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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154500" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Middle Eastern crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war" target="_blank">Gaza war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_warfare_in_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Israel%29" target="_blank">defense minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Katz" target="_blank">Israel Katz</a> reports that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" target="_blank">the military</a> has demolished 83% of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> tunnels in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>. The assessment comes as the war enters its 1,000th day following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks" target="_blank">October 7, 2023 attacks</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/katz-83-of-hamas-tunnels-in-idf-controlled-portion-of-gaza-have-been-destroyed/" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a> <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/9p71akbum" target="_blank">(Ynetnews)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> are injured in an Israeli strike on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuseirat_refugee_camp" target="_blank">Nuseirat refugee camp</a>, located in the middle of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>. <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/seven-palestinians-wounded-israeli-drone-strike-central-gaza" target="_blank">(Middle East Eye)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war" target="_blank">2026 Lebanon war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah%E2%80%93Israel_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Hezbollah–Israel conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" target="_blank">Israeli military</a> says that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoz_Unit" target="_blank">Egoz Unit</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_forces_of_Israel" target="_blank">commando</a> group has killed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> militant who emerged from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_tunnels" target="_blank">underground tunnel</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_al-Taher" target="_blank">Ali al-Taher</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon" target="_blank">southern</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-hezbollah-operative-killed-after-emerging-from-tunnel-threatening-forces-in-southern-lebanon/" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">Syrian conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nine people are killed and 22 others are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb" target="_blank">bombing</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeehouse" target="_blank">coffeehouse</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus" target="_blank">Damascus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a>. No group has claimed responsibility. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/2/whats-behind-the-deadly-bombing-of-a-crowded-damascus-cafe" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russo-Ukrainian war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kyiv strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian forces</a> launch a major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile" target="_blank">ballistic missile</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_warfare_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war" target="_blank">drone attack</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv" target="_blank">Kyiv</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, killing at least 22 people and injuring 98 others, and forcing more than 50,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" target="_blank">civilians</a> to shelter underground. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-missile-drone-attack-384d5b6bcdfc6e7d8c18f25130332ef7" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-rock-kyiv-as-ukraine-braces-for-russias-next-bombardment/" target="_blank">(Kyiv Independent)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict" target="_blank">Papua conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_National_Liberation_Army" target="_blank">West Papua National Liberation Army</a> says it set fire to a plane that landed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Papua" target="_blank">Highland Papua</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" target="_blank">Indonesia</a>, carrying eight people and killed its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">American</a> pilot. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8j2k137emzo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Iran_clashes_%282026%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Western Iran clashes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" target="_blank">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> says that they have killed five members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Iranian_Kurdistan" target="_blank">Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranshahr" target="_blank">Piranshahr</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Azerbaijan_province" target="_blank">West Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/irans-revolutionary-guards-say-they-killed-kurdish-militants-northwest-iran-2026-07-02/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Arts and culture<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_%C3%89c%C3%B4ne_consecrations" target="_blank">2026 Écône consecrations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See" target="_blank">Holy See</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication_in_the_Catholic_Church" target="_blank">excommunicates</a> the entire clergy of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_St._Pius_X" target="_blank">Society of St. Pius X</a> for consecrating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" target="_blank">bishops</a> without the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" target="_blank">Pope</a>'s permission, barring the group from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" target="_blank">officiating marriages</a> and hearing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penance_in_the_Catholic_Church" target="_blank">confessions</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_laity" target="_blank">Catholic laity</a> are also warned that they will also be excommunicated if they attend SSPX masses. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/vatican-traditionalist-pope-latin-st-pius-6570c6bcc0784f4b9229e20bdec4e5aa" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2026-07/holy-see-decrees-excommunication-lefebrians-consecrations.html" target="_blank">(Vatican News)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 16 people are killed and 20 others are injured when a passenger bus overturns in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" target="_blank">Eastern Cape</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a>. