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• Thirteen people are killed and twenty-three others are reported missing in a wildfire in Los Gallardos, Spain.
• A series of coordinated attacks across Pakistan's Balochistan province leaves at least forty-two people dead.
• The IOC provisionally lifts its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee.
• In cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup concludes with Australia defeating England in the final (player of the match Beth Mooney pictured).

Ongoing:

• Ebola epidemic
• FIFA World Cup
• Flamingo Revolution
• Iran war (Lebanon war)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
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Recent deaths:

• Andre Omer Siregar
• Lauren Bennett
• Ann Widdecombe
• Sharon Dede Padi
• Carmelo Cedrún
• Benedito Ruy Barbosa

July 14, 2026 (2026-07-14) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Iran fires projectiles at two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz associated with the United Arab Emirates, killing one mariner and injuring eight others. (AP)

July 13, 2026 (2026-07-13) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that they have hit Patriot air defense systems at the Ali Al Salem Air Base and the FPS radar system at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait. (AA) (Al Jazeera)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain, 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
        • The IRGC says that they have hit the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain and the Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan as part of a second wave of retaliatory strikes against the United States. (Middle East Eye)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the naval blockade will resume beginning tomorrow and announces a 20% fee on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (Khaleej Times) (CNN)
        • The U.S. military says that they have launched a new round of strikes after Trump said the U.S. Navy would bring back the blockade. (The Hill)
    • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
      • Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war, Qatar as a mediator in conflict
        • Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says that Pakistan and Qatar will continue talks to prevent further escalation in the war. (Arab News PK)
    • According to Mehr News Agency, Khuzestan deputy governor Valiollah Hayati says that a security guard was killed in a U.S. strike on a water pumping station in Bandar Mahshahr, Iran. (AA)
    • Trump reportedly notifies U.S. Congress that the war has resumed, giving his administration another 60-day clock without congressional approval. (Politico) (The Hill)
  • Yemeni civil war
    • The Houthi-led government accuses Saudi Arabia of an airstrike on a runway at Sanaa International Airport in Houthi-controlled Yemen, which Yemen's internationally-recognized government says was to stop an Iranian Mahan Air flight that was returning the Houthi delegation from the funeral of Ali Khamenei. (AP via The Hill)
    • Yemen's internationally-recognized government orders all airports closed after striking Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian plane from landing. The Houthis say the aircraft landed, while the Saudi-led coalition controls airspace clearances. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • The Sudanese Army says that it has downed another Chinese-made FH-95 drone near El-Obeid in North Kordofan, making it the fourth drone downed by the army. (AA)

Business and economy

• Red Sea crisis
  • Danish shipping company Maersk announces that they will resume services through the Red Sea for its WAF6 service. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Bangkok pub fire
  • A fire breaks out at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao pub in Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 27 people and wounding 63 more. (AP)
• South Korea's navy recovers the body of a sailor who disappeared during a patrol near the Northern Limit Line, after South Korea requested North Korean assistance and launched a search involving ships and aircraft. (AFP via The Star)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • Ebola vaccine
    • The University of Oxford begins the first human trial of its ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the ebolavirus. (Reuters)
  • The United States says that they will block citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from traveling to the country on commercial flights amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country. (Reuters)
• A cyclosporiasis outbreak, caused by cyclospora cayetanensis, is reported in 31 U.S. states by the U.S CDC, with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reporting 2,640 cases in the state. (NBC News)
• Sudan's Khartoum State government reports a shortage in drinking water in neighborhoods in the state including southern Omdurman after a sharp drop is reported in the water levels on the Nile River. (Sudan Tribune)

International relations

• Iran–United Kingdom relations
  • The United Kingdom announces that it will designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, and will ban support for the militia group. (The Guardian) (NBC News)
• Sudan–European Union relations
  • The European Union imposes sanctions against Sudan's gold trade, accusing them of financing the civil war in the country. (Mining.com) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Regime change efforts in the 2026 Iran war
  • The New York Times reports that former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under house arrest after Iranian authorities reportedly uncovered a significant portion of his contacts with Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)

