Tasnim News Agency reports that American fighter jets attacked the Iranshahr Airport in the Sistan and Baluchestan province.
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July 16, 2026 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
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 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.
Zambia's health ministry declares an end to its cholera outbreak, which started in August of last year, after four weeks without a case.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that the amount of hospitalizations in the state linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak has surpassed 100 people.
International relations
Taiwan says that its representative office in Port Moresby will continue operating and assisting Taiwanese nationals, rejecting Papua New Guinea's decision to close it and stating that the move was made without prior consultation. Papuan foreign minister Justin Tkatchenko says that his ministry informed Taiwan of the closure "weeks ago".
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.
The Thai interior ministry identifies irregularities in the mandatory examination results of 5,814 civil servants and considers suspensions, while police arrest three suspected organizers following a joint investigation with the anti-corruption commission.
South Korea's Supreme Court upholds People Power Party lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong's two-year prison sentence for accepting ₩100 million (US$67,400) in illegal political funds from the Unification Church, removing him from the National Assembly.
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.
Science and technology
Astronomers report the first observationally confirmed atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet within its star's habitable zone, after detecting helium escaping from the upper atmosphere of LHS 1140 b, a super-Earth approximately 49 light-years from Earth.
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