Sunday, July 26, 2026

19 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
Iran and the United States submit their responses to a proposal by Pakistan and Qatar to resume talks between the two countries.
2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says it has prevented six ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
Iranian media reports that an oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after it has hit a naval mine.
Humanitarian aid during the Gaza war
Five aid convoys from the United Arab Emirates carrying 938 tonnes of humanitarian aid arrive in Gaza as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.
Gaza war
The Israeli military states that an Hamas unmanned aerial vehicle unit commander was killed in an airstrike yesterday in central Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
Red Sea crisis
Eleven vessels cross the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, according to shipping data from Kpler.
Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
The Houthis shoot down a Saudi Arabian reconnaissance drone in northwest Yemen.
Sudanese civil war
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan areas of Umm Qarfa and Juraikh. The SAF also seize control of the National Export Highway which connects Sudan's capital Khartoum and North Kordofan.
World
At least 30 people are killed and others are injured in an attack on a community by unknown gunmen in Kaura, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Argentina–Brazil relations
Brazil recalls its ambassador to Argentina and summons Argentina's ambassador after Argentine president Javier Milei made remarks deemed derogatory about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes at a political event in São Paulo.
Iran–Ukraine relations
The Iranian foreign ministry summons the Ukrainian chargé d'affaires in Tehran over an attack by Ukraine on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea that killed an Iranian sailor, calling it a "hostile and criminal act".

2027 Salvadoran presidential election
El Salvador's Nationalist Republican Alliance nominates former legislator Mayteé Iraheta for president, while the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front nominates physician Rafael Aguirre.

2026 Berlin Pride attack
A suspect in a recent vehicle-ramming and mass stabbing attack in Berlin, identified as a 21-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent, is shot and killed by police after allegedly rushing toward officers with a weapon.
2026 Seattle Center shooting
Three people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting during the annual Bite of Seattle festival in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Disasters
Vietnamese cargo ship Khoi Nguyen 18 sinks in the South China Sea along the Vietnamese coast. Forty-five people are rescued while 17 more are still missing.

International Space Station expeditions
Expedition 74, the joint NASA–Roscosmos–ESA expedition aboard the International Space Station, ends after the Soyuz MS-28 undocks and lands on Earth in Kazakhstan.

2026 Bahrain Grand Prix
In auto racing, Formula One announces that Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit will host the rescheduled Bahrain Grand Prix in October, under an agreement signed between Bahrain and Malaysia.
2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
In Gaelic football, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship concludes with Mayo defeating Kerry in the final to end one of sport's longest-running droughts and a 75-year wait for the title.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for July 26, 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.