detoxed.news

July 29

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces and United States Central Command launches strikes against Iran–backed militias in Iraq in response to Iranian drone attacks against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
Source: Iraqi News external link
The Popular Mobilization Forces reports that 20 militants have been killed in joint U.S.–Saudi Arabia strikes.
Source: The Defense Post external link

July 28

Politics and elections

In Australia, Victorian premier Jacinta Allan resigns, triggering a leadership spill. Ben Carroll is elected unanimously as the new Premier and Victorian Labor Party leader.
Source: Reuters external link
Keiko Fujimori is sworn in as President of Peru after winning the general election in June.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Hamas delegation visits Cairo, Egypt, to resume negotiations on the implementation of the next phase of its ceasefire with Israel.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
The United States Central Command says that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces have launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in a "surprise attack" against U.S. forces in the Middle East, and that all missiles were successfully intercepted.
Source: Politico external link
Human rights group Emergency Lawyers reports that recent airstrikes have targeted multiple locations in North Kordofan, Sudan, including a water station and civilian vehicles, killing dozens of civilians.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Law and crime

The gunman convicted of carrying out a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, United States, in 2024, receives four sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Myanmar's military-backed parliament passes a law allowing the death penalty when coercion, unlawful detention, torture, or other abuse used to force victims into online scams results in death. The law also imposes severe penalties on scam-centre operators.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Taiwanese prosecutors detain an Nvidia employee in an investigation into alleged smuggling of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China through falsified transport documents. Authorities hold seven people over shipments of about 50 Supermicro servers that may violate U.S. export controls.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Disasters and accidents

A M 7.1 earthquake strikes central Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, causing a tsunami alert for the western Kyūshū coast. At least 13 people are killed.
Source: CNN external link
Three more people are rescued from the Vietnamese cargo ship that sank on Saturday. Fourteen others remain missing with a multinational search still underway.
Source: South China Morning Post external link

Arts and culture

The longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize is announced.
Source: The Guardian external link

July 27

Armed conflicts and attacks

Palestinian media reports that Israel has released 60 Gazan detainees back to the Gaza Strip.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet reports that Hamas' internal security head Wael Musa Khaled Ladawi was killed in a airstrike in the Deir al-Balah area of the central Gaza Strip.
Source: The Jewish Chronicle external link
The IDF also confirms that Palestinian Islamic Jihad Nukhba militant Amro Abu Alrish and Hamas commander Abd Al-Nasser Al-Aziz Maqadmeh were killed in separate strikes in Gaza.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
Iran and the United States pause strikes as the U.S. allows additional time for negotiations and Iran suspends retaliatory attacks against U.S. allies.
Source: The Manila Times external link
Saudi Arabia's defense ministry reports intercepting drones fired by Iran-backed Iraqi militias from inside Iraq, which targeted oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh area.
Source: France 24 external link
The Houthis launch a drone attack that damages the Abqaiq oil field in eastern Saudi Arabia.
Source: France 24 external link
Drone strikes are reported in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, hours after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) secured the National Export Highway, which connects Sudan's capital Khartoum and North Kordofan.
Source: The Defense Post external link
The Sudanese Doctors Network reports that the main hospital in Jebrat al Sheikh District, North Kordofan, has been looted and turned into a military barrack.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
SAF general and leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the newly captured areas in North Kordofan alongside Sudan Shield Forces leader Abu Aqla Kaikal and Darfur Governor Minni Arko Minnawi.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The Sudanese (NMAC) reports that 80% of war remnants have been removed from the Khartoum State and announces plans to expand survey and removal operations in Sudanese areas recently recaptured by the SAF.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

International relations

Kuwait approved the Kuwait–Pakistan Defence Cooperation Agreement, a five-year framework for defence cooperation between the two countries covering military training, exchanges, defence technology, logistics and cooperation between their armed forces.
Source: Jordan News external link
The Lithuanian government registers a resolution to open an embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, in October. The country currently has a consulate-general in São Paulo.
Source: LRT external link
Romania recalls its ambassador to Russia, declares a Russian embassy employee , and summons Russia's ambassador after three Russian drones violated Romanian airspace between July 24 and 26.
Source: Xinhua external link
Chad states its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, citing limited effectiveness and disproportionate attention to African cases.
Source: AFP via Courthouse News Service external link

