Thursday 9 July 2026

A U.S. official says that technical talks will continue after two days of recent clashes between the two countries.

The Azawad Liberation Front attacks a convoy carrying Malian soldiers and Russian Africa Corps fighters near Anéfis, Kidal Region. Security sources say Niger provided air support for Mali during the attack.

The European Parliament votes 476–28 with 96 abstentions to adopt a resolution calling on the European Union to designate the Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions on individuals responsible for attacks on civilians in El-Obeid, North Kordofan.

Sudanese prime minister Kamil Idris and African Union envoy to Sudan Mohamed Belaiche hold talks in Khartoum to discuss efforts to achieve peace and stability in the country and coordinate initiatives for a ceasefire to end the civil war.

Syrian interior minister Anas Khattab and Rif Dimashq internal security commander Ahmed al-Dalati say security forces have captured an Islamic State-linked cell responsible for the two bombings in Damascus that killed one person and injured 36 others last Tuesday.

Colombia's military says a drone attack on Tibú Airport in the Norte de Santander Department near the Venezuelan border injures three workers and damages the facility, blaming the attack on the National Liberation Army.

Nigerian troops kill more than 300 suspected kidnapping and cattle-rustling gang members during an operation that began yesterday in Gummi, Zamfara State.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force fires 10 ballistic missiles at the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan.

The Kuwaiti General Staff of the Army reports that Kuwait air defenses has intercepted "hostile missile and drone attacks" on the country.

Qatar is attacked by projectiles from Iran.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz says that Israel is ready to launch further strikes against Iran if necessary.

Virginie Ruffenach, of the pro-France coalition, is elected president of the Congress of New Caledonia following elections. Ruffenach defeats Dominique Foch [fr] of the pro-independence bloc with a 28 to 25 vote.

Thousands of people protest in Budapest, Hungary, against the attempt by prime minister Péter Magyar to oust president Tamás Sulyok, whom Magyar accuses of failing to "live up" to his role by not opposing what he calls antidemocratic measures by former prime minister Viktor Orbán.

Senegal's Constitutional Council strikes down a parliamentary bill that would expand the powers of the National Assembly and prime minister while limiting presidential authority, after president Bassirou Diomaye Faye challenges the measure.

Khamenei's body arrives in the Imam Reza shrine for his burial.

QatarEnergy pauses efforts to restore liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at the Ras Laffan gas facility after an attack on an LNG carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, choosing to keep its operations at a minimum.

The U.S. justice department announces that a federal grand jury has indicted eight men over an alleged plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House in Washington, D.C., last month.

OpenAI releases the large language model tool GPT-5.6, with significant advancements in cybersecurity.

Twenty-eight people are killed after a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, China.

Five members of a family are killed in an apartment fire caused by a gas leak in Giza, Egypt.

At least four people are killed in a building collapse in New Delhi, India, due to rains related to the monsoon season.