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- 26 July 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- U.S. President Joe Biden adds Lebanon to the Deferred Enforced Departure list, temporarily protecting Lebanese citizens from deportation, for 18 months in response to growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. (Detroit Free Press)
- 26 July 2024 – European Union–Russia relations, International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The European Union sends its first transfer of €1.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for military and infrastructure support. The Kremlin denounces the transfer as "illegal" under international law and pledges legal retaliation. (AP) (Reuters)
- 26 July 2024 – Finland–Russia relations
- Finland reports that a Russian Navy vessel from its Baltic Sea fleet trespassed on Finnish territorial waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland. (Reuters)
- 26 July 2024 – Italy–Syria relations
- Italy appoints an ambassador to Syria after 12 years, becoming the first G7 country to do so. (Reuters)
- 26 July 2024 – Philippines–United States relations, ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign
- A former top United States official states that the U.S. Department of Defense covertly admitted to conducting a mass misinformation campaign targeting the Philippines using social media bots and fake accounts to disparage the safety of Chinese CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccinations during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, following public denial of its involvement in June 2024. (Reuters)
- 26 July 2024 – 2024 France railway arson attacks
- Arson attacks on TGV infrastructure disrupts rail services in France. (The Guardian)
- 26 July 2024 – International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine
- The United Kingdom drops its challenge to the International Criminal Court issuing arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. (Reuters)
- 26 July 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
- The opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics take place on the bank of the River Seine and the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris, France. (NBC News)
- 25 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- A Palestinian governmental body announces that senior Hamas leader Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara has died in Israeli prison after being arrested in October 2023. (Reuters)
- 25 July 2024 – Myanmar civil war
- The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, an ethnic armed organization, claims to have captured Lashio, the location of an important regional military base, and Mogok, the center of the country's gem-mining industry. The country's ruling military junta denies the claims. (AP) (Voice of America)
- 25 July 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Fitch Ratings downgrades Ukraine's credit rating from "CC" to "C" due to the country's need to restructure US$20 billion in international bonds to foreign investors, increasing the country's risk of default. (Al Jazeera)
- 25 July 2024 – History of Southwest Airlines
- Southwest Airlines announces the end to its 53-year open seating policy, starting in 2025. (Reuters) (Good Morning America)
- 25 July 2024 – 2024 Manila Bay oil spill
- An oil tanker capsizes off the coast of Limay, Bataan, Philippines, killing one person and spilling oil into Manila Bay. (CNBC)
- 25 July 2024 –
- At least 21 people are killed during a heat wave in Beni Mellal, Morocco. (NDTV)
- The Brazilian Ministry of Health reports the world's first Oropouche virus deaths from two women in Bahia. (The Telegraph)
- 25 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war, Israel–United States relations
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- July 2024 protest in Washington, D.C.
- The White House and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris issue statements strongly condemning vandalism and American flag burning during pro-Palestinian and anti-Benjamin Netanyahu protests in Washington, D.C., yesterday, with Harris calling the protests "despicable acts" by "unpatriotic protesters". (AP) (Politico)
- U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hold separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on the Israel–Hamas war and plans following the conclusion of the war. (NBC News)
- 25 July 2024 – Homelessness in California
- In the United States, California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers an executive order directing state agencies to remove homeless encampments throughout the state. (AP)
- 25 July 2024 – Human rights in Cambodia
- Candlelight Party President Teav Vannol is fined 6 billion riel (US$1.5 million) for "defamation" of the current Cambodian government to foreign media following his party being barred from the 2023 general election, which saw the incumbent People's Party win 120 of 125 National Assembly seats. (Reuters)
- 25 July 2024 –
- At least 26 people, including 16 children, are killed in mass shootings between 16 and 18 July by armed gangs over land disputes in Angoram District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. (BBC News)
- The Canada Revenue Agency announces it will revoke the charity status of the Jewish National Fund, stating that the use of its donations to fund the IDF's military infrastructure violates Canadian tax laws. (National Post)
- Sinaloa Cartel leaders Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López are arrested by agents of the United States Department of Justice in El Paso, Texas. (BBC News)
- 24 July 2024 –
- Polish divers announce that they have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden, containing crates of champagne and porcelain. (France 24)
- The Nasdaq Composite drops 654.94 points (-3.64%) on 24 July, marking its third-largest one-day point loss. The S&P 500 drops 128.61 points (-2.31%) on the same day, marking its fifteenth-largest one-day point loss. (AP) (CNBC)
- 24 July 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Gaemi
- Metro Manila, Philippines, is placed under a state of calamity due to flash floods caused by Typhoon Gaemi. (Bloomberg)
- Two people are killed and 266 others are injured by Typhoon Gaemi in northern Taiwan as the typhoon passes through Fujian province, China, and heads inland. (Reuters)
- 24 July 2024 – 2024 Canadian wildfires
- 2024 Jasper wildfire
- Two wildfires burning in Jasper National Park reach the Jasper townsite in Alberta, causing several structure fires, with over 25,000 residents evacuating their homes since Monday. (Edmonton Journal)
- Air quality in Calgary and the surrounding areas are raised to "high risk" as winds blow smoke into the region. (CBC News)
- 24 July 2024 – 2024 Nouakchott migrant boat disaster
- Fifteen people are killed and more than 195 others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes near Nouakchott, Mauritania. (CNN)
- 24 July 2024 – 2024 Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crash
- A Bombardier CRJ-200 crashes during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing eighteen people on board, with only the captain surviving. (Reuters)
- 24 July 2024 –
- Ten migrants are found drowned in a river near the Colombia–Panama border, according to Panamanian border police. (Al Jazeera)
- 24 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- July 2024 protest in Washington, D.C.