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/bus-crash-in-south-africas-western-cape-leaves-16-dead-and-20-injured/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eleven people are killed in a collision between a truck and two cars on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushanbe" target="_blank">Dushanbe</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulob" target="_blank">Kulob</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorog" target="_blank">Khorog</a> highway near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahdat" target="_blank">Vahdat</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan" target="_blank">Tajikistan</a>. <a href="https://timesca.com/highway-crash-in-tajikistan-kills-eleven/" target="_blank">(Times of Central Asia)</a> <a href="https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20260702/b86f29b4d46a4811b6c6b2e5974d02ca/c.html" target="_blank">(Xinhua)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk" target="_blank">monks</a> are killed and 13 others are injured, including three critically, when an 11-year-old boy drives a pickup truck into a pilgrimage walk in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukdahan_province" target="_blank">Mukdahan province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/thailand-crash-pickup-child-driver-monks-1600f3465556051223ae00629e478d36" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ebola_epidemic" target="_blank">2026 Ebola epidemic</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> begins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_in_management_of_Ebola" target="_blank">treatment trials</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola" target="_blank">Ebola</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75ykve4zzxo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Burkina_Faso" target="_blank">Human rights in Burkina Faso</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" target="_blank">United Nations</a> announces that it will close its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights" target="_blank">human rights office</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso" target="_blank">Burkina Faso</a> after the country's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Movement_for_Safeguard_and_Restoration" target="_blank">military junta</a> indefinitely suspend its operations, preventing the office from carrying out its mandate. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/02/un-to-close-its-human-rights-office-in-burkina-faso-following-juntas-suspension" target="_blank">(Euronews)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-rights-office-close-burkina-faso-office-after-government-suspension-2026-07-02/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Spain" target="_blank">Corruption in Spain</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" target="_blank">Spain</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiencia_Nacional" target="_blank">National Court</a> charges the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Guard_%28Spain%29" target="_blank">Civil Guard</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorate-General_of_the_Civil_Guard" target="_blank">director-general</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Fern%C3%A1ndez" target="_blank">Mercedes González Fernández</a> and her deputy with the offences of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_of_office" target="_blank">abuse of office</a> and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSOE" target="_blank">PSOE</a>'s alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members. <a href="https://www.democrata.es/en/courts/mercedes-gonzalez-raises-to-four-the-number-of-civil-guard-directors-charged-in-democracy-who-they-were-and-how-each-case-ended/" target="_blank">(Demócrata)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_Revolution" target="_blank">Flamingo Revolution</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Police_%28Albania%29" target="_blank">Police</a> clash with demonstrators in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania" target="_blank">Albania</a> during a protest against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Albania" target="_blank">the government</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazan_Island_Resort" target="_blank">Sazan Island Resort</a> project. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-clashes-063288405ee82156e32e6bde500d0569" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Algerian_parliamentary_election" target="_blank">2026 Algerian parliamentary election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" target="_blank">Algerians</a> vote for 407 seats of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_National_Assembly" target="_blank">People's National Assembly</a> amid a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-of-living_crisis" target="_blank">cost-of-living crisis</a> and candidate bans upon the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirak_%28Algeria%29" target="_blank">Hirak</a> movement. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/algeria-algiers-parliamentary-elections-34653095427e8d0a4cae36ade1b2d5c1" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_July_2" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154500, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Middle Eastern crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_warfare_in_the_Gaza_Strip']Tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Israel%29']defense minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Katz']Israel Katz[/URL] reports that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces']the military[/URL] has demolished 83% of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL] tunnels in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL]. The assessment comes as the war enters its 1,000th day following the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks']October 7, 2023 attacks[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL]. [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/katz-83-of-hamas-tunnels-in-idf-controlled-portion-of-gaza-have-been-destroyed/']([I]The Times of Israel[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.ynetnews.com/article/9p71akbum'](Ynetnews)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Seven [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] are injured in an Israeli strike on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuseirat_refugee_camp']Nuseirat refugee camp[/URL], located in the middle of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL]. [URL='https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/seven-palestinians-wounded-israeli-drone-strike-central-gaza']([I]Middle East Eye[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war']2026 Lebanon war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah%E2%80%93Israel_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Hezbollah–Israel conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces']Israeli military[/URL] says that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoz_Unit']Egoz Unit[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_forces_of_Israel']commando[/URL] group has killed a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL] militant who emerged from a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_tunnels']underground tunnel[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_al-Taher']Ali al-Taher[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon']southern[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL]. [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-hezbollah-operative-killed-after-emerging-from-tunnel-threatening-forces-in-southern-lebanon/']([I]The Times of Israel[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Syrian_civil_war']Syrian conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]Nine people are killed and 22 others are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb']bombing[/URL] at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeehouse']coffeehouse[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus']Damascus[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL]. No group has claimed responsibility. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/2/whats-behind-the-deadly-bombing-of-a-crowded-damascus-cafe'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russo-Ukrainian war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Kyiv strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian forces[/URL] launch a major [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile']ballistic missile[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_warfare_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war']drone attack[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv']Kyiv[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], killing at least 22 people and injuring 98 others, and forcing more than 50,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian']civilians[/URL] to shelter underground. