Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan Four people are killed, ten are missing and eight injured during a collision between a bus, carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan, and a car on the Kabul–Nangarhar highway in Laghman Province, Afghanistan.
Pakistan In Pakistan, a bus en route from Quetta to Islamabad plunges into a deep roadside ditch in Sherani District, killing 40 people and injuring eight others.
Russo-Ukrainian war Ukrainian forces strike nine substations across Russian-occupied Crimea causing power outages as part of a campaign to make the peninsula "unusable" for the Russian military. Saky air base and Gvardeyskoye air base are also targeted with seven jets destroyed or damaged.
Russian missile and drone strikes kill at least five people and wound ten others across Ukraine, including three people in Sumy when a drone struck their apartment building.
Ukraine declares a day of mourning for the victims of the Russian bombardment of Kyiv on July 2 as the death toll rises to 30.
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2026 Wimbledon Championships In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino woman to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament after defeating Australian player Maya Joint in the Wimbledon women's singles tournament. She will face reigning Wimbledon champion Iga Świątek next.
Protests and uprisings in Tibet since 1950 A man protesting against the annexation of Tibet by China lights himself on fire outside of the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, United States. He is transported to Bellevue Hospital where he dies from his injuries.
2026 Algerian parliamentary election Algerians vote for 407 seats of the People's National Assembly amid a cost-of-living crisis and candidate bans upon the Hirak movement.
Flamingo Revolution Police clash with demonstrators in Albania during a protest against the government and the Sazan Island Resort project.
Corruption in Spain Spain's National Court charges the Civil Guard's director-general Mercedes González Fernández and her deputy with the offences of abuse of office and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling PSOE's alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members.
AI boom Taiwanese prosecutors detain two Supermicro employees in an investigation into alleged document forgery and shipments of Nvidia artificial intelligence servers to China in violation of U.S. export controls.
Human rights in Burkina Faso The United Nations announces that it will close its human rights office in Burkina Faso after the country's military junta indefinitely suspends its operations, preventing the office from carrying out its mandate.
World Health Organization The World Health Organization says that Uganda has confirmed a Marburg virus case in a toddler in the Kyegegwa District during Ebola surveillance, with authorities monitoring contacts and reporting no symptoms among them.
Monk Nine monks are killed and 13 others are injured, including three critically, when an 11-year-old boy drives a pickup truck into a pilgrimage walk in Mukdahan province, Thailand.
Dushanbe Eleven people are killed in a collision between a truck and two cars on the Dushanbe-Kulob-Khorog highway near Vahdat, Tajikistan.
Eastern Cape At least 16 people are killed and 20 others are injured when a passenger bus overturns in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2026 Écône consecrations The Holy See excommunicates the entire clergy of the Society of St. Pius X for consecrating four bishops yesterday without the Pope's permission, barring the group from officiating marriages and hearing confessions. The Catholic laity are also warned that they will also be excommunicated if they attend SSPX masses.
Terrorism in Indonesia The West Papua National Liberation Army says it set fire to a plane that landed with eight people in Highland Papua, Indonesia, after shooting and killing its American pilot. The Indonesian military announces the recovery of his body and that the plane's seven Papuan passengers returned unharmed.
Russo-Ukrainian war Russian forces launch a major ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing at least 30 people and injuring 98 others, and forcing more than 50,000 civilians to shelter underground.
Middle Eastern crisis Nine people are killed and 22 others are injured in a bombing at a coffeehouse in Damascus, Syria. No group has claimed responsibility.
The Israeli military says that the Egoz Unit commando group has killed a Hezbollah militant who emerged from a underground tunnel in Ali al-Taher in southern Lebanon.
Seven Palestinians are injured in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz reports that the military has demolished 83% of Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. The assessment comes as the war enters its 1,000th day following the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that they have killed five members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan near Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan, Iran.
Firebombing A firebombing on the homes of ruling New Democracy party members in Thessaloniki, Greece, kills one person and injures three others.
Google litigation Sweden's Market Court orders Google to pay PriceRunner about 14.3 billion kr (US$1.5 billion) in damages, Sweden's largest competition-related award, after ruling that Google unlawfully favored its own price comparison service over rivals in search results.
Mexico City Four people are reportedly killed in the early morning hours of Wednesday during celebrations in Mexico City following Mexico's victory against Ecuador in the knockout round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Canada In Canada, Ontario lowers the eligibility age for routine colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45, joining Prince Edward Island as the second province to do so.
Africa The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirms an isolated case of the Marburg virus in Uganda amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country.
Sudanese cholera epidemic The World Health Organization reports that 120 people have been killed in cholera outbreaks in Sudan since May in isolated war zones, alongside suspected 1,102 cases of the disease.
2026 Ebola epidemic The United States announces a pandemic response team amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak The Directorate General of Health Services reports that one child has died from measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of the outbreak in Bangladesh to 719.
United States Navy A United States Navy aviator is reportedly missing after a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter carrying four crew members assigned to the USS "George H. W. Bush" made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet rules out hostile activities in the accident.
Antwerp Five people are killed and a number of others injured in a fire at an apartment block in Antwerp, Belgium.
2026 Venezuela earthquakes Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez declares seven days of national mourning for the victims of the earthquakes as the death toll rises to 2,295.
United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer says that the United States will not renew the USMCA trade agreement signed during president Donald Trump's first term. The U.S. will conduct annual reviews of the trade agreement and will conduct negotiations and amendments to it.
The Philippines and the World Bank The World Bank classifies the Philippines as an upper-middle-income economy, up from lower-middle-income status, after its per capita gross national income exceeds the fiscal year 2026 threshold of US$4,496 to $13,935.
Economic consequences of the Russo-Ukrainian war Ukraine approves a mechanism for exporting domestically produced weapons and military technologies to raise funds for its defense effort against Russia and attract foreign investment, while requiring that the Ukrainian military's supply needs remain the priority.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war Saudi Aramco and Algerian oil company Sonatrach announce that they will cut prices for liquefied petroleum gas for July, with Saudi Aramco reducing it between 24% and 27% and Sonatrach reducing it between 2% and 10%.
The International Transport Workers' Federation and the Joint Negotiating Group of shipping owners announce they will continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warzone, which doubles the pay of mariners there and gives them other benefits.
Sony Sony says it will stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical optical discs from January 2028, citing consumer preference for digital media, and will offer new titles through the PlayStation Store and other digital retailers.
Religion in the United Arab Emirates The Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates reopens its Catholic churches, including St. Mary's and St. Francis of Assisi in Jebel Ali, after three months of closure amidst the Iran war.
Myanmar civil war ACLED reports that more than 100,000 people have died from the civil war in Myanmar since the military junta took power in the coup d'état in 2021.
Middle Eastern crisis The Israeli military confirms that that they have launched strikes in the northern Gaza Strip that killed four militants of the Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades and destroyed several missile launchers used by the organization.
Iranian state television reports that a foreign container ship was grounded in shallow water after using an unapproved route through the strait.
South Korea's ocean ministry says that the Panama–flagged cargo vessel HMM "Namu" will leave the Strait of Hormuz in mid-July once major repair is complete on the vessel after it was attacked in a explosion on May 4 while it was stranded in the waterway.
United States vice president JD Vance says that Iran and the U.S. have held technical talks based on the recent 14-point memorandum of understanding in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. He also states that the U.S. will not return to military action unless necessary.