Politics and elections

• 119th United States Congress
  • South Carolina governor Henry McMaster appoints Darline Graham Nordone to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat of her brother, Lindsey Graham, after his death last Saturday, with the term ending in 2027. (Axios) (BBC News)
• The Hungarian parliament moves to impeach president Tamás Sulyok through a constitutional amendment backed by prime minister Péter Magyar's majority government. (Bloomberg) (AP)

July 12, 2026 (2026-07-12) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • Kuwait's defense ministry says that Iran has hit three land border posts and an offshore rig operated by the Kuwait Oil Company. (Arab Times Kuwait)
        • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has hit HIMARS launchers in Kuwait. (Yeni Şafak) (Türkiye Today)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Oman
        • The IRGC claims that it has hit logistics support facilities and refueling platforms used by American aircraft in Oman's Duqm port. (Iran International)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar
        • The Qatari interior ministry reports that three people, including a child, have been injured by falling debris from an interception following Iranian attacks on the country. (AA)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
        • The United Arab Emirates's defence ministry alerts residents at 6:37 AM that air defence systems were engaging with fresh missile and drone threats along with interception operations. (Khaleej Times)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • The IRGC Navy declares the Strait of Hormuz to be closed until further notice and says that they have fired a shot at two vessels that used an unauthorized route. (France 24) (Shafaq)
      • The United States launches new strikes against Iran in response. (Reuters)
      • The United States Central Command contradicts Iran's claim, stating that the strait is open. Additionally, the Joint Maritime Information Center states that the Iran route in the waterway is open despite Iran's claims. (Bloomberg) (NBC News)
      • Data from Kpler reports that six ships have passed the Strait of Hormuz amidst low traffic and resumed fighting. (Bloomberg)
    • Qeshm governor Hossein Amir Teymouri reports that 10 of 11 projectiles hit Bandar Abbas and the Abu Musa and Qeshm islands. (AA)
  • Gaza war
    • At least six people are killed, including a nine-year old girl, from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. (Sky News)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev says a Ukrainian drone attack on Enerhodar, the Russian-controlled town hosting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, has killed four people and injures four others. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Sudan's National Human Rights Commission reports 6,000 detention cases in prisons run by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher, North Darfur. (AA)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are killed and several others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck carrying 17 passengers and two other trucks in West Java, Indonesia. (Xinhua)
• Nine people are killed and about ten others are injured, including four Americans and two National Guard members in serious condition, after a tractor-trailer causes a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Jalisco, Mexico. (Reuters)
• Six people are killed and seven others are injured when a driver loses control near a street festival in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile. The driver is detained and will undergo alcohol testing. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat)

Health and environment

• South Korea issues its first extreme heat warning under a new system, covering the North Gyeongsang cities of Gyeongsan and Pohang after temperatures meet severe criteria. (AFP via Kuwait Times)

Law and crime

• War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
  • A court in Port Sudan sentences Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and 15 other members to death in absentia for their roles in war crimes in the Darfur region during the ongoing civil war in the country including the assassination of former West Darfur governor Khamis Abbakar in 2023 during the Battle of Geneina. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Politics and elections

• 2027 Salvadoran presidential election
  • Saldvadoran president Nayib Bukele is nominated by his political party, Nuevas Ideas, to run for a third presidential term. (Reuters)
• Elections in Israel
  • Israel sets October 27 as the date for elections. (Al Jazeera)
• Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko steps down as president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces a cabinet reshuffle and changes to law enforcement leadership, citing the need to implement an updated political strategy during Russia's invasion. (The Hill)

Sports

• 2026 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Jannik Sinner of Italy successfully defends his gentlemen's singles title at the Wimbledon Championships after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the final, 6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(7–2), 6–3, 6–4. (CNN)

July 11, 2026 (2026-07-11) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • One Palestinian is killed and two others are injured in a Israeli drone strike in central Gaza. (Palestine Chronicle)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
      • A Lebanese official says Lebanon will participate in planned talks with Israel in Rome, Italy, as a U.S. military delegation visits Beirut to discuss the implementation of a framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign, Siege of El Obeid
    • UNICEF warns that half a million civilians in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, are forcing children and families to be displaced and seek refuge. (AA)
  • The Khartoum State government says that they have transferred the remains of 27 victims of the war in the country to official cemeteries ahead of the rainy season. (Sudan Tribune)

