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• Keiko Fujimori (pictured) is elected President of Peru.
• The Catholic Church declares the Society of Saint Pius X to be in schism and excommunicates its members following a consecration dispute.
• Heatwaves affect Europe, leading to more than 5,600 deaths.
• Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,600 people dead and tens of thousands of others missing.

Ongoing:

• Ebola epidemic
• FIFA World Cup
• Flamingo Revolution
• Iran war (Lebanon war)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
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Recent deaths:

• Akihiro Miwa
• Nicholas Alahverdian
• Mignon Dunn
• Wan Shaofen
• Eddie Knox
• Isabel Jara

July 5, 2026 (2026-07-05) (Sunday)

July 4, 2026 (2026-07-04) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • Oman reaches an agreement with France and the United Kingdom to ensure safe navigation through the country's waterways including the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz. (CNBC)
• Mali War
  • 2026 Mali offensives
    • The Al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Tuareg Azawad Liberation Front separatists launch coordinated attacks on the Malian communes and towns of Aguelhok, Anéfis, Gao, and Sévaré. The Malian army says it has repelled the assaults, while local sources report continuing fighting. (AFP via France 24)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Battle of Kostiantynivka
    • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces deny Russia's claim that it captured Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, yesterday, saying Ukrainian forces still control the city and continue defensive operations there. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• United States Semiquincentennial
  • The United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed and eight others injured after a minibus collides with a truck between Krasne and Nechayane, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Xinhua)

International relations

• Moldova–Russia relations
  • A Russian cultural center in Chișinău, Moldova, closes after the government orders its shutdown, citing security concerns linked to Russian influence and drone incidents amid strained bilateral relations. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Slovak referendum
  • Slovaks vote in a referendum to decide whether to cancel life payments for prime ministers after their terms expire and whether to reopen the office of an anti-corruption agency. (AP via The Washington Post)

Sports

• 2026 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino singles player to reach the fourth round of a major tournament after defeating defending champion Iga Świątek in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships women's singles. (AP)

July 3, 2026 (2026-07-03) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Kyiv strikes
      • Ukraine declares a day of mourning for the victims of the Russian bombardment of Kyiv on July 2 as the death toll rises to 30. (DW)
    • Russian missile and drone strikes kill at least five people and injure ten others across Ukraine, including three people in Sumy when a drone struck their apartment building. (Al Jazeera)
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukrainian forces strike nine substations across Russian-occupied Crimea causing power outages. Saky air base and Gvardeyskoye air base are also targeted with seven jets destroyed or damaged. (The New Voice of Ukraine) (Reuters)
  • Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russia reports that its forces have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk Oblast. (AFP via NDTV)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign, Siege of El Obeid
    • United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk issues a "red alert" warning in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, of a "catastrophe" and violence in the city. (ABC News) (ModernGhana)
  • Sudanese foreign minister Mohi El-Din Salem says that the Sudanese government is ready to engage in "sincere initiatives" aimed at ending the civil war that started in April 2023. He also says that initiatives submitted by Sovereign Council chairman and military head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to the United Nations last year must be a part of this process. (AA)
• Gaza war
  • The Israeli military and Shin Bet state that Hamas militant Muhammad Na'im Jandiya, who allegedly took part in taking hostages during the attack on the Nahal Oz kibbutz in the October 7 attacks on Israel, has been killed in an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (The Jerusalem Post) (Ynetnews)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Two policemen, including an additional station house officer, are killed, while a driver is injured, as gunmen open fire on a mobile patrol vehicle in Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Dawn)

Disasters and accidents

• In Pakistan, a bus en route from Quetta to Islamabad plunges into a deep roadside ditch in Sherani District, Balochistan, killing 40 people and injuring eight others. (Reuters)
• Four people are killed, ten are missing and eight others are injured during the collision of a car with a bus, carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan, on the Kabul–Nangarhar highway in Laghman Province, Afghanistan. (Caliber.az) (Pajhwok)

