Current events: 2026-06-25

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez says that the United Nations' International Maritime Organization will pause an evacuation effort for 11,000 seafarers on stranded ships in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran objected to the plan and after a vessel was attacked near Oman. (Axios) (NBC News)
        • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy rejects the UN- and Omani-proposed plan, stating that passage is only permitted through the routes approved by Iran, and that it will take action against ships violating instructions. (CNBC) (The Guardian)
        • Singapore-flagged container ship Ever Lovely is damaged after being struck by a unknown projectile off the coast of Oman, near Dahit in the Musandam Governorate. A United States official tells MS NOW that Iran was behind the attack. No casualties are reported. (The Edge Malaysia) (CNBC)
      • Omani foreign minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi confirms that no transit fees would be imposed on ships using the Strait of Hormuz as part of future management of the waterway. (Arab News)
      • Two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from Qatar, the Marshall Islands-flagged Bu Samra bound for the Far East and Liberia-flagged Patris, transit through the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded for a period of time since the waterway was closed. (Menafn)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Israel and Lebanon deny a claim from a US official that some Israeli troops have been withdrawn from southern Lebanon as a goodwill gesture during their negotiations. (The Guardian)
  • Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that the Israeli military will keep troops in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza indefinitely. (AA via Middle East Monitor)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Two people were killed and seven others were injured in a drone strike by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on a fuel station in Rabak, White Nile in the southern region of Sudan. The Sudan Doctors Network confirms the attack in a statement. (AA via Middle East Monitor)
• France–Russia relations
  • French president Emmanuel Macron announces that the French Navy intercepted and boarded the Cameroon-flagged, Russia-linked oil tanker Deliver off the coast of Sicily two days earlier. (The Moscow Times)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Economy of the United States
    • The Federal Reserve inflation rises to a three-year high in May. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported a 4.1% increase in consumer prices driven by high gas prices, the largest since April 2023. (The New York Times)
  • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • Reuters reports that over the past week crude oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have risen to their highest level since the start of the war, but traffic still remains a fraction of pre-war levels. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Venezuela earthquakes
  • The confirmed toll of yesterday's earthquakes in Venezuela rises to 188 people killed, over 1000 people injured, and more than 36,000 others believed to be missing. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and another is injured in a plane crash in Warsaw, Poland. (Caliber.az)
• At least two are injured after two trains collide near Piła, Poland. (TVP World)

Health and environment

• 2026 European heatwaves
  • A monitoring system in Spain estimates that a heat wave contributed to 212 deaths between Sunday and Wednesday. The country also records its highest average June temperatures since at least 1950. (AFP via New Straits Times)

Law and crime

• Immigration detention in the second Trump administration
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis confirms that the Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Ochopee, Florida, U.S., will close operations, a year after it opened. (Politico)

Politics and election

• 2026 Cook Islands general election
  • King's Representative Tom Marsters dissolves the Parliament of the Cook Islands, setting an election for 12 August 2026. (Cook Islands News)
• Corruption in Spain
  • The Congress of Deputies approves a motion calling on the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to face a vote of confidence following the escalation of corruption cases involving his ruling PSOE party and Sánchez's family. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • Ivory Coast at the FIFA World Cup
    • Ivory Coast's soccer team reaches the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its team history, defeating Curaçao, 2-0, in Group E. (The Athletic via The New York Times)

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