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Portal:Current events/2019 July 18

Armed conflict and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • 12 were killed and over 80 injured by two car bombs at a gate outside police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• A suicide bombing kills two in northern Sinai after four bodies were found decapitated. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Iran–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Iran confirms it has seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker owned by the United Arab Emirates, and its 12 crews members, in the Persian Gulf last week. The tanker is being held at Qeshm Island, and is accused by Iran of smuggling oil. (USA Today)

Law and crime

• Kyoto Animation massacre
  • A 41-year-old man sets fire to the main offices of Kyoto Animation, a Japanese animation studio. At least 33 people are confirmed dead and 36 injured. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• During a campaign rally, U.S. President Donald Trump calls out the "Squad" members saying that they "hate our country". In light of recent statements made by Trump deemed as racist, his audience started chanting "send her back" in regards to Representative Ilhan Omar. (USA Today)

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Portal:Current events/2019 July 17

Disasters and accidents

• 2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic
  • The World Health Organisation declares the most recent Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. (The Guardian)
• A national emergency is declared in the Philippines after more than 100,000 people contract dengue fever. (Fox News)

International relations

• Turkey–United States relations
  • The United States removes NATO ally Turkey from the Joint Strike Fighter program, following the country's acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile system. Turkey had planned to buy 100 F-35 Lightning II jets. (BBC)

Law and crime

• AMIA bombing
  • At request of Israel and the United States, Argentina officially declares Hezbollah a terrorist organization, freezing assets and expelling all members of the organization from the country. It also holds it responsible for the 1994 attack against AMIA. (Clarín) (Perfil) (TN)
• Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is sentenced to life in prison plus thirty years, and is ordered to forfeit US$12.6 billion. He accused the U.S. government of "torture and corruption" during his sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York. He will likely be sent to ADX Florence in Colorado to serve his sentence. (CNBC)
• Pakistan arrests Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has been blamed by the United States and India for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left more than 160 people dead. (CBS News)
• A shooting in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, leaves two dead, including a Turkish diplomat. (DW)

Politics and elections

• President-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen resigns from her position as Federal Minister of Defence of Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel appoints Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of the ruling CDU, as her successor. (Deutsche Welle)
• 2018–19 Sudanese protests
  • Representatives of Sudan's military and the civil opposition sign the first of two parts of a power-sharing deal which is supposed to last until free elections in 2022. (DW)
• Efforts to impeach Donald Trump
  • The U.S. House of Representatives votes 332–95 to defeat an impeachment measure against U.S. President Donald Trump. It is the first time a formal vote on impeachment against Trump has taken place. (CNN)

Science and technology

• Astronomers rule out the chances of ~30-meter asteroid 's impacting Earth in September 2019 by eliminating the possibility of its passing through an area where it would have to be if it were on an impacting orbit. Prior to this, the asteroid had been given a one-in-7,000 chance of impacting Earth. (phys.org)

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Portal:Current events/2019 July 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian Civil War
  • Syrian government airstrikes targeting residential areas in the towns of Jisr al-Shughur, Khan Shaykhun, Maar Shoreen, Hantoteen and Ain Al Bardeh in Idlib province, kill at least nine civilians and injure 14 others. (AA)

Business and economy

• Nate Sutton, associate general counsel of Amazon, in testimony before a committee of the U.S. Senate, denies that the company uses individual data to compete unfairly with smaller sellers using its third-party platform. (Seeking Alpha)

Law and crime

• Odebrecht case
  • Former President of Peru Alejandro Toledo is arrested in the United States following an extradition request. (US News)
• American musician R. Kelly pleads not guilty to federal sex-assault charges and is denied bail. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

• The European Parliament elects Ursula von der Leyen of Germany as the new President of the European Commission. Succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker, she will be sworn in on 1 November 2019. She is the first woman to be elected to this office in EU history. (BBC)
• Christine Lagarde announces that she will step down as managing director of the International Monetary Fund on 12 September 2019. (BBC)
• Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló says that he will remain in office despite protests. (CBS News)