Health and environment

• 2026 heat waves
  • 2026 European heatwaves
    • Health officials in Belgium report a 39% increase of deaths, compared to the week prior, from heat waves in the country during June, while France saw a 29.1% increase. (Euronews)
    • The French health agency reports that over 2,025 people in France have died in heat waves last month between June 22 and June 28. (Le Monde)
  • 2026 North American heat wave
    • Heat waves are reported across the eastern and central United States, with 23 U.S. states placed under heat warnings by the National Weather Service. (Reuters) (The New York Times) (KGW)

Politics and elections

• Impact of the 2026 Iran war on Iran
  • State funeral of Ali Khamenei
    • The state funeral of former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike on his compound by Israel and the United States during the first day of the Iran war on February 28, begins as his body lies in state at Tehran's Grand Mosalla. The funeral is expected to draw millions of attendees, including foreign dignitaries. (AFP via France 24) (The Guardian) (The New York Times) (Reuters)
• Armenia's parliament passes a law requiring citizens living abroad to meet stricter residency rules before voting, following reports of Russian efforts to influence the June election through Armenians living in Russia. (Reuters)
• Moldovan prime minister Alexandru Munteanu resigns. (Politico)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • Egypt at the FIFA World Cup
    • In association football, Egypt advances to the round of 16 of a FIFA World Cup for the first time after defeating Australia 4–2 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time, in the round of 32. (RFI)
  • Argentina at the FIFA World Cup
    • Argentine forward and captain Lionel Messi becomes the first player to make 30 FIFA World Cup appearances, score 20 World Cup goals, and score in eight consecutive World Cup matches (including the previous edition), after scoring in the team's 3–2 victory against Cape Verde in the round of 32. The match became regarded as one of the greatest FIFA World Cup matches ever. (AP) (ESPN) [1]

July 2, 2026 (2026-07-02) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis
      • Western Iran clashes
        • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that they have killed five members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan near Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan, Iran. (Reuters)
  • Gaza war
    • Tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip
      • Israeli defense minister Israel Katz reports that the military has demolished 83% of Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel) (Ynetnews)
    • Seven Palestinians are injured in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip. (Middle East Eye)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
      • The Israeli military says that the Egoz Unit commando group has killed a Hezbollah militant who emerged from a underground tunnel in Ali al-Taher in southern Lebanon. (The Times of Israel)
  • Syrian conflict
    • Nine people are killed and 22 others are injured in a bombing at a coffeehouse in Damascus, Syria. No group has claimed responsibility. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Russian forces launch a major ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing at least 30 people and injuring 98 others, and forcing more than 50,000 civilians to shelter underground. (AP) (Kyiv Independent)
• Terrorism in Indonesia
  • Papua conflict
    • The West Papua National Liberation Army says it set fire to a plane that landed with eight people in Highland Papua, Indonesia, after shooting and killing its American pilot. The Indonesian military announces the recovery of his body and that the plane's seven Papuan passengers returned unharmed. (BBC News) (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 2026 Écône consecrations
  • The Holy See excommunicates the entire clergy of the Society of Saint Pius X for consecrating four bishops yesterday without the Pope's permission, barring the group from officiating marriages and hearing confessions. The Catholic laity are also warned that they will also be excommunicated if they attend SSPX masses. (AP) (Vatican News)

Disasters and accidents

• Sixteen people are killed and 20 others are injured when a passenger bus overturns in Dutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (CTV News)
• Eleven people are killed in a collision between a truck and two cars on the Dushanbe-Kulob-Khorog highway near Vahdat, Tajikistan. (Times of Central Asia) (Xinhua)
• Nine monks are killed and 13 others are injured, including three critically, when an 11-year-old boy drives a pickup truck into a pilgrimage walk in Mukdahan province, Thailand. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo begins treatment trials for Ebola. (BBC News)
• The World Health Organization says that Uganda has confirmed a Marburg virus case in a toddler in the Kyegegwa District during Ebola surveillance, with authorities monitoring contacts and reporting no symptoms among them. (AFP via Jamaica Observer)

