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July 1

Armed conflicts and attacks

United States vice president JD Vance says that Iran and the U.S. have held technical talks based on the recent 14-point memorandum of understanding in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. He also states that the U.S. will not return to military action unless necessary.
Source: Reuters external link
South Korea's ocean ministry says that the Panama–flagged cargo vessel HMM will leave the Strait of Hormuz in mid-July once major repair is complete on the vessel after it was attacked in a explosion on May 4 while it was stranded in the waterway.
Source: Reuters external link
Iranian state television reports that a container ship vessel has used a route in the Strait of Hormuz that Iran did not approve.
Source: MS Now external link

Business and economy

The International Transport Workers' Federation and the Joint Negotiating Group of shipping owners announce they will continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warzone, which doubles the pay of mariners there and gives them other benefits.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Saudi Aramco and Algerian oil company Sonatrach announce that they will cut prices for liquefied petroleum gas for July, with Saudi Aramco reducing it between 24% and 27% and Sonatrach reducing it between 2% and 10%.
Source: Reuters external link
The World Bank classifies the Philippines as an upper-middle-income economy, up from lower-middle-income status, after its per capita gross national income exceeds the fiscal year 2026 threshold of US$4,496 to $13,935.
Source: Agenzia Nova external link

Law and crime

Four people are reportedly killed in the early morning hours of Wednesday of asphyxiation during celebrations in Mexico City following Mexico's victory against Ecuador in the knockout round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Source: ABC News external link
Sweden's Market Court orders Google to pay PriceRunner about 14.3 billion kr (US$1.5 billion) in damages, Sweden's largest competition-related award, after ruling that Google unlawfully favored its own price comparison service over rivals in search results.
Source: Firstpost external link
A firebombing on the homes of ruling New Democracy party members in Thessaloniki, Greece, kills one person and injures three others.
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed and a number of others injured in a fire at an apartment block in Antwerp, Belgium.
Source: Reuters external link
A United States Navy aviator is reportedly missing after a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter carrying four crew members assigned to the USS George H. W. Bush have made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet rules out hostile activities in the accident.
Source: Navy Times external link

Arts and culture

The Emirate of Dubai reopens its Catholic churches, including St. Mary's and St. Francis of Assisi in Jebel Ali, after three months of closure amidst the Iran war.
Source: Gulf News external link
Sony says it will stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical optical discs from January 2028, citing consumer preference for digital media, and will offer new titles through the PlayStation Store and other digital retailers.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Health and environment

The Directorate General of Health Services reports that one child has died from measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of the outbreak in Bangladesh to 719.
Source: Dhaka Tribune external link
The United States announces a pandemic response team amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
Source: Bloomberg external link
The World Health Organization reports that 120 people have been killed in cholera outbreaks in Sudan since May in isolated war zones, alongside suspected 1,102 cases of the disease.
Source: The New Arab external link
The African CDC confirms an isolated case of the Marburg virus in Uganda, amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country.
Source: CNBC Africa external link
In Canada, Ontario lowers the eligibility age for routine colorectal cancer screening from 50 to 45, joining Prince Edward Island as the second province to do so.
Source: Toronto Star external link

June 30

Disasters and accidents

A truck veers off a road in River Nile State, Sudan, and collides with a passenger vehicle, killing 18 people and wounding another.
Source: Xinhua external link
Five people are killed and fifteen others missing after monsoon rains cause a jade mine to collapse in Kachin State, Myanmar.
Source: The Hindu external link
At least 14 schoolchildren are killed and nine others are hospitalized after the roof of an under-construction tuition centre collapses in Lahore, Pakistan.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Nine children are killed when a motorized tricycle plunges into a canal in Abu Tig, Asyut Governorate, Egypt.
Source: AP external link
At least 24 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain in Accra, Ghana, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Source: AP external link

Health and environment

Hungary and Slovakia set national temperature records during a central European heat wave, reaching 42 °C (108 °F) and 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) respectively, as some municipalities impose water restrictions and tank trucks supply areas facing water scarcity.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
The Sudanese Health Ministry reports that the total number of cases of cholera in the West and North Kordofan states in the Kordofan region reaches 911, alongside 127 deaths.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Business and economy

