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An explosion in the Turkish district of Suruç, Şanlıurfa, kills at least 31 people and injures more than 100. The United States and Cuba restore full diplomatic relations after 54 years. Formula One driver Jules Bianchi (pictured in 2012) dies at the age of 25, nine months after an accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix left him in a coma. At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Province, Iraq. An agreement is announced between the P5+1 countries and Iran regarding its nuclear program. Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announce the observation of pentaquarks. Ongoing events: Greek debt crisis Recent deaths: Yoichiro Nambu

Current events of July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21) (Tuesday) Business and economy Greek government-debt crisis timeline The Government of Greece submits more legislation to the Hellenic Parliament required by its creditors to start a bailout package. (Reuters) Hisao Tanaka stands down as the CEO of Japanese company Toshiba following a $1.2 billion accounting scandal. (Financial Times) International relations The Philippines announces plans to increase its defense budget by 25% amid ongoing tension in the South China Sea. (AFP via Straits Times) Politics and elections Burundian presidential election, 2015 Voters in Burundi go to the polls for a presidential election amidst gunfire and violence with President Pierre Nkurunziza seeking a third term and opposition parties boycotting the election. (BBC) Current events of July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan (2015–present) In a friendly fire incident, a NATO air strike hits an Afghan National Army outpost in Logar Province, about 30 miles east of Kabul, with at least seven soldiers killed and five wounded. (CNN) (The Independent - UK) Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Suruç bombing A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting The Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100. Preliminary evidence suggests an ISIS suicide attack. (BBC) (The Daily Star) Business and economy Greek government-debt crisis timeline Greek banks reopen for the first time in three weeks with strict capital controls. (AP) Lockheed Martin agrees to buy United Technologies Corp's Sikorsky Aircraft for $9 billion. (Reuters) Venezuela orders producers to divert supplies to state stores amid a chronic shortage of goods. (AP) International relations Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves the Nuclear Pact between Iran and a group of six world powers in return for sanctions relief. (Voice of America) (Reuters) The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades. (AP) Science Rosetta mission: Philae lander on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet has lost contact with the European Space Agency (ESA) ground control. (DW), (CNN) Sports 2015 Open Championship In golf, the final round of The Open Championship is played at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland with Zach Johnson winning a four hole playoff with Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen. (The Guardian), (The Independent) FIFA announces it will hold an extraordinary session on February 26, 2016, in order to elect a new president to replace Sepp Blatter. (BBC) Current events of July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19) (Sunday) Disasters and accidents British police resume the search for four people missing after an explosion at a mill in Cheshire. (BBC) Arts and culture Fourteen Sufi mausoleums in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali have been rebuilt, three years after they were destroyed by Islamist militants from Ansar Dine group. (BBC) International relations 2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, India–Pakistan relations The Pakistan Foreign Office lodges an official report with India over what it calls a series of "unprovoked ceasefire violations" in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. (AP via Asian Correspondent) Current events of July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Persecution of Hazara people in Quetta In a failed suicide blast, a security guard intercepted a suicide bomber clad in female clothing attempting to enter Quetta’s Hazara town, who then detonated their device that contained 6 to 7 kg (13 to 15 lb) of explosive material, killing themselves and the guard. (Dawn). Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) The Kurdish's People's Protection Units and independent monitors accuse ISIL of using poison gas while fighting in northern Syria late in June. (Reuters) Saudi Arabia arrests 431 people accused of links to Islamic State. (Al-Arabiyah) ISIL claims responsibility for kidnapping three African Christians in Libya. (Reuters via Trust) War in Donbass, Timeline of the war in Donbass (July 2015–present) Three civilians have been killed by shelling in the Donbass town of Avdiivka, within government-held territory. (Reuters) Sinai insurgency Militants kill at least five soldiers in attacks on two Egyptian Army checkpoints. (AP via ABC America) Disasters and accidents At least four people are dead, seven injured and a girl trapped as a four story building collapses in West Delhi in India's National Capital Territory of Delhi. (NDTV) 2015 Cajon Pass wildfire The wildfire burning in San Bernardino County, California has burned over 3,500 acres, and destroyed 16 homes and other buildings. The fire has also burned over 60 passenger vehicles and tractor-trailers. (CBS-Los Angeles) Law and crime 2015 Chattanooga shootings The sailor wounded in Thursday's shooting at two military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee, dies a little after 2 a.m. Saturday, bringing the death toll of the shooting to five. (Chattanooga Times-Free Press) Current events of July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Boko Haram, Timeline of Boko Haram insurgency Suicide bombers killed at least 64 people in multiple blasts in the northeastern towns of Gombe and Damaturu, Nigeria. (WSJ via AP)(Local 10) (BBC) Niger’s army killed at least 30 suspected Boko Haram fighters as it searched for militants in villages just over the border with Nigeria. (NewsDay Zimbabwe) At least six people are killed in clashes between supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian police. (BBC) 2015 Khan Bani Saad massacre, Iraq War (2014–present) A car bomb in Khan Bani Saad City massacres more than 100 people, mostly Shias, celebrating the Eid after end of Ramadan. ISIL claims responsibility. (Reuters) Tolikara riot 12 people injured, 1 boy killed, and several home and kiosk burned in Tolikara Regency, Papua, Indonesia. (Solopos) Arts and culture Australian artist Nigel Milsom wins the 2015 Archibald Prize for a portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet who represented Milsom when he was sentenced for armed robbery. (ABC News Australia) Holy Trinity University, Puerto Princesa, Philippines has been named as a new center to research ancient Palawan man, Tabon Caves, and large sculptures found along Palawan's coast. (Palawan-News) Business and economy Greek government-debt crisis Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament, approves Greece's bailout plan by 439–119 with 40 abstained. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2015 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Nangka passes through the western part of the main Japanese island of Honshu, causing at least two deaths, widespread flooding and the evacuation of 100,000 people. (Reuters) Indonesian volcano eruptions Thousands of Indonesians are stranded on the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of Ramadan as five airports remain closed as a result of the eruption of the Raung and Gamalama volcanoes. (BBC) At least five people are dead and three are missing after a coal mine in the Philippines province of Antique collapses. (AP) Two commuter trains collide at the Booysens train station in Johannesburg, South Africa, injuring more than 250 people. (News24) International relations The People's Republic of China releases 10 South African tourists held for allegedly distributing terrorist material. (News 24) Ukraine expels Valery Shibeko, Russia's top envoy to Odessa, after declaring the consulate general "persona non grata" for conducting unnamed activities "incompatible" with his diplomatic work. (AFP) Liza Maza, a human rights activist and former Filipina congresswoman, and the Center for Women's Resources criticize the United States and the Philippines governments for preventing Maza's boarding of a July 9, 2015, Korean Air flight destined for Washington, D.C. Maza, who has a U.S. visa valid until 2018, was scheduled to testify before the July 16-18 International People’s Tribunal investigating crimes against the Filipino people by the Philippines and the U.S. as part of the so-called War on Terror. (Bulatlat) (Bulatlat) (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (CommonDreams.org) Law and crime The Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary group, raid the Karachi headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party on the grounds that it had allegedly been producing hate speech, and arrest two people. (Reuters via Business Insider) A man goes on a shooting spree in Maine, U.S., killing two people and wounding three others in the towns of Lee and Benedicta. A manhunt is executed, and the suspect is arrested in Houlton. (CBC) Sport List of world records in athletics Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia breaks the world record for women's 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) at the Herculis IAAF Diamond League event in Monaco running 3 minutes, 50.08 seconds. (BBC) Science and technology University marine scientists observe that a shipwreck discovered off the North Carolina Coast on July 12 may date back to the American Revolution. (NBC News) Current events of July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire and mortar bombs along their disputed frontier, killing five civilians and injuring more than a dozen. (Reuters) Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) Members of exiled President of Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's