Current events: 2025-07-16

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • At least 21 Palestinians are killed in a crowd crush at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site in the Gaza Strip. The GHF attributed the stampede to armed agitators, while Hamas said that Israeli soldiers sprayed people with pepper gas and opened fire. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Aftermath of the Syrian civil war
  • Israeli invasion of Syria, Southern Syria clashes
    • The Israeli Air Force bombs the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and the presidential palace in Damascus. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
    • Israeli forces launches an attack on the Druze city of Suwayda in As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria, after scattered clashes continue in spite of the ceasefire announcement by the Syrian Armed Forces. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • The Bangladesh military clashes with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj District, leading to four deaths and many others injured. (AP)
• Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria
  • At least 27 people are killed when unidentified gunmen attack a village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria. (BBC News) (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• A tsunami advisory is issued after a M{{sub|w}} 7.3 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Alaska, United States. (Fox News)

International relations

• Pakistan–United Kingdom relations
  • The United Kingdom ends its five-year ban on Pakistani airlines from landing in the UK due to significant improvements in aviation safety standards. (DW) (Dawn)

Law and crime

• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service has detained dozens of suspected Islamic State militants, whom it alleges were trained and deployed to conduct operations throughout the country. The 82 suspects were affiliated with the Islamic State's Somalia branch, which was defeated in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari region in Puntland. (Reuters)
• Opioid epidemic in the United States
  • United States president Donald Trump signs into law the HALT Fentanyl Act, reclassifying all fentanyl-related substances, including synthetic drugs, as Schedule I controlled substances. (The Hill)
• Two people are killed and four injured in a mass shooting on a street in Taranto, Italy. (Taranto Today)

Politics and elections

• Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung
  • South Korean president Lee Jae Myung approves Bae Kyung-hoon as the Minister of science and ICT, making it the first appointment of a minister during his administration. (Yonhap)
• Cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu
  • The Shas party quits the Netanyahu cabinet leaving it in minority due to disagreements over Haredi Jews conscription exemptions. (Al Jazerra)

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