Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy claims to have prevented six ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (CNBC)

• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/26/ukraine-strikes-iranian-vessels-tehran-accuses-kyiv-of-hostile-act.html

Disasters and accidents

Vietnamese cargo ship Khoi Nguyen 18 sinks in the South China Sea along the Vietnamese coast. Forty-five people are rescued while 17 more are still missing. (CNA)

• https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/rescue-south-china-sea-vietnamese-vessel-sinks-23-missing-6278706

International relations

The Iranian foreign ministry summons the Ukrainian chargé d'affaires in Tehran over an attack by Ukraine on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea that killed an Iranian sailor, calling it a "hostile and criminal act". (CNBC)

• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/26/ukraine-strikes-iranian-vessels-tehran-accuses-kyiv-of-hostile-act.html