Cabinet tour the southern city of Aden for the first time in several months. (Reuters via Daily Mail) Sinai insurgency The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has claimed that it sank an Egyptian patrol boat in the Mediterranean, just off the coast of Rafah. The Egyptian military claimed the ship sank from a fire not caused by attacks. (Time) (Ahram Online) Boko Haram, Timeline of Boko Haram insurgency Twin blasts at a market in Gombe, Nigeria kill at least 49 people. (BBC) Boko Haram militants kill a dozen villagers in Niger. (Reuters) South Thailand insurgency Two Thai Army soldiers are killed in an ambush in Thailand's Narathiwat Province. (Bangkok Post) At least 11 people are killed and many others injured in a tribal fight in a remote area of Papua New Guinea. (AFP via ABC Australia) Arts and culture Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards are announced with Game of Thrones receiving 24 nominations. (Variety) Business and economy The European Union launches an antitrust action against American semiconductor company Qualcomm, for possible abuse of a dominant market position, on the one hand, and predatory pricing, on the other hand. (European Union) Disasters and accidents Sixty-five thousand people in the Indian state of Assam are affected by floods and heavy rainfall. (NDTV) Ash from the Raung volcano closes five airports in Indonesia, while ash from the Gamalama volcano closes the Babullah Airport in Ternate. (Channel News Asia) 2015 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Nangka makes landfall on the Japanese island of Shikoku. (Weather.com)] The Nexen pipeline at the Long Lake facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta, spills 5,000,000 litres (1,100,000 imp gal; 1,300,000 US gal) of oil emulsion. (CBC) Law and crime 2015 Chattanooga shootings A shooting occurs at a United States Navy recruiting office and a Navy operational support center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing four U.S. Marines and the gunman and wounding a police officer, a Marine Corps recruiter and a sailor who is listed in serious condition. (Reuters via MSN) (The Tennessean), (NBC News), (WRCB) (CNN) James Eagan Holmes, a former University of Colorado neuroscience student, is found guilty of first-degree murder in the July 2012 Aurora movie theater massacre, which killed 12 and injured 70; he had plead not guilty by reason of legal insanity. (Reuters, via MSN) Politics and elections Japan's lower house of parliament passes a pair of bills changing the country's security laws, allowing Japanese soldiers to fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War II under certain conditions, over strong protests from opposition lawmakers, who walked out of the vote.(BBC) (NHK) Current events of July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Boko Haram At least 33 people are killed in Boko Haram attacks in recent days in northeastern Nigeria. (CNN) Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) Loyalists of exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi capture Aden International Airport after four months of being under Houthi control. (Al-Arabiyah) Disasters and accidents A preliminary report from the Dutch Safety Board of the investigation of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) disaster points to pro-Russian rebels as being responsible for the shooting down of the passenger flight on 17 July 2014. (CNN) Business and economy Greek government-debt crisis, Greek government-debt crisis timeline The Hellenic Parliament votes to approve the Greek bailout package despite many senior lawmakers from the ruling Syriza Party refusing to vote for the deal. (AP via New York Times), (BBC) Puerto Rico government debt crisis Standard & Poor's cut the credit rating of Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank to 'CC', saying a near-term default is a virtual certainty. (Reuters) Pabst Brewing Company announces plans to brew again at their historic brewery located in Milwaukee. (JS) Spanish manufacturer Talgo announces Saudi Arabia's cancellation of a $201-million contract for six high-speed trains. (Reuters via Arabian Business) Health Two South Korean airlines, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, will resume flights to Japan after suspending flights during the recent MERS outbreak. (TASS) Law and crime Oskar Gröning, known as the "Auschwitz book-keeper", is sentenced to four years imprisonment for being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews. (BBC) Politics and elections President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs a law that sets the date for an early parliamentary election on 18 September 2016. (Bloomberg) Science and Technology The circumnavigation attempt of Earth by the solar-powered Solar Impulse plane, currently in Hawaii, has been suspended for the rest of 2015 in order to perform necessary repairs. (BBC) NASA publishes the first close up photos of Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft. They show geologically young mountains made of water ice. (The Guardian), (Wired) More July 2015 events...

