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Thursday, July 16th, 2026
Eleven people are killed and 19 more injured in a fire at a care facility in Algiers, Algeria. (BBC News)
Six members of a family are killed after a fire engulfed their house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
Wednesday, July 15th, 2026
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)
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 disabled the Curaçao-flagged oil tanker M/T Belma as it was heading towards an Iranian port in the Persian Gulf amidst the blockade. An 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)
Morocco signs an agreement with the Board of Peace to join the International Stabilization Force for Gaza. (Reuters)
Israel‘s military claims to have killed a militant from the Hamas branch Al-Qassam Brigades that 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)
The Sudanese Armed Forces-allied Joint Forces announce that they have recaptured the Orshi Reservoir area in North Darfur, a month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the area. (AA)
A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hits a power station in the town of Al Dabbah in Sudan‘s Northern State. (Sudan Tribune)
The total amount of cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo exceed 2,000. (Medical Xpress)
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)
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)
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)
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 on espionage charges since 2024. Her lawyer, Jared Genser, also confirmed her release. (The Guardian) (NBC News)
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)
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
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‘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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
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)
The U.S. CDC reports 7,000 cases nationwide of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by cyclospora cayetanensis. (NBC News)
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. (The Times of Israel)
United States president Donald Trump cancels a proposal to implement a 20% fee on cargo ships transiting through the strait. )(BBC News)
Iran fires projectiles at two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz associated with the United Arab Emirates, killing one mariner and injuring eight others. (AP)
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 between the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North. (TRT Afrika) (Yeni Şafak)
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)
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement suspends vehicle stops related to immigration enforcement following the recent shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, U.S. (Reuters)
Monday, July 13th, 2026
The U.S. military says that they have launched a new round of strikes after Trump said the U.S. Navy would bring back the blockade. (The Hill)
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)
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)
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)
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says that Pakistan and Qatar will continue talks to prevent further escalation in the war. (Arab News PK)
United States Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins reports that a United States 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) (Gulf News)
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)
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 Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in Asir 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)
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)
Danish shipping company Maersk announces that they will resume services through the Red Sea for its WAF6 service. (Reuters)
A fire breaks out at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao pub in Chatuchak District, 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)
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)
A cyclosporiasis outbreak, caused by cyclospora cayetanensis, is reported in 31 U.S. states by the U.S CDC, 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)
A Ramesside period tomb that belonged to senior official Paser is discovered in the Theban Necropolis, Egypt under the direction of Dutch archaeologist Carina van den Hoven. (Tech Times)
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)
The European Union imposes sanctions against Sudan’s gold trade, accusing them of financing the civil war in the country. (Mining.com) (Reuters)
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 reports including reports that Israel recruited him for regime changing plans. (The Jerusalem
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 reports including reports that Israel recruited him for regime changing plans. (The Jerusalem Post) (Iran International)
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)
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)
Sunday, July 12th, 2026
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)
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