Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy claims to have prevented six ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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July 26, 2026 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Five aid convoys from the United Arab Emirates carrying 938 tonnes of humanitarian aid arrive in Gaza as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.
The United States and Iran submit their responses to a proposal by Pakistan and Qatar to resume talks between the two countries.
The Israel Defense Forces confirm that a Hamas unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unit commander was killed in a airstrike yesterday in the central Gaza.
Disasters and accidents
Vietnamese cargo ship Khoi Nguyen 18 sinks in the South China Sea along the Vietnamese coast. Forty-five people are rescued while 17 more are still missing.
International relations
The Iranian foreign ministry summons the Ukrainian chargé d'affaires in Tehran over an attack by Ukraine on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea that killed an Iranian sailor, calling it a "hostile and criminal act".
Law and crime
A suspect in a recent vehicle-ramming and mass stabbing attack in Berlin, identified as a 21-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent, is shot and killed by police after allegedly rushing toward officers with a weapon.
Science and technology
Expedition 74, the joint NASA–Roscosmos–ESA expedition aboard the International Space Station, ends after the Soyuz MS-28 undocks and lands on Earth in Kazakhstan.
July 25, 2026 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A Israeli airstrike reportedly kills a Palestinian medic at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
An Israeli airstrike reportedly kills senior brigadier general Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the head of the Hamas police force in the North Gaza Governorate, Gaza.
The Israeli military confirms that they have killed several Hamas militants over the past few weeks, including a Nukhba forces cell commander who took part in the Kissufim massacre during the October 7, 2023 attacks.
The naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have stopped four vessels from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian health ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour reports no U.S. military strikes against Iran, after 13 consecutive nights of strikes by the U.S. Central Command against the country.
The United States halts strikes against Iran after government officials reportedly saw a potential opening to resume diplomatic efforts and talks.
Darfur Joint Protection Force spokesperson Mutawakkil Ali Wakil confirms that, in coordination with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), that the joint force have retaken control of Umm Sayala, North Kordofan, Sudan, with 38 members of the Rapid Support Forces confirmed to have been killed.
The SAF and Darfur Joint Protection Force recapture Jebrat al Sheikh alongside the North Kordofan towns of Bara and Al-Baraka. Additionally, Darfur governor Minni Arko Minawi confirms the recaptures.
Two people are injured by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Hodeidah, Houthi-controlled Yemen. A Patriot battery operated by the Greek military intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis at Aramco facilities in Yanbu and Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
Disasters and accidents
One person is killed and at least 22 others are injured in a five-alarm fire in Flushing, New York City, United States.
The death toll from the flash floods in Assam, India, rises to 62, after fourteen more fatalities are confirmed.
Two people are killed when a Tecnam P2010 aircraft crashes into a home in Ganderkesee, Lower Saxony, Germany.
At least 35 people are killed and 30 others are injured when two buses collide on the Deir ez-Zor–Damascus road in Syria.
International relations
Brazil denies visas to two U.S. state department officials seeking election-related meetings in Brasília, citing risks of "political exploitation". The U.S. state department says the visit concerns electoral integrity and freedom of expression.
Law and crime
A vehicle drives into a crowd at the pride festival in Berlin, Germany, killing a person and injuring 29 others. A suspect is on the run.
Politics and elections
Indian education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after protests over alleged entrance-examination leaks and broader education-system irregularities. His resignation marks the Modi government's first major concession to the demonstrations.
Brazil's Liberal Party formally nominates Rio de Janeiro senator Flávio Bolsonaro, former president Jair Bolsonaro's son, as its presidential candidate in the upcoming election.
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