Business and economy

• Housing in the United States
  • The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act becomes law after U.S. president Donald Trump allows the bill to take effect without his signature. It was passed by the U.S. Congress to expand affordable housing and reduce housing costs. (CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 44 people are killed and more than one million are stranded as floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains affect southeastern Bangladesh, disrupting power, roads, and communications across several districts. (Reuters)
• Fifteen Indian tourists are killed and 21 others are rescued when a speedboat capsizes near Phú Quốc, Vietnam. (CNN-News18)

International relations

• India–New Zealand relations
  • India and New Zealand announce the formation of a strategic partnership during Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to Auckland, expanding cooperation on defense, security, trade, diplomacy, culture, sport, science, and maritime issues in the Indo-Pacific. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Law and crime

• 2026 Toronto shooting
  • Two people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (CBC News) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide Committed by Ukrainian Nationalists
  • Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, marking the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, announces plans to build a Wall of Remembrance in Warsaw for identified victims of the Volhynia massacre and says Poland will continue efforts to exhume and properly bury victims. (AFP via The Straits Times) (Rzeczpospolita in Polish)
• Gaza war protests
  • Protesters in Stockholm, Sweden, gather at the Odenplan plaza to protest against Israel's attacks in Gaza, ceasefire violations, and restrictions on humanitarian aid entering Gaza. (AA)

• Incumbent United States Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) dies at the age of 71, with a preliminary medical report confirming aortic dissection as the cause. (AP) (The Independent) (Euronews)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • Argentina at the FIFA World Cup
    • In association football, Argentine forward and captain Lionel Messi becomes the first player to reach 10 assists in FIFA World Cup matches since records began in 1966. (ABC News) (The Chosun Daily)
  • The quarterfinals end with the four highest-ranked teams in the FIFA Men's World Ranking (Argentina, Spain, France, and England) advancing to the semifinals, the first time this has happened since the rankings were introduced in 1992. (BBC Sport) (Fox Sports)
• 2026 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Linda Nosková wins her first major title after defeating her compatriot Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles title at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. (CNN)

July 10, 2026 (2026-07-10) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • The Financial Times reports that a delegation from the United States Central Command has arrived in Lebanon to implement an agreement to end the conflict between Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah. (Middle East Eye)
    • The Israeli military says that it has killed an alleged Hezbollah militant emerging from a tunnel in Ali al-Taher. (Israel National News)
• Oyo school kidnappings
  • Nigerian president Bola Tinubu says military, police, and intelligence personnel have rescued all 46 students and staff abducted in May from schools in Oyo State, arresting eight suspects and killing some abductors during the operation. (AFP via Le Monde)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–2026 Cuba blackouts, 2026 Cuban crisis
  • Cuba suffers its second nationwide blackout in five days, with state utility UNE reporting a total grid collapse amid fuel shortages, aging power plants and continuing electricity rationing. (AFP via Jamaica Observer)
• 2026 Pacific typhoon season
  • Two separate landslides caused by Typhoon Bavi and the enhanced monsoon occur in the Philippines. Ten people are killed in Malapatan, Sarangani, after their residence is buried. Seven others are killed and two are injured in Calanogas, Lanao del Sur, with search operations ongoing for four missing. (Al Jazeera) (Manila Bulletin) (ABS-CBN News in Filipino)
• Ten people are killed when a Flamingo Air Cessna 402 crashes shortly after takeoff from San Andros Airport in North Andros, The Bahamas. (BBC News)

International relations

• Algeria–Mali relations
  • Algeria says its ambassador will return to Mali, while both countries reopen their respective airspaces to each other, easing a diplomatic dispute that began after Algeria shot down a Malian drone in April 2025. (AFP via Arab News Pakistan)

