July 13
July 12
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.
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Kuwait Times 
Law and crime
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.
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Asharq Al-Awsat
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.
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Xinhua
At least 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.
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Asharq Al-Awsat
Armed conflicts and attacks
Kuwait's defense ministry says that Iran has hit three land border posts and a offshore rig operated by the Kuwait Oil Company.
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Arab Times Kuwait
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.
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AA
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 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.
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Shafaq
The United States launches new strikes against Iran in response.
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Reuters
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) contradicts Iran's claim, stating that the strait is open. Additionally, the states that the Iran route in the waterway is open despite Iran's claims.
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Bloomberg
Qeshm Governor Hossein Amir Teymouri reports that 10 of 11 projectiles hit Bandar Abbas and the Abu Musa and Qeshm islands.
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AA
At least six people are killed, including a nine-year old girl, from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
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Sky News
Sudan's National Human Rights Commission reports 6,000 detention cases in prisons run by the Rapid Support Forces in North Darfur's capital El Fasher.
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USMuslims via AA
July 11
Business and economy
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.
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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.
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Reuters
Fifteen Indian tourists are killed and 21 others are rescued when a speedboat capsizes near Phú Quốc, Vietnam.
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CNN-News18
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Palestine Chronicle
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.
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AFP via Al Arabiya
UNICEF warns that half a million civilians in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, are forcing children and families to be displaced and seek refuge.
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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.
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Sudan Tribune
A civilian was wounded in drone attack in the city of Escuinapa de Hidalgo, Sinaloa. The city has been the scene of various clashes between criminal cells during the lasts days.
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Debate
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.
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The Manila Times
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.
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Rzeczpospolita
Law and crime
Two people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Reuters
Sports
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.
Source:
The Chosun Daily
The quarterfinals end with the four highest-ranked teams in the FIFA Men's World Ranking advancing to the semifinals, the first time this has happened since the rankings were introduced in 1992.
Source:
Fox Sports
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.
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CNN
July 10
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.
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Middle East Eye
The Israeli military says that it has killed an alleged Hezbollah militant emerging from a tunnel in Ali al-Taher.
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Israel National News
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.
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Le Monde
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Colombian conflict
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.
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South China Morning Post
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.
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Reuters
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.
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Arab News Pakistan
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.
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Jamaica Observer
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.
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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.
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BBC News
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.
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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.
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The Daily Telegraph