Topics in the news
- Indian actor Dilip Kumar (pictured) dies at the age of 98.
- In ice hockey, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals.
- President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse is assassinated and interim prime minister Claude Joseph assumes leadership.
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, Russia, killing all 28 people on board.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- Former Haitian First Lady Martine Moïse, who was seriously injured during the assassination of her husband, Jovenel Moïse, releases her first public audio statement since the attack. (BBC News)
- Joseph Lambert, the President of the Senate, is nominated as provisional President of Haiti by a group of senators, potentially succeeding Jovenel Moïse. (Deutche Welle)
- Somali Civil War
- A suicide car bombing in Mogadishu kills four people and wounds nine others. The attack targeted Mogadishu’s police chief, who survived. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
- Two monuments of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are removed from downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, four years after the riot that occurred in the city. (NBC News)
- Following a short council meeting and vote, the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sculpture is also removed from downtown Charlottesville. (The New York Post)
Disasters and accidents
- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 strikes 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Rasht, Tajikistan, killing at least five people and destroying at least 20 houses. (Al Jazeera)
- The Miami-Dade County Courthouse closes due to safety concerns following the collapse that occurred at the condominium in Surfside, Florida. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 9,353 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 827,191. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 1,378 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 166,722. (Yonhap News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand reports a record 91 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,625. (Bangkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Vietnam receives two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, facilitated through the COVAX initiative amid an increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in the country. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
- Moldova–United States relations, COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova
- White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the United States has donated 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu praises the United States for the vaccine deployment to the country. (Axios)
- Moldova–United States relations, COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova
- COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia
- Georgia receives 43,200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. (Georgian Journal)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
- The Netherlands imposes restrictions that require nightclubs and discos to close, prohibits live entertainment in bars and restaurants and requires them to close at midnight, as well as suspending the entry pass program, amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases primarily due to the Delta variant. These restrictions will remain in effect until August 13. (Axios)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 752 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 142,253. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
- COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
- COVID-19 vaccination in Fiji
- The Fijian government announces that it will soon begin administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, facilitated through UNICEF and the World Health Organization. (FBC)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Fiji
- COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
- Newly-appointed Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane tests positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine for seven days. (Euronews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Law and crime
- Rupganj factory fire
- Police in Bangladesh arrest eight people, including the factory's company owner in connection with the fire that killed at least 52 people. Police say that emergency exits were locked in the building. (DW)
- A four-day gun battle between security forces and armed gangs in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, results in the deaths of more than 10 people. Authorities says that the fighting is now under control, but that there may still be a number of snipers in the streets. (BBC)
- Police arrest five people in Santa Ana de Yusguare, Honduras, after they were identified as part of the mob of over 600 people who lynched and killed an Italian man accused of murdering a homeless elderly man. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Brazil, 2021 Brazilian protests
- For the first time, a poll shows that a majority of Brazilians (54%), support moves to open an impeachment process against President Jair Bolsonaro, with 42% opposing, amid graft accusations and a vaccine procurement scandal. (Reuters)
- Protests occur in Berlin and other cities, organized by exiled activist of the People's Mujahedin of Iran, Maryam Rajavi, to protest the recent election of Ebrahim Raisi as President of Iran. Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa join the protests. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2021 Copa América
- The 47th edition of the South American international men's football competition concludes in the Maracanã Stadium with Argentina beating hosts Brazil 1-0 in the final. (StadiumAstro)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan, Taliban insurgency