Law and crime

• Diesel emissions scandal
  • The High Court in London, England, dismisses claims that automakers Ford, Mercedes, Nissan, Renault, and Stellantis use prohibited diesel emissions defeat devices, while allowing damages issues over some specific strategies to proceed to a second trial. (AFP via Gulf News)
• A murder investigation is launched into the death of British politician Ann Widdecombe yesterday. Police say they have arrested a British man in connection with her death. (CNN) (The Daily Telegraph)

Science and technology

• 2026 in spaceflight
  • China becomes the second country to achieve the controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster, after successfully launching the Long March 10B. (South China Morning Post)

Sports

• 2026 Diamond League
  • Kenyan middle-distance runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi breaks the men's 1,000 metres ​world record in two minutes ‌and 11.83 seconds at the Herculis in Monaco. (Reuters)

July 9, 2026 (2026-07-09) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
        • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force fires 10 ballistic missiles at the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan. (AA)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • The Kuwaiti General Staff of the Army reports that Kuwait air defenses has intercepted "hostile missile and drone attacks" on the country. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar
        • Qatar is attacked by projectiles from Iran. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • A U.S. official says that technical talks will continue after two days of recent clashes between the two countries. (Bloomberg) (Middle East Eye)
    • Israeli defence minister Israel Katz says that Israel is ready to launch further strikes against Iran if necessary. (Armen Press)
  • Gaza war
    • The Israel military says that Islamic Jihad commander 'Rashid al-Qadhi', who was allegedly in charge of the organization's weapon production division, was killed in a airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. Additionally, Hamas sniper Abdullah Baha al-Din Razak al-Souti is said to have been killed in a separate strike in the northern part of Gaza, both despite the ongoing ceasefire. (The Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • Siege of El Obeid, Sudan–European Union relations
      • The European Parliament votes 476–28 with 96 abstentions to adopt a resolution calling on the European Union to designate the Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions on individuals responsible for attacks on civilians in El-Obeid, North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)
  • Sudanese prime minister Kamil Idris and African Union envoy to Sudan Mohamed Belaiche hold talks in Khartoum to discuss efforts to achieve peace and stability in the country and coordinate initiatives for a ceasefire to end the civil war. (AA)
• Mali War
  • 2026 Mali offensives
    • The Azawad Liberation Front attacks a convoy carrying Malian soldiers and Russian Africa Corps fighters near Anéfis, Kidal Region. Security sources say Niger provided air support for Mali during the attack. (Reuters)
• 2026 Damascus bombings
  • Syrian interior minister Anas Khattab and Rif Dimashq internal security commander Ahmed al-Dalati say security forces have captured an Islamic State-linked cell responsible for the two bombings in Damascus that killed one person and injured 36 others last Tuesday. (AFP via France 24)
• Colombian conflict
  • Colombia's military says a drone attack on Tibú Airport in the Norte de Santander Department near the Venezuelan border injures three workers and damages the facility, blaming the attack on the National Liberation Army. (The Defense Post)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Nigerian troops kill more than 300 suspected kidnapping and cattle-rustling gang members during an operation that began yesterday in Gummi, Zamfara State. (AFP via New Straits Times)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • QatarEnergy pauses efforts to restore liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at the Ras Laffan gas facility after an attack on an LNG carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, choosing to keep its operations at a minimum. (AA)
• Aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Economy of New York City
  • The proposed 2 World Trade Center breaks ground in Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., 25 years after the original building was destroyed during the September 11 attacks. (ABC News) (KTLO)

Disasters and accidents

• Huiteng Shoes factory fire
  • Twenty-eight people are killed after a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, China. (AFP via France 24) (Xinhua)
• 2026 Los Gallardos wildfire
  • Twelve people are killed, eight others injured and 23 reported missing in a wildfire in Los Gallardos, Andalusia, Spain. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
• Five members of a family are killed in an apartment fire caused by a gas leak in Giza, Egypt. (Xinhua)
• At least four people are killed in a building collapse in New Delhi, India, due to rains related to the monsoon season. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches 600. (NPR)

