Current events: 2026-07-12

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • Kuwait's defense ministry says that Iran has hit three land border posts and a offshore rig operated by the Kuwait Oil Company. (Arab Times Kuwait)
        • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have hit US HIMARS launchers in Kuwait. (Yeni Şafak) (Türkiye Today)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar
        • The Qatari Interior Ministry reports that three people, including a child, have been injured by falling debris from an interception following Iranian attacks on the country. (AA)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy declares the Strait of Hormuz to be closed until further notice and says that they have fired a shot at two vessels that used an unauthorized route. (France 24) (Shafaq)
      • The United States launches new strikes against Iran in response. (Reuters)
      • The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) contradicts Iran's claim, stating that the strait is open. Additionally, the Joint Maritime Information Center states that the Iran route in the waterway is open despite Iran's claims. (NBC News) (Bloomberg)
    • Qeshm Governor Hossein Amir Teymouri reports that 10 of 11 projectiles hit Bandar Abbas and the Abu Musa and Qeshm islands. (AA)
  • Gaza war
    • At least six people are killed, including a nine-year old girl, from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. (Sky News)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Sudan's National Human Rights Commission reports 6,000 detention cases in prisons run by the Rapid Support Forces in North Darfur's capital El Fasher. (AA) (USMuslims via AA)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are killed and several others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck carrying 17 passengers and two other trucks in West Java, Indonesia. (Xinhua)
• At least six people are killed and seven others are injured when a driver loses control near a street festival in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile. The driver is detained and will undergo alcohol testing. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat)

Health and environment

• South Korea issues its first extreme heat warning under a new system, covering the North Gyeongsang cities of Gyeongsan and Pohang after temperatures meet severe criteria. (AFP via Kuwait Times)

Law and crime

• War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
  • A court in Port Sudan sentences Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and 15 other members to death in absentia for their roles in war crimes in the Darfur region during the ongoing civil war in the country including the assassination of former West Darfur governor Khamis Abbakar in 2023 during the Battle of Geneina. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

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