CNBC reports that the Brent Crude oil price declined by 21% during June 2026, its largest monthly decline since March 2020, amidst the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States.
Source: CNBC external link
The U.S. treasury department announces sanctions on two men and nine companies accused of being involved in transportation, financial services, and real estate for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Source: AP external link
Scandinavian Airlines signs an order to purchase more than 40 Airbus A330-900neo aircraft, the largest investment in company history.
Source: AA external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Qatari foreign ministry confirms that United States envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Doha for technical indirect talks with Iran and talks with mediators regarding negotiations with Iran. However, they also state that no high-level talks have occurred.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
South Korean president Lee Jae Myung says that all but two Korean vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the waterway amidst the war.
Source: Korea Herald external link
Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that 10 out of 11 ships have successfully departed the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded since the war started on February 28. Additionally, the ministry says that the only ship remaining in the waterway is the Hatthaya Naree, which is expected to depart the region once cargo is loaded on the ship.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
The newspaper reports that the Board of Peace will begin managing humanitarian shelter centers in areas of the Gaza Strip not under Hamas control.
Source: AA external link
Ukrainian forces launch a major drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia, striking the Dubna Space Communications Center to the north of Moscow. Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in Yegoryevsk, killing an infant, while another drone strike reportedly kills a 61-year-old woman in Tver Oblast.
Source: CNN external link
Somalia's defence ministry says a Turkish F-16 conducted an airstrike in the Godey area of Lower Shabelle region, South West State, killing 35 Al-Shabaab militants and injuring more than 20 others.
Source: Somali Guardian external link
Sudan's army says that it has destroyed two tanks and 224 combat vehicles used by Rapid Support Forces and seized 36 others in two weeks of military operations including in Blue Nile State and the Darfur and Kordofan regions.
Source: AA external link

Sports

In association football, the Mexican soccer team defeats Ecuador, winning their first game in the knockout round of a FIFA World Cup since 1986.
Source: ESPN external link
Paraguayan president Santiago Peña declares a national holiday after Paraguay defeated Germany 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw, in the FIFA World Cup round of 32.
Source: Tanzania Insight external link

Science and technology

Ford issues a recall order of over 741,000 vehicles, mainly F-150, Explorer, Expedition, Lincoln Aviator, and Navigator models, in the U.S. due to a transmission issue that may damage the park system.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

A coalition of human rights lawyers file a lawsuit against Ghana at the ECOWAS Court of Justice, accusing the country of violating non-refoulement by accepting deportees from the U.S. and forcing them back to the home countries they had fled.
Source: AP external link
The Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that president Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the 14th Amendment, with chief justice John Roberts writing that citizenship "was the right to have rights."
Source: Reuters external link
Former Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim, who co-founded the super app Gojek, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption.
Source: BBC News external link
According to witnesses, one person is killed and two others are injured when Kenyan police open fire during a protest in Mathare, Nairobi against reported abductions, amid concerns over security abuses.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

More than 14,000 people participate in rallies organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in Metro Manila, Philippines, mainly to support senator and INC member Rodante Marcoleta who is under investigation for plunder. Five people are arrested at the People Power Monument in Quezon City and three police officers are injured.
Source: The Philippine Star external link
The South Korean National Assembly approves the nomination of Han Seong-sook as the country's new prime minister, succeeding Kim Min-seok as the country's first female prime minister in 20 years. The main opposition People Power Party boycotted the vote.
Source: Yonhap News Agency external link

June 29

Arts and culture

American film grosses to US$977 million in worldwide box offices, surpassing as the highest-grossing biopic.
Source: The Independent external link

Law and crime

Six people are killed and several more injured in a mass shooting at a mother-child group home facility in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. Two people are arrested, including the alleged gunman.
Source: DW external link
Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Iermolaiev is critically injured alongside his wife and daughter after the explosion of a parcel bomb at a building in Monaco, in what seems like an assassination attempt.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

The International Weightlifting Federation announces that Russian and Belarusian weightlifters can return to competition under their national symbols.
Source: Inside the Games external link
In association football, Paraguay defeats Germany in penalty shoot-outs during the round of 32, the largest upset since 2018 and the fourth-largest in World Cup history.
Source: The Athletic external link

Disasters and accidents

Malaysia extends the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in 2014 with 239 people aboard, until June 30, 2027, under a contingent fee agreement with Ocean Infinity.
Source: Reuters external link
Fifteen people are killed and one injured after the collision of a vehicle with a cargo truck in Mamou Region, Guinea.
Source: Xinhua external link
A Seventh Day Adventist church in San Francisco built in 1892 catches fire during renovations.

