Portal:Current events/2019 July 19
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July 19, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iran–United Kingdom relations
- Iranian Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captures British tanker Stena Impero and temporarily seizes British-operated and Liberian-flagged tanker Mesdar in the Persian Gulf. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says there will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release the tanker. (CNN) (Yahoo!) (BBC News)
- Iran–United States relations
- Iran denies that one of its drones was shot down by the United States on July 18, saying all of their drones "returned to their bases." (USA Today)
- A car bombing at Kabul University kills eight and injures dozens. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Skydive Umeå Gippsland GA8 Airvan crash
- The Gippsland GA8 Airvan is grounded in Australia, New Zealand and the European Union following a fatal crash on July 14. (The Guardian) (New Zealand Herald)
Politics and elections
- Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo, resigns after receiving a summons from the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor's Office as a war crimes suspect. (DW)
Sports
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
- Algeria defeats Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations Final, winning their second continental championship. (The Guardian)