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-missile-drone-attack-384d5b6bcdfc6e7d8c18f25130332ef7'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-rock-kyiv-as-ukraine-braces-for-russias-next-bombardment/']([I]Kyiv Independent[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict']Papua conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_National_Liberation_Army']West Papua National Liberation Army[/URL] says it set fire to a plane that landed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Papua']Highland Papua[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia']Indonesia[/URL], carrying eight people and killed its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']American[/URL] pilot. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8j2k137emzo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Iran_clashes_%282026%E2%80%93present%29']Western Iran clashes[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps']Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[/URL] says that they have killed five members of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Iranian_Kurdistan']Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranshahr']Piranshahr[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Azerbaijan_province']West Azerbaijan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/irans-revolutionary-guards-say-they-killed-kurdish-militants-northwest-iran-2026-07-02/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Arts and culture[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_%C3%89c%C3%B4ne_consecrations']2026 Écône consecrations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See']Holy See[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication_in_the_Catholic_Church']excommunicates[/URL] the entire clergy of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_St._Pius_X']Society of St. Pius X[/URL] for consecrating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church']bishops[/URL] without the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope']Pope[/URL]'s permission, barring the group from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church']officiating marriages[/URL] and hearing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penance_in_the_Catholic_Church']confessions[/URL]. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_laity']Catholic laity[/URL] are also warned that they will also be excommunicated if they attend SSPX masses. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/vatican-traditionalist-pope-latin-st-pius-6570c6bcc0784f4b9229e20bdec4e5aa'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2026-07/holy-see-decrees-excommunication-lefebrians-consecrations.html']([I]Vatican News[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least 16 people are killed and 20 others are injured when a passenger bus overturns in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape']Eastern Cape[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL]. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/bus-crash-in-south-africas-western-cape-leaves-16-dead-and-20-injured/'](CTV News)[/URL] [*]Eleven people are killed in a collision between a truck and two cars on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushanbe']Dushanbe[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulob']Kulob[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorog']Khorog[/URL] highway near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahdat']Vahdat[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan']Tajikistan[/URL]. [URL='https://timesca.com/highway-crash-in-tajikistan-kills-eleven/']([I]Times of Central Asia[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20260702/b86f29b4d46a4811b6c6b2e5974d02ca/c.html'](Xinhua)[/URL] [*]Nine [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk']monks[/URL] are killed and 13 others are injured, including three critically, when an 11-year-old boy drives a pickup truck into a pilgrimage walk in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukdahan_province']Mukdahan province[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand']Thailand[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/thailand-crash-pickup-child-driver-monks-1600f3465556051223ae00629e478d36'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ebola_epidemic']2026 Ebola epidemic[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']Democratic Republic of the Congo[/URL] begins [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_in_management_of_Ebola']treatment trials[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola']Ebola[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75ykve4zzxo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Burkina_Faso']Human rights in Burkina Faso[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations']United Nations[/URL] announces that it will close its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights']human rights office[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso']Burkina Faso[/URL] after the country's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Movement_for_Safeguard_and_Restoration']military junta[/URL] indefinitely suspend its operations, preventing the office from carrying out its mandate. [URL='https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/02/un-to-close-its-human-rights-office-in-burkina-faso-following-juntas-suspension'](Euronews)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-rights-office-close-burkina-faso-office-after-government-suspension-2026-07-02/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Spain']Corruption in Spain[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain']Spain[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiencia_Nacional']National Court[/URL] charges the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Guard_%28Spain%29']Civil Guard[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorate-General_of_the_Civil_Guard']director-general[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Fern%C3%A1ndez']Mercedes González Fernández[/URL] and her deputy with the offences of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_of_office']abuse of office[/URL] and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSOE']PSOE[/URL]'s alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members. [URL='https://www.democrata.es/en/courts/mercedes-gonzalez-raises-to-four-the-number-of-civil-guard-directors-charged-in-democracy-who-they-were-and-how-each-case-ended/']([I]Demócrata[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_Revolution']Flamingo Revolution[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Police_%28Albania%29']Police[/URL] clash with demonstrators in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania']Albania[/URL] during a protest against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Albania']the government[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazan_Island_Resort']Sazan Island Resort[/URL] project. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-clashes-063288405ee82156e32e6bde500d0569'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Algerian_parliamentary_election']2026 Algerian parliamentary election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria']Algerians[/URL] vote for 407 seats of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_National_Assembly']People's National Assembly[/URL] amid a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-of-living_crisis']cost-of-living crisis[/URL] and candidate bans upon the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirak_%28Algeria%29']Hirak[/URL] movement. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/algeria-algiers-parliamentary-elections-34653095427e8d0a4cae36ade1b2d5c1'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_July_2"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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