787 stories · Page 10 of 79
One day after Washington and Riyadh inked a 30-year civilian nuclear cooperation pact, President Trump declared the agreement would only take effect if Saudi Arabia normalises relations with Israel and foregoes uranium enrichment.
Within 24 hours of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis striking two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, Washington carried out its 13th consecutive night of airstrikes inside Iran and warned of a “massive” response, sending Brent crude past $100 for the first time since May 2026.
On 23 July 2026 Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis hit the Saudi product tanker Encelia (and claimed a second hit on Layla) near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the first confirmed Red Sea shipping attack of the 2026 Iran war, instantly pushing Brent above $100 and prompting President Trump to vow “major military punishment” against Iran and the rebels for any repeat.
On 22 July 2026, U.S. forces carried out an eleventh straight night of air-strikes inside Iran, underscoring Washington’s escalation after last month’s interim truce unraveled and stalling Pakistani-brokered diplomacy.
On 20 July 2026 Andy Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister and, within 72 hours, cut VAT on household electricity, reinstated a £2 national bus-fare cap and pledged £340 million over five years to end rough-sleeping.
Facing six days of nationwide demonstrations, President Volodymyr Zelensky on 22 July 2026 replaced Soviet-trained Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi with younger, tech-oriented Major-General Mykhailo Drapatyi.
On 21 July 2026 the U.S. bombed targets in five Iranian provinces for a tenth straight night and Iran replied by crippling a tanker off Oman and shelling desalination plants in Kuwait and Bahrain, pushing Islamabad to re-launch mediation to rescue last month’s failed cease-fire.
On 19 July 2026, Washington launched another wave of air- and sea-based attacks on IRGC sites in southern Iran hours after Tehran’s drone-missile strike on a Jordanian outpost killed two U.S. soldiers, marking the first direct American fatalities since early in the war.
On 20 July 2026 Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement proclaimed an immediate ban on Saudi-linked vessels transiting the Bab al-Mandab, threatening to choke the kingdom’s Red Sea oil route and prompting Riyadh’s coalition to launch protective naval operations.
On 21 July 2026, a tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz while the U.S. completed its 10th consecutive night of bombing Iranian military targets, underscoring that two weeks of strikes have not broken Iran’s blockade of the world’s busiest oil chokepoint.
Multi-perspective news analysis delivered to your inbox—free. We read 1,000s of sources so you don't have to.