Armed conflicts and attacks

Indian petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri says that 12 LPG vessels from India have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz without paying tolls.
Source: United News of India external link
Iran holds its first joint committee meeting with Oman in Muscat to discuss future management of the Strait of Hormuz following a preliminary agreement with the United States to end the war. U.S. officials say shipping can resume freely.
Source: The Straits Times external link
The National News Agency reports that over 40,000 displaced people have returned to Lebanon since the ceasefire.
Source: L'Orient Today external link
Gunmen kill two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and injure two others outside a residence in Paveh, Kermanshah province. Kurdish rights group Hengaw says an armed group called Xori Hiwa claims responsibility.
Source: Reuters external link
Israeli forces hit a tent in central Gaza, killing three Palestinians, including an 8-year old boy.
Source: AP external link
Human rights organizations led by the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights reportedly file a complaint with the International Criminal Court against officials from Libya and the United Arab Emirates for their role in atrocities committed in the civil war, most notably the Darfur region.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have retaken the towns of Sirkum and Mugaja in Sudan's Blue Nile State.
Source: Sudans Post external link
The joint forces allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces recapture the West Darfur town of Kulbus, two years after it was captured by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in October 2024.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data publishes an article accusing the Rapid Support Forces of killing more civilians in Sudan, including in 2025, than other rebel groups.
Source: Sudan Horizon external link
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab reports that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) 5th Infantry Division has established checkpoints, defensive berms, and trenches in El-Obeid, North Kordofan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar says that Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting alleged Jamaat-ul-Ahrar headquarters, killing 25 militants in border regions and the eastern provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar.
Source: Free Malaysia Today external link
Afghan officials say that over 36 civilians have been killed in overnight strikes by Pakistan, and more than 160 have been injured.
Source: AP external link
Source: India Today external link
Five aid workers are killed and four more injured in an ambush against a convoy by unknown gunmen in Duk County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Several civilians are also killed and wounded.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Gunmen abduct 36 students and a staff member from a secondary school in Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria, while authorities say eight others have been rescued.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

South Korea holds joint burial ceremonies in Seoul and Daejeon for the remains of seven soldiers killed in the Korean War, after recovery efforts from 2007 to 2025 and DNA identification with surviving relatives.
Source: Yonhap News Agency external link
The National Office of Electoral Processes confirms the victory of Popular Force's candidate Keiko Fujimori in the presidential election after 22 days of vote counting. Fujimori becomes the first elected female president of Peru.
Source: DW external link
Over 150 demonstrators gather at the presidential palace in Cyprus over a Board of Peace multi-day meeting in the country.
Source: Cyprus Mail external link

Health and environment

The death toll from the heatwaves across Europe increases to over 1,300 people killed, including 1,000 in France and over 300 in Spain.
Source: The Independent external link
Sudan's health ministry and World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares a new cholera outbreak, with 117 deaths in the West Kordofan state, four months after declaring an end to a previous outbreak that started in July 2024.
Source: AA external link

Science and technology

Palaeontologists identify a fossil vertebra collected on James Ross Island in 1985 as the earliest-known dinosaur bone collected in Antarctica, which was identified to be a tail bone from a titanosaur.
Source: The Independent external link

International relations

China adds 20 Japanese organizations to a dual-use export blacklist and places 20 others on a watchlist, citing concerns over Japan's military capabilities amid worsening relations between China and Japan.
Source: The Straits Times external link
Australia and Vanuatu sign the Nakamal Agreement, which expands Australian economic support and bars foreign military bases in Vanuatu. Vanuatu also commits to rejecting the militarisation of infrastructure.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