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About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Cultural New Zealand flag debate Economic Greek government-debt crisis Puerto Rican government-debt crisis Chinese stock market crash Environmental Oklahoma earthquake swarms North American drought South Asian heat waves Indian heat wave Pakistani heat wave Health Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea Political Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Lebanese presidential election Russian military intervention in Ukraine Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South China Sea disputes Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths July 20: Wayne Carson 20: Elio Fiorucci 20: Dieter Moebius 19: Van Alexander 19: Josh Greenberg 19: Galina Prozumenshchikova 19: Gennadiy Seleznyov 18: Buddy Buie 18: George Coe 18: Alex Rocco 17: Andal Ampatuan, Sr. 17: Bill Arnsparger 17: Jules Bianchi 17: Van Miller 16: Alcides Ghiggia 16: Brian Hall 16: V. Ramakrishna 15: Phil Cayzer 15: Wan Li 15: Aubrey Morris 14: Wolf Gremm 14: Marlene Sanders 14: Ildikó Schwarczenberger 14: Alby Schultz 14: M. S. Viswanathan 13: Philipp Mißfelder 13: Joan Sebastian 13: Gerhard Zwerenz 12: D'Army Bailey 12: JaJuan Dawson 12: Helen F. Holt 12: Chenjerai Hove 11: Claudia Alexander 11: Giacomo Biffi 11: Satoru Iwata 10: Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair 10: Roger Rees 10: Omar Sharif 10: Jon Vickers 9: Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 9: Christian Audigier 9: Caspar Bowden (death announced on this day) 9: Michael Masser 9: David M. Raup 9: Ken Stabler 8: Irwin Keyes 8: Harry Messel 8: Lucita Soriano 8: James Tate 7: Craig Norgate 6: John Maxtone-Graham 6: Jerry Weintraub 5: James Bonard Fowler 5: Philip Goodhart 5: Sakari Momoi 5: Yoichiro Nambu 5: Amanda Peterson (body found on this date) 5: Burt Shavitz 4: Scot Breithaupt (body found on this date) 4: Carlo de Gavardo 4: Diana Douglas 3: Goran Gogić 3: Boyd K. Packer 3: Phil Walsh 2: David Aronson 2: Slavko Avsenik 2: Roy C. Bennett 2: Val Doonican 2: Charlie Sanders 2: John Whitman 2: Jacobo Zabludovsky 1: Lawrence Herkimer 1: Arthur Porter 1: James C. Weaver 1: Nicholas Winton June 30: Paolo Piffarerio 29: Hisham Barakat 29: Glenn Ford 29: Charles Harbutt 29: Kauto Star 29: Jackson Vroman 28: Jack Carter 28: Wally Stanowski 28: Ben J. Wattenberg 27: Chris Squire 26: Damion Cook 26: Matti Makkonen 26: Richard Matt 26: Yevgeny Primakov 26: Chris Thompson 26: Donald Wexler 25: Patrick Macnee 25: Alejandro Romay 24: Mario Biaggi 24: Walter Browne 24: Marva Collins 23: Norm Berryman 23: Nirmala Joshi 23: Magali Noël 23: Harvey Pollack 23: Dick Van Patten 23: Chris Woodhead 22: Laura Antonelli 22: Carlinhos 22: James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife 22: Albert Evans 22: Donald Featherstone 22: James Horner 22: Buddy Landel 22: Tama 21: Juan José Estrada 21: Darryl Hamilton 21: Tony Longo 21: Walter Scheib (body found on this date) 21: Gunther Schuller  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger Boko Haram insurgency Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent July 5: Greece, Referenda 14: Suriname, President (1st round) Ongoing: 21: Burundi, President Upcoming August 9: Haiti, Senate, Chamber of Deputies 17: Sri Lanka, Parliament  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou Yongkang Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Jodi Arias Dzhokhar Tsarnaev International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Jiang Jiemin, Yao Mugen, Li Chuncheng, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Romania: , Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu, Relu Fenechiu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic PCA: China Upcoming China: Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United 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