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Beth Mooney

• Thirteen people are killed in a wildfire in Almería, 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:

• Andrée Touré
• Theo Burrell
• Chua Mia Tee
• Martha Lillard
• Renata Ford
• Andre Omer Siregar

July 16, 2026 (2026-07-16) (Thursday)

July 15, 2026 (2026-07-15) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that ceasefire negotiations aimed at ending the war have not closed despite renewed fighting between Iran and the United States. (The New York Times)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • 2026 United States naval blockade of Iran
          • The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says that American forces have redirected two commercial vessels since the blockade resumed. (AA)
          • CENTCOM says that American forces disables the Curaçao-flagged oil tanker M/T Belma as it was heading towards an Iranian port in the Arabian Gulf amidst the blockade. A 18 second video confirms that a U.S. aircraft disabled the vessel. (Stars and Stripes)
      • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed "until the United States ends its acts of aggression". (Euractiv)
    • CENTCOM announces the U.S. has launched new strikes against Iran for a fifth consecutive day aimed at coastal defense systems, cruise missile storage, and launch sites in the Greater Tunb Island. (AFP via NDTV) (Politico)
  • Gaza war
    • Gaza peace plan
      • Morocco signs an agreement with the Board of Peace to join the International Stabilization Force for Gaza. (Reuters)
    • Nirim attack, Gaza war hostage crisis
      • Israel's military claims to have killed an alleged militant from the Hamas branch Al-Qassam Brigades who they state participated in the abduction of soldiers Col. Asaf Hamami, St.-Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, and Sgt. Kiril Brodski during the October 7 attacks on the Kibbutz Nirim. (The Jerusalem Post) (Haaretz)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces-allied Joint Forces announce that they have recaptured the Orshi Reservoir area in Sudan's North Darfur state, a month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the area. (AA)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The total amount of cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo exceed 2,000. (Medical Xpress)

International relations

• United Kingdom–European Union relations
  • Effect of Brexit on Gibraltar
    • The United Kingdom and the European Union remove the land-border fence between Gibraltar and Spain under a post-Brexit treaty, allowing free movement while introducing joint British-Spanish checks at Gibraltar's airport and port. (AP)

Law and crime

• Bhutanese refugees scam
  • A district court in Kathmandu, Nepal, sentences former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi to four years in prison and former home minister Bal Krishna Khand to two years for roles in forging documents for a fraudulent Bhutanese refugee resettlement scheme. (Reuters)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo establishes a council composed of mostly international war crimes lawyers to advise state institutions seeking accountability and reparations for victims of violence in the country's east. (Reuters)
• Detention of Craig and Lindsay Foreman
  • The family of British national Craig Foreman says an Iranian court has added two years to his 10-year espionage prison sentence for speaking to the media, as he and his wife Lindsay continue a hunger strike. (CBS News)
• Moroccan prosecutors release journalist Ali Lmrabet after questioning him over online posts allegedly defaming unnamed individuals and institutions, while the criminal investigation continues. (Reuters)
• U.S President Donald Trump announces that American citizen Dena Karari has been released from Iran after being detained since 2024. Her lawyer, Jared Genser, also confirmed her release. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

• France's National Assembly gives final approval to a bill allowing eligible adults with incurable, life-threatening illnesses to obtain lethal medication under strict conditions. The measure awaits Constitutional Council review before taking effect. (AP)

