Major events in 2019 (7)

JULY

July 1

- Iran breaches the 300-kilogram limit of low-level enriched uranium in the 2015 nuclear deal.

- Finland for the third time takes over the EU Presidency, which will last until the end of 2019.

- A missile which landed near a village in the Turkish Cypriot capital Lefkosa is believed to be a Russian S-200, a Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) official said.

July 2

- The foreign ministers of the U.K., Germany and France along with the European Union’s high representative issue a joint statement urging Iran to reverse its decision to breach a limit under a 2015 nuclear agreement.

- At least 60 people were killed after a crashed fuel tanker exploded in Benue State in northern Nigeria.

- Fighter jets linked to East Libya-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar strike a migrant center killing 53 people, including six children, and wounding 130.

July 3

- The son of the crown prince of the UAE is found dead in his U.K. home.

- At least 47 police officers are injured and 60 people are arrested following protests across Israel after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed Ethiopian teenager.

July 4

- An Iranian oil tanker believed to be en route to Syria is seized by the Royal Marines in Gibraltar.

- Saudi Arabia’s first female ambassador starts her new mission as her country’s top diplomat in Washington DC.

July 5

- At least one civilian is killed and three others injured in a mortar attack by the PKK terrorist group in Syria’s northern Aleppo province.

- A total of 40 Palestinian protesters are wounded after being targeted by Israeli armed forces while protesting near the Gaza-Israel buffer zone, Palestine’s Health Ministry said.

July 6

- At least 19 civilians are killed and scores injured in attacks by Syrian regime forces and Russia on de-escalation zones in northern Syria.

July 7

- The U.S. win the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup beating the Netherlands 2-0 in the final.

- Spain thrashed France 86-66 to win the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2019 in the Serbian capital of Belgrade.

- South American football giant Brazil wins the 2019 Copa America, beating Peru 3-1 in the final.

July 8

- The International Criminal Court finds Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese warlord, guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity between 2002-2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

- At least 8,000 children are recruited by the Boko Haram terrorist movement across the Lake Chad region in Central Africa since it launched its violent campaign in 2009.

- Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes oath as the new prime minister of Greece.

July 9

- Yemen’s Houthi rebels carry out a drone attack on Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia.

-Citing their role in “spreading disinformation,” Britain’s foreign office bars Russian news agencies RT and Sputnik from attending a media freedom conference in London.

July 10

- Masrour Barzani takes oath as the new prime minister of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq.

- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the number of climate migrants in Bangladesh has reached 6 million.

July 11

- 33 Srebrenica genocide victims are buried in the memorial cemetery in Potocari, eastern Bosnia.

- Nearly two dozen countries call on China to refrain from the arbitrary detention of Uighurs and other minorities in the country’s northwestern autonomous region.

July 12

- Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) says that it has foiled an attempted coup.

- Nearly 20 million people are affected by floods caused by torrential rains in China.

July 13

- Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7 billion in punitive damages in a case linking talc powder in the company’s products to several cases of cancer.

- A U.S. grand jury indicts 12 Russian intelligence officers for alleged hacking related to the 2016 presidential election.

July 14

- Eritrea’s president arrives in neighboring Ethiopian for a visit -- the first such visit in two decades -- the result of a fast-tracked diplomatic thaw between the two countries.

- Serbian World tennis champ Novak Djokovic wins his fifth Wimbledon title in the men’s singles, beating Swiss opponent Roger Federer 3-2 in an epic 2019 final lasting four hours and 55 minutes.

July 15

- Iraqi protesters storm the governor’s office in the southern city of Basra amid rising public anger over high unemployment and lack of basic services.

- Nigeria’s ruling All Progressive Congress wins a crucial governorship poll ahead of the country’s general elections in 2019.

July 16

- At least 10 Turkish sailors traveling aboard Paksoy-1 are abducted off Nigerian waters.

- Military rule in Thailand formally comes to an end after the civilian government led by former general Prayut Chan-o-cha is sworn-in by the country’s king.

-Senior German politician Ursula von der Leyen becomes the first female politician to lead the European Union’s executive arm.

July 17

- A Turkish diplomat is martyred in an armed attack at a restaurant in Erbil, Iraq. The perpetrator is arrested three days later.

- World Health Organization declares the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a global health emergency.

- The U.S. announces it is removing Turkey from the F-35 stealth fighter program, following through on threats to do so over Ankara's receipt of the Russian S-400 air defense system.

July 18

- The U.S. destroys an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened an American warship.

- As many as 33 people are killed and 36 injured due to an arson attack on an animation studio in Japan.

July 19

- Iranian Revolutionary Guards seize British-flagged oil tanker Steno Impero in the Strait of Hormuz.

- A former Turkish banking executive is released from a federal U.S. prison.

July 20

- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta commissions Africa’s largest wind power plant in Turkana Northern Kenya.

July 21

- Thousands gather in Hong Kong to protest against an extradition bill to China and police violence.

- Japan’s ruling coalition wins the majority of seats in the upper house election.

July 22

- Russian airstrike on a marketplace in the de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria kills 50 civilians

- India’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off

- French submarine missing since 1968 located in the Mediterranean Sea.

July 23

- South Korea fires warning shots at a Russian warplane after it twice violated the South’s airspace, in an account immediately disputed by Russia, accusing the South of “unprofessional” and dangerous maneuvers over neutral waters, but no warning shots.

- As many as 577,457 people immigrated to Turkey in 2018, an increase of 23.8% compared to the previous year.

July 24

- Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) rounds up several top military officers suspected of planning to stage a military coup.

- U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announces a record-breaking $5 billion settlement with Facebook over the company’s alleged privacy policies.

July 25

- Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi dies at age 92.

- Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas suspends all agreements signed with Israel.

July 26

- NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) completes the first year of survey and discovers 21 planets outside our solar system.

- American Caeleb Dressel breaks swimming legend Michael Phelps’ world record in the butterfly stroke at the world swimming championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

July 27

- Turkey drills a total of 505 water wells in Africa to provide clean water to millions of people.

July 28

- Boko Haram kills 65 villagers in northeastern Nigeria during burial rites

- Bad weather kills at least three people in the central and northern parts of Italy.

- The UN says that at least 600 people were killed and over 25 million others affected in flood-hit regions of South Asia.

July 29

- At least 57 inmates are dead in Brazil after the Altamira prison riot that came about as a result of a confrontation between rival criminal factions.

- China launches military exercises in the disputed South China Sea near Taiwan.

- American athlete Dalilah Muhammad breaks a new world record in women’s 400-meter hurdles at the 2019 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.

July 30

- Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, wife of the vice-president of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, asks for a forced marriage protection order in a U.K. court.

July 31

- The U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.