- 2021 Taliban offensive
- The Taliban captures the border town of Islam Qala, Herat, Afghanistan's biggest border crossing with Iran. (Associated Press) (India Times)
- A spokesman for the Taliban says that they now control "85% of the territory" as the Afghan government vows to retake all seized districts. (France24)
- Taliban insurgents capture the border town of Torghundi on the border with Turkmenistan as the Afghan National Security Forces collapse in Herat. The Interior Ministry says that troops had been "temporarily relocated" and that efforts are underway to recapture the border crossing. (TRT World)
- A spokesperson for Kandahar Province Governor Rohullah Khanzada says that the Taliban has captured the city of Kandahar. (The New York Times)
- China evacuates 210 nationals from Afghanistan on a flight to Wuhan. (Hindustan Times)
- 2021 Taliban offensive
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- The Government of Colombia reports that 13 of the 26 Colombian mercenaries who killed Haitian president Jovenel Moïse were retired members of the National Army of Colombia. Two were killed during the gunfight with the police while the eleven others were arrested. (The New York Times)
- Haiti's government requests security and investigative assistance from the United States. (The Hill)
- Operation Barkhane
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces that he will reduce the presence of troops in the Sahel to between 2,500 and 3,000 over the long-term, and will also close bases in Timbuktu, Tessalit and Kidal in northern Mali, as part of a reorganization effort to focus on missions in the Malian, Nigerien, and Burkinese border regions. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- More than 370 Palestinians are injured after Israeli security forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting the presence of an illegal outpost near Beita in the occupied West Bank. 31 of those injured were hit with live ammunition. Dozens more are injured in similar confrontations in Kafr Qaddum, Beit Dajan, and Hebron, with demonstrators in Hebron protesting the presence of settlements in the Masafer Yatta area. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Lebanese liquidity crisis
- Lebanon's electricity utility Électricité du Liban shuts down two of its biggest power stations due to lack of fuel, reducing total electrical output by 40% and leaving much of the country without power. (BBC)
- U.S. President Joe Biden signs a 72-point executive order placing tighter regulations and scrutiny on major corporations in a variety of sectors, including Big Tech companies. Policies outlined include banning non-compete clauses, curbing the ability of manufacturers to restrict the right to repair certain products, granting the Federal Trade Commission the ability to set guidelines on data collection, banning unfair competition practices in online marketplaces, and ordering the Food and Drug Administration to work with states and Native American tribal governments on procuring cheaper medicines from Canada. (BBC) (FT) (WH.gov)
Disasters and accidents
- 2021 Atami landslide
- The death toll from the landslide in Atami, Japan, increases to nine, as more bodies are found under the mud. Twenty-two people are still missing. (Jiji Press)
- Surfside condominium building collapse
- The death toll in the Champlain Towers South condominium building collapse in Surfside, Florida, increases to 78, with the overnight recovery of 14 more bodies. (ABC News)
- An airplane carrying skydivers crashes in Örebro, Sweden, killing all nine people on board. (BBC)
- The Russian Federal Forestry Agency reports that 160 wildfires are currently burning an area covering 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi) in the Siberian republic of Sakha. (RFEL)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo dies from COVID-19-related complications, after being hospitalized for a week. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
- Tunisia reports a record 189 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 16,050. (Xinhuanet)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh reports a record 212 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 16,004. The country also surpasses one million cases of the virus. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement
- The Indonesian government announces an extension of emergency community restrictions to 15 regencies and cities outside Java and Bali beginning on July 12 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases outside Java and Bali. (Kontan)
- Indonesia reports a record 28,975 recoveries in the past 24 hours, thereby surpassing the nationwide total of recoveries to 2 million. (detikHealth)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
- Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Israeli Health Ministry announces that all visitors who are traveling to Israel, including vaccinated individuals, will be required to quarantine for 24 hours or receive a negative COVID-19 test beginning on July 16. (Haaretz)
- Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia reports a record 9,108 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 817,838. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia approves the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna. (Al Arabiya)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,316 new cases of COVID-19, prompting the government to raise its restrictions to the highest "Level 4" in the Seoul Capital Area for two weeks beginning on July 12. (CNBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Germany declares all of Spain as a COVID-19 risk area, which will require travellers to present a negative test result in order to avoid quarantine beginning on July 11, due to the spread of the more contagious Delta variant. (DW)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malta, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Malta announces that beginning on July 14, they will become the first country in Europe to close their borders to unvaccinated travellers, only allowing those with a Maltese, British or European vaccination certificate to enter following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (Barron's)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports 25,766 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since January 2 and thereby brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 5.73 million. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba
- Cuban health regulator CECMED approves the emergency use of the domestically-produced Abdala vaccine, becoming the fifth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the country. Manufacturers last month claimed that the vaccine, which requires three doses, has a 92% effectiveness rate against the virus. This makes Cuba the first Caribbean and Latin American country to successfully develop its own variation of the vaccine. (DW)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in California
- California will require face masks in schools despite CDC guidelines saying that vaccinated students are not required to wear a mask. (Los Angeles Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in California
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba
- COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
- Fiji reports a record 860 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of cases to 9,521. The Ministry of Health also reports three deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national death toll to 51. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 vaccine, Variants of SARS-CoV-2
- A study finds that the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Lineage P.1 Gamma variant, which originated in Brazil. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- Climate change in Australia
- Australian Environment Minister Sussan Ley announces that she will appeal a historic ruling from the Federal Court which found that she has a "duty to take reasonable care" that young people will not be harmed in the future by the effects of global warming. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Belarus–Lithuania relations, European migrant crisis
- Lithuania begins construction on a $48M fence along its border with neighboring Belarus. A week prior, Lithuania had declared a state of emergency due to an increase in the number of undocumented migrants crossing into the country from Belarus, accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately trying to destabilize the country by encouraging and allowing refugees, mostly Syrians, to illegally cross the border. (Newsweek)
- Russia–Ukraine relations
- The Ukrainian Defense Ministry accuses Russia of hacking the website of the Ukrainian Navy to publish fake news and upload false documents regarding the navy drills between Ukraine, NATO, and most Black Sea nations currently ongoing. (RFEL)
Law and crime
- Murder of Sarah Everard
- London police officer Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- South Sudanese Civil War
- President Salva Kiir Mayardit promises peace on Independence Day and also offers peace to opponent Riek Machar. A civil war has been fought in South Sudan since 2013 when ethnic differences contributed to an armed conflict that has killed more than 400,000 people. This offer of peace comes after Pope Francis said that he would visit the Christian-majority country if some kind of peace is achieved. (Reuters)
- 2021 Dublin Bay South by-election
- In Ireland, Labour candidate Ivana Bacik is declared the winner in a by-election for the Dublin Bay South constituency, wresting control from the ruling Fine Gael. (The Irish Times)
Science and technology
- The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment's Department of Nature and Ecology Conservation announces that it no longer considers the giant panda to be endangered, but instead considers it to be vulnerable. This comes five years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature made a similar reclassification. (The Guardian)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- 2021 Taliban offensive
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan
- U.S. President Joe Biden announces that the United States will end its military mission in Afghanistan by August 31. Also, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says that the Biden administration will evacuate Afghan interpreters from the country. (CNBC) (Politico)
- Afghanistan–Tajikistan relations
- Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Suhail Shaheen says that the organization does not plan to attack the Afghan–Tajik border. (TASS)
- Sixty-nine Taliban fighters are killed during clashes with the government in the town of Qala e Naw, Badghis. (The Times of India)
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to outline the plan for the final withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan in detail. (Associated Press)
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan
- 2021 Taliban offensive
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- Three of the assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was killed yesterday, are shot dead during a shootout with police in Port-au-Prince. Seventeen others are arrested, while six more are on the run. The attackers are identified as 26 Colombian mercenaries and two American-Haitians. The masterminds of the assassination and motive behind the assassination are unknown. (BBC News)
- 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan conflict
