Portal:Current events/2026 July 9

July 9, 2026 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
  - 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
      - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force fires 10 ballistic missiles at the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan. (AA)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
      - The Kuwaiti General Staff of the Army reports that Kuwait air defenses has intercepted "hostile missile and drone attacks" on the country. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar
      - Qatar is attacked by projectiles from Iran. (Al Jazeera)
  - 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
    - 2026 Iran war ceasefire
      - A U.S. official says that technical talks will continue after two days of recent clashes between the two countries. (Bloomberg) (Middle East Eye)
  - Israeli defence minister Israel Katz says that Israel is ready to launch further strikes against Iran if necessary. (Armen Press)
- Gaza war
  - The Israel military says that Islamic Jihad commander 'Rashid al-Qadhi', who was allegedly in charge of the organization's weapon production division, was killed in a airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. Additionally, Hamas sniper Abdullah Baha al-Din Razak al-Souti is said to have been killed in a separate strike in the northern part of Gaza, both despite the ongoing ceasefire. (The Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)
Mali War
- 2026 Mali offensives
  - Battle of Anéfis
    - The Azawad Liberation Front attacks a convoy carrying Malian soldiers and Russian Africa Corps fighters near Anéfis, Kidal Region. Security sources say Niger provided air support for Mali during the attack. (Reuters)
Sudanese civil war
- Kordofan campaign
  - Siege of El Obeid, Sudan–European Union relations
    - The European Parliament votes 476–28 with 96 abstentions to adopt a resolution calling on the European Union to designate the Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions on individuals responsible for attacks on civilians in El-Obeid, North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)
- Sudanese prime minister Kamil Idris and African Union envoy to Sudan Mohamed Belaiche hold talks in Khartoum to discuss efforts to achieve peace and stability in the country and coordinate initiatives for a ceasefire to end the civil war. (AA)
2026 Damascus bombings
- Syrian interior minister Anas Khattab and Rif Dimashq internal security commander Ahmed al-Dalati say security forces have captured an Islamic State-linked cell responsible for the two bombings in Damascus that killed one person and injured 36 others last Tuesday. (AFP via France 24)
Colombian conflict
- Colombia's military says a drone attack on Tibú Airport in the Norte de Santander Department near the Venezuelan border injures three workers and damages the facility, blaming the attack on the National Liberation Army. (The Defense Post)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- Nigerian troops kill more than 300 suspected kidnapping and cattle-rustling gang members during an operation that began yesterday in Gummi, Zamfara State. (AFP via New Straits Times)

Business and economy

Aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Economy of New York City
- The proposed 2 World Trade Center breaks ground in Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., 25 years after the original building was destroyed during the September 11 attacks. (ABC News) (KTLO)
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- QatarEnergy pauses efforts to restore liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at the Ras Laffan gas facility after an attack on an LNG carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, choosing to keep its operations at a minimum. (AA)

Disasters and accidents

2026 Los Gallardos wildfire
- Twelve people are killed, eight others injured and 23 reported missing in a wildfire in Los Gallardos, Andalusia, Spain. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Huiteng Shoes factory fire
- Twenty-eight people are killed after a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, China. (AFP via France 24) (Xinhua)
Five members of a family are killed in an apartment fire caused by a gas leak in Giza, Egypt. (Xinhua)
At least four people are killed in a building collapse in New Delhi, India, due to rains related to the monsoon season. (Reuters)

Health and environment

2026 Ebola epidemic
- The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches 600. (NPR)

Law and crime

2025 Tanzanian election protests
- Tanzanian police arrest 130 people for allegedly encouraging criminal activity after home affairs minister Hamad Masauni banned political rallies and deployed security forces to prevent planned protests seeking democratic reforms and accountability for election-related deaths. (Reuters)
Terrorism in the United States
- The U.S. justice department announces that a federal grand jury has indicted eight men over an alleged plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House in Washington, D.C., last month. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Impact of the 2026 Iran war on Iran
- State funeral of Ali Khamenei
  - The final stage of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's state funeral begins in his hometown of Mashhad after previously being delayed by an hour in which Iran said U.S. forces struck a railway bridge northeast in the country en-route to the funeral. (The New York Times)
  - Khamenei's body arrives in the Imam Reza shrine for his burial. (Al-Monitor)
2026 New Caledonian legislative election
- Virginie Ruffenach, of the pro-France coalition, is elected president of the Congress of New Caledonia following elections. Ruffenach defeats Dominique Foch of the pro-independence bloc with a 28 to 25 vote. (Radio New Zealand)
Thousands of people protest in Budapest, Hungary, against the attempt by prime minister Péter Magyar to oust president Tamás Sulyok, whom Magyar accuses of failing to "live up" to his role by not opposing what he calls antidemocratic measures by former prime minister Viktor Orbán. (AP)
Senegal's Constitutional Council strikes down a parliamentary bill that would expand the powers of the National Assembly and prime minister while limiting presidential authority, after president Bassirou Diomaye Faye challenges the measure. (AFP via Indo Premier)

Science and technology

AI boom
- OpenAI releases the large language model tool GPT-5.6, with significant advancements in cybersecurity. (Axios)