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July 25, 2026 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Two people are injured by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Hodeidah, Houthi-controlled Yemen. Saudi Arabia intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis at Aramco facilities in Yanbu and Jizan.
The naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have stopped 4 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 United States Central Command against the country.
Joint Force spokesman Mutawakkil Ali Wakil confirms that in coordination with the Sudanese Armed Forces that both groups have retaken control of the Umm Sayala area in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, with 38 members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) confirmed to have been killed.
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the flash floods in Assam, India, rises to 62, after 14 more fatalities were reported.
At least 35 people are killed and 30 others are injured when two buses collide on the Deir ez-Zor-Damascus road in Syria.
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.
July 24, 2026 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 27 people are killed, including 12 militants, in an attack on a security check post in Tank District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Clashes in Tell, Nablus, kill four Palestinians and two Israelis after a confrontation between settlers and locals in the town. Subsequent settler attacks in the West Bank injure at least 10 Palestinians.
The Houthis deny reports that they have closed the Bab-el-Mandeb and state that they are not seeking to close it, reaffirming that they have only established a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Bahraini and Kuwaiti fighter jets attacked military targets inside Iran earlier in July, with air and intelligence support from the United Arab Emirates.
The Israeli military reports that the air force has struck Hamas weapon depots, weapon manufacturing sites and tunnels in the Gaza Strip, and accuses the militant group of violating the ceasefire signed in October 2025.
Iran says it has attacked U.S. military bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, including the Isa Air Base, using Arash drones.
Ukrainian officials say a Russian ballistic missile strike on a private training ground hosting a defence-industry event in the Kyiv Oblast killed 10 people and injured nearly 100. Prosecutors investigate possible negligence in organizing the event.
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Geran-2 drone near Padina, Buzău County, that had entered its airspace for the first time.
Saudi Arabia strikes Houthi military sites in Hodeidah, Yemen, after a long hiatus in response to the movement's attacks on maritime shipping, while the militant group vows to retaliate.
The U.S. military says its forces fired into a tanker's engine room and disabled the vessel after its crew repeatedly attempted to breach the American blockade of Iranian ports and ignored warnings.
The Indian embassy in Tehran reports that the Mozambique-flagged LPG tanker Disha with 28 Indian nationals on the vessel was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. All 28 crew members were reported safe.
The North Kordofan government reports that 15 civilians in the Burbur area south of El-Obeid, Sudan have been killed by a Rapid Support Forces drone strike.
The United States strikes an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy naval academy in Ziba Kenar, Gilan province, Iran.
Business and economy
Paramount announces that they have agreed to delay its US$111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery amidst lawsuits from 12 U.S. state attorneys general.
Disasters and accidents
Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska declares a national emergency over wildfires in the Community of Madrid and the Province of Ávila, placing the Military Emergencies Unit in command. Authorities evacuate more than 10,000 people as three major fires remain uncontrolled.
Thirteen people are killed and two others are injured after a heavy boulder rolled down a hill and hit moving vehicles in Chamba District, India.
French authorities evacuate more than 110,000 people from Cap Ferret, Gironde, by land and sea as an uncontrolled wildfire burns over 19,000 hectares, destroys 80 homes, and threatens the peninsula’s only access road.
Five people are killed and three others are injured when a soil collapse buries a house in Hongtong County, Shanxi, China.
Health and environment
Oxford University reports the first volunteer that has been injected with the Ebola vaccine aimed at targeting the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain of Ebola that is causing a outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, has spread to an additional four states: Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
Michigan, U.S. surpasses 8,100 cases of cyclosporiasis.
The U.S. CDC reports 2,318 confirmed measles cases in the country during the first seven months of 2026, marking the highest annual total since 1991.
The Sudan Doctors Union reports a dengue fever outbreak in Sudan's Blue Nile state, killing 39 people and leaving 300 infected.
International relations
The U.S. Treasury Department announces sanctions against nine firms and four people associated with sanctioned Iranian financer Babak Zanjani after attempting to evade previous sanctions.
The U.S. state department, in coordination with the Mexican finance ministry, sanctions over 50 Mexican individuals and companies allegedly linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Venezuelan foreign minister Félix Plasencia says the country will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing alleged geographic bias. The ICC says it has not received formal notice and that existing investigations and cooperation obligations remain unaffected.
The European Union sanctions five Iranian judges over alleged human rights violations and Ashiyane cyber group founder Nima Salehi, whom it accuses of cooperating with Iranian authorities to suppress information.
Law and crime
Diplomatic sources say International Criminal Court member states voted to remove chief prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan following sexual misconduct allegations.
Prosecutors say thieves stole a 2,500-year-old gold Celtic necklace from the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte-d'Or, France, after breaking its display case during opening hours. The artifact belongs to the Vix treasure.
Eight people are killed, including six children, in an arson and shooting attack at a house in Grand Haven Charter Township, Michigan, United States.
A South African court temporarily halts the parliament's impeachment inquiry into president Cyril Ramaphosa over the theft of US$580,000 from his farm, pending his challenge to a report finding possible constitutional violations.
Politics and elections
Forty deputies of the Polish Sejm from the Law and Justice party resign as part of a dispute between party leader Jarosław Kaczyński and member Mateusz Morawiecki.
For the ninth consecutive day, thousands continue to protest in Kyiv, announcing that they would not cease pressuring the presidency until Mykhailo Fedorov was reinstated as Minister of Defence.
Science and technology
The SpaceX Starship test flight 13, the first to to successfully deploy operational Starlink satellites, successfully lands in the Indian Ocean intact.
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