Politics and elections

Nicaraguan co-president Rosario Murillo announces that a legislative vote on a proposed constitutional reform that would exclude opposition parties from future elections has been postponed until September.
Source: AFP via GMA News Online external link

Health and environment

The General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced Persons in Darfur, Sudan, reports seven cholera cases across the region in displacement camps between July 5 and July 25.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves a new blood test for colorectal cancer screenings in older adults, including those above age 45.
Source: MedPage Today external link

Business and economy

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects between Detroit, Michigan, U.S., and Windsor, Ontario, Canada, officially opens to traffic after months of delay due to the countries' trade war and the U.S. imposition of tariffs on Canada.
Source: Global News external link
Singapore's monetary authority tightens its monetary policy for the second time in three months by increasing the Singapore dollar's appreciation rate against a trade-weighted currency basket, citing rising import costs and inflation risks caused by the Iran war.
Source: South China Morning Post external link

Disasters and accidents

Wildfires continue in the Gironde region near Bordeaux, France, as president Emmanuel Macron describes it as "the worst fire-related crisis since World War II."
Source: AP external link
Hurricane Genevieve strengthens into a category 5 pacific hurricane, the first in the Pacific region since 2024.
Source: The Independent external link
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan since June increases to 107 people killed and at least 344 others injured.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A landslide occurs at the Gold Ridge Mine in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Local media reports 10 bodies recovered, while the National Referral Hospital says it expects more fatalities.
Source: AFP via BSS external link

Law and crime

The Seoul Central District Court gives former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol an 18-month suspended sentence for false statements made during his 2022 election campaign. If upheld, the ruling may void his victory and require Yoon's People Power Party to repay campaign funds.
Source: The Japan Times external link
Five people are killed and another is injured in a home invasion and shooting in Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa.
Source: News24 external link
Three women are wounded in a mass stabbing near the Porte de Clichy station in Paris, France. The perpetrator is detained.
Source: The Telegraph external link

July 26

Disasters and accidents

Vietnamese cargo ship sinks in the South China Sea along the Vietnamese coast. Forty-five people are rescued while 17 more are still missing.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In auto racing, Formula One announces that Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit will host the rescheduled Bahrain Grand Prix in October, under an agreement signed between Bahrain and Malaysia.
Source: Reuters external link
In Gaelic football, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship concludes with Mayo defeating Kerry in the final to end one of sport's longest-running droughts and a 75-year wait for the title.
Source: ESPN external link

Culture

The Alamut castle is added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
Source: Tehran Times external link

Science and technology

Expedition 74, the joint NASA–Roscosmos–ESA expedition aboard the International Space Station, ends after the Soyuz MS-28 undocks and lands on Earth in Kazakhstan.
Source: CNN external link

Politics and elections

El Salvador's Nationalist Republican Alliance nominates former legislator Mayteé Iraheta for president, while the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front nominates physician Rafael Aguirre.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran and the United States submit their responses to a proposal by Pakistan and Qatar to resume talks between the two countries.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says it has prevented six ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: CNBC external link
Iranian media reports that an oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after it has hit a naval mine.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
Five aid convoys from the United Arab Emirates carrying 938 tonnes of humanitarian aid arrive in Gaza as part of .
Source: Sharjah24 external link
The Israeli military states that an Hamas unmanned aerial vehicle unit commander was killed in an airstrike yesterday in central Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Eleven vessels cross the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, according to shipping data from Kpler.
Source: Reuters external link
The Houthis shoot down a Saudi Arabian reconnaissance drone in northwest Yemen.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan areas of Umm Qarfa and Juraikh. The SAF also seize control of the National Export Highway (Omdurman–El Obeid), which connects Sudan's capital Khartoum and North Kordofan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Law and crime

A suspect in a recent vehicle-ramming and mass stabbing attack in Berlin, identified as a 21-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent, is shot and killed by police after allegedly rushing toward officers with a weapon.
Source: CNN external link
Three people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting during the annual Bite of Seattle festival in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Source: CNN external link

International relations

Brazil recalls its ambassador to Argentina and summons Argentina's ambassador after Argentine president Javier Milei made remarks deemed derogatory about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes at a political event in São Paulo.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The Iranian foreign ministry summons the Ukrainian chargé d'affaires in Tehran over an attack by Ukraine on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea that killed an Iranian sailor, calling it a "hostile and criminal act".
Source: CNBC external link