- A Kyrgyzstan border guard is killed during clashes at the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border. (AKIPress)
- American diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria are targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi airbase, wounding two American soldiers. (Al Jazeera English)
Disasters and accidents
- Rupganj factory fire
- At least 52 people are killed and about 30 others injured by a fire in a food processing factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. (Al Jazeera)
- A magnitude 5.9 ML earthquake strikes south of Lake Tahoe, near the California–Nevada state border, triggering a series of strong aftershocks. Though resulting in minimal damage and no casualties, it is the largest quake to hit the region in nearly 25 years. (USA Today)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- Indonesia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 38,391 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.41 million. (Yahoo! News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
- Israel reports its first case of the Delta Plus variant in a vaccinated woman who returned to the country from abroad. (The Times of Israel)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia reports a record 135 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 5,903. The country also surpasses 800,000 cases of COVID-19. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports a record 1,275 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 164,028. (Al Jazeera English)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand reports a record 75 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,462. (Bangkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Hanoi suspends all public transport services to and from 14 provinces impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak and urges people to stay at home after the country reports a record 1,314 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
- Hungary surpasses 30,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Hungary Today)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg
- Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is discharged from hospital after being in a serious but stable condition due to COVID-19 for several days. Bettel thanks the medical services and announces that he will resume activities through telework until the end of his isolation period. (RTL)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom reports a record for the second consecutive day of 32,551 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 5,022,893. (ITV News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
- Nigeria reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a traveller following the routine travel test required of all international travellers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja. (AllAfrica)
- The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 4 million. (CNN)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- China–European Union relations
- The European Parliament votes 578–29 to pass a 28-point nonbinding resolution condemning the tightening restrictions on the press in Hong Kong following the shutdown of the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily. The resolution also calls for the European Commission to take punitive actions in response, such as sanctioning officials responsible for drafting and enforcing the national security law, and refusing invitations to the Beijing Winter Olympics next year. (South China Morning Post)
- 2019 Bolivian political crisis
- Bolivia accuses Argentina of providing weaponry to the military and police of Bolivia during the 2019 Senkata and Sacaba Massacres. The Bolivian government also accuses former president of Argentina Mauricio Macri of wanting the assassination of Evo Morales during his ousting. Argentina was among the first countries to recognize the interim presidency of Jeanine Áñez in 2019. (A24)
- Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo announces that his country will continue to negotiate with third parties or blocks independent of the MERCOSUR bloc, including extending preferential tariffs to other countries even if doing so contradicts the bloc's consensuses. President Luis Lacalle Pou, while calling for the bloc to be reformed, states that Uruguay will still remain a full member of the bloc. (MercoPress)
Law and crime
- Belarusian attacks on journalists and censorship
- Belarusian authorities block the website of Nasha Niva and detains two of the newspaper's journalists. The journalists' apartments are also searched by authorities. A spokesman for the website said that it is the latest crackdown on democracy activists and independent journalism in the country, conducted in the "worst way of the Soviet era". (AP News)
Politics and elections
- 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis
- The Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi party asks the Supreme Court to recognize the impromptu swearing-in of newly elected officials because, according to party leader Naomi Mataʻafa, all other venues were blocked when her party was locked out of parliament. The Supreme Court had earlier rejected a similar petition but had granted a review. (RNZ)
Sports
- 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games announce that the games will be held without spectators following a state of emergency declared in the Tokyo area beginning on July 12 following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Japanese capital. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
- Taliban insurgents enter Qala e Naw, the provincial capital of Badghis Province, with heavy fighting reported as the militants move "towards the centre of the city". All government officials in the city have been moved to a nearby army base, while the Taliban have freed about 400 prisoners from the city's prison. (BBC)
