Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • Saudi Arabia in the 2026 Iran war
      • Saudi Arabia's defense ministry reports intercepting drones fired by Iraqi militias backed by Iran from inside Iraq, which targeted oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh area. (France24)
  • Yemeni civil war
    • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
      • The Houthis launch a drone attack that damages the Saudi Abqaiq oil field. (BBC Persian) (France24)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • Siege of El Obeid
      • Drone strikes are reported in El-Obeid, hours after the Sudanese Armed Forces secured the National Export Highway (Omdurman–El Obeid), which connects Sudan's capital Khartoum and North Kordofan. (France24) (The Defense Post)
    • The Sudanese Doctors Network reports that the main hospital in the Jebrat al Sheikh District of North Kordofan has been looted and turned into a military barrack. (Sudan Tribune)

Business and economy

• Canada–United States relations
  • The Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects between Detroit, Michigan, U.S., and Windsor, Ontario, Canada, officially opens to traffic after months of delay including the trade war and tariffs. (Detroit Free Press) (Global News)
  • The Windsor–Detroit Bridge Authority reports that the family of the late Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe are the first to cross the bridge. (CTV News) (CBC)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan since June increases to 107 people killed and at least 344 others injured. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Brazil–Lithuania relations
  • The Lithuanian government registers a resolution to open an embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, in October. The country currently has a consulate-general in São Paulo. (LRT.lt)
• Romania–Russia relations, Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Romania recalls its ambassador to Russia, declares a Russian embassy employee persona non grata, and summons Russia's ambassador after three Russian drones violated Romanian airspace between July 24 and 26. (Xinhua)
• Chad states its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, citing limited effectiveness and disproportionate attention to African cases. (AFP via Courthouse News Service)

Law and crime

• Five people are killed and another is injured in a home invasion and shooting in Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa. (News24)
• Three women are wounded in a mass stabbing near the Porte de Clichy station in Paris, France. The perpetrator is detained. (The Telegraph) (Reuters)

July 27

• 1302 – Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Ottoman sultanate gained its first major victory against the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Bapheus in Bithynia.
• 1953 – An armistice was signed to end hostilities in the Korean War, officially making the division of Korea indefinite by creating a 4 km wide (2.5 mi) demilitarized zone across the Korean Peninsula.
• 1990 – Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical Islamic group, began a coup attempt against the government of Trinidad and Tobago by taking hostages, including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson, before surrendering five days later.
• 2016 – The last nine Aston Martin DB9 (example pictured) units rolled off the production line, marking the end of a twelve-year manufacturing period.