June 28

Disasters and accidents

Fourteen people are killed as a helicopter belonging to the Saudi Aramco oil company crashes in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.
Source: CNN external link
Ten passengers and the pilot are killed in a plane crash during a skydiving trip in Tomblaine, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. The passengers are identified as five instructors and five students.
Source: CNN external link

Health and environment

France records an additional 1,000 deaths as the country grapples with a severe heat wave.
Source: AP external link
Poland records a provisional national high temperature of 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) in Słubice, Lubusz Voivodeship, exceeding a 1921 record.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

Israel's government unanimously approves recognition of the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman empire as genocide, pending parliamentary ratification.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Five people are killed and a child is injured in car bombing attacks and murders in Tel Aviv, Holon, and Arab-Israeli communities in Israel. The attacks are linked to organized crime or criminal violence.
Source: DPA via Yahoo News external link
Iraqi forces raid the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, reportedly arresting at least 47 officials suspected of corruption, including lawmakers and senior government officials. Videos on social media appear to show Iraqi Army tanks entering the diplomatic district. The military also begins arresting officials in Salahuddin, Al Anbar, and Nineveh.
Source: Middle East Eye external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

reports from American officials that Iran and the United States have agreed to halt strikes near the Strait of Hormuz and will hold a Qatar-mediated meeting in Doha on Tuesday.
Source: The Kenya Times external link
Iran cancels its participation in technical talks scheduled for today due to recent strikes against the country and unfulfilled conditions of ⁠the memorandum of understanding ceasefire agreement.
Source: Reuters external link
The Bahraini Army says on X that Bahrain has successfully intercepted and destroyed "a number" of Iranian missiles and drone attacks on the country.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Kuwait's Chief of the General Staff says that his forces have activated air defense systems to intercept missiles and drones.
Source: Times Kuwait external link
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has carried out retaliatory strikes against United States military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, including the Ali Al Salem Air Base and U.S. Fifth Fleet naval base.
Source: The New Region external link
South Korea's ocean ministry says that two more vessels have transited through the Strait of Hormuz, bringing the total amount of ships to do so to 23 after weeks of disruption caused by the war. The ocean ministry also says that only three more South Korean-operated ships are remaining in the Persian Gulf, including the Panama–flagged , which was damaged in a explosion on May 4.
Source: The Korea Herald external link
Source: Kurdistan24 external link
Israel reports that it has killed three Palestinian police officers in a latest violation of the ceasefire.
Source: MENAFN external link
Israel says its military has killed Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, a Hamas naval police commander who ran the Central Camps and took part in the October 7 attacks, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Israel says its military has destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, after notifying the United States. Israeli officials state that the 200-metre (660 ft) tunnel contained weapons and rocket launcher shafts.
Source: Reuters external link
Ukrainian forces launch FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles at strategic targets in Russia, striking the Titan-Barrikady complex in Volgograd, which produces launchers for Russia's Yars and Iskander missile systems. Authorities say ten people have been wounded in the strikes. A separate missile strike destroys a Pantsir missile system in occupied Crimea.
Source: The Telegraph external link

Politics and elections

Chadchart Sittipunt is reelected to a second term as governor of Bangkok, Thailand.
Source: Thai PBS external link
New Caledonians vote to elect 54 seats of Congress for the first time since 2019, after the vote was delayed three times following unrest in 2024 and the Bougival Accord in 2025. Preliminary results indicate the loyalist bloc taking 24 seats and the separatist bloc taking 26 seats, with Oceanian Awakening taking a crossbench position with four seats.
Source: France Info external link
Uganda's military surrounds the offices of Nation Media Group outlets in Kampala after army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba orders the shutdown of the company's newspapers, television station, and radio networks.
Source: The Daily Star external link
The British government announces that it will scrap the 202-year-old Vagrancy Act that criminalizes rough sleeping in England and Wales, saying that a new law will aim at "preventing homelessness" rather than "punishing" it.
Source: The Independent external link

Sports

In association football, World Cup co-hosts Canada advance to the round of 16 of the tournament for the first time after defeating South Africa 1–0 in the round of 32.
Source: Star News external link