Friday 18 July 2025

Nigerian bandit conflict

Nine people are killed while at least 15 others are abducted in an attack by gunmen in Talata Mafara,Zamfara State, Nigeria.

Disasters

Six illegal miners are killed and four others injured after a hoist system malfunctioned in a mine in Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.

Disasters

At least three people are killed in an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility in Monterey Park, California, United States.

Politics

The Trinidad and Tobago government declares a state of emergency after uncovering a plot by criminal organizations to allegedly target and kill government officials.

March 2025 American deportations of Venezuelans

The governments of El Salvador, the United States, and Venezuela conduct a prisoner swap involving over 200 Venezuelans incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in exchange for the release of ten Americans from Venezuelan custody.

Political ineligibility of Jair Bolsonaro

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and places him on nightly house arrest, and forbids him from approaching embassies, foreign ambassadors, and diplomats.

Disasters

Four people are killed and over a dozen are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 35 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.

Crime & Justice

The United States government declares the Pakistani militant group The Resistance Front a terrorist group after it committed an attack in Pahalgam in April.

2024 South Korean martial law crisis

The Seoul Central District Court rejects former president Yoon Suk Yeol's petition to release him due to an unreasonable request more than a week after he was re-arrested on charges related to a failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024.

Disasters

Three people are killed in a stampede during a public celebration in Garut, West Java, Indonesia.

Disasters

Five people are killed in Pedda Amberpet, India, after a car rammed into the back of a lorry.

Disasters

At least 15 are injured after a three storey structure collapsed in Bandra, India.

Germany–Russia relations

Russia withdraws from its military technical cooperation agreement with Germany.

2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

At least 41 Palestinians, ten of which were seeking Humanitarian aid are killed by artillery shelling and gunfire.

Southern Syria clashes

Israel and Syria agree to a ceasefire, following a de-escalation of the conflict after Syrian government troops withdrew from Sweida.

Red Sea crisis

Israel intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis, who say it was targeting Ben Gurion International Airport.