Thursday, July 16, 2026

2026 Iran war ceasefire

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that Iran is still interested in an agreement with the United States.

July 2026 United States strikes against Iran

The United States Central Command launches new strikes against Iran for a sixth consecutive night in an effort to degrade Iranian military capabilities.

July 2026 United States strikes against Iran

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.

July 2026 United States strikes against Iran

Tasnim News Agency reports that American fighter jets attacked the Iranshahr Airport in the Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war

The Kuwaiti defense ministry reports that the military intercepted and destroyed 32 drones entering the country's airspace.

Sudanese refugee crisis

Around 1,000 Sudanese returnees in Egypt are reported by a local committee to have returned to Sudan.

Sudanese civil war

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.

Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

Five insurgents are revealed to have been killed and several others injured in recent clashes last month involving the Mozambican Army and the Islamic State near Catupa, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

Papua New Guinea–Taiwan 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".

Sudan–United Arab Emirates relations

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.

Dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov

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.

Dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov

Ukrainian Air Force deputy commander Pavlo Yelizarov resigns from his position in protest of Fedorov's removal as defense minister.

Corruption in Thailand

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.

Huachicol fiscal

Ernesto Ruffo Appel, former governor of Baja California, Mexico, is arrested on charges related to organized crime and fuel smuggling.

Unification Church and politics

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.

Justice

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.

Disasters

Twenty-one people are killed and several others are injured after a bus lost control and veered off the road in Kapchorwa, Uganda.

Disasters

Fourteen people are killed and five others are injured after a minibus plunged into a deep ravine in Cajamarca, Peru.

Disasters

Eleven people are killed and 19 more injured in a fire at a care facility in Algiers, Algeria.

Disasters

Six members of a family are killed after a fire engulfed their house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.

Business

TotalEnergies and its partners inaugurate the 216 MW Hydra solar-and-battery project in the Northern Cape, South Africa, which is the largest hybrid renewable energy project on the continent.

2026 Ebola epidemic

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.

2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak

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.

2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak

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.

2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak

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.

Health

Zambia's health ministry declares an end to its cholera outbreak, which started in August of last year, after four weeks without a case.

Science

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.