Dutch officials confirmed about 40 passengers disembarked on St. Helena after a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, including the wife of a deceased Dutch man who later died in South Africa. Another passenger who disembarked at St. Helena tested positive for the virus in Switzerland.
U.S.-Iran tensions escalated over the Strait of Hormuz as Pakistan tried to revive a collapsed interim ceasefire deal. The fighting pushed oil prices higher and widened to Red Sea and regional attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Assam faces catastrophic floods with 31 deaths and over 100 missing in 24 hours, affecting 8 lakh people across 16 districts. A cloudburst in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh caused rivers to overflow, leading to unprecedented inundation, particularly in Sivasagar, Jorhat, and Charaideo districts.
The 3,400-year-old tomb of Amenhotep III, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, has reopened to the public after two decades of restoration. Located in the Valley of the Kings, the site's reopening on October 4, 2025, precedes the Grand Egyptian Museum's debut, aiming to boost tourism.
At least 144 migrants and refugees are dead or missing off Mauritania's coast after dangerous sea journeys to Europe, UNHCR reported. This includes 143 deaths on one boat from Gambia that drifted for 25 days, with 387 survivors across three rescue operations between July 14-18.
Svetlana Grković held her husband, Ljubisa Karović, by his legs after a window shattered on Ryanair flight FR1879 from Greece to Germany, sucking half his body outside. With help from other passengers, she pulled him back in, and the flight returned to Thessaloniki, where Karović received medical treatment.
Four Indian nationals were killed and one critically injured after a Guinea-Bissau-flagged merchant vessel, the Golden Leo, was reportedly hit by Russian cruise missiles off Ukraine's Odesa coast. India condemned the attack, summoning Russia's chargé d'affaires, while Russia stated it is in touch with New Delhi.
