Drone strikes are reported in El-Obeid, hours after the Sudanese Armed Forces secured the National Export Highway (Omdurman–El Obeid), which connects Sudan's capital Khartoum and North Kordofan.
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July 27, 2026 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Sudanese Doctors Network reports that the main hospital in the Jebrat al Sheikh District of North Kordofan has been looted and turned into a military barrack.
Saudi Arabia's defense ministry reports intercepting drones fired by Iraqi militias backed by Iran from inside Iraq, which targeted oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh area.
The Houthis launch a drone attack that damages the Saudi Abqaiq oil field.
Business and economy
The Windsor–Detroit Bridge Authority reports that the family of the late Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe are the first to cross the bridge.
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan since June increases to 107 people killed and at least 344 others injured.
International relations
Chad states its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, citing limited effectiveness and disproportionate attention to African cases.
The Lithuanian government registers a resolution to open an embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, in October. The country currently has a consulate-general in São Paulo.
Romania recalls its ambassador to Russia, declares a Russian embassy employee persona non grata, and summons Russia's ambassador after three Russian drones violated Romanian airspace between July 24 and 26.
Law and crime
Five people are killed and another is injured in a home invasion and shooting in Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa.
Three women are wounded in a mass stabbing near the Porte de Clichy station in Paris, France. The perpetrator is detained.
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.
Iran and the United States submit their responses to a proposal by Pakistan and Qatar to resume talks between the two countries.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says it has prevented six ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian media reports that an oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after it has hit a naval mine.
The Israeli military states that an alleged Hamas unmanned aerial vehicle unit commander was killed in an airstrike yesterday in central Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan areas of Umm Qarfa and Juraikh. The SAF also seize control of the National Export Highway (Omdurman–El Obeid), which connects Sudan's capital Khartoum and North Kordofan.
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".
Brazil recalls its ambassador to Argentina and summons Argentina's ambassador after Argentine president Javier Milei made remarks deemed derogatory about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes at a political event in São Paulo.
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.
Three people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting during the annual Bite of Seattle festival in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Politics and elections
El Salvador's Nationalist Republican Alliance nominates former legislator Mayteé Iraheta for president, while the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front nominates physician Rafael Aguirre.
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.
Sports
In auto racing, Formula One announces that Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit will host the rescheduled Bahrain Grand Prix in October, under an agreement signed between Bahrain and Malaysia.
In Gaelic football, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship concludes with Mayo defeating Kerry in the final to end one of sport's longest-running droughts and a 75-year wait for the title.
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