Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Iran war
  • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
    • Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that the United States has violated the terms of the Islamabad Memorandum and that Iran is "no longer implementing them". (PBS)
  • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
      • The Bahraini military intercepts projectiles fired from Iran. (Yahoo News)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
      • The U.S. Central ​Command (CENTCOM) reports that two American troops have been "killed in action" in Jordan while defending against Iranian missiles and attacks against the country, bringing the total casualties for American troops to 16. (Reuters) (The Wall Street Journal)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
      • Kuwait says Iranian attacks have struck a second power and desalination plant in two days, causing a fire and shutting several generating units, while other attacks injure firefighters and a worker and temporarily disrupt flights from Kuwait International Airport. (AFP via Vanguard)
      • An oil facility is damaged, according to the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. (PBS)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia
      • Axios reports that Iran has launched a ballistic missile at a United States base in Saudi Arabia, making it the first direct attack by Iran on the country since targeting a petrochemical complex in Jubail. (Financial Times)
  • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a statement published by IRNA, report that two oil tankers have exploded after hitting mines south in the Strait of Hormuz. However, the U.S. Central Command disputes the claims on X as "false". (AFP via Arab News)
    • The Filipino Department of Foreign Affairs reports that four vessels registered by the Philippines carrying 81 seafarers have safely transited through the Strait of Hormuz. (GMA Network)
  • US airstrikes on South Iran
    • In the seventh day of renewed US strikes, civilian infrastructure, including a desalination plant in Jask, are damaged, cutting off the access to water for 10,000 civilians. (BBC Persian)
    • 116 radio towers in Hormozgan Province of Iran are reportedly out of order. (BBC Persian)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Kuwait Airways reschedules most of its flights due to the country's airspace being closed amidst ongoing Iranian attacks. (Middle East Eye)
  • Iran's Hormozgan province water and wastewater company announces that United States airstrikes have damaged desalination equipment, cutting off water to about 10,000 people. (Middle East Eye)

Disasters and accidents

• Eight people are killed and nine others are injured after an unauthorized firecracker factory explodes in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. (NDTV)
• Five people, including three women, drown in the Godavari River whilst fishing near Polavaram district, India. (The Hindu)
• Four people are killed, four more are missing, and seven others are injured after torrential rains and flash floods hit a mountainous village in Lai Châu province, Vietnam. (AA)

Politics and elections

• Magyar Government
  • Hungarian president Tamás Sulyok signs the 17th amendment to the nation's constitution, which will end his term in office at midnight the following day. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• Space industry of India
  • Skyroot Aerospace successfully launches Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital rocket, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh, carrying small satellite payloads into low Earth orbit on its maiden flight. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat)

July 18

• 1290 – King Edward I issued an edict to expel all Jews from England.
• 1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.
• 1976 – At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 for her routine on the uneven bars.
• 1989 – American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.
• 1995 – Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was posthumously released.