International relations

• Canada–Philippines relations
  • Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Philippine president Bongbong Marcos agree to upgrade bilateral relations to a strategic partnership during a meeting in Vancouver. (NHK)
• Human rights in Burkina Faso
  • The United Nations announces that it will close its human rights office in Burkina Faso after the country's military junta indefinitely suspends its operations, preventing the office from carrying out its mandate. (Euronews) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• AI boom, Artificial intelligence industry in China
  • Taiwanese prosecutors detain two Supermicro employees in an investigation into alleged document forgery and shipments of Nvidia artificial intelligence servers to China in violation of U.S. export controls. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• Corruption in Spain
  • Spain's National Court charges the Civil Guard's director-general Mercedes González Fernández and her deputy with the offences of abuse of office and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling PSOE's alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members. (Demócrata)
• Flamingo Revolution
  • Police clash with demonstrators in Albania during a protest against the government and the Sazan Island Resort project. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Algerian parliamentary election
  • Algerians vote for 407 seats of the People's National Assembly amid a cost-of-living crisis and candidate bans upon the Hirak movement. (AP)
• Protests and uprisings in Tibet since 1950
  • A man protesting against the annexation of Tibet by China lights himself on fire outside of the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, United States. He is transported to Bellevue Hospital where he dies from his injuries. (AA) (CTV News)

Sports

• 2026 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino woman to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament after defeating Australian player Maya Joint in the Wimbledon women's singles tournament. She will face reigning Wimbledon champion Iga Świątek next. (ABS-CBN) (WTA)

July 1, 2026 (2026-07-01) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • Islamabad Memorandum
        • United States vice president JD Vance says that Iran and the U.S. have held technical talks based on the recent 14-point memorandum of understanding in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. He also states that the U.S. will not return to military action unless necessary. (Haaretz) (Reuters)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • South Korea's ocean ministry says that the Panama–flagged cargo vessel HMM Namu will leave the Strait of Hormuz in mid-July once major repair is complete on the vessel after it was attacked in a explosion on May 4 while it was stranded in the waterway. (Reuters)
      • Iranian state television reports that a foreign container ship was grounded in shallow water after using an unapproved route through the strait. (MS Now)
  • Gaza war
    • The Israeli military confirms that that they have launched strikes in the northern Gaza Strip that killed four militants of the Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades and destroyed several missile launchers used by the organization. (India Today) (The Jerusalem Post)
• Myanmar civil war
  • ACLED reports that more than 100,000 people have died from the civil war in Myanmar since the military junta took power in the coup d'état in 2021. (AFP via The Irrawaddy) (SBS News)
• 2026 Thessaloniki firebombs
  • A firebombing on the homes of ruling New Democracy party members in Thessaloniki, Greece, kills one person and injures three others. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Religion in the United Arab Emirates
  • The Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates reopens its Catholic churches, including St. Mary's and St. Francis of Assisi in Jebel Ali, after three months of closure amidst the Iran war. (Gulf News)
• Sony says it will stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical optical discs from January 2028, citing consumer preference for digital media, and will offer new titles through the PlayStation Store and other digital retailers. (AFP via France 24)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • The International Transport Workers' Federation and the Joint Negotiating Group of shipping owners announce they will continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warzone, which doubles the pay of mariners there and gives them other benefits. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • Saudi Aramco and Algerian oil company Sonatrach announce that they will cut prices for liquefied petroleum gas for July, with Saudi Aramco reducing it between 24% and 27% and Sonatrach reducing it between 2% and 10%. (Reuters)
• Economic consequences of the Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Ukraine approves a mechanism for exporting domestically produced weapons and military technologies to raise funds for its defense effort against Russia and attract foreign investment, while requiring that the Ukrainian military's supply needs remain the priority. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• The Philippines and the World Bank
  • The World Bank classifies the Philippines as an upper-middle-income economy, up from lower-middle-income status, after its per capita gross national income exceeds the fiscal year 2026 threshold of US$4,496 to $13,935. (Agenzia Nova)
• United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
  • U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer says that the United States will not renew the USMCA trade agreement signed during president Donald Trump's first term. The U.S. will conduct annual reviews of the trade agreement and will conduct negotiations and amendments to it. (CBC News) (NBC News) (Mexico News Daily)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Venezuela earthquakes
  • Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez declares seven days of national mourning for the victims of the earthquakes as the death toll rises to 2,295. (AFP via The Standard)
• Five people are killed and a number of others injured in a fire at an apartment block in Antwerp, Belgium. (Reuters)
• A United States Navy aviator is reportedly missing after a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter carrying four crew members assigned to the USS George H. W. Bush made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet rules out hostile activities in the accident. (Navy Times) (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • The Directorate General of Health Services reports that one child has died from measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of the outbreak in Bangladesh to 719. (Dhaka Tribune)
• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The United States announces a pandemic response team amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak. (Bloomberg)
• Sudanese cholera epidemic
  • The World Health Organization reports that 120 people have been killed in cholera outbreaks in Sudan since May in isolated war zones, alongside suspected 1,102 cases of the disease. (MENA via The New Arab)
• The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirms an isolated case of the Marburg virus in Uganda amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country. (CNBC Africa)
• In Canada, Ontario lowers the eligibility age for routine colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45, joining Prince Edward Island as the second province to do so. (CBC News) (CP via Toronto Star)