Law and crime

• 2025 Tanzanian election protests
  • Tanzanian police arrest 130 people for allegedly encouraging criminal activity after home affairs minister Hamad Masauni banned political rallies and deployed security forces to prevent planned protests seeking democratic reforms and accountability for election-related deaths. (Reuters)
• Terrorism in the United States
  • The U.S. justice department announces that a federal grand jury has indicted eight men over an alleged plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House in Washington, D.C., last month. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Impact of the 2026 Iran war on Iran
  • State funeral of Ali Khamenei
    • The final stage of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's state funeral begins in his hometown of Mashhad after previously being delayed by an hour in which Iran said U.S. forces struck a railway bridge northeast in the country en-route to the funeral. (The New York Times)
    • Khamenei's body arrives in the Imam Reza shrine for his burial. (Al-Monitor)
• 2026 New Caledonian legislative election
  • Virginie Ruffenach, of the pro-France coalition, is elected president of the Congress of New Caledonia following elections. Ruffenach defeats Dominique Foch of the pro-independence bloc with a 28 to 25 vote. (Radio New Zealand)
• Thousands of people protest in Budapest, Hungary, against the attempt by prime minister Péter Magyar to oust president Tamás Sulyok, whom Magyar accuses of failing to "live up" to his role by not opposing what he calls antidemocratic measures by former prime minister Viktor Orbán. (AP)
• Senegal's Constitutional Council strikes down a parliamentary bill that would expand the powers of the National Assembly and prime minister while limiting presidential authority, after president Bassirou Diomaye Faye challenges the measure. (AFP via Indo Premier)

Science and technology

• AI boom
  • OpenAI releases the large language model tool GPT-5.6. (Axios)

July 8, 2026 (2026-07-08) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • U.S. president Donald Trump says that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States is over and that airstrikes will continue. However, he also states that negotiations can continue. Pakistan's foreign ministry reaffirms its call for all sides to honor the recently-signed memorandum of understanding following Trump's declaration. (AFP via The Times of Israel) (Asharq Al-Awsat) (Reuters)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
        • The Bahraini military intercepts projectiles from Iran. (Al Jazeera)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • The Kuwaiti military intercepts two ballistic missiles and 13 drones from Iran. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • International Maritime Organization head Arsenio Dominguez reports that 6,000 seafarers are still stranded in the Strait of Hormuz and calls for a "maximum restraint and de-escalation" amidst renewal of the crisis. (Middle East Eye) (Oman Observer)
      • Nakilat confirms that the Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat was hit yesterday by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz. No casualties are reported. Additionally, the tanker is reported to be stranded near the coast of Oman. (Gulf Times) (Khaleej Times) (The Peninsula Qatar)
    • Iranian state media, including the Fars News Agency, releases footage of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei's compound after it was hit in an airstrike by Israel and the U.S. during the first day of the war. (The Jerusalem Post) (Al Jazeera)
    • The U.S. military conducts new airstrikes against Iran, with at least 14 people killed in the last two days. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • The Israeli military states that Nukhba commander Mohammed Emad Alrahman Abu Taima of the Al-Qassam Brigades, who is alleged to have taken part in the infiltration of the kibbutz Nirim during the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas, has been killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. (Cleveland Jewish News) (Israel National News)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 2026 Blue Nile campaign
    • The Sudanese Army says that they have recaptured the Blue Nile town of Kurmuk. (Sudan Tribune)
  • War crimes during the Sudanese civil war, Darfur genocide
    • A probe by the United Nations fact-finding mission of Sudan finds that the Rapid Support Forces have committed mass killings, abductions ‌of women and girls, mass gang rapes, and forced starvation in the North Darfur city of El Fasher. (Al Jazeera)
  • Human rights groups report that drone strikes in Sudan on civilian vehicles heading to social gatherings have killed 20 people in recent days. (ABC News) (AP)
  • A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces kills 10 people traveling to a wedding near Omdurman. (AA) (MENAFN)
• 2026 Damascus bombings
  • The toll from yesterday's bombings in Damascus, Syria, increases to one person killed and 36 people injured. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Pakistan's military says that three militant attacks in Balochistan since July 6 have killed 42 army and police personnel, while security forces have killed 54 militants in the incidents. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate oil prices increase by at least 5% amidst the escalation in the Iran war, rising to US$78.01 and $73.86, respectively. (CNBC)
  • Stocks on the Pakistan Stock Exchange witness a sharp decline following renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, with the KSE-100 Index falling to 4,626 points. (Dunya News) (Arab News PK)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine workers are killed and 14 others are rescued after heavy rain causes a garbage heap to collapse onto an administrative building at a waste-to-energy plant near Pune, Maharashtra, India, prompting a temporary suspension of operations. (AFP via Dawn)
• Seven children and a teacher are killed when heavy rain triggers a landslide during a class at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (AFP via The Straits Times) (Reuters)
• Two people are killed after an explosion in a fireworks factory in Borgorose, Rieti Province, Italy. (Xinhua)

