The day
Monday 21 July 2025
10 stories, biggest first.
- 1
NewsCatatumbo campaign
The National Liberation Army deploys a drone to attack a military convoy in Catatumbo, Colombia, killing three soldiers and injuring eight others.
- 2
News2025 Dhaka fighter jet crash
At least 31 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured after a Bangladesh Air Force FT-7BGI training aircraft crashes into a college and school campus in Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 3
NewsIsraeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Israeli troops and tanks enter Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for the first time since the start of the war.
- 4
NewsMilitary aid to Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The United States and Germany agree to send five Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine.
- 5
- 6
News2025 Pacific typhoon season
At least 22 people are killed and more than 90,000 people are displaced as Tropical Storm Wipha hits the Philippines and South Korea.
- 7
NewsEl Salvador–Venezuela relations
The Venezuelan attorney general's office opens a formal investigation into Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government's alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants detained in the United States and sent to the CECOT megaprison, built to hold alleged gang members.
- 8
Politics
Christophe Mirmand is sworn in as the new minister of state of Monaco, succeeding acting minister of state Isabelle Berro-Amadeï.
- 9
Politics
Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns as the Vice President of India citing health reasons.
- 10
Sport
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announces a ban on transgender women competing in women's sports in compliance with an executive order issued earlier this year.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 21 July 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.