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2026-07-18
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a statement published by IRNA, report that two oil tankers have exploded after hitting mines south in the Strait of Hormuz. However, the 🇺🇸 US Central Command disputes the claims on X as "false". (Arab News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
Around eight Palestinians are reported to be killed in an airstrike on a funeral in central Gaza. (AA)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
🇮🇷 Iran says that it has launched ballistic missile and drone strikes at targets in 🇧🇭 Bahrain, including a drone vessel depot, an artificial intelligence center used for targeting, and the Al-Sakhir Air Base, as part of the 11th phase of its Saegheh operation. (AA) (Middle East Monitor)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
🇮🇷 Iranian drone strikes near Erbil, Kurdistan Region, 🇮🇶 Iraq, kill eight Kurdish rebels and injure several more. (AFP via The Times of 🇮🇱 Israel)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
🇮🇷 Iranian state media reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have targeted a 🇺🇸 United States Special Operations Command in Al-Tanf in response to the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan province. (Arab News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
🇮🇷 Iranian strikes damage a desalination plant and a power plant in 🇰🇼 Kuwait, according to the Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy. (AP) (CNBC)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force launches an attack at Al Udeid Air Base in 🇶🇦 Qatar, and claims to have caused damage to equipment there, while Qatar's armed forces claim to have intercepted 🇮🇷 Iranian attacks. (AA)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy launches attacks on radar facilities in 🇴🇲 Oman. (AA)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
The 🇮🇱 Israeli military and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas commander Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan, who served as a "right-hand man" of former Al-Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-17
The 🇺🇸 United States Central Command (CENTCOM) launches strikes against 🇮🇷 Iran for a seventh consecutive night. (The Guardian)
Business and economy
2026-07-17
🇮🇶 Iraq and 🇸🇾 Syria sign a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate the Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline to bypass to the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Eye)
Disasters and accidents
2026-07-17
A large fire breaks out among terraced houses in Krokstadelva, Drammen, 🇳🇴 Norway, spreading rapidly between multiple housing blocks and prompting mass evacuations; the municipality declares a crisis and calls in fire crews from eight neighboring municipalities. (Reuters) (VG)
Disasters and accidents
2026-07-17
A strong Mw 7.3 earthquake strikes near the coast of Chiapas, 🇲🇽 Mexico. Tsunami warnings were issued and damage is unknown. (BBC News) (The Weather Network)
Disasters and accidents
2026-07-17
Eight people are killed, ten others are rescued and 34 are reported missing when a landslide buries multiple houses and residential buildings in Pengshui, Chongqing, 🇨🇳 China. (ABC News) (🇮🇳 India Today)
Disasters and accidents
2026-07-17
Over 900 wildfires are reported across 🇨🇦 Canada, including 43 new active blazes, prompting evacuations across the country. (CTV News) (BNN Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
2026-07-17
The 🇺🇸 United States Forest Service reports that wildfires in northern Minnesota has reached over 77,000 acres, prompting evacuations including St. Louis County. (KARE TV) (KAAL)
Health and environment
2026-07-17
Michigan, 🇺🇸 U.S., surpasses 5,000 cases of cyclosporiasis. (The Detroit News)
Health and environment
2026-07-17
Taylor Farms recalls their iceburg lettuce, traced through a farm in 🇲🇽 Mexico, amidst the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak in the 🇺🇸 United States, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis. (Forbes)
Health and environment
2026-07-17
The death tolls from the measles outbreak in 🇧🇩 Bangladesh reaches 780 after one child is reported to have died from the disease by the Directorate General of Health Services. (Dhaka Tribune)
Law and crime
2026-07-17
A civilian dies and a police officer and the suspected gunman are wounded in a shooting in Nørresundby, North Jutland, 🇩🇰 Denmark, after officers responding to a reported fire are met with gunfire. (AP) (TV2)
Law and crime
2026-07-17
🇯🇵 Japan enacts a law criminalizing public damage, removal or defacement of the national flag, punishable by up to two years in prison or a ¥200,000 (🇺🇸 US$1,200) fine. (AFP via 🇫🇷 France 24)
Law and crime
2026-07-17
The Ontario Court of Appeal finds 🇨🇦 Canadian far-right activist and Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King "guilty of intimidation" and orders a re-sentencing. (CBC) (Toronto Star)
Politics and elections
2026-07-17
Andy Burnham is elected as the new leader of the British Labour Party. He will formally succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister on Monday. (BBC News) (CNN) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
2026-07-17
🇯🇵 Japan's National Diet amends the Imperial Household Law to allow unmarried male descendants of former imperial branches to rejoin the family and permit royal women to retain status after marrying commoners, while preserving male-only succession. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-16
Around 1,000 🇸🇩 Sudanese returnees in 🇪🇬 Egypt are reported by a local committee to have returned to Sudan. (Middle East Monitor)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-16
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. (Turkiye Today)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-16
Tasnim News Agency reports that American fighter jets attacked the Iranshahr Airport in the Sistan and Baluchestan province. (Ynetnews) (MTV)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-07-16
The 🇰🇼 Kuwaiti defense ministry reports that the military intercepted and destroyed 32 drones entering the country's airspace. (Arab Times Kuwait)
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