- Taliban insurgency
- 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
- The United States Armed Forces report that two personnel were injured in rocket attacks on Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, which houses US troops. (Al Jazeera)
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated by a squad of gunmen at his home in Pétion-Ville. His wife, First Lady Martine Moïse, is also shot and critically wounded. (AP News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh reports a record 201 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 15,593. (Dhaka Tribune)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- Indonesia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 34,379 new cases and a record for the fourth consecutive day of 1,040 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.37 million and the nationwide death toll to 62,908. (Kompas.com)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan authorities ban all public gatherings and protests under the instruction of the Director General of Health Services due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (ANI News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
- Fiji reports a record for the second consecutive day of 791 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of cases to 7,940. The Ministry of Health also reports three deaths from COVID-19, all in Suva. (RNZ)
- The Fiji police warns citizens that those caught not wearing a face mask when outdoors or in lockdown or containment areas will be arrested under possible penalties of five years' imprisonment, a fine of up to FJ$10,000 or both, as the country faces a wave of cases of COVID-19. (FBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
- Tunisia reports a record 9,823 new cases and 134 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 464,914 and the nationwide death toll to 15,735. (Tunisie Numérique)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom reports 32,548 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since January 22. (The Independent)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Law and crime
- Centerra Gold files additional claims against the Kyrgyz government in binding arbitration and asserted claims against state-owned Kyrgyzaltyn JSC in response to the seizure of the Kumtor Gold Mine in Kyrgyzstan. (Lethbridge Herald)
- The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo votes 89–0 to pass a resolution officially condemning the Srebrenica massacre and establishing a commemerative holiday for its victims. Serb minority-interests party Serb List boycotted the vote. (RFEL)
Politics and elections
- Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismisses 12 cabinet ministers, including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, following intense criticisms over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ravi Shankar Prasad, who held multiple concurrent positions as Law, Information Technology, and Communications Minister, also resigns. (South China Morning Post)
- 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis
- The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest party in the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition, withdraws its support for Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and calls for his resignation. The move occurred despite Yassin appointing UMNO vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob as Deputy Prime Minister and major party stalwart Hishammuddin Hussein as Senior Security Minister earlier in the day in order to prevent this. UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says that the decision was due to Yassin's poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Hamidi specifically singling out the ineffective and contradictory implementation of the lockdowns as the main point of contention. (The Straits Times) (South China Morning Post)
- 2021 Swedish government crisis
- Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven is narrowly re-elected to stay in power after losing a no confidence vote last month. (Euronews)
- 2021 Israeli presidential election
- Isaac Herzog is sworn in as the President of Israel in a ceremony at the Knesset, where he takes the oath of office using the same 107-year-old Bible that his father Chaim Herzog used when he assumed the presidency in 1983. (The Times of Israel)
- Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, warns Hungary to repeal its controversial amendments to its Child Protection Act, which bans the dissemination of content in schools deemed to "promote homosexuality", or else face "the full force of EU law". Poland is expected to block any attempt to impose the maximum EU penalty of suspending Hungary's voting rights. (Reuters) (Euronews)
Sports
- UEFA Euro 2020
- England defeats Denmark 2–1 after extra time to reach the UEFA Euro 2020 Final. (BBC)
- 2021 Stanley Cup Finals
- The Tampa Bay Lightning wins the Stanley Cup Final four games to one against the Montreal Canadiens. It is their second consecutive Stanley Cup victory and their third overall. Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP during the playoffs. (NHL)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Spillover of the War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan–Tajikistan relations
- Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon orders the mobilization of 20,000 military reservists to secure the border with Afghanistan in response to recent Taliban advances. (Reuters)
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2021)
- The Pentagon says that 90% of American troops have withdrawn from the country. (CNBC)
