Thursday

July 31, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Kyiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian forces launch drones and cruise missiles on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 150 others. At least one tower block completely collapses. (Reuters) (BBC News) (AP)

Kivu conflict

M23 campaign

M23 rebels clash with various Mai-Mai groups in several villages in the Ufamandu group, Masisi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)

Myanmar civil war

The military junta of Myanmar formally ends the country's four-year-long state of emergency and declares a December 2025 election for the country's new head of government and legislative members. (AP)

New People's Army rebellion

Eight alleged members of the New People's Army are killed in clashes with the Philippine Army in Las Navas, Northern Samar, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Arts and culture

Canonisation of John Henry Newman

Pope Leo XIV declares Saint John Henry Newman, a 19th-century Anglican convert who became a prominent English Catholic theologian, as a Doctor of the Church. (AP) (Vatican News)