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July 20, 2015
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2015-07-20
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
In a
friendly fire
incident, a
NATO
air strike
hits an
Afghan National Army
outpost in
Logar Province
, about 30 miles east of
Kabul
, with at least seven soldiers killed and five wounded.
(CNN)
(The Independent - UK)
Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
,
Suruç bombing
A huge explosion in the mostly
Kurdish
border town of
Suruç
,
Turkey
, targeting The Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100. Preliminary evidence suggests an
ISIS
suicide attack
.
(BBC)
(The Daily Star)
Business and economy
Greek government-debt crisis timeline
Greek banks reopen for the first time in three weeks with strict capital controls.
(AP)
Lockheed Martin
agrees to buy
United Technologies Corp
's
Sikorsky Aircraft
for $9 billion.
(Reuters)
Venezuela
orders producers to divert supplies to state stores amid a chronic shortage of goods.
(AP)
International relations
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The
United Nations Security Council
unanimously approves the
Nuclear Pact
between
Iran
and
a group of six world powers
in return for sanctions relief.
(Voice of America)
(Reuters)
The
United States
and
Cuba
resume full
diplomatic relations
after five decades.
(AP)
Science
Rosetta mission
:
The
Philae
lander on comet
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
has lost contact with the
European Space Agency
(ESA) ground control.
(DW)
,
(CNN)
Politics
Anti-corruption campaign in China
:
Ling Jihua
is expelled from the
Communist Party of China
after an investigation and arrested to faced criminal charges.
(New York Times)
Sports
2015 Open Championship
In
golf
, the final round of
The Open Championship
is played at the
Old Course at St Andrews
in
Scotland
with
Zach Johnson
winning a four hole playoff with
Marc Leishman
and
Louis Oosthuizen
.
(
The Guardian
)
,
(
The Independent
)
FIFA
announces it will hold an extraordinary session on February 26, 2016, in order to elect a new president to replace
Sepp Blatter
.
(BBC)
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