Armed conflicts and attacks
2026 Iran war
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
The Bahraini military intercepts projectiles fired from Iran. (DPA via Yahoo News)
2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reports that two American troops have been "killed in action" in Jordan, bringing the total casualties for American troops to 16. (Reuters) (The Wall Street Journal)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Kuwait says Iranian attacks have struck a second power and desalination plant in two days, causing a fire and shutting several generating units, while other attacks injure firefighters and a worker and temporarily disrupt flights from Kuwait International Airport. (AFP via Vanguard)
An oil facility is damaged, according to the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. (PBS)
2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia
Axios reports that Iran has launched a ballistic missile at a United States base in Saudi Arabia, making it the first direct attack by Iran on the country since targeting a petrochemical complex in Jubail. (Financial Times)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that the United States has violated the terms of the Islamabad Memorandum and that Iran is "no longer implementing them". (PBS)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a statement published by IRNA, report that two oil tankers have exploded after hitting mines south in the Strait of Hormuz. However, the U.S. Central Command disputes the claims on X as "false". (AFP via Arab News)
The Philippine foreign affairs department reports that four Philippine-registered vessels carrying 81 seafarers have safely transited through the Strait of Hormuz. The vessels are identified as the MV Lyng Trader, MV Western Doncaster, MV Vivian Trader, and MV Eva Fuji. (GMA Network)
July 2026 United States strikes against Iran
In the seventh day of renewed U.S. strikes, civilian infrastructure, including a desalination plant in Jask, are damaged, cutting off the access to water for 10,000 civilians. (IRNA) (BBC Persian (in Persian))
Communications services in Iran's Hormozgan province are disrupted after U.S. strikes damaged 116 radio towers there. (BBC News) (BBC Persian (in Persian))
The U.S. CENTCOM launches a new wave of strikes for an eighth consecutive night against IRGC targets in response to two American service members killed in Jordan. (The Hill)
Mali War
The Al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Tuareg Azawad Liberation Front rebels ambush a Malian military convoy in the Gao Region of Mali. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Aerial warfare in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Moscow Oblast governor Andrey Vorobyov and Tambov Oblast head Yevgeny Pervyshov say Ukrainian drone attacks killed seven workers and injure 49 others at Wildberries warehouses in Kotovsk and Elektrostal, Russia, while another strike ignites an oil facility. Ukraine says the warehouses support Russian drone production. (Reuters)
Sudanese civil war
Arab League secretary general Nabil Fahmy and U.S. envoy Massad Boulos reach an agreement to establish a regular framework for joint coordination for a ceasefire in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
An insurgent is killed and five others are injured during a counterterrorism operation that foiled a terrorist plot in Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Dawn)
Business and economy
Belgium–Israel relations, International reactions to the Gaza war
Belgium approves an import ban on goods from Israeli settlements. (Al Jazeera)
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
Kuwait Airways reschedules most of its flights due to the country's airspace being closed amidst ongoing Iranian attacks. (Middle East Eye)
Iran's Hormozgan province water and wastewater company announces that United States airstrikes have damaged desalination equipment, cutting off water to about 10,000 people. (Middle East Eye)