https://rbtfl.xyz/en World news, decoded — ~20 stories ranked by impact, with original regional takes. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-irgc-hormuz-closure-jul12 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-irgc-hormuz-closure-jul12 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all shipping on July 12, hours after fresh US airstrikes hit the Iranian port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Chabahar, Qeshm Island, Bushehr and Asaluyeh; Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and the UAE; three people were injured in Qatar by falling shrapnel; ceasefire talks in Muscat the previous day had ended without agreement; US envoys were headed back to Oman even as fighting intensified [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-gulf-expanded-strikes-jul12 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-gulf-expanded-strikes-jul12 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and the UAE on July 12, expanding beyond the four states it struck earlier in the day, after the US carried out a third round of airstrikes against Iranian targets in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping; Qatar's military intercepted incoming Iranian fire and three people were injured by shrapnel in Doha; the UAE said missiles fired at Gulf states did not enter its territory; the [[strait-of-hormuz]], formally closed by the [[irgc]] earlier the same day, was physically open to traffic but shipping was warned of a severe threat level [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-russia-strikes-jul12 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-russia-strikes-jul12 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Russian forces killed eight people and wounded dozens in missile and drone strikes on Ukraine overnight on July 12, hitting regions including Sumy and Odessa, according to Ukrainian officials; President Volodymyr Zelensky called on allies for faster weapons deliveries; Ukraine's military separately claimed it shot down 349 Russian drones overnight over Russian territory, the Azov Sea and the Black Sea [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-hormuz-us-demand-jul10 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-hormuz-us-demand-jul10 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Senior US officials told reporters on July 10 that Washington is demanding Iran issue a public statement that all channels of the Strait of Hormuz are open to shipping and that Tehran will not attack transiting civilian vessels, with Axios reporting a Saturday (July 11) deadline; Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi flew to Oman on July 11 and issued a joint statement with Muscat committing to 'costs associated with navigation' rather than the toll-free passage the US demanded; Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in his first public statement that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz must remain a priority [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-coalition-paris-jul13 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-coalition-paris-jul13 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT France announced a Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris on July 13 bringing together at least 25 heads of state, with Ukrainian President Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte confirmed as attendees; the coalition has grown to 37 nations and the Elysee said planning for post-ceasefire security guarantees is still underway [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-irgc-gulf-strikes-jul9 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-irgc-gulf-strikes-jul9 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan, a crossfire that again threatened the June 2026 interim deal; the IRGC said it fired 10 missiles at Jordan's Al-Azraq military air base; NATO chief Mark Rutte called US attacks 'absolutely necessary' as Trump threatened a naval blockade and to 'take over' Kharg Island; both sides accused the other of violating the June memorandum of understanding [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/israel-gaza-ceasefire-70pct-jul10 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/israel-gaza-ceasefire-70pct-jul10 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A new NPR analysis finds that Israel's military has expanded its territorial control within the Gaza Strip from roughly 50% at the time of the ceasefire to nearly 70% nine months later, as Israeli forces have pushed deeper into areas that were nominally covered by the truce, with Palestinians paying a deadly price in the expanded zones [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-azov-drone-vessels-jul11 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/ukraine-azov-drone-vessels-jul11 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ukraine's military claimed 21 oil tankers, four tugboats, two dry cargo vessels and one specialized vessel were struck by drones in the Sea of Azov overnight on July 10-11, recording 73 hits; Russia halted commercial navigation through the Kerch Strait and the Don-Azov Canal in response; Russian authorities separately confirmed four vessels hit in Taganrog Bay including a methanol tanker, with one sailor killed; Russia's air defenses claimed to have downed 178 Ukrainian drones overnight [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/typhoon-bavi-japan-china-jul11 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/typhoon-bavi-japan-china-jul11 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Typhoon Bavi made landfall in the coastal city of Taizhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province at 23:20 local time on July 11, with nearly 2 million people evacuated across the region ahead of the storm; it weakened to a severe tropical storm after landfall with maximum sustained winds of around 101 kph; the Philippines death toll from the typhoon's earlier passage rose to 18; Taiwan reported 134 injured; heavy rain struck 29 Thai provinces with waves topping four metres [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lindsey-graham-death-jul12 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lindsey-graham-death-jul12 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who chaired the US Senate Budget Committee and was one of President Donald Trump's closest congressional allies, died on July 12 after what his office described as a brief and sudden illness; Graham had served four