- Spillover of the War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan–Tajikistan relations
- Tigray War
- Rebels of the Tigray Defense Forces mobilize to retake western Tigray from Amharan militias. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251
- Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise Flight 251 crashes near the sea in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, killing all 28 people on board. (Al Jazeera)
- A government warehouse near Karaj, Iran, catches fire after an explosion, where an attack recently occurred targeting a nuclear facility allegedly used to produce uranium enrichment centrifuges. (Israel Hayom)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh reports a record 11,525 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 966,406. (Bdnews24.com)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- Indonesia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 31,189 new cases and a record for the third consecutive day of 728 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.34 million and the nationwide death toll to 61,868. (detikNews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 737 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national death toll to 139,316. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
- The Catalonian regional government announces that indoor nightlife venues will be closed beginning on July 9 for at least 15 days, and that anyone who wants to attend events for more than 500 people must have proof of a negative test result or a full vaccination certificate due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in young people. (El País)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom reports 28,773 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since January 29. (Sky News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- Australia reports its first case of the highly contagious Lambda variant in an overseas traveller who had been in a New South Wales quarantine hotel in April. (News.com.au)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
- Fiji reports a record 636 new cases and six deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of cases to 7,149 and the national death toll to 39. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
- Tunisia reports a record 7,930 new cases and 119 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 455,091 and the nationwide death toll to 15,601. (Tunisie Numérique)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Belarus–Israel relations
- Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns comments made by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after he said that the "whole world bows" to the Jews, "due to the Holocaust", during a speech given on Independence Day. Israel's government says that Lukashenko's comments were "unacceptable" and has summoned the interim supervisor at the Belarusian embassy. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Nuclear program of Iran
- The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France and Germany condemn Iran for planning to enrich uranium to 20 percent, which goes against the 2015 nuclear deal that the United States withdrew from in 2018, following the release of the information in a statement by the International Atomic Energy Agency. (The Algemeiner)
Law and crime
- Murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman
- Danyal Hussein is convicted at London's Old Bailey of the murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman. (BBC)
- Nine people between the ages of 15 and 39 are arrested in Hong Kong during a police operation, and are accused of building bombs and planning attacks on the city's courts, transport networks and streets. Police said that they seized the explosives and stated that a hotel room was used as a laboratory for the construction of bombs. The motive behind the planned attacks is unknown. (BBC)
- A court in Minsk, Belarus, sentences former presidential candidate and opposition politician Viktar Babaryka to 14 years' imprisonment on charges of bribery and tax evasion, which he denies. (DW)
- Dutch investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries is seriously wounded in a shooting in Amsterdam. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Inuk leader Mary Simon has been appointed to be the 30th Governor General of Canada, the first Indigenous person to assume this role. Simon will succeed Chief Justice Richard Wagner, who has been acting as Administrator since the resignation of former Governor General Julie Payette in January. (CBC)
Sports
- UEFA Euro 2020
- Italy defeats Spain 4–2 on penalties after the match finished 1–1 in extra time in order to reach the UEFA Euro 2020 Final. (BBC)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Afghan presidential advisor Hamdullah Mohib says that there will be a counter-offensive against the Taliban in the north after the group captured six districts in Badakhshan Province. On Sunday, at least 1,037 Afghan troops abandoned their positions and fled into Tajikistan. (Al Jazeera)
- Chikun kidnapping
- Bandits abduct around 150 students, a parent and the administrator of a boarding school in Chikun, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The army has rescued at least 26 people. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- An explosion and fire at a factory in Bangkok, Thailand, kills at least one person and injures 29 others. Thousands of residents are evacuated. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh reports a record of 9,964 new cases and 164 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 954,881 and the nationwide death toll to 15,229. (Bdnews24.com)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- Indonesia reports a record of 29,745 new cases and 558 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.31 million and the nationwide death toll to 61,140. Active cases also surpassed 300,000 for the first time. (detikHealth)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Vietnam surpasses 20,000 cases of COVID-19 after a record 1,102 new cases are reported in the past 24 hours. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
