Portal:Current events/2023 July 26

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches cruise missiles at Kyiv Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, and Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk says that 36 targets, including three Kalibr and 33 Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles were shot down. (Reuters)
• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  • Soldiers from Niger's presidential guard detain President Mohamed Bazoum inside the Presidential Palace in Niamey. Entrances to government ministries are also blocked. (Al Jazeera)
  • Soldiers announce on state television that President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. The country's borders are closed and a nationwide curfew is declared. (The Examiner) (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

• Egypt cancels American rapper Travis Scott’s upcoming concert at the Giza Pyramids over Scott's alleged promotion of Freemasonry. (Rolling Stone) (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pacific typhoon season
  • At least six people are killed and thousands of others are displaced as Typhoon Doksuri (Egay) makes landfall in Luzon, Philippines. (AP)
• The Shoei Kisen Kaisha-owned cargo ship Fremantle Highway with around 3,000 cars, en route from Germany to Egypt, catches fire near Ameland, Netherlands. One person is killed and 22 others on board are injured. (Reuters)
• Twenty-three people are killed and several others are injured when a bus overturns in Ngeune Sarr, Louga Department, Senegal. (Reuters)
• Eight people are killed, nearly a dozen are injured and one person is reported missing after a silo exploded in Palotina, Paraná, Brazil. (Reuters)

International relations

• Moldova–Russia relations
  • Moldova orders the expulsion of 22 Russian diplomats by August 15. Several days earlier, a journalist investigation alleged that Russia installed satellite dishes and antennae on its embassy rooftop that could be used for spying. (AP) (RFE/RL)

Law and crime

• 2023 Malian constitutional referendum
  • Mali downgrades the French language from official language to working language in accordance with the new constitution. (Africanews)
• American actor Kevin Spacey is acquitted of nine sexual assault charges. (Reuters)
• The Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite United Nations concern and rare public protests. (AP)
• Andrew Malkinson, a British victim of a miscarriage of justice, who was sentenced to a whole life tariff for attempted murder and rape and spent 17 years in prison, has his conviction quashed. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the 2023 Cambodian general election
  • Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen announces his upcoming resignation after four decades in power, with his son Hun Manet succeeding him. (CNA)

Science and technology

• Pentagon UFO videos, David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims
  • The United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability holds a congressional hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena, amid claims from former intelligence official David Grusch that the U.S. military is operating a clandestine retrieval program for crashed "non-human" craft. (The Guardian)