Law and crime

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • 2026 FIFA World Cup controversies
    • Four people are killed in a series of accidents during celebrations in Mexico City following Mexico's victory against Ecuador in the knockout round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (AP) (Reuters)
• Google litigation
  • Sweden's Market Court orders Google to pay PriceRunner about 14.3 billion kr (US$1.5 billion) in damages, Sweden's largest competition-related award, after ruling that Google unlawfully favored its own price comparison service over rivals in search results. (AFP via France 24) (Firstpost)

Politics and elections

• The Verkhovna Rada passes a law establishing the Ukrainian National Pantheon in Kyiv. Among the possible controversy honorees in pantheon are Nazi collaborator from OUN/UPA. (TVP World, democrata.es)
• Christian Schmidt resigns as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Principal Deputy Louis Crishock being appointed as acting High Representative. (The Guardian)

June 30, 2026 (2026-06-30) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • The Qatari foreign ministry confirms that United States envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Doha for technical indirect talks with Iran and talks with mediators regarding negotiations with Iran. However, they also state that no high-level talks have occurred. (BBC News) (QNA) (The Times of Israel)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • South Korean president Lee Jae Myung says that all but two Korean vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the waterway amidst the war. (The Korea Times) (Korea Herald)
      • Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that 10 out of 11 ships have successfully departed the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded since the war started on February 28. Additionally, the ministry says that the only ship remaining in the waterway is the Hatthaya Naree, which is expected to depart the region once cargo is loaded on the ship. (Middle East Eye)
  • Gaza war
    • The Israeli military and Shin Bet in a joint statement says that Israel has killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Talal Jaber Mohammad Abd al-Aal, who was involved in taking hostages during the October 7 attacks including Rom Braslavski. (Times of Israel) (JNS)
    • The Israel Hayom newspaper reports that the Board of Peace will begin managing humanitarian shelter centers in areas of the Gaza Strip not under Hamas control. (AA)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Ukrainian forces launch a major drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia, striking the Dubna Space Communications Center to the north of Moscow. Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in Yegoryevsk, killing an infant, while another drone strike reportedly kills a 61-year-old woman in Tver Oblast. (CNN)
• Somali Civil War
  • Turkish involvement in the Somali civil war
    • Somalia's defence ministry says a Turkish F-16 conducted an airstrike in the Godey area of Lower Shabelle region, South West State, killing 35 Al-Shabaab militants and injuring more than 20 others. (Hiiraan Online) (Somali Guardian)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Sudan's army says that it has destroyed two tanks and 224 combat vehicles used by Rapid Support Forces and seized 36 others in two weeks of military operations including in Blue Nile State and the Darfur and Kordofan regions. (AA)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • CNBC reports that the Brent Crude oil price declined by 21% during June 2026, its largest monthly decline since March 2020, amidst the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States. (CNBC)
• Mexico–United States relations, Mexican drug war
  • The U.S. treasury department announces sanctions on two men and nine companies accused of being involved in transportation, financial services, and real estate for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. (AFP via France 24) (AP)
• Scandinavian Airlines signs an order to purchase more than 40 Airbus A330-900neo aircraft, the largest investment in the company's history. (AA)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Lahore tuition centre roof collapse
  • At least 14 schoolchildren are killed and nine others are hospitalized after the roof of an under-construction tuition centre collapses in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
• A truck veers off a road in River Nile State, Sudan, and collides with a passenger vehicle, killing 18 people and wounding another. (Xinhua)
• Five people are killed and fifteen others missing after monsoon rains cause a jade mine to collapse in Kachin State, Myanmar. (AFP via The Hindu)
• Nine children are killed when a motorized tricycle plunges into a canal in Abu Tig, Asyut Governorate, Egypt. (AP)
• At least 24 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain in Accra, Ghana, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2026 European heatwaves
  • Hungary and Slovakia set national temperature records during a central European heat wave, reaching 42 °C (108 °F) and 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) respectively, as some municipalities impose water restrictions and tank trucks supply areas facing water scarcity. (AFP via CNA)
• Sudanese cholera epidemic
  • The Sudanese health ministry reports that the total number of cases of cholera in the West and North Kordofan states in the Kordofan region reaches 911, alongside 127 deaths. (Sudan Tribune)

