Wednesday 16 July 2025

Israeli forces launch 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.

The Israeli Air Force bombs the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and the presidential palace in Damascus.

At least 27 people are killed when unidentified gunmen attack a village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria.

The United Kingdom ends its five-year ban on Pakistani airlines from landing in the UK due to significant improvements in aviation safety standards.

The Bangladesh military clashes with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj District, leading to four deaths and many others injured.

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border.

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is sworn in as the first female president of Suriname.

Two people are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting on a street in Taranto, Italy.

The Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service detains dozens of suspected Somalian Islamic State militants, whom it alleges were trained and deployed to conduct operations throughout the country, especially in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari region in Puntland.

U.S. president Donald Trump signs into law the HALT Fentanyl Act, reclassifying all fentanyl-related substances, including synthetic drugs, as Schedule I controlled substances.

Torrential rains in Punjab, Pakistan, kill at least 63 people.

A tsunami advisory is issued after a Mw 7.3 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Alaska, United States.