## [2026-07-16](/feed/2026/07/16/index.md)

##### Autostrade per l'Italia
### [Former Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) CEO Giovanni Castellucci is convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the 2018 collapse of the Ponte Morandi in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, which killed 43 people. ](/feed/2026/07/16/former-autostrade-per-l-italia-aspi-ceo-giovanni-castellucci-is-convicted-and-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-his.md)
##### Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
### [Six members of a family are killed after a fire engulfed their house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. ](/feed/2026/07/16/six-members-of-a-family-are-killed-after-a-fire-engulfed-their-house-in-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-province-pakistan.md)
##### Care facility
### [Eleven people are killed and 19 more injured in a fire at a care facility in Algiers, Algeria. ](/feed/2026/07/16/eleven-people-are-killed-and-19-more-injured-in-a-fire-at-a-care-facility-in-algiers-algeria.md)
##### Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
### [Pavlo Yelizarov, the Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, resigns from his position in protest of Fedorov's removal as Minister of Defense, calling the decision a "great evil for the country's defence capability". ](/feed/2026/07/16/pavlo-yelizarov-the-deputy-commander-of-the-ukrainian-air-force-resigns-from-his-position-in-protest-of-fedorov-s-remo.md)
### [Protests take place in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine against the decision by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to replace Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov with Major-General Yevhenii Khmara. ](/feed/2026/07/16/protests-take-place-in-kyiv-and-other-cities-across-ukraine-against-the-decision-by-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-to-rep.md)
##### Sudanese civil war
### [The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have destroyed around 205 combat vehicles, military supply trucks, and four strategic drones belonging to the Rapid Support Forces in the past two weeks. ](/feed/2026/07/16/the-sudanese-armed-forces-says-that-they-have-destroyed-around-205-combat-vehicles-military-supply-trucks-and-four-str.md)
### [Around 1,000 Sudanese returnees in Egypt are reported by a local committee to have returned to the country. ](/feed/2026/07/16/around-1000-sudanese-returnees-in-egypt-are-reported-by-a-local-committee-to-have-returned-to-the-country.md)
### [The U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, in a press release reports that US Chargé d’Affaires in Egypt Robert Silverman announced that $24 million will be provided to the World Food Programme to support Sudanese refugees in Egypt. ](/feed/2026/07/16/the-us-embassy-in-cairo-egypt-in-a-press-release-reports-that-us-charge-d-affaires-in-egypt-robert-silverman-announc.md)
##### 2026 Iran war
### [Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei accuses the U.S. of war crimes after a U.S. strike near a children's cancer hospital in Ahvaz forced the evacuation of 211 young patients undergoing cancer treatment, including chemotherapy. ](/feed/2026/07/16/iranian-foreign-ministry-spokesperson-esmail-baghaei-accuses-the-us-of-war-crimes-after-a-us-strike-near-a-children.md)
### [Tasnim News Agency reports that American fighter jets attacked the Iranshahr Airport in the Sistan and Baluchestan province. ](/feed/2026/07/16/tasnim-news-agency-reports-that-american-fighter-jets-attacked-the-iranshahr-airport-in-the-sistan-and-baluchestan-provi.md)
### [Explosions are reported in Qeshm Island, Bushehr, Ahvaz, and Bandar Abbas, including a bridge in Bandar Khamir. A truck on the bridge is reported to be targeted, killing the driver. ](/feed/2026/07/16/explosions-are-reported-in-qeshm-island-bushehr-ahvaz-and-bandar-abbas-including-a-bridge-in-bandar-khamir-a-truck.md)
### [The United States Central Command launches new strikes against Iran for an sixth consecutive night in an effort to degrade Iranian military capabilities. ](/feed/2026/07/16/the-united-states-central-command-launches-new-strikes-against-iran-for-an-sixth-consecutive-night-in-an-effort-to-degra.md)
### [The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense reports that the Kuwait Armed Forces intercepted and destroyed 32 drones entering the country's airspace. ](/feed/2026/07/16/the-kuwaiti-ministry-of-defense-reports-that-the-kuwait-armed-forces-intercepted-and-destroyed-32-drones-entering-the-co.md)
### [White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that Iran is still interested in an agreement with the United States. However, she also accuses Iran of violating the Islamabad Memorandum by firing at commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. ](/feed/2026/07/16/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-says-that-iran-is-still-interested-in-an-agreement-with-the-united-states.md)
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