Soldiers announce on state television that President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. The country's borders are closed and a nationwide curfew is declared.
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July 26, 2023 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russia launches cruise missiles at Kyiv Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, and Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk says that 36 targets, including three Kalibr and 33 Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles were shot down.
Soldiers from Niger's presidential guard detain President Mohamed Bazoum inside the Presidential Palace in Niamey. Entrances to government ministries are also blocked.
Arts and culture
Egypt cancels American rapper Travis Scott’s upcoming concert at the Giza Pyramids over Scott's alleged promotion of Freemasonry.
Disasters and accidents
Twenty-three people are killed and several others are injured when a bus overturns in Ngeune Sarr, Louga Department, Senegal.
At least six people are killed and thousands of others are displaced as Typhoon Doksuri (Egay) makes landfall in Luzon, Philippines.
The Shoei Kisen Kaisha-owned cargo ship Fremantle Highway with around 3,000 cars, en route from Germany to Egypt, catches fire near Ameland, Netherlands. One person is killed and 22 others on board are injured.
International relations
Law and crime
The Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite United Nations concern and rare public protests.
Andrew Malkinson, a British victim of a miscarriage of justice, who was sentenced to a whole life tariff for attempted murder and rape and spent 17 years in prison, has his conviction quashed.
Mali downgrades the French language from official language to working language in accordance with the new constitution.
Politics and elections
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen announces his upcoming resignation after four decades in power, with his son Hun Manet succeeding him.
Science and technology
The United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability holds a congressional hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena, amid claims from former intelligence official David Grusch that the U.S. military is operating a clandestine retrieval program for crashed "non-human" craft.
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