- A series of protests occur across Washington, D.C., to protest a speech given by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of the United States Congress. (Reuters) (WRC-TV)
- Israel–United States relations
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the United States Congress amid protests over Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza. (AP) (Reuters)
- 24 July 2024 – China–Russia relations, China–United States relations, Russia–United States relations
- The North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepts two Russian and two Chinese bomber aircraft flying together near Alaska, marking the first record of Chinese H-6 aircraft entering Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone, and marking the first time both countries were intercepted operating together. (CNN)
- 24 July 2024 – Poland–Ukraine relations, Ukraine–European Union relations
- Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz states that Poland will block Ukraine's bid to join the European Union if it doesn't resolve issues regarding Ukrainian nationalists' massacre of Poles during WWII, including finding and burying all victims killed on current Ukrainian territory. (The Kyiv Independent)
- 24 July 2024 – Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care
- A formal inquiry by the New Zealand government concludes that since 1950, about 200,000 people in state and religious care were abused, experiencing abuses such as rape, sterilization, and electric shocks. (Reuters)
- 24 July 2024 –
- German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser closes the Islamic Centre Hamburg for allegedly propagating extremism and being a direct representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Iranian Foreign Ministry summons the German ambassador following the closure. (DW)
- Three Ukrainian soldiers are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting after a dispute in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
- Researchers from the Scottish Association for Marine Science report evidence of dark oxygen being produced from metals on the seafloor. It was previously assumed that almost all the free oxygen (O
2) on Earth was created through photosynthesis, which requires sunlight. (NPR) - 24 July 2024 – 142nd IOC Session
- At the International Olympic Committee's meeting in Paris, France, it is announced that the French Alps region has been conditionally approved to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and that Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, will host the 2034 Winter Olympics. (Fox News) (AP)
- 24 July 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
- The Canadian Olympic Committee expels two members of the women's soccer team coaching staff from the Olympics following a spying incident involving a drone disrupting New Zealand's training session. FIFA initiates disciplinary proceedings. (Al Jazeera)
- 23 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 89 Palestinians are killed and over 263 others are injured in an Israeli surprise attack on a previously designated "safe zone" in Khan Younis, Gaza. (AA)
- 23 July 2024 – Kivu conflict
- At least 17 civilians are killed in an attack by suspected Allied Democratic Forces rebels in fields near Oicha, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- 23 July 2024 – Yemeni civil war, Yemeni peace process
- The Yemeni government and the Houthis sign an agreement to de-escalate tensions, which will include relaxing banking restrictions on both sides and allowing flag carrier Yemenia to resume flights to Jordan. (Middle East Eye)
- 23 July 2024 – 2024 Gofa landslides
- At least 229 people are killed after landslides bury two villages in Gofa Zuria, Ethiopia. (Al Arabiya)
- 23 July 2024 –
- Eight people are killed and five others are missing after their fishing vessel encountered severe weather near the Falkland Islands. (Daily Tribune)
- Three people are killed and 12 others are injured when a balcony collapses in Naples, Italy. (Rai News)
- 23 July 2024 – 2024 in climate change
- The Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that July 21 was the hottest day in recorded history, and also estimates it to be the hottest day in the past 100,000 years with a global average surface air temperature of 17.09 °C (62.76 °F). (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
- 23 July 2024 –
- A study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation finds thirteen Brazilian sharpnose sharks off the coast of Brazil with high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers. Experts believe that the cocaine is making its way into the waters via illegal labs where the drug is manufactured or through the excrement of drug users. (BBC News)
- 23 July 2024 – 2024 visits by Viktor Orbán to Russia and China, 2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- The European Union deprives Hungary of its ability to host the next set of foreign and defense ministry meetings as a "symbolic signal" against Viktor Orbán's uncoordinated meetings in Russia and China, moving the ministry meetings from Budapest, Hungary, to Brussels, Belgium. (BBC News) (The Independent)
- 23 July 2024 – Chad–Libya relations
- Chad repatriates 157 citizens detained in Libya, with more repatriation flights planned to return all detained Chadians. (Reuters)
