Sunday

July 27, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

At least 73 Palestinians are killed while seeking humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. (Sky News)

Gaza Strip famine

The Israeli Air Force begins humanitarian aid drops over the Gaza Strip amid growing international pressure to allow food into the Palestinian enclave. (BBC News)

Somali Civil War

2025 Shabelle offensive

Al-Shabaab seizes control of the central Somalia town of Mahaas in the Hiiraan region following a ground offensive. The attack began with multiple suicide bombings just outside the town, followed by heavy gunfire, prompting the army and local Ma'awisley militias to withdraw. (The Somali Digest) (AP)

2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict

Cambodia and Thailand agree to negotiate a ceasefire following mediation efforts by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio the previous day. However, both sides accuse the other of violating the ceasefire. (AP)

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency

Komanda town massacre

Allied Democratic Forces militants attack the city of Komanda, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 43 people, including 20 during a vigil in a Catholic church. (Radio Okapi)

New People's Army rebellion

Seven New People's Army guerrillas are killed in a military operation in Uson, Masbate, Philippines, as Philippine troops pursue remaining insurgents. (AP)

Ecuadorian Drug War

Seventeen people are killed and 14 others are injured after gunmen open fire on a bar in El Empalme, Ecuador. The shooting is believed to be linked to a conflict between local drug cartels for control of drug trafficking routes. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-five people are killed, 26 others are rescued, and 49 are reported missing when a large wooden boat capsizes in Niger State, Nigeria. (CJNI-FM) (Reuters)

At least six people are killed and 27 others are injured in a stampede when a high-voltage electric wire falls on a path at the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. (AP) (The Independent via Yahoo! News Canada)

2025 Baden-Württemberg train derailment

At least three people are killed, including a railway employee and the driver, and around 50 others are injured, including 25 seriously, when a Deutsche Bahn Regional-Express train carrying 100 people derails in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (ARD)