Current events: 2023-07-19

Wikipedia Current Events · Jul 19, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Odesa
  - At least 12 people are injured in a night-time Russian missile attack on Odesa, Ukraine. (AP via ABC News)
- Crimea attacks
  - A fire occurs at the military training grounds in Crimea, forcing the evacuation of more than 2,000 people and the closure of a nearby highway. (Reuters)
Terrorism in India
- Police in Bangalore, India, arrest five men who are suspected of planning a terrorist attack in the city. (The Times of India)

Disasters and accidents

At least 34 people are killed and 12 others are injured when a bus collides with a car in Tamanrasset Province, Algeria. (Reuters via Al Arabiya)
Fifteen people are killed and 15 others are injured when an electricity transformer explodes on the banks of the Alaknanda River in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India. (BBC News)

International relations

Law and crime

Hijab in Iran
- A court in Iran sentences actress Afsaneh Bayegan to a suspended two years in prison for failing to comply with hijab law. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
2023 Auckland shooting
- Three people are killed, including the shooter, and six others are injured in a mass shooting at a construction site in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand. (Reuters)
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardons Coptic researcher Patrick Zaki and the lawyer of political activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah. Both men had been convicted of allegedly disseminating fake news. (AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

A Thai court suspends politician and winner of the general election Pita Limjaroenrat's status as a lawmaker after accusing Limjaroenrat of violating election laws for allegedly holding shares in a media company. (CNN)