- 23 July 2024 – Sudanese peace process, Sudan–United States relations
- The United States invites Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces to ceasefire talks in Switzerland on August 14. (TRT Afrika)
- 23 July 2024 – 2023 French pension reform law
- The leftist La France Insoumise party introduces legislation to reverse pension changes and revert the legal retirement age to 62 years, with the far-right National Rally party offering support for the advancement of the legislation. (Reuters)
- 23 July 2024 –
- The Woolwich Crown Court finds British Pakistani Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of directing the proscribed terrorist network Al-Muhajiroun. (The Guardian)
- 23 July 2024 – 2024 Beijing Declaration, Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process
- Various factions in the Palestinian government, including rivals Fatah and Hamas, sign a declaration in Beijing, China, to end their divisions and form a unity government. (Reuters)
- 23 July 2024 – Attempted assassination of Donald Trump
- United States Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigns, citing security lapses that led to former president Donald Trump's attempted assassination. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
- 23 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Thousands of anti-war protestors led by Jewish Voice for Peace stage a sit-in at a congressional office building in Washington D.C., U.S., ahead of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit, with over 400 people, including rabbis, being arrested by Capitol Police. (AP)
- 23 July 2024 – Martial law in Ukraine, Mobilization in Ukraine
- The Ukrainian parliament agrees to extend martial law and nationwide military mobilization for an additional 90 days beginning on August 12. (RFE/RL)
- 23 July 2024 –
- At least 45 Ugandans are detained and some are charged while participating in anti-corruption protests in the capital city Kampala. (Al Jazeera)
- Kristen Michal is appointed as the new prime minister of Estonia, succeeding Kaja Kallas. (AP)
- 22 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- At least 70 Palestinians are killed and more than 200 others are injured by Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes in Khan Younis Governorate in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Israel orders mandatory evacuations across the Gaza Strip, including in sections of the heavily populated Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone. (AP)
- The Israeli parliament votes in favor of classifying UNRWA as a terrorist organization, allowing the motion to undergo supplementary deliberation regarding Israel severing relations with the agency. (Reuters)
- 22 July 2024 – Somali civil war
- More than 35 Somali soldiers and more than 80 al-Shabaab militants are killed after al-Shabaab attempts to overrun three army bases near Kismayo, Jubaland. (Reuters)
- 22 July 2024 – Chinese gambling workers in the Philippines
- Philippine president Bongbong Marcos announces a ban on offshore gaming operations in his State of the Nation Address. (Reuters)
- 22 July 2024 –
- Nine people are killed and twelve others are injured when a bus plunges into a ravine near Tarma, Junín, Peru, after the driver swerves to avoid a collision. (The Mirror)
- 22 July 2024 – Slovakia–United States relations
- The U.S. Air Force delivers the first of 14 F-16 Fighting Falcons to the Slovak Air Force as part of a $1.6 billion deal signed in 2018. (Reuters)
- 22 July 2024 –
- Belarusian foreign minister Maxim Ryzhenkov is invited to make Belarus's first foreign ministry visit to North Korea regarding cooperation with Russia in conflicts with the Western world. (AP)
- 22 July 2024 – 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
- A high court in Sierra Leone sentences eleven people, including soldiers and police officers, to 40 to 70 years in prison for their roles in the failed military coup last year. (Reuters)
- 22 July 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- A court in the United Arab Emirates sentences 57 Bangladeshis to prison, including three to life sentences, for holding protests against the Bangladesh government in the United Arab Emirates, where protesting is illegal. (BBC News)
- 22 July 2024 – Animal rights in Colombia
- President of Colombia Gustavo Petro signs into law a bill outlawing bullfighting and ordering all bullrings to be converted into cultural or alternative sporting venues by 2027. (AP)
- 22 July 2024 – Daruvar shooting
- Six people are killed and six others are injured in a mass shooting at a nursing home in Daruvar, Croatia. The perpetrator is arrested. (Reuters)
- 22 July 2024 –
- A Canadian citizen is shot and killed by Israeli police after he attempts to stab Israeli soldiers and security personnel at the entrance to the Netiv HaAsara moshav, near the border with the Gaza Strip. (Anadolu Agency)
- A court in Russia sentences Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to six and a half years in prison in a secret trial. (DW)
- Burmese military commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing is named acting president of Myanmar after previous acting president Myint Swe takes medical leave. (Al Jazeera)
- 22 July 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
- French president Emmanuel Macron opens the 142nd IOC Session in Paris. (Francs Jeux)