Portal:Current events/2026 July 7

July 7, 2026 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
  - 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    - Three commercial vessels are reported to be attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, including the Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat, which is owned by Nakilat. (AP)
    - Al Rekayyat is reported to be at a risk of explosion following the attack. The attack marks the first time a vessel from Qatar was attacked since the war started on February 28. (Al-Monitor)
    - The United States revokes the temporary sanctions waiver against Iranian oil issued as part of the Islamabad Memorandum after the attacks on the three vessels. (AFP via CNA) (Axios)
    - U.S. forces strike Iranian air-defence, coastal surveillance, and missile sites after attacks hit three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, with explosions heard in Bandar Abbas, Bandar Sirik, and Qeshm Island. Iran accuses the U.S. of violating their memorandum of understanding and warns of retaliation. (AFP via CNA)
- Gaza war
  - Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    - Israeli airstrikes and gunfire kill at least seven people, including a child, in the Gaza Strip, while Israel says the airstrikes targeted Hamas militants. (Reuters)
  - The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet says that they have killed a Hamas Nukhba Force commander and another commander associated with the militant group's intelligence unit. (JNS)
Sudanese civil war
- Kordofan campaign
  - Human rights groups say that 15 people have been killed in drone strikes in Sudan's North Kordofan state. (AFP via Al-Arabiya)
  - The Sudanese Army says that it has shot down a Chinese-made FH-95 drone in North Kordofan, the third model shot down by the army. (AA)
2026 Damascus bombings
- One person was killed and 36 others are injured in two explosions near Four Seasons Hotel Damascus, Syria, where French president Emmanuel Macron stayed during his state visit to the country. Macron was not at the hotel during the explosions. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

K2 Airways Flight 1732
- A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft goes missing off the coast of Pakistan with five people on board. (The Independent)
Fourteen people are killed and 28 others are injured after a bus collided head-on with a trailer on the Kampala–Gulu Highway, in Northern Uganda. (Xinhua)
Two people are killed and 14 others are injured after a bus veered off a road and struck pedestrians in Amadora, Portugal. (Xinhua)
Two people are killed and seven others are missing after a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains hit a bridge in Wayanad District, Kerala, India. (Xinhua)

Health and environment

Sudanese cholera epidemic
- The Médecins Sans Frontières deploys to the Darfur region amidst ongoing cases of cholera in the Kordofan states of West and North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)

International relations

2026 Ankara NATO summit
- Greenland crisis
  - At the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, U.S. president Donald Trump renews his calls for the United States to control Greenland, and says that the U.S. could remove troops from Europe over the dispute. (CNBC)
- Turkey–United States relations
  - Trump says that the U.S. will lift sanctions against Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over its purchase of Russian defense missiles. (Defense News)

Politics and elections

Iraq in the 2026 Iran war
- State funeral of Ali Khamenei
  - Iraqi state television says that former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei's remains has arrived in Iraq's Shi'ite holy city of Najaf for viewing following funeral ceremonies in Tehran and Qom, Iran. (Reuters)
2027 French presidential election
- French deputy Marine Le Pen announces her candidacy for president in the next election as the far-right National Rally's nominee. It will be her fourth bid for the presidency. (CNN)

Sports

2026 FIFA World Cup
- Argentina at the FIFA World Cup
  - In association football, Argentine forward and captain Lionel Messi becomes the first player to score in nine consecutive World Cup matches (including the previous edition), after scoring in the team's 3–2 victory against Egypt in the round of 16. (ABC News)
- Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup
  - Switzerland advances to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1954 after beating Colombia in a penalty shootout in the round of 16. (CBS Sports)
2028 Summer Olympics
- Doping in Russia, Russia at the Summer Olympics, International sporting sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - The International Olympic Committee lifts its ban on Russian athletes, allowing them to take part in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, after previously being banned from competing under its own flag for doping and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (The Guardian)