Health and environment

• A cyclosporiasis outbreak, caused by cyclospora cayetanensis, is reported across the United States in 18 states, with Michigan reporting around 992 cases and Ohio reporting 177. (BBC News) (The Columbus Dispatch)

International relations

• Aftermath of the Syrian civil war
  • Syria–United States relations, US-designated state sponsors of terrorism
    • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio notifies Congress that the U.S. will remove Syria as a "state sponsor of terrorism" after being listed as one since 1979 during the Assad regime. (Al-Monitor)
• Protests against the 2026 Iran war
  • Pakistan–United States relations, 2026 attack on the United States consulate in Karachi, Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
    • The United States announces that it will resume regular consular services at its consulates in Karachi and Lahore after previously suspending operations over security concerns during violent protests in Pakistan, including an attack on the U.S. consulate in Karachi. (Dawn)
• Greenland crisis
  • The prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark, Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Mette Frederiksen, respectively, reaffirm that Greenland is not for sale amidst a renewed push by Trump at the NATO summit to control the territory. (RFI) (Reuters)
• Ukraine–European Union relations, Polish Order of the White Eagle controversy
  • The European Parliament passes a resolution expressing regret over the decision of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, citing their responsibility for the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. (TVP World)

Law and crime

• 2026 Sumatra blackout, Corruption in Indonesia
  • Indonesia police perform raids on 12 places linked to three different cases. They found 74 kg of golds, and cash in form of Indonesian rupiah, Singapore dollar, and United States dollar totaling over US$3.7 million. (Bloomberg) (Jakarta Globe) (Tempo)
• Disappearance of ARA San Juan
  • A court in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina, convicts former Argentine Navy commander Claudio Villamide for his role in the 2017 implosion of the submarine ARA San Juan, which killed all 44 people on board. (Buenos Aires Times)
• Norwegian police and international partners announce the arrest of 28 men across seven countries in an operation targeting suspected dark-web buyers of child sexual abuse material who allegedly used the cryptocurrency Monero, while Europol says three children are safeguarded. (AFP via South China Morning Post)

Politics and elections

• Iraq in the 2026 Iran war
  • State funeral of Ali Khamenei
    • State funerals for former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei are held in Iraq's Shi'ite holy cities of Karbala and Najaf. (AP) (Middle East Eye)
• 2026 United States elections
  • 2026 United States Senate elections
    • U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Graham Platner suspends his campaign in the upcoming U.S. Senate election in Maine, leaving the Maine Democratic Party to seek a replacement challenger to incumbent Republican Susan Collins. (Reuters)
• Human rights in Thailand
  • Thailand's parliament passes an amnesty bill covering political activists convicted since 2005 while excluding corruption and royal insult offences. The measure awaits royal approval. (AFP via The Star)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup controversies
  • 2026 Trump–FIFA red card controversy
    • Seventy-two lawmakers from the European Parliament call for an investigation into FIFA president Gianni Infantino after FIFA lifted the red-card suspension on American striker Folarin Balogun. (Politico Europe)

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban crisis and blackouts
• Gaza genocide
• Sudanese famine

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Strait of Hormuz crisis

• Iran war fuel crisis

• United States tariff policy

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Gaza peace plan
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