- The Norwegian government delays a final phase of reopening the economy until the end of July at the earliest because of concerns about the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- Ukraine authorizes the usage of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. (Kyiv Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Georgia (country)
- Anti-LGBT right-wing groups storm and ransack the offices of an LGBT+ organization in Tbilisi, Georgia, ahead of the city's pride march. Activists say that equipment was lost during the attack. (Reuters)
- The pride march is later cancelled amid more homophobic attacks against LGBT people. Police have promised to investigate the attacks. (DW) (The Guardian)
- Violence against LGBT people, LGBT rights in Spain
- Protests across Spain occur in the aftermath of the murder of a 24-year-old man who, according to his friends, was killed because he was gay. The murder sparked widespread condemnation from LGBT organizations and politicians. (CTV News)
- Indonesian police say that loss due to the burning that occurred in Elelim, the capital of Yalimo Regency, Papua, on 29 June was estimated at Rp 324 billion ($22.5 million). There were 34 offices, 126 shops, 115 motorbikes and 4 cars that were burned and 1,137 people have been displaced. The burning was carried out shortly after the Court's decision to order a re-voting without the participation of one of the regent candidates. (VOI)
- Peruvian prosecutor José Domingo Pérez opens a investigation into Keiko Fujimori and the Popular Force party for allegedly engaging in money laundering during the 2021 Peruvian general election following audio recordings of former Alberto Fujimori advisor Vladimiro Montesinos bribing election judges. (The Rio Times)
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Ongoing events
Business
- COVID-19 recession
Disasters
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2020–21 European windstorm season
- 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
- 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2021 Pacific typhoon season
- 2021 Western North America heat wave
- Madagascar food crisis
- Yemeni famine
Politics
- Afghan peace process
- Arab protests
- Belarusian protests
- Brazilian protests
- Colombian tax reform protests
- Eswatini protests
- Greek protests
- Haitian protests
- Indian farmers' protests
- Indonesia omnibus law protests
- Jersey dispute
- Libyan peace process
- Myanmar protests
- Nicaraguan protests
- Nigerian protests
- Persian Gulf crisis
- Peruvian crisis
- Samoan constitutional crisis
- Sudanese protests
- Tigrayan peace process
- Thai protests
- United States racial unrest
- United States Stop Asian Hate protests
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
- Yellow vests movement
Elections and referendums
Recent
- June
- 25: Aruba, Parliament
Upcoming
- July
- 11: Bulgaria, Parliament
- 11: Moldova, Parliament
- 11: Slovenia, Referendum
- 18: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st)
Trials
Recently concluded
- Belarus: Viktar Babaryka
- Brazil: Wilson Witzel
- Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai
- Indonesia: Muhammad Rizieq Shihab
- South Africa: Jacob Zuma
- Spain: 2017 Barcelona attacks
- Switzerland: Alieu Kosiah
- Tonga: ʻAkosita Lavulavu
- United States: Derek Chauvin, Cristhian Bahena Rivera
Ongoing
- Argentina: Rodolfo Martín Villa
- Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
- Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
- Colombia: Álvaro Uribe
- France: Nicolas Sarkozy
- India: Disha Ravi
- Indonesia: Edhy Prabowo, Juliari Batubara
- Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
- Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
- Malta: Yorgen Fenech
- Spain: Bárcenas affair, Barçagate
- Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
- International: Ali Kushayb, The Gambia v. Myanmar
Upcoming
- Canada: Raj Grewal
- Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah
- Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
- Lesotho: Maesiah Thabane
- Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
- United Kingdom: Apsana Begum
- United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Elizabeth Holmes, Meng Wanzhou, R. Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell, Allen Weisselberg
- Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
Sport
- Association football
- 2021 Copa Libertadores final stages
- 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
- 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
- 2021 Major League Soccer season
- UEFA Euro 2020
- 2021 Copa América
- Women's association football
- 2021 NWSL season
- Baseball
- 2021 MLB season
- Basketball
- 2021 NBA Playoffs
- Cricket
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League 2020–2023
- 2019–2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League 2019–2022
- Golf
- 2021 European Tour
- 2021 LPGA Tour
- 2020 PGA Tour Champions
- 2021 Ladies European Tour
- 2020–21 PGA Tour
- Motorsport
- 2021 Formula One Championship
- 2021 Rally Championship
- 2021 MotoGP
- 2021 Supercars Championship
- Rugby league
- 2021 NRL season
- 2021 Super League
- Rugby union
- 2021 Bunnings NPC
- 2021 Super Rugby season
- Tennis
- 2021 ATP Tour
- 2021 WTA Tour
- 2020–21 Davis Cup (Finals)
- Other sports seasons
- 2021 International cricket season
Recent deaths
July
- 10: Esther Béjarano
- 9: Geoff Makhubo
- 9: Jehan Sadat
- 7: Robert Downey Sr.
