Sunday, July 20, 2025

8 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

    At least 85 Palestinians are killed while attempting to access aid across the Gaza Strip.

  2. 2025 Shabelle offensive

    The Somali National Army and African Union forces, primarily Ugandan troops, abruptly withdraw from the towns of Sabiid and Anole, after al-Shabaab militant group recaptures these locations, which are situated approximately 40 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region.

Politics

  1. 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election

    Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet.

  2. 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election

    The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito lose their majority in the House of Councillors, marking the first time in LDP's 70-year history that it leads a coalition in the Diet without a majority in either house.

Crime & Justice

  1. Terrorism in Egypt

    Egyptian police kill two suspected militants belonging to the Hasm Movement, an affiliate of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, during a raid on their hideout in Giza. One passerby is also killed.

  2. Justice

    Ecuador extradites José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros cartel, to the United States where he faces federal charges related to drug trafficking.

Disasters

  1. Disasters

    Seventeen people are killed and 11 others are missing in torrential rains in South Korea.

  2. Disasters

    Six people, including a pregnant woman, are killed in a fire on the passenger ferry KM Barcelona 5 just before it reaches Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for July 20, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.