Law and crime

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Deportation in the second Trump administration
    • A coalition of human rights lawyers file a lawsuit against Ghana at the ECOWAS Court of Justice, accusing the country of violating non-refoulement by accepting deportees from the U.S. and forcing them back to the home countries they had fled. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
  • Trump v. Barbara
    • The Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that president Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the 14th Amendment, with chief justice John Roberts writing that citizenship "was the right to have rights." (AP) (Reuters)
• Chromebook procurement scandal
  • Former Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim, who co-founded the super app Gojek, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption. (BBC News)
• Human rights in Kenya
  • According to witnesses, one person is killed and two others are injured when Kenyan police open fire during a protest in Mathare, Nairobi against reported abductions, amid concerns over security abuses. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025–2026 Philippine anti-corruption protests
  • More than 14,000 people participate in rallies organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in Metro Manila, Philippines, mainly to support senator and INC member Rodante Marcoleta who is under investigation for plunder. Five people are arrested at the People Power Monument in Quezon City and three police officers are injured. (Bloomberg via Taipei Times) (Manila Bulletin) (The Philippine Star)
• Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung
  • The South Korean National Assembly approves the nomination of Han Seong-sook as the country's new prime minister, succeeding Kim Min-seok as the country's first female prime minister in 20 years. The main opposition People Power Party boycotted the vote. (Reuters) (Yonhap News Agency)

Science and technology

• Ford issues a recall order of over 741,000 vehicles, mainly F-150, Explorer, Expedition, Lincoln Aviator, and Navigator models, in the U.S. due to a transmission issue that may damage the park system. (AP) (Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • Mexico at the FIFA World Cup
    • In association football, the Mexican soccer team defeats Ecuador, winning their first game in the knockout round of a FIFA World Cup since 1986. (ESPN)
  • Paraguay at the FIFA World Cup
    • Paraguayan president Santiago Peña declares a national holiday after Paraguay defeated Germany 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw, in the FIFA World Cup round of 32. (Tanzania Insight)

