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July 19
Armed conflicts and attacks
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- 2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region
- The Kurdistan Freedom Party reports that eight Iranian Kurdish rebels have been wounded after a drone strike from Iran hit a camp near Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. (The Times of Israel) (Arab News)
- 2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Huancayo earthquake
- At least six people are killed and 21 others are injured when a {{M|w|5.5}} earthquake strikes the town of Pumpunya in Chongos Bajo District, Chupaca province, Department of Junín, Peru. (Reuters) (notiPerú) (El Comercio Perú)
- Four people are killed, four others are unaccounted for, and several houses are swept away after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall hits Mon District, Nagaland, India. (NDTV)
- 67 people are rescued and 49 others are reported missing when a passenger ferry capsizes and sinks near the Pomeroon River in Guyana. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2026 São Toméan presidential election
- Santomeans vote to elect the country's president. Incumbent president Carlos Vila Nova seeks a second term in office. (Reuters)
- Cockroach Janta Party, 2026 Delhi Jantar Mantar protests
- Students hold protests in several cities across India after activist Sonam Wangchuk is arrested and taken to a hospital during his hunger strike calling for education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over the 2026 NEET exam paper leak, with a march on Parliament planned for the following day. (Al Jazeera) (Financial Express)
On This Day
- 1845 – A fire in Manhattan, New York City, destroyed 345 buildings, killed 30 people, and caused at least $5 million in damage.
- 1903 – French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France.
- 1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burned down Luton Town Hall.
- 1976 – Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the woodchipping industry.
- 2013 – The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people were invited to "wave at Saturn".