Portal:Current events/2021 July 5

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • Afghan presidential advisor Hamdullah Mohib says that there will be a counter-offensive against the Taliban in the north after the group captured six districts in Badakhshan Province. On Sunday, at least 1,037 Afghan troops abandoned their positions and fled into Tajikistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Chikun kidnapping
  • Bandits abduct around 150 students, a parent and the administrator of a boarding school in Chikun, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The army has rescued at least 26 people. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• An explosion and fire at a factory in Bangkok, Thailand, kills at least one person and injures 29 others. Thousands of residents are evacuated. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
      • Bangladesh reports a record of 9,964 new cases and 164 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 954,881 and the nationwide death toll to 15,229. (Bdnews24.com)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • Indonesia reports a record of 29,745 new cases and 558 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.31 million and the nationwide death toll to 61,140. Active cases also surpassed 300,000 for the first time. (detikHealth)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
      • Vietnam surpasses 20,000 cases of COVID-19 after a record 1,102 new cases are reported in the past 24 hours. (The Star)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
      • The Norwegian government delays a final phase of reopening the economy until the end of July at the earliest because of concerns about the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine authorizes the usage of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. (Kyiv Post)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Georgia (country)
  • Anti-LGBT right-wing groups storm and ransack the offices of an LGBT+ organization in Tbilisi, Georgia, ahead of the city's pride march. Activists say that equipment was lost during the attack. (Reuters)
  • The pride march is later cancelled amid more homophobic attacks against LGBT people. Police have promised to investigate the attacks. (DW) (The Guardian)
• Violence against LGBT people, LGBT rights in Spain
  • Protests across Spain occur in the aftermath of the murder of a 24-year-old man who, according to his friends, was killed because he was gay. The murder sparked widespread condemnation from LGBT organizations and politicians. (CTV News)
• Indonesian police say that loss due to the burning that occurred in Elelim, the capital of Yalimo Regency, Papua, on 29 June was estimated at Rp 324 billion ($22.5 million). There were 34 offices, 126 shops, 115 motorbikes and 4 cars that were burned and 1,137 people have been displaced. The burning was carried out shortly after the Court's decision to order a re-voting without the participation of one of the regent candidates. (VOI)
• Peruvian prosecutor José Domingo Pérez opens an investigation into Keiko Fujimori and the Popular Force party for allegedly engaging in money laundering during the 2021 Peruvian general election following audio recordings of former Alberto Fujimori advisor Vladimiro Montesinos bribing election judges. (The Rio Times)