June 29, 2026 (2026-06-29) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • India in the 2026 Iran war
        • Indian petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri says that 12 LPG vessels from India have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz without paying tolls. (United News of India)
      • Iran–Oman relations
        • Iran holds its first joint committee meeting with Oman in Muscat to discuss future management of the Strait of Hormuz following a preliminary agreement with the United States to end the war. U.S. officials say shipping can resume freely. (AFP via The Straits Times)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • The National News Agency reports that over 40,000 displaced people have returned to Lebanon since the ceasefire. (L'Orient Today)
  • Assassination and terrorism in Iran, Iran internal crisis
    • Gunmen kill two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and injure two others outside a residence in Paveh, Kermanshah province. Kurdish rights group Hengaw says an armed group called Xori Hiwa claims responsibility. (Reuters)
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli forces hit a tent in central Gaza, killing three Palestinians, including an 8-year old boy. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
  • War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
    • Foreign involvement in the Sudanese civil war
      • Human rights organizations led by the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights reportedly file a complaint with the International Criminal Court against officials from Libya and the United Arab Emirates for their role in atrocities committed in the civil war, most notably the Darfur region. (Libya Observer) (Middle East Eye)
  • 2026 Blue Nile campaign
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have retaken the towns of Sirkum and Mugaja in Sudan's Blue Nile State. (Sudans Post)
  • Darfur campaign
    • The joint forces allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces recapture the West Darfur town of Kulbus, two years after it was captured by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in October 2024. (Sudan Tribune)
  • The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data publishes an article accusing the Rapid Support Forces of killing more civilians in Sudan, including in 2025, than other rebel groups. (Sudan Horizon)
  • The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab reports that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) 5th Infantry Division has established checkpoints, defensive berms, and trenches in El-Obeid, North Kordofan. (HRL) (Sudan Tribune)
• 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
  • Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar says that Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting alleged Jamaat-ul-Ahrar headquarters, killing 25 militants in border regions and the eastern provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar. (AFP via Free Malaysia Today)
  • Afghan officials say that over 36 civilians have been killed in overnight strikes by Pakistan, and more than 160 have been injured. (AP)
  • Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi summons the chargé d'affaires at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul over the airstrikes. (Hasht-e Subh) (India Today)
• Aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War
  • Five aid workers are killed and four more injured in an ambush against a convoy by unknown gunmen in Duk County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Several civilians are also killed and wounded. (Al Jazeera)
• Kidnapping in Nigeria
  • Gunmen abduct 36 students and a staff member from a secondary school in Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria, while authorities say eight others have been rescued. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• American film Michael grosses to US$977 million in worldwide box offices, surpassing Oppenheimer as the highest-grossing biopic. (The Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
  • Malaysia extends the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in 2014 with 239 people aboard, until June 30, 2027, under a contingent fee agreement with Ocean Infinity. (AFP via NDTV) (Reuters)
• Fifteen people are killed and one injured after the collision of a vehicle with a cargo truck in Mamou Region, Guinea. (Xinhua)
• A Seventh Day Adventist church in San Francisco, California, U.S., built in 1892, catches fire during renovations. (San Francisco Chronicle) (Christian News Alert)

Health and environment

• 2026 European heatwaves
  • The death toll from the heatwaves across Europe increases to over 1,300 people killed, including 1,000 in France and over 300 in Spain. (The Independent)
• Sudanese cholera epidemic
  • Sudan's health ministry and World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares a new cholera outbreak, with 117 deaths in the West Kordofan state, four months after declaring an end to a previous outbreak that started in July 2024. (Democrata) (CBC) (AA)

International relations

• China–Japan relations
  • 2025–2026 China–Japan diplomatic crisis
    • China adds 20 Japanese organizations to a dual-use export blacklist and places 20 others on a watchlist, citing concerns over Japan's military capabilities amid worsening relations between China and Japan. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• Foreign relations of Australia, Foreign relations of Vanuatu
  • Australia and Vanuatu sign the Nakamal Agreement, which expands Australian economic support and bars foreign military bases in Vanuatu. Vanuatu also commits to rejecting the militarisation of infrastructure. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Law and crime

• 2026 Stade shooting
  • Six people are killed and several more injured in a mass shooting at a mother-child group home facility in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. Two people are arrested, including the alleged gunman. (CBS News) (DW)
• 2026 Monaco bombing
  • Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Iermolaiev is critically injured alongside his wife and daughter after the explosion of a parcel bomb at a building in Monaco, in what seems like an assassination attempt. (France 24) (Reuters)
• Rough sleeping is formally decriminalized in England and Wales following the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 by the government of the United Kingdom. (Housing Today)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the Korean War
  • Recovery of U.S. human remains from the Korean War
    • South Korea holds joint burial ceremonies in Seoul and Daejeon for the remains of seven soldiers killed in the Korean War, after recovery efforts from 2007 to 2025 and DNA identification with surviving relatives. (AA) (Yonhap News Agency)
• 2026 Peruvian presidential election
  • The National Office of Electoral Processes confirms the victory of Popular Force's candidate Keiko Fujimori in the presidential election after 22 days of vote counting. Fujimori becomes the first elected female president of Peru. (DW)
• Gaza war protests
  • Over 150 demonstrators gather at the presidential palace in Cyprus over a Board of Peace multi-day meeting in the country. (Cyprus Mail)

