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July 12

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy in the early hours of Sunday declares the Strait of Hormuz to be closed until further notice and says that they have fired a shot a vessel that used an unauthorized route.
Source: Shafaq external link

July 11

Law and crime

Two people are killed and three others are injured in an active shooter situation at a festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Source: CityNews external link

International 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.
Source: The Manila Times external link

Politics and elections

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.
Source: Rzeczpospolita external link
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.
Source: AA external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

One Palestinian is killed and two others are injured in a Israeli drone strike in central Gaza.
Source: Palestine Chronicle external link
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.
Source: AFP via Al Arabiya external link
UNICEF warns that half a million civilians in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, are forcing children and families to be displaced and seek refuge.
Source: AA external link
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.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

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.
Source: Reuters external link
Fifteen Indian tourists are killed and 21 others are rescued when a speedboat capsizes near Phú Quốc, Vietnam.
Source: CNN-News18 external link

Business and economy

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a legislation passed in the U.S. Congress to expand affordable housing and reduce housing costs in the United States, becomes law after U.S. president Donald Trump allows the bill to take effect without his signature.
Source: CBS News external link

July 10

Sports

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.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

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.
Source: Jamaica Observer external link
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.
Source: in Filipino external link
Ten people are killed when a Flamingo Air Cessna 402 crashes shortly after takeoff from San Andros Airport in North Andros, The Bahamas.
Source: BBC News external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: Gulf News external link
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.
Source: The Daily Telegraph external link

Science and technology

China becomes the second country to achieve the controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster, after successfully launching the Long March 10B.
Source: South China Morning Post external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The 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.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
The Israeli military says that it has killed an alleged Hezbollah militant emerging from a tunnel in Ali al-Taher.
Source: Israel National News external link
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.
Source: Le Monde external link

International 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.
Source: Arab News Pakistan external link

July 9

Law and crime

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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link

Science and technology

OpenAI releases the large language model tool GPT-5.6.
Source: Axios external link

Health and environment

The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches 600.
Source: NPR external link

Politics and elections

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.
Source: The New York Times external link
Khamenei's body arrives in the Imam Reza shrine for his burial.
Source: Al-Monitor external link
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.
Source: Radio New Zealand external link
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.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: AFP via Indo Premier external link

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-eight people are killed after a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, China.
Source: Xinhua external link
Twelve people are killed, eight others injured and 23 reported missing in a wildfire in Los Gallardos, Andalusia, Spain.
Source: Reuters external link
Five members of a family are killed in an apartment fire caused by a gas leak in Giza, Egypt.
Source: Xinhua external link
At least four people are killed in a building collapse in New Delhi, India, due to rains related to the monsoon season.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

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.
Source: AA external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Source: AA external link
The Kuwaiti General Staff of the Army reports that Kuwait air defenses has intercepted "hostile missile and drone attacks" on the country.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Qatar is attacked by projectiles from Iran.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A U.S. official says that technical talks will continue after two days of recent clashes between the two countries.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
Israeli defence minister Israel Katz says that Israel is ready to launch further strikes against Iran if necessary.
Source: Armen Press external link
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.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
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.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
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.
Source: AA external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Nigerian troops kill more than 300 suspected kidnapping and cattle-rustling gang members during an operation that began yesterday in Gummi, Zamfara State.
Source: New Straits Times external link