The edition of
Tuesday 22 July 2025
8 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
Three Haitian National Police officers are killed and one is missing after a gang attack in Liancourt, Artibonite department, Haiti.
President Trump announces a trade agreement with Philippine president Bongbong Marcos that sets a 19% tariff on Philippine exports to the United States, while U.S. goods entering the Philippines will be exempt from tariffs.
At least ten people are killed after Jubaland forces claim they have taken full control of the Beled Hawo District headquarters as well as the entire city, following heavy fighting with the Somali National Army from the Federal Government of Somalia.
The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, which is intercepted by Israeli forces.
U.S. president Donald Trump announces a trade deal with Japan on Truth Social that would let Japan invest $550 billion into the United States and reduce the tariffs to 15%.
Politics
The Ukrainian parliament adopts a law placing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office under the Prosecutor General, sparking widespread protests across the country, the largest since the 2022 Russian invasion. Despite calls to veto the law, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the law.
Environment
Flash flooding kills three people and leaves 15 others missing in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a truck kills 17 people and injures several others in Harare Province, Zimbabwe.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 22 July 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.