Tuesday 14 July 2026

Iraqi prime minister Ali al-Zaidi and the U.S. defense department says that all remaining American troops will withdraw from Iraq by September 30, ending a 23-year presence in the country that started with the 2003 U.S. invasion.

The Sudanese Armed Forces say that the 4th Infantry Division's 13th Brigade have taken control of the Blue Nile town of Fashfoun following days of clashes with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North.

The United States military reimposes the naval blockade of Iran that ended on June 17 last month in response to ship attacks.

U.S. president Donald Trump cancels a proposal to implement a 20% fee on cargo ships transiting through the strait.

The United States Central Command launches a new round of strikes against Iran in an effort to degrade capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz ahead of the naval blockade.

Iran fires projectiles at two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz associated with the United Arab Emirates, killing two mariners and injuring 14 others.

Kuwait's military says that Iran struck a navy vessel, injuring four personnel, while its air defences intercept one ballistic missile, five cruise missiles, and 33 drones aimed at civilian facilities.

The Israeli military strikes a police station in Gaza, killing eight people, according to Gaza's civil defence agency and Al-Shifa Hospital, violating the ongoing ceasefire.

Colombia's military says it has rescued 39 civilians kidnapped by the National Liberation Army on a highway in Chocó Department, with two soldiers killed during the operation.

Explosions are reported in the Iranian cities of Ahvaz and Bandar Abbas, and the islands of Kish and Qeshm.

A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court drop charges against former rebel leader Abdallah Banda over his role in a 2007 attack on African Union peacekeepers during Sudan's Darfur conflict.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announces that it will test the Gilead Sciences antiviral for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus.

The World Health Organization reports that 80% of cases of Ebola in eastern DRC are from unknown chains of transmission. Additionally, the death toll from Ebola reaches 700.

The U.S. CDC reports 7,000 cases nationwide of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by cyclospora cayetanensis.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports 3,300 cases in the state, up from 2,640 the previous day.

Seven people are killed and three others are injured after two vehicles collided head-on just outside Ramadi, Iraq.

Six people are killed after a gas-laden truck caught fire and exploded at a checkpoint along a federal highway in Kogi State, Nigeria.

Six workers are killed in a fire at a building under construction in Brussels, Belgium.