3 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Alaska, United States.

Bangladesh quota reform movement

The Bangladesh military clashes with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj District, leading to four deaths and many others injured.

2025 Pakistan floods

Torrential rains in Punjab, Pakistan, kill at least 63 people.

Pakistan–United Kingdom relations

The United Kingdom ends its five-year ban on Pakistani airlines from landing in the UK due to significant improvements in aviation safety standards.

Internet censorship in Russia

The Russian State Duma introduces new legislation that introduces fines for searching for prohibited material online. The legislation is passed on July 22.

Crime & Justice

Two people are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting on a street in Taranto, Italy.

2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

At least 21 Palestinians are killed in a crowd crush at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site in the Gaza Strip. The GHF attributed the stampede to armed agitators, while Hamas and Palestinian eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers sprayed people with pepper gas and opened fire.

Israeli invasion of Syria

Israeli forces launch an attack on the Druze city of Suwayda in As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria, after scattered clashes continue in spite of the ceasefire announcement by the Syrian Armed Forces.

Israeli invasion of Syria

The Israeli Air Force bombs the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and the presidential palace in Damascus.

Cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu

The Shas party quits the Netanyahu cabinet due to disagreements over Haredi Jews conscription exemptions from military service in Israel, but remains in the governing coalition.