Current events: 2025-07-09

Wikipedia Current Events · 2025-07-09T20:14:21-0400

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- 2025 Jaalle Siyaad military academy bombing
  - Several people are killed and injured in a suicide bombing targeting the 14th October Brigade of the Somali Armed Forces at the Jaalle Siyaad military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia. Somali militant group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters) (Hiiraan Online) (Somali Guardian)

Red Sea crisis
- Houthi attacks on commercial vessels
  - Attacks on the Eternity C
    - The Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged ship, sinks in the Red Sea after being attacked by the Houthis on Monday. At least four people are killed, seven others are rescued and fourteen are reported missing. A rescue operation is underway. (The Guardian) (NOS)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Russian forces launch 728 Geran-2 drones at Ukraine overnight in the largest single drone attack of the war to date. (Newsweek)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Guatemala earthquakes
- At least six people die when a {{M|w|5.7}} earthquake strikes Guatemala and causes widespread damage. (ABC News)
At least thirteen people are killed and nine others are injured after a section of the Gambhira Bridge in Gujarat, India, partially collapses during morning rush hour. (The Times of India) (NDTV)

Law and crime

2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over five key charges related to his short-lived martial law declaration on December 3, 2024, placing him in custody for the first time since March due to concerns of evidence tampering. (Yonhap)
Censorship in Turkey
- Turkey partially bans certain content from X (formerly Twitter)’s AI chatbot Grok amid a criminal probe over insults to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. (Reuters)