Sunday 12 July 2026

The United States Central Command contradicts Iran's claim, stating that the strait is open. Additionally, the Joint Maritime Information Center states that the Iran route in the waterway is open despite Iran's claims.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has hit HIMARS launchers in Kuwait.

The Qatari interior ministry reports that three people, including a child, have been injured by falling debris from an interception following Iranian attacks on the country.

The United Arab Emirates's defence ministry alerts residents at 6:37 AM that air defence systems were engaging with fresh missile and drone threats along with interception operations.

Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev says a Ukrainian drone attack on Enerhodar, the Russian-controlled town hosting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, has killed four people and injures four others.

Sudan's National Human Rights Commission reports 6,000 detention cases in prisons run by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher, North Darfur.

Seven civilians and three state soldiers are killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists fighters in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kuwait's defense ministry says that Iran has hit three land border posts and an offshore rig operated by the Kuwait Oil Company.

The IRGC claims that it has hit logistics support facilities and refueling platforms used by American aircraft in Oman's Duqm port.

The United States launches new strikes against Iran in response.

Data from Kpler reports that six ships have passed the Strait of Hormuz amidst low traffic and resumed fighting.

Qeshm governor Hossein Amir Teymouri reports that 10 of 11 projectiles hit Bandar Abbas and the Abu Musa and Qeshm islands.

At least six people are killed, including a nine-year old girl, from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko steps down as president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces a cabinet reshuffle and changes to law enforcement leadership, citing the need to implement an updated political strategy during Russia's invasion.

Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele is nominated by his political party, Nuevas Ideas, to run for a third presidential term. The Legislative Assembly previously approved amendments to abolish presidential term limits in 2025.

Israel sets October 27 as the date for its legislative elections to elect the members of the Knesset.

Ten people are killed and several others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck carrying 17 passengers and two other trucks in West Java, Indonesia.

Nine people are killed and about ten others are injured, including two National Guard members and four Americans in serious condition, after a tractor-trailer causes a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Jalisco, Mexico.

Six people are killed and seven others are injured when a driver loses control near a street festival in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile. The driver is detained and will undergo alcohol testing.