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Current events of July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) (Monday)

Battle of Mosul
- Three female ISIL suicide bombers kill 15 people and injure five in three separate incidents over the last two days as the fight for Mosul winds down. (AP via CBS News)
At least one person is killed and six others are injured in a shooting in the French city of Toulouse. (News Corp Australia)

Total, CNPC and NIOC sign an investment of $5 billion in South Pars, the world largest gas field. (Reuters)

2017 China floods
- Floods in South China kill at least 15 people over the last few days with tens of thousands more being relocated. More rain is forecast in future days. (Reuters)
Eighteen people are dead after a bus collides with a truck in the German state of Bavaria. (BBC)
Ten people are injured when a taxi jumps a curb and hit a group of cabdrivers outside the taxi pool building at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. (Reuters) (The Boston Globe)
A rescue helicopter crashes while attempting to evacuate residents near the Dieng Volcanic Complex in Central Java, Indonesia, killing all eight people on board. (The Guardian)

China–India relations, Bhutan–China relations
- Amid growing tensions between China and India and Bhutan over the Doklam tri-junction, a spokesman on behalf of Bhutan via India Today urges India and China to "de-escalate the situation at the border and bring back normalcy". India and China have been locked in a military stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction since late June. (India Today)
Greek–Turkish relations
- The Greek Coast Guard opens fire on a Turkish-flagged cargo vessel in the Aegean Sea. (Reuters)(Sputnik International)