The edition of
Friday 18 July 2025
16 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
At least 41 Palestinians, ten of which were seeking Humanitarian aid are killed by artillery shelling and gunfire.
Nine people are killed while at least 15 others are abducted in an attack by gunmen in Talata Mafara,Zamfara State, Nigeria.
Israel and Syria agree to a ceasefire, following a de-escalation of the conflict after Syrian government troops withdrew from Sweida.
Israel intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis, who say it was targeting Ben Gurion International Airport.
Politics
The Trinidad and Tobago government declares a state of emergency after uncovering a plot by criminal organizations to allegedly target and kill government officials.
The Law
The Seoul Central District Court rejects former president Yoon Suk Yeol's petition to release him due to an unreasonable request more than a week after he was re-arrested on charges related to a failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024.
The governments of El Salvador, the United States, and Venezuela conduct a prisoner swap involving over 200 Venezuelans incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in exchange for the release of ten Americans from Venezuelan custody.
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and places him on nightly house arrest, and forbids him from approaching embassies, foreign ambassadors, and diplomats.
The United States government declares the Pakistani militant group The Resistance Front a terrorist group after it committed an attack in Pahalgam in April.
Environment
At least three people are killed in an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility in Monterey Park, California, United States.
Six illegal miners are killed and four others injured after a hoist system malfunctioned in a mine in Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.
Four people are killed and over a dozen are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 35 in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Five people are killed in Pedda Amberpet, India, after a car rammed into the back of a lorry.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 18 July 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.