Portal:Current events/2026 July 12

July 12, 2026 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
  - 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
      - Kuwait's defense ministry says that Iran has hit three land border posts and an offshore rig operated by the Kuwait Oil Company. (Arab Times Kuwait)
      - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has hit HIMARS launchers in Kuwait. (Yeni Şafak) (Türkiye Today)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Oman
      - The IRGC claims that it has hit logistics support facilities and refueling platforms used by American aircraft in Oman's Duqm port. (Iran International)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar
      - 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. (AA)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
      - 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. (Khaleej Times)
  - 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    - The IRGC Navy declares the Strait of Hormuz to be closed until further notice and says that they have fired a shot at two vessels that used an unauthorized route. (France 24) (Shafaq)
    - The United States launches new strikes against Iran in response. (Reuters)
    - 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. (Bloomberg) (NBC News)
    - Data from Kpler reports that six ships have passed the Strait of Hormuz amidst low traffic and resumed fighting. (Bloomberg)
  - Qeshm governor Hossein Amir Teymouri reports that 10 of 11 projectiles hit Bandar Abbas and the Abu Musa and Qeshm islands. (AA)
- Gaza war
  - At least six people are killed, including a nine-year old girl, from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. (Sky News)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
  - 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. (Reuters)
Sudanese civil war
- Sudan's National Human Rights Commission reports 6,000 detention cases in prisons run by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher, North Darfur. (AA)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Seven civilians and three state soldiers are killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists fighters in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (africanews)

Disasters and accidents

2026 United States wildfires
- 2026 Colorado wildfires
  - The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office reports that Nicholas Dale, a 56-year-old Canadian pilot from Sooke, British Columbia, was killed after his Kaman K-1200 helicopter crashed into the Silver Jack Reservoir while fighting the Gold Mountain Fire in Colorado, U.S. (The Denver Post) (CBC)
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. (Xinhua)
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. (Reuters)
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. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat)

Health and environment

South Korea issues its first extreme heat warning under a new system, covering the North Gyeongsang cities of Gyeongsan and Pohang after temperatures meet severe criteria. (AFP via Kuwait Times)

Law and crime

War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
- A court in Port Sudan sentences Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and 15 other members to death in absentia for their roles in war crimes in the Darfur region during the ongoing civil war in the country including the assassination of former West Darfur governor Khamis Abbakar in 2023 during the Battle of Geneina. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Politics and elections

2026 Israeli legislative election
- Israel sets October 27 as the date for its legislative elections to elect the members of the Knesset. (Al Jazeera)
2027 Salvadoran presidential election
- 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. (Reuters)
Former emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at the age of 74. (AFP via Arab News) (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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. (The Hill)

Sports

2026 Wimbledon Championships
- In tennis, Jannik Sinner of Italy successfully defends his gentlemen's singles title at the Wimbledon Championships after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the final, 6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(7–2), 6–3, 6–4. (CNN)