Science and technology

• Palaeontologists identify a fossil vertebra collected on James Ross Island in 1985 as the earliest-known dinosaur bone collected in Antarctica, which was identified to be a tail bone from a titanosaur. (BBC News) (The Independent)

Sports

• International sporting sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The International Weightlifting Federation announces that Russian and Belarusian weightlifters can return to competition under their national symbols. (Inside the Games)
• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • In association football, Paraguay defeats Germany in penalty shoot-outs during the round of 32, the largest upset since 2018 and the fourth-largest in World Cup history. (The Athletic via The New York Times)
• Palestinian sports during the Gaza war
  • The Palestinian Football Association confirms that Palestinian goalkeeper Saleem Khader Al-Ashqar waas killed by Israeli forces in the Khan Yunis Governorate town of Al-Qarara. (Palestine Chronicle) (WAFA)

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Ongoing events

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• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban crisis and blackouts
• Gaza genocide
• Sudanese famine

Economics

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• Iran war fuel crisis

• United States tariff policy

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• Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
• United Kingdom government crisis

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Weather

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• 21: Colombia, President (2nd round)
• 28: New Caledonia, Congress

• July

• 02: Algeria, People's National Assembly

Upcoming

• 04: Slovakia, Referendum
• 19: São Tomé and Príncipe, President

Sports

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• 2026 FIFA World Cup
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season

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• Australian rules football

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• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship
• 2026 Women's T20 World Cup

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
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• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2026 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

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• 2026 Super League season

• Rugby union

• 2025–26 Premiership Rugby
• 2025–26 United Rugby Championship
• 2026 Super Rugby Pacific

• Softball

• 2027 Women's Softball World Cup

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour
• 2026 Wimbledon Championships

• Volleyball

• 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
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• 29: Penelope Keith
• 28: David E. Potter
• 27: K. Bhagyaraj
• 26: Likulia Bolongo
• 26: Joe Doering
• 26: Sergei Ivanov
• 25: Nicholas Alahverdian
• 24: Ann Blyth
• 24: David Clayton-Thomas
• 22: Clive Davis
• 22: Alan Greenspan
• 21: Francisco Guterres
• 20: Michael Byrne
• 19: Mona Khalil
• 19: James Burrows
• 18: Tay Keith
• 17: Tom Dreesen
• 17: Carlo Ginzburg
• 17: Major Oak
• 17: Walter Parazaider
• 17: Éric Roy
• 16: Daveigh Chase
• 16: Bobby Prince
• 16: Robert Thurman
• 15: Kyle Calder
• 15: Abdullah Ibrahim
• 14: Anne Schedeen
• 14: Gaspi
• 14: Oliver Tree
• 14: Lucas A. Vignale
• 13: Roger Cook
• 13: Roy Hattersley
• 13: Aldon Smith
• 12: Niño Guerrero
• 12: Ronnie Schell
• 12: Gene Shalit
• 11: Princess Bajrakitiyabha
• 11: Charlie Dalin
• 11: David Hockney
• 11: Kenny Jackett
• 11: Margaret Kerry
• 10: Bharathiraja
• 09: Ciarán Ó Lionáird
• 07: Stacey King
• 07: Gordon S. Wood
• 06: Alan Hale
• 06: Bob Packwood
• 05: Bernadette Chirac
• 05: Talay Riley
• 05: Lady Pamela Hicks
• 04: Ned Jarrett
• 04: Marjane Satrapi
• 03: James Handy
• 03: Kanya King
• 03: Fergus Slattery
• 03: Bobby Tambling
• 02: Peabo Bryson
• 02: Neville Cenac
• 02: Alex Younger
• 01: Rick Adelman
• 01: John Blanche
• 01: Anthony Head

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Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

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• M23 campaign

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso
• Chad Basin

• Mali
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Blue Nile campaign

Americas

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• Domestic conflict

• Haiti

• Gang war

• War on cartels
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• Ecuador

• Mexico

Asia−Pacific

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• Myanmar

• Civil war

Europe

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• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Israel–Palestine

• Gaza war

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Iran war

• Lebanon war

• Syria

• Post-Assad conflict

• Yemen

• Civil war

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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