Current events: 2023-07-31

Wikipedia Current Events · Jul 31, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
    - At least six civilians are killed and 75 are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on an apartment complex and a university building in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (The Washington Post)
  - Bombing of Kherson
    - Russian forces strike residential areas in Kherson, killing at least four civilians and injuring 17 others. (CNN International)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2023 Khar bombing
  - The Islamic State claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in which 54 people were killed and about 200 others were injured. (Al Jazeera)
Clashes between rival groups in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon, continue for the second day, with six more people being killed, bringing the death toll to eleven. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

A 20-meter-long inflatable attraction in the amusement park "Wonderland Waterpark" in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France, blows away, killing a 35-year-old man and severely injuring his 3-year-old daughter. (NOS)

International relations

2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- International reactions to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  - France–Niger relations
    - Niger's military junta accuses France of wanting to intervene by force to reinstate ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, a day after ECOWAS gave an ultimatum for Bazoum's reinstatement. (AFP via Libération) (Reuters)
  - The governments of Burkina Faso and Mali issue a joint statement saying that any military intervention in Niger to topple the new military junta will be considered a "declaration of war" against both countries. (Barron's via AFP)
Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia
  - The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on the judges and officials involved in the prosecution of activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who lost his appeal to his 25-year sentence for treason. (Reuters)

Law and crime