terms in the US Senate since 2002, was a prominent foreign policy hawk, and was widely recognised as one of Israel's strongest advocates in the US Congress [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/world-cup-sf-argentina-england-jul15 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/world-cup-sf-argentina-england-jul15 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT England beat Norway 2-1 in extra time in their 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal on July 11, and Argentina advanced from their quarterfinal against Switzerland in Kansas City on the same day, setting up a July 15 semifinal between the two nations in Atlanta at 3 p.m. ET; CNN called it a 'box-office showdown'; the winner faces France or Spain in the final at New York/New Jersey Stadium [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pakistan-operation-shaban-jul11 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pakistan-operation-shaban-jul11 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Pakistan's security forces reported killing at least 104 militants in Balochistan province since launching Operation Shaban on July 5, with the toll rising through joint Army, Frontier Corps, and police actions in air and ground operations against the banned Fitna al-Khawarij group; Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti described the wave of attacks as international conspiracies against Pakistan, and the government announced Rs 11 million in compensation for the family of each policeman killed [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/malaysia-johor-election-jul11 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/malaysia-johor-election-jul11 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Barisan Nasional won 48 of 56 seats in the 16th Johor state assembly election on July 11, 2026, its biggest majority in Johor since 2004 and an improvement on its 40-seat result in 2022; Pakatan Harapan won 8 seats and Perikatan Nasional was eliminated from the state assembly entirely; voter turnout reached 56.77 per cent by 3pm with more than 1.52 million ballots cast from the 2.7 million eligible voters [resolved] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/toronto-salsa-shooting-jul12 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/toronto-salsa-shooting-jul12 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two people were killed and at least six others wounded when two gunmen opened fire at one another during Toronto's Salsa on St. Clair festival on the evening of July 11; police warned of an active shooter situation on St. Clair Avenue West as emergency services responded; the annual street festival celebrating Latino culture in the city drew large crowds when the shooting erupted [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-nyt-subpoenas-jul11 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-nyt-subpoenas-jul11 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US Justice Department issued subpoenas to at least four New York Times reporters on July 11, compelling them to testify before a grand jury investigating leaks tied to the paper's coverage of alleged security concerns with the Boeing 747-8 gifted to President Trump by Qatar and now serving as Air Force One; federal agents delivered the subpoenas at the journalists' homes, the Times reported [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/drc-ebola-fastest-growing-jul9 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/drc-ebola-fastest-growing-jul9 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT African health authorities declared Thursday that the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed more than 600 people and is spreading faster than any previous outbreak on record; the WHO puts the case fatality rate at 34%, and health officials say the virus is outpacing the response [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sk-hynix-nasdaq-ipo-jul10 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sk-hynix-nasdaq-ipo-jul10 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT South Korea's SK Hynix completed what became the largest US stock listing ever by a foreign company on July 10, raising US$26.5 billion in a Nasdaq debut that saw shares jump 13 percent; the chipmaker, which supplies high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia and Apple, is also under public pressure from US officials to build new fabrication plants on US soil [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cuba-11j-anniversary-jul12 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cuba-11j-anniversary-jul12 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cubans in Old Havana and Guanabacoa banged pots and chanted against the government on July 12, five years after the July 11, 2021 protests swept dozens of Cuban cities; Cuban security forces deployed in Havana; residents in Guanabacoa staged demonstrations after more than 33 consecutive hours without electricity; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UN Ambassador Mike Waltz each issued statements calling for the release of more than 800 political prisoners held since 2021; Cuban Americans held a Liberation Day rally in Miami [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/khanna-westbank-settlers-jul11 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/khanna-westbank-settlers-jul11 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Democratic congressman Ro Khanna of California said Israeli settlers carrying US-made M4 rifles surrounded his vehicle for more than an hour while he was visiting an abandoned Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, and that Israel Defense Forces soldiers arrived and blocked the road rather than clearing it; Israel said the visit had not been coordinated in advance and no security had been arranged. [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/canada-bc-wildfire-fraser-jul11 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/canada-bc-wildfire-fraser-jul11 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two wildfires burning simultaneously in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon triggered evacuation orders for communities along the route and forced the closure of Highway 1, the main trans-Canada highway through the canyon, though the road reopened on July 11 as firefighters got a weather break with cooler temperatures and lighter winds; the fires are the largest to threaten the canyon since at least 2023. [active]