All news: Saturday 19 July 2025

Southern Syria clashes

Street-to-street fighting in Suwayda, Syria, is reported between local Druze forces and pro-government Bedouin tribesmen.

Southern Syria clashes

An Agence France-Presse war correspondent reports witnessing armed men looting and setting fire to Druze-owned shops in Suwayda.

2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites.

M23 campaign

The M23 paramilitary group and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a declaration of principles stating that a full ceasefire and final peace agreement will be signed no later than August 18, and that it will be aligned with the earlier DR Congo–Rwanda agreement.

Capsizing of the Wonder Sea

At least 38 people are killed, 11 are rescued and eight others are reported missing, including children, when a storm causes the tourist boat Wonder Sea to capsize in the Hạ Long Bay in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam.

At least 21 people are killed and 34 others are injured after a bus overturns and crashes in Kavar, Fars province, Iran.

Eight people are killed and six others are injured when a truck collides with two passenger vans in Aurora, Isabela province, Philippines.

At least 30 people are injured, including seven critically, in a vehicle-ramming attack at a night club in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Turkish involvement in the Somali civil war

The Puntland Maritime Police Force confiscates a Turkish vessel illegally transporting high-grade weaponry, including armoured personnel carriers and crates of weapons, to Mogadishu in Bareeda, Ras Aseir region.

At least 12 people are killed in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Playas, Guayas Province, Ecuador.

In boxing, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk defeats British challenger Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in London, England, via a fifth-round knockout to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion.