Tuesday 7 July 2026

Three commercial vessels are reported to be attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, including the Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat, which is owned by Nakilat.

Al Rekayyat is reported to be at a risk of explosion following the attack. The attack marks the first time a vessel from Qatar was attacked since the war started on February 28.

U.S. forces strike Iranian air-defence, coastal surveillance, and missile sites after attacks hit three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, with explosions heard in Bandar Abbas, Bandar Sirik, and Qeshm Island. Iran accuses the U.S. of violating their memorandum of understanding and warns of retaliation.

Israeli airstrikes and gunfire kill at least seven people, including a child, in the Gaza Strip, while Israel says the airstrikes targeted Hamas militants.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet says that they have killed a Hamas Nukhba Force commander and another commander associated with the militant group's intelligence unit.

One person was killed and 36 others are injured in two explosions near Four Seasons Hotel Damascus, Syria, where French president Emmanuel Macron stayed during his state visit to the country. Macron was not at the hotel during the explosions.

Human rights groups say that 15 people have been killed in drone strikes in Sudan's North Kordofan state.

The Sudanese Army says that it has shot down a Chinese-made FH-95 drone in North Kordofan, the third model shot down by the army.

At the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, U.S. president Donald Trump renews his calls for the United States to control Greenland, and says that the U.S. could remove troops from Europe over the dispute.

Trump says that the U.S. will lift sanctions against Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over its purchase of Russian defense missiles.

French deputy Marine Le Pen announces her candidacy for president in the next election as the far-right National Rally's nominee. It will be her fourth bid for the presidency.

Two people are killed and seven others are missing after a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains hit a bridge in Wayanad District, Kerala, India.

A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft goes missing off the coast of Pakistan with five people on board.

Two people are killed and 14 others are injured after a bus veered off a road and struck pedestrians in Amadora, Portugal.

Switzerland advances to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1954 after beating Colombia in a penalty shootout in the round of 16.

The International Olympic Committee lifts its ban on Russian athletes, allowing them to take part in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, after previously being banned from competing under its own flag for doping and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.