Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza City rescue crews discover at least 60 Palestinian bodies in the Tel Al-Hawa and Sabra districts following a week of attacks on Gaza City by Israeli forces. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-pull-back-after-gaza-city-offensive-leaving-dozens-bodies-rescue-2024-07-12/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Six people are killed and at least 19 others are injured in Russian attacks across Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)

• https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-on-donetsk-oblast-kills-6-injures-19/

Disasters and accidents

At least 22 children are killed and 132 are wounded after a school building collapses in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/12/several-children-killed-after-school-collapse-in-nigeria

Disasters and accidents

A Gazpromavia Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashes near Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, killing the crew of three people. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-believed-dead-after-passenger-plane-crashes-near-moscow-2024-07-12/

Disasters and accidents

Intermountain Forensics names the first identified victim of a mass gravesite holding over one hundred Tulsa race massacre deaths as World War I veteran C. L. Daniel from Georgia, United States. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-1921-race-massacre-graves-identified-c7cdcd5ca4e54ec27bbb836beae86404

Law and crime

A court in Quito, Ecuador, sentences three people to 12 years in prison and two people to over 34 years in prison for the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. At least two of the five are allegedly part of the Los Lobos criminal organization. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-court-sentences-five-people-up-34-years-candidate-murder-2024-07-12/

Law and crime

A judge dismisses American actor Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial due to the withholding of evidence. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/alec-baldwin-court-case-rust-shooting-trial

Law and crime

The Metropolitan Police seeks a 24-year-old suspect after human remains of two men are found in two suitcases in Bristol and more remains today in Shepherd's Bush, West London, United Kingdom. (Evening Standard)

• https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/shepherd-bristol-police-met-london-b1170486.html

Law and crime

The Philippine Senate orders the arrest of Bamban mayor Alice Guo for failing to attend hearings investigating her alleged involvement in Chinese transnational crime. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippine-senate-orders-arrest-mayor-probed-alleged-chinese-crime-ties-2024-07-13/

Politics and elections

Burkinabè Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala [fr] announces a ban on homosexuality in the country. (BBC News)

• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edasso_Rodrigue_Bayala
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1jx8zxexmo

Politics and elections

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rules that same-sex marriage is legal in Aruba and Curaçao. (De Telegraaf)

• https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/163904710/hoge-raad-huwelijk-mensen-van-gelijk-geslacht-mag-per-direct-op-aruba-en-curacao

Sports

The International Olympic Committee announces that Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympics Esports Games in 2025. (ESPN)

• https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40545916/saudi-arabia-host-inaugural-olympics-esports-games-2025