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July 19, 2019
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2019-07-19
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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
)
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