Monday

July 7, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis

Red Sea crisis

Houthi attacks on commercial vessels

Attacks on the Eternity C

At least four people are killed, two people are injured and two other people are missing after the Eternity C, a Liberian flagged ship, is attacked in the Red Sea near Hodeida, Yemen, by multiple Houthi boats and drones. The ship later sinks. (NOS) (NOS)

Israeli attacks on Yemen

The Israeli Air Force strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen in response to recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel. (ABC News) (Reuters)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Ukrainian Armed Forces launch a long-range drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging the main oil refinery in Ilsky. (The Kyiv Independent)

Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia launches over 100 drones at areas across Ukraine, killing ten civilians and injuring 38 others. (PBS)

Somali Civil War

2025 Shabelle offensive

Al-Shabaab militants recapture Moqokori, a town in the Hiiraan region of Somalia. The heavy fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Somali National Army and Ma'awisley fighters. (Garowe Online)

2025 Kenyan protests

Eleven people are killed and 29 others are injured in clashes with security forces amid ongoing anti-government protests in Kenya, according to the National Commission on Human Rights. (Sky News) (Reuters)

Nigerian bandit conflict

Over 70 vigilante group members are killed and others are missing in an ambush by bandits in two villages in Kanam and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria. Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) denied the initial account and reported eight deaths and several missing. (Daily Post) (Vanguard News) (The Punch)

Business and economy