Wednesday

July 16, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis

Gaza war

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. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

Israeli invasion of Syria, Southern Syria clashes

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. (Al Jazeera) (AP)

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. (AP)

Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria

At least 27 people are killed when unidentified gunmen attack a village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria. (BBC News) (AP)

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. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

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

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

2025 Pakistan floods

Torrential rains in Punjab, Pakistan, kill at least 63 people. (BBC News)