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Sunday 27 July 2025

16 stories, biggest first.

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    News2025 Shabelle offensive

    Al-Shabaab seizes control of the central Somalia town of Mahaas in the Hiiraan region following a ground offensive. The attack began with multiple suicide bombings just outside the town, followed by heavy gunfire, prompting the army and local Ma'awisley militias to withdraw.

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    SportUEFA Women's Euro 2025

    In association football, England defeats Spain 3–1 on penalties in the UEFA Women's Euro final to win their second major football championship and successfully defending their title. Spain's Aitana Bonmatí is named the tournament's best player.

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    News

    At least six people are killed and 27 others are injured in a stampede when a high-voltage electric wire falls on a path at the Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.

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    News

    Twenty-five people are killed, 26 others are rescued, and 49 are reported missing when a large wooden boat capsizes in Niger State, Nigeria.

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    Crime

    Three people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass shooting in Turks and Caicos, whose authorities are deeming it the first mass shooting in recent history, due to an increase in violence spilled over from the gang war in Haiti.

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    NewsGaza Strip famine

    The Israeli Air Force begins humanitarian aid drops over the Gaza Strip amid growing international pressure to allow food into the Palestinian enclave.

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    News2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict

    Cambodia and Thailand agree to negotiate a ceasefire following mediation efforts by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio the previous day. However, both sides accuse the other of violating the ceasefire.

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    NewsKomanda town massacre

    Allied Democratic Forces militants attack the city of Komanda, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 43 people, including 20 during a vigil in a Catholic church.

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    NewsNew People's Army rebellion

    Seven New People's Army guerrillas are killed in a military operation in Uson, Masbate, Philippines, as Philippine troops pursue remaining insurgents.

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    NewsEcuadorian Drug War

    Seventeen people are killed and 14 others are injured after gunmen open fire on a bar in El Empalme, Ecuador. The shooting is believed to be linked to a conflict between local drug cartels for control of drug trafficking routes.

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    News2025 Baden-Württemberg train derailment

    At least three people are killed, including a railway employee and the driver, and around 50 others are injured, including 25 seriously, when a Deutsche Bahn Regional-Express train carrying 100 people derails in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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    News2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

    At least 73 Palestinians are killed while seeking humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.

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    NewsUnited States–European Union relations

    U.S. president Donald Trump and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announce a trade deal that would set a reciprocal 15% tariff on all exports and promise to boost European Union investment into the U.S. by $600 billion. The EU also promises to purchase $750 billion in American energy products over an unspecified period of time.

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    CrimeCapital punishment in Iran

    Iran executes two members of the exiled terrorist group Mojahedin-e-Khalq on charges of carrying out attacks on residential, education, and government buildings.

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    NewsNorth Korea–Russia relations

    Russian airline Nordwind launches the first commercial flight from Moscow to Pyongyang, North Korea.

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    SportAustralian Football League

    St Kilda defeats Melbourne by six points after trailing by 46 points at three-quarter-time. It is the biggest comeback from a three-quarter-time deficit in the history of the Australian Football League.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 27 July 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.