Wednesday 22 July 2026

The General Staff of the Kuwait Army reports that Kuwait's military and air defenses have been actively intercepting "hostile drones" from Iran.

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet announces that they have killed three Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip, including one in the Hamas military wing that took part in the October 7 attacks on Israel.

Seven oil tankers departing Saudi Arabia's port of Yanbu change course away from the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb after the Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi Arabian ports.

Amnesty International calls for an investigation into a Pakistani airstrike against a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a possible war crime.

The U.S. Central Command launches a new round of strikes against Iran, marking the 12th consecutive day of attacks.

Saudi Arabia and the United States sign a civil nuclear cooperation agreement allowing Saudi Arabia to use U.S. reactor technology, enrich uranium, and reprocess nuclear waste. The pact excludes the IAEA Additional Protocol and proceeds to U.S. congressional review.

Financial Times reports that the tanker Kavomalaes, belonging to Greek shipowner George Prokopiou, was "highly likely" to have been captured in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran two days earlier.

UNICEF reports that six people, including two children, have been killed and 30 people including children have been injured in a drone strike on a market in Al-Rahad, North Kordofan, Sudan.

A Chadian official reports that a drone attack from Sudanese territory has attacked positions in Chad, injuring civilians and destroying vehicles and several shops. The attack is the fifth in recent months, following an incursion by Rapid Support Forces last January.

Sixteen civilians, most of whom gold miners, are killed during a village attack suspected to have been perpetrated by ADF forces in Mandeite locality, Mambasa, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Five soldiers are killed and six civilians are injured in a mass shooting by ten unknown gunmen at a security checkpoint in Narathiwat province, Thailand.

A 35-year-old head constable is shot and killed in a militant attack in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The Resistance Front claims responsibility.

The United States military launches Tomahawk missile strikes on Iran's Larak Island.

Pope Leo XIV consecrates Fr. Joseph Chang Yanfeng as the bishop of Chifeng in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China under the 2018 provisional framework, which cedes authority over its bishops to the Chinese government.

Unknown gunmen open fire at a police station in Canindeyú Department, Paraguay, killing three officers and wounding another.

The death toll from the ongoing measles outbreak in Bangladesh exceeds 800.

The number of reported cyclosporiasis cases in the U.S. state of Michigan exceeds 7,000.

African CDC director Jean Kaseya reports that the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached past 1,000.

The fire department of Tokyo, Japan, reports 453 heat-related hospitalizations, its highest daily total since records began in 2010, as a severe heat wave kills one person and leaves four critically ill. The country's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reports at least 14 heat-related deaths nationwide over the previous week.

Seven people are killed after a truck collides with a medical transport van in Pernambuco, Brazil.

A Robinson R44 helicopter crashes in Sincan, Ankara, Turkey, killing the pilot and injuring the co-pilot.