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July 20, 2025 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Somali National Army and African Union forces, primarily Ugandan troops, abruptly withdraw from the towns of Sabiid and Anole, after al-Shabaab militant group recaptures these locations, which are situated approximately 40 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region.
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Egyptian police kill two suspected militants belonging to the Hasm movement, an affiliate of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, during a raid on their hideout in Giza. One passerby is also killed.
Ecuador extradites José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros cartel, to the United States where he faces federal charges related to drug trafficking.
Politics and elections
Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet.
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito lose their majority in the House of Councillors, marking the first time in LDP's 70-year history that it leads a coalition in the Diet without a majority in either house.
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