The Iranian Army says that it has launched a drone strike at the Al-Sakhir Air Base in Bahrain, where US military helicopters and P-8 reconnaissance aircraft are stored, as part of its 11th phase of a “Saegheh” operation.
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July 17, 2026 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian state media reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have targeted a US special operations command center in Al-Tanf in response to the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr.
Iranian drone strikes near Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan Region kill eight Kurdish rebels and injure several more.
The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas commander Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan, who served as a “right-hand man” of former Al-Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif, in a airstrike in the Khan Yunis city of the southern Gaza Strip.
Around eight Palestinians are reported to be killed in an airstrike on a funeral in central Gaza.
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
The death tolls from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh reaches 780 after one children is reported to have died from the disease by the Directorate General of Health Services.
Law and crime
Politics and election
Andy Burnham is elected as the new leader of the British Labour Party. He will formally succeed Keir Starmer as Prime minister on Monday.
July 16, 2026 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Tasnim News Agency reports that American fighter jets attacked the Iranshahr Airport in the Sistan and Baluchestan province.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that Iran is still interested in an agreement with the United States.
The Kuwaiti defense ministry reports that the military intercepted and destroyed 32 drones entering the country's airspace.
Explosions are reported in Iran's Qeshm Island, Bushehr, Ahvaz, and Bandar Abbas, including a bridge in Bandar Khamir. A truck on the bridge is reported to be targeted, killing the driver.
The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have destroyed around 205 combat vehicles, military supply trucks, and four strategic drones belonging to the Rapid Support Forces in the past two weeks.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei reports a U.S. strike near a children's cancer hospital in Ahvaz, prompting the evacuation of 211 cancer patients undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy.
The United States Central Command launches new strikes against Iran for a sixth consecutive night in an effort to degrade Iranian military capabilities.
Disasters and accidents
Six members of a family are killed after a fire engulfed their house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
Health and environment
The Ugandan Health Ministry reports that Uganda has discharged its last patient diagnosed with Ebola, triggering a 42-day countdown clock on when it can be declared free of the virus.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that the amount of hospitalizations in the state linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak has surpassed more than 100 people.
The Washington Post links the iceberg lettuce produced by Taylor Farms and supplied to American fast food chain Taco Bell as a source of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak in the United States, which is caused by cyclospora cayetanensis.
Taco Bell removes lettuce from some of their restaurants following reports that the Food and Drug Administration has opened an investigation into iceberg lettuce supplied to them.
Law and crime
Former Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) CEO Giovanni Castellucci is convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the 2018 collapse of the Ponte Morandi in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, which killed 43 people.
Ernesto Ruffo Appel, former governor of Baja California, Mexico, is arrested on charges related to organized crime and fuel smuggling.
Sudanese Justice Minister Abdallah Dirif says that the government will launch lawsuits against the United Arab Emirates in international courts for its role in supporting war crimes by the Rapid Support Forces in the ongoing civil war.
Politics and elections
Protests take place in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine against president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to replace defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov with major-general Yevhenii Khmara.
Ukrainian Air Force deputy commander Pavlo Yelizarov resigns from his position in protest of Fedorov's removal as defense minister.
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