Japanese space program JAXA launches the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center toward Phobos aboard an H3 rocket, aiming to collect at least 10 grams of surface material from the Martian moon and return the samples to Earth in 2031.
Malaysia Malaysia's Registrar of Societies Pendaftaran Pertubuhan Malaysia deregisters the opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional, citing internal disputes and breaches of the constitution, preventing its component parties from contesting forthcoming elections under a common coalition banner.
2022 San Antonio migrant deaths A United States federal judge sentences a Guatemalan national to 30 years in prison for helping organize a 2022 migrant-smuggling operation in San Antonio, Texas, that left 53 migrants dead and 11 injured.
South Korea–Ukraine relations South Korea withdraws additional embassy staff from Ukraine following a dispute over two captured North Korean soldiers who were transferred to South Korea.
Libya–Turkey relations Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives approves a 2019 maritime boundary agreement with Turkey and repeals two 2020 decisions that rejected the accord.
Cairo Twelve people are killed and 30 others are injured after a bus crashes into a truck near Cairo, Egypt.
Natore District At least 14 people are killed and 20 others are injured after a bus and a truck collide head-on in Natore District, Bangladesh.
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2026 Alberta referendums Albertan voters reject pursuing a future independence referendum, with more than three-quarters supporting the province remaining in Canada.
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Stabbing attack at a school A teacher and a student are injured in a stabbing attack at a school in Bistrița, Romania. The 13-year-old suspect is arrested.
Independent A driver deliberately strikes with car independent Australian MP Helen Haines outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria, leaving her in critical condition and without a leg. Police arrest the driver, while Haines is airlifted to a hospital.
Shakahola Forest incident A Kenyan court convicts Good News International Ministries leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of murdering 190 children and an adult whose deaths were linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest.
Israeli settler violence Israel Police arrest 10 people in the occupied West Bank over attacks on American photojournalist Heidi Levine and the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, France, who were travelling with European diplomats, and seize vehicles and other evidence during raids.
Cuba–United States relations A judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, issues a no-bail bond arrest warrant for former Cuban president Raúl Castro after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier charged Castro with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder by directing spies to infiltrate Brothers to the Rescue and ordering the attack on their planes in 1996.
Gaza Strip famine The World Food Programme cuts monthly food aid for about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip because of funding shortages, reducing the number of recipients from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.
Andorra–European Union relations Andorra and San Marino each sign an association agreement with the European Union.
Miners Fourteen miners are killed and seven more injured when an open pit gold mine collapses in Nariño Department, Colombia.
Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling Twelve migrants, including an infant, are killed when two separate speedboats capsize off the coast of the Lesbos and Samos islands in Greece.
Sudanese civil war Three children are killed in an alleged Rapid Support Forces drone strike in Khartoum, Sudan.
Abyei border conflict A drone strike kills at least 73 people at a market in the disputed Abyei area between South Sudan and Sudan.
Yemeni civil war A missile attack by the Houthis kills 58 soldiers and injure over 200 at a training center in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen. There are 14 missing.
Iranian parliament The Iranian parliament appoints Mehrdad Akhlaghi as Minister of Defence, replacing acting minister Majid Ebn-e-Reza.
Water scarcity in Mexico Protests continue for the second week in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, over water shortages and widespread contamination. A study in June found that at least 93% of households' water systems contained no residual chlorine, but had elevated levels of lead, mercury, nitrates, and "E. coli".
Free trade agreements of Vietnam Vietnam signs a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) that reduces or eliminates tariffs on industrial, agricultural, and fish products and covers services, intellectual property, and sustainable development.
Cross-strait relations The Taiwanese coast guard drives away 16 Chinese coast guard, research, and fishing vessels operating near Taiwan and the Pratas Island, including some that entered restricted waters.
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea announces that it will expand its program combating malaria to the mainland and Annobón. The program has already heavily reduced malaria cases on Bioko Island.
Dry riverbed A light aircraft crashes into a dry riverbed in Kondariotissa, Pieria, Greece. Two people are killed.
Zawiya At least eight people are killed and eight others are injured after a mortar shell explosion in Zawiya, Libya.
Temple A truck loses control and runs over devotees outside a temple in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing at least 13 and injuring nearly 40 others.
Haitian conflict Armed gang members ambush Salvadoran Air Force personnel serving with Haiti's Gang Suppression Force in Port-au-Prince, using gunfire and explosives. Four Salvadoran service members remain missing after escaping their burning armored vehicle.
2026 Iran war Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reports that an oil tanker has caught on fire and exploded in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz after striking a naval mine.