The edition of
Sunday 20 July 2025
8 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
The Somali National Army and African Union forces, primarily Ugandan troops, abruptly withdraw from the towns of Sabiid and Anole, after al-Shabaab militant group recaptures these locations, which are situated approximately 40 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region.
At least 85 Palestinians are killed while attempting to access aid across the Gaza Strip.
Politics
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito lose their majority in the House of Councillors, marking the first time in LDP's 70-year history that it leads a coalition in the Diet without a majority in either house.
Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet.
The Law
Egyptian police kill two suspected militants belonging to the Hasm Movement, an affiliate of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, during a raid on their hideout in Giza. One passerby is also killed.
Ecuador extradites José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros cartel, to the United States where he faces federal charges related to drug trafficking.
Environment
Six people, including a pregnant woman, are killed in a fire on the passenger ferry KM Barcelona 5 just before it reaches Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Seventeen people are killed and 11 others are missing in torrential rains in South Korea.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 20 July 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.