Portal:Current events/2025 July 17
July 17, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Attacks on religious sites during the Israeli invasion of Gaza
- Three people are killed and nine others are injured when Israeli forces strikes the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the only Catholic church in Gaza. (BBC News)
- Attacks on religious sites during the Israeli invasion of Gaza
- Somali Civil War
- At least six people are killed and ten others are injured after a fresh outbreak of tribal violence in the Galgaduud region of Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Kut shopping mall fire
- At least 69 people are killed, 11 are reported missing, and 43 others are injured in a fire at a shopping mall in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq. The Iraqi government declares three days of mourning and the provincial government files lawsuits against the owners of the mall. (Reuters) (CNN) (NDTV)
- At least four people are killed, two others are seriously injured and more than 1,000 others are evacuated after torrential rainfall submerges buildings and causes a landslide in Gyeonggi and South Chungcheong provinces, South Korea. (Reuters) (The Korea Herald)
- A child is killed and 21 people are injured when a coach bus crashes in Somerset, England. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- The Ukrainian parliament appoints Yulia Svyrydenko as the new prime minister, succeeding Denys Shmyhal. (Reuters)
- The British government announces it will lower the voting age to 16, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming general election. (NPR)