Portal:Current events/2024 July 21

July 21, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Red Sea crisis
- 2024 Israeli strikes on Yemen
  - The death toll from yesterday's Israeli airstrikes on Al Hudaydah, Yemen, increases to six. (Al Jazeera)
- The Houthis target the Israeli city of Eilat with multiple ballistic missiles, in response to yesterday's airstrikes in Yemen. (Sky News)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
  - Russian forces capture the villages of Andriivka in Luhansk Oblast and Pishchane in Kharkiv Oblast. (Anatolia Agency) (RTL)
2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- The Supreme Court of Bangladesh reduces the government job quota reserved for families of veterans who fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War from 30% to 5%, leaving 93% of jobs to be allocated on merit and 2% set aside for ethnic minorities, transgender, and disabled people. (AP)

Diasters and accidents

2024 Canadian wildfires
- Wildfires continue to spread in northern Alberta, Canada, prompting emergency evacuations in John D'Or Prairie 215, Fox Lake and Garden River. At least 55 of the 158 active wildfires are reported as "out of control". (Reuters)
Six people including two children, are killed in a multiple-vehicle collision in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. (Sky News)

International relations

Iran–Sudan relations
- Iran and Sudan receive each other's ambassadors for the first time in eight years, after resuming diplomatic relations in October 2023. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Politics and elections