Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
2026 East–West Crude Oil Pipeline attack, Iran–Iraq relations, Iraq in the 2026 Iran war
Iraq closes three border crossings with Iran after Iraqi and Saudi officials said that a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East–West Crude Oil Pipeline originated from Iraq. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
2026 Iran war ceasefire, Iran–United Arab Emirates relations
Iran and the United Arab Emirates sign a joint statement calling for restraint in the war. Additionally, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi ruler Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan meet at the BRICS summit, the highest profile meeting between the two countries since the war started on February 28. (Al-Monitor) (Hindustan Times)
2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan, China in the 2026 Iran war
The Wall Street Journal reports that Iran had received Chinese satellite images before launching a July 17 strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three United States Army soldiers. (AFP via Arab News)
2026 Yemen offensives, Strait of Bab al-Mandab crisis
Yemeni government forces strike Houthi positions near the port of Mokha, Taiz Governorate, and along the Mokha–Dhubab road, reporting that they destroyed vehicles and weapons and killed Houthi fighters after the group captured the city. (AFP via France 24)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Kryvyi Rih strikes, Odesa strikes, Zaporizhzhia strikes
Russian drone strikes across Ukraine kill eight civilians, including two people in Zaporizhzhia, two people at a grocery store in Zhytomyr, one person in Kryvyi Rih, while a "massive attack" targeting the Port of Odesa and surrounding areas wounds at least 28 people. (AP)
Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
A Russian drone strikes a civilian vehicle in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing three people. (AP)
Mexican drug war
Four gunmen and a National Guard agent are killed and another is wounded after an attempted ambush against authorities in Jilotlán de los Dolores, Jalisco, Mexico. (La Jornada in Spanish)
Arts and culture
Rukidi IV, the late king of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom, is buried. (Reuters)
83rd Venice International Film Festival
May el-Toukhy's film Woman Unknown wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, while Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA win the competition's Grand Jury Prize and Special Jury Prize, respectively. (Japan Today)