Armed conflicts and attacks

Congolese government–aligned Wazalendo militias, including Resisting Congolese Patriots and the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo, clash with M23 rebels in Shoa and Shamarambo villages, Masisi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The villages are captured by the M23. (Radio Okapi) (Radio Okapi)

• https://www.radiookapi.net/2025/07/28/actualite/securite/nord-kivu-passation-des-examens-detat-dans-un-climat-marque-par-les
• https://www.radiookapi.net/2025/07/29/actualite/securite/affrontements-entre-afcm23-et-wazalendo-dans-le-territoire-de-masisi

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Houthis release a video showing ten crewmembers of the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which the group attacked and sunk earlier this month, in captivity. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/houthis-say-they-hold-10-crew-greek-operated-ship-they-sank-off-yemen-2025-07-28/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Clashes occur in Dolow, Somalia, between Jubaland forces and the Somali National Army. (Garowe Online)

• https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-heavy-clashes-erupt-in-dolow-between-jubaland-forces-and-somali-federal-troops

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Indian military announces they have killed three militants in the Dachigam area of Jammu and Kashmir. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/india-pakistan-kashmir-gunfight-5468da2749e282612d499bb720a7c390

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Pakistani Counter Terrorism Department kills three suspected militants accused of orchestrating an attack in Karachi last year. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-security-raid-killed-mastermind-attack-chinese-0ee4dadc5ac5b2708bf6edf26149b8ca

Arts and culture

The Polisario Front formally condemns the recent filming of Christopher Nolan's upcoming film The Odyssey in Moroccan-occupied Dakhla, Western Sahara. (Forbes)

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/07/28/christopher-nolans-odyssey-courts-controversy-for-shooting-in-disputed-african-territory/

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and hundreds of others are evacuated during floods across nine counties in northeastern Romania. (AP) (Reuters)

• https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-flash-floods-in-romania-kill-at-least-1-person-and-force-hundreds-of-evacuations/mlite/
• https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/floods-romania-kill-three-hundreds-evacuated-2025-07-28/

International relations

A peace conference opens in New York City, United States, aimed at reviving the two-state solution and renewing diplomatic efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ministers-gather-un-delayed-meeting-israel-palestinians-2025-07-28/

Law and crime

Five people are killed, including an NYPD officer and the perpetrator, and five others are injured, including four with non-gunshot injuries, in a mass shooting at the 345 Park Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City, United States. (CNN) (BNO News)

• https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-york-city-midtown-manhattan-shooting-07-28-25#cmdnsyogl001o3b6nhh3p0qqa
• https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/07/active-shooter-reported-in-midtown-manhattan-large-emergency-response-underway/

Law and crime

Three people are killed and eight others are injured, including the perpetrator and an officer that sustained non-gunshot injuries, in a mass shooting at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, United States. (Reno Gazette-Journal) (KRNV-DT)

• https://www.rgj.com/story/news/crime/2025/07/28/grand-sierra-resort-shooting-suspect-custody/85406381007/
• https://mynews4.com/news/local/reno-police-respond-to-shooting-at-grand-sierra-resort-urge-public-to-avoid-area

Law and crime

Six people are killed, including the perpetrator, and two others are injured in a mass shooting at Or Tor Kor Market in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters) (Thairath)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/least-six-killed-shooting-incident-bangkok-2025-07-28/
• https://www.thairath.co.th/news/crime/2873234

Law and crime

Two people are killed and two others are injured, including the perpetrator, in a mass stabbing on business premises on Long Lane in Southwark, London, United Kingdom. (Sky News)

• https://news.sky.com/story/two-killed-in-stabbing-at-business-premises-in-london-13403183