July 14, 2026 (2026-07-14) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • The United States military reimposes the naval blockade of Iran that ended on June 17 last month in response to ship attacks. (AP) (France 24)
        • The United States Central Command launches a new round of strikes against Iran in an effort to degrade capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz ahead of the naval blockade. (CNBC)
      • Iran fires projectiles at two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz associated with the United Arab Emirates, killing two mariners and injuring 14 others. (Xinhua)
      • U.S. president Donald Trump cancels a proposal to implement a 20% fee on cargo ships transiting through the strait. (AP) (BBC News)
    • Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
      • Kuwait's military says that Iran struck a navy vessel, injuring four personnel, while its air defences intercept one ballistic missile, five cruise missiles, and 33 drones aimed at civilian facilities. (AFP via Arab News Pakistan)
    • Explosions are reported in the Iranian cities of Ahvaz and Bandar Abbas, and the islands of Kish and Qeshm. (Middle East Eye)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
      • The first day of direct negotiations and the sixth round of peace talks between Israel and Lebanon begins at the U.S. embassy in Rome, Italy. (AA) (The Times of Israel)
  • Gaza war, Gaza genocide
    • The Israeli military strikes a police station in Gaza, killing eight people, according to Gaza's civil defence agency and Al-Shifa Hospital, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (AFP via CNA)
• Iraqi conflict
  • Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
    • Iraqi prime minister Ali al-Zaidi and the U.S. defense department says that all remaining American troops will withdraw from Iraq by September 30, ending a 23-year presence in the country that started with the 2003 U.S. invasion. (AP) (DW)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 2026 Blue Nile campaign
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces say that the 4th Infantry Division's 13th Brigade have taken control of the Blue Nile town of Fashfoun following days of clashes with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North. (TRT Afrika) (Yeni Şafak)
• Colombian conflict
  • Colombia's military says it has rescued 39 civilians kidnapped by the National Liberation Army on a highway in Chocó Department, with two soldiers killed during the operation. (AFP via Vanguard)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–2026 Cuba blackouts, 2026 Cuban crisis
  • Cuba suffers its third nationwide blackout in less than 10 days and fifth of 2026, as the state utility reports a complete grid failure amid fuel shortages caused by the ongoing U.S. imposed blockade, that complicate power restoration. (AFP via RFI)
• Seven people are killed and three others are injured after two vehicles collided head-on just outside Ramadi, Iraq. (Xinhua)
• Six workers are killed in a fire at a building under construction in Brussels, Belgium. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • The Directorate General of Health Services reports that seven more children have died from measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from the disease in the country to 766. (The Business Standard)
• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announces that it will test the Gilead Sciences antiviral for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. (CNBC Africa)
  • The World Health Organization reports that 80% of cases of Ebola in eastern DRC are from unknown chains of transmission. Additionally, the death toll from Ebola reaches 700. (AP)
• 2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak
  • The U.S. CDC reports 7,000 cases nationwide of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by cyclospora cayetanensis. (NBC News)
  • The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports 3,300 cases in the state, up from 2,640 the previous day. (The Detroit News)

Law and crime

• Shootings by U.S. immigration agents in the second Trump administration
  • The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement suspends vehicle stops related to immigration enforcement following the recent fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, U.S. (Reuters)
• International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur
  • A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court drop charges against former rebel leader Abdallah Banda over his role in a 2007 attack on African Union peacekeepers during Sudan's Darfur conflict. (AFP via Arab News)

Politics and elections

• AI boom
  • Japan approves election rules requiring AI-generated images and videos on social media to be labeled and prohibiting false or distorted information about candidates, with the measures taking effect in March. (AFP via The Straits Times)

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 reinstate 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)
    • Casualties of the 2026 Iran war
      • The United States Central Command reports that a navy pilot was killed during a helicopter crash on July 1 in the Arabian Sea, bringing the death toll of American soldiers killed in the Iran war to 14. Additionally, the total amount of wounded troops rise to above 400 including from traumatic brain injuries. (AP)
    • 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)
    • Yemen's Houthis say they have targeted Abha International Airport in Asir, Saudi Arabia, with ballistic missiles and drones, calling the attack retaliation for strikes on Sanaa airport that they blame on Saudi Arabia, though Yemen's internationally-recognized government claims responsibility. (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)

Arts and culture

• Archaeology of ancient Egypt
  • A Ramesside period tomb that belonged to Theban mayor Paser is discovered in the Theban Necropolis in Egypt. (Tech Times)

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 a pub in Chatuchak, 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
  • 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)
• 2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak
  • A cyclosporiasis outbreak, caused by cyclospora cayetanensis, is reported in 31 U.S. states by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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