- 7: Dilip Kumar
- 7: Jovenel Moïse
- 7: Chick Vennera
- 6: Suzzanne Douglas
- 6: Patrick John
- 6: William H. Pauley III
- 5: Raffaella Carrà
- 5: Richard Donner
- 5: Vladimir Menshov
- 5: William Smith
- 4: Sanford Clark
- 4: Harmoko
- 3: James Kallstrom
- 3: Haunani-Kay Trask
- 2: Bill Ramsey
- 1: Josh Culbreath
- 1: Louis Andriessen
June
- 30: Bonfoh Abass
- 30: Del Wilkes
- 29: Stuart Damon
- 29: Donald Rumsfeld
- 28: Menelik Shabazz
- 27: Jack G. Downing
- 27: Hiroaki Nakanishi
- 26: Mike Gravel
- 26: Abdalelah Haroun
- 26: Jon Hassell
- 26: John Langley
- 26: Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
- 26: Frederic Rzewski
- 26: Johnny Solinger
- 25: Jack Ingram
- 24: Benigno Aquino III
- 24: Sonny Callahan
- 24: Stephen Dunn
- 24: Thomas G. Plaskett
- 24: Trần Thiện Khiêm
- 23: Melissa Coates
- 23: Brian London
- 23: John McAfee
- 23: Clare Peploe
- 23: Robert Sacchi
- 23: Mila Ximénez
- 22: Jim Bessman
- 22: Horacio González
- 21: Nina Divíšková
- 21: Tom Kurvers
- 20: Joanne Linville
- 20: Irene Mambilima
- 20: Mark Peel
- 18: Giampiero Boniperti
- 18: Milkha Singh
- 17: Kenneth Kaunda
- 16: Frank Bonner
- 16: Janet Malcolm
- 16: Richard Stolley
- 15: Vladimir Shatalov
- 14: Lisa Banes
- 14: Enrique Bolaños
- 14: Manuel Clavero
- 14: Mburumba Kerina
- 14: Markis Kido
- 13: Ned Beatty
- 13: Ziona
- 12: Mudcat Grant
- 11: Geoffrey Edelsten
Ongoing conflicts
Africa
- Algeria, Libya and Tunisia
- Maghreb insurgency
- Cameroon
- Anglophone Crisis
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Central African Republic
- Civil War
- Chad
- Insurgency in Northern Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kivu conflict
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Ituri conflict
- Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
- Ethiopia
- Tigray War (spillover)
- Ethiopia and Sudan
- Sudanese–Ethiopian clashes
- Ghana
- Western Togoland Rebellion
- Mali
- Mali War
- Mozambique
- Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
- Nigeria
- Communal conflicts in Nigeria
- Somalia
- Civil war
- Sudan
- War in Darfur
- South Kordofan conflict
- Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
- Western Sahara
- Western Sahara conflict
- 2020–2021 Western Saharan clashes
- Western Sahara conflict
Americas
- Colombia
- Colombian conflict
- Mexico
- Mexican drug war
- Peru
- Internal conflict in Peru
- Paraguay
- Insurgency in Paraguay
Asia-Pacific
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan War
- India
- Khalistan movement
- Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
- Insurgency in Northeast India
- India and Pakistan
- Kashmir conflict
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Moro conflict
- Cross border attacks in Sabah
- Moro conflict
- Indonesia
- Papua conflict
- Myanmar
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- Kachin conflict
- Karen conflict
- Rohingya conflict
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Philippines
- Communist rebellion
- Philippine drug war
- Thailand
- South Thailand insurgency
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Ukraine
- War in Donbass
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- War in Donbass
- Ireland and the UK
- Dissident Irish republican campaign
Global
- War on terror
Middle East
- Egypt
- Sinai insurgency
- Iran and the Persian Gulf
- Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
- Iraq
- American-led intervention in Iraq
- Iranian intervention in Iraq
- Iraq and Syria (map)
- International military intervention against ISIL
- Israel and Gaza
- Israel and Syria
- Israeli-Syrian border conflict
- Syria
- American-led intervention in Syria
- Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Turkish occupation of northern Syria
- Turkey
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Yemen and Saudi Arabia
- Yemeni Civil War
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
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