• Protests against the Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Anti-war protests in Russia
    • Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin is detained over a video on his social media account featuring the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, days after he was designated a "foreign agent". He is later released from a police station and will appear in court on July 17. (Kyiv Independent) (The Moscow Times) (Reuters)
• 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. However, his office denies these reports, including reports that Israel recruited him for regime changing plans. (Iran International) (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)
• Magyar Government
  • The Hungarian parliament moves to remove president Tamás Sulyok through a constitutional amendment backed by prime minister Péter Magyar's majority government. (AP) (Bloomberg via The Japan Times)
• Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez appoints U.S. envoy Félix Plasencia to a foreign relations and overseas trade post, replacing foreign minister Yván Gil, who becomes science and technology minister. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Astronomers announce that an erythrulose molecule was detected inside a cloud of gas and dust near the center of the Milky Way. It is the first evidence of sugar in interstellar space. (Nature)

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 two National Guard members and four Americans 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

• 2026 Israeli legislative election
  • Israel sets October 27 as the date for its legislative elections to elect the members of the Knesset. (Al Jazeera)
• 2027 Salvadoran presidential election
  • Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele is nominated by his political party, Nuevas Ideas, to run for a third presidential term. The Legislative Assembly previously approved amendments to abolish presidential term limits in 2025. (Reuters)
• 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)

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)

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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
• Iran–United States peace negotiations
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations and ceasefire
• Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
• United Kingdom government crisis
  • Labour Party leadership election

Protests and strikes

• Albanian anti-government protests

Weather

• Canadian wildfires
• European heatwaves
• North American heat wave
• Pacific typhoon season

• Typhoon Bavi

Elections and referendums

Recent

• July

• 02: Algeria, People's National Assembly
• 04: Slovakia, Referendum

Upcoming

• 19: São Tomé and Príncipe, President

Sports

• Association football

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season

• Athletics

• 2026 Diamond League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2026 Major League Baseball season

• Basketball

• 2026 WNBA season

• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour
• 2026 Tour de France

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2026 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2026 NRL season
• 2026 Super League season

• Rugby union

• 2026 Nations Championship

• Softball

• 2027 Women's Softball World Cup

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

• Volleyball

• 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
• 2026 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

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Recent deaths

July0/0June

• 15: Guy Scott
• 13: Sam Neill
• 13: Pat Oliphant
• 12: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
• 12: Wai Ching Ho
• 11: Jayden Adams
• 11: Ken Bates
• 11: Lindsey Graham
• 11: S. Janaki
• 11: Dermot Murnaghan
• 10: Josh Grisetti
• 10: Derryn Hinch
• 09: Randolph Mantooth
• 08: Wally Funk
• 08: Bonnie Tyler
• 08: Ann Widdecombe
• 07: Joanna Pettet
• 07: Shapoor Zadran
• 06: Louise Lasser
• 05: Mike Wallace
• 04: Slaine Kelly
• 04: Sparky D
• 01: Vladimir McTavish
• 01: Roger Vangheluwe
• 30: Victor Willis
• 29: Penelope Keith
• 29: Phyllis Kinney
• 29: Les Mills
• 27: K. Bhagyaraj
• 27: Anna Dawson
• 26: Likulia Bolongo
• 26: Joe Doering
• 26: Sergei Ivanov
• 25: Nicholas Alahverdian
• 24: Ann Blyth
• 24: David Clayton-Thomas
• 22: Clive Davis
• 22: Alan Greenspan
• 21: Francisco Guterres
• 20: Michael Byrne
• 20: Akihiro Miwa
• 19: Mona Khalil
• 19: James Burrows
• 18: Tay Keith
• 17: Tom Dreesen
• 17: Carlo Ginzburg
• 17: Major Oak
• 17: Walter Parazaider
• 17: Éric Roy
• 16: Daveigh Chase
• 16: Bobby Prince
• 16: Robert Thurman
• 15: Kyle Calder
• 15: Abdullah Ibrahim

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda

• M23 campaign

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso
• Chad Basin

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