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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban crisis and blackouts
• Gaza genocide

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Strait of Hormuz crisis

• Iran war fuel crisis

• United States tariff policy

Politics and diplomacy

• Gaza peace plan
• Iran–United States peace negotiations
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations and ceasefire
• Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations

Protests and strikes

• Albanian anti-government protests

Weather

• Canadian wildfires
• European heatwaves
• European wildfires

• France

• United Kingdom
• Spain

• North American heat wave

Elections and referendums

Recent

• July

• 19: São Tomé and Príncipe, President

Upcoming

• August

• 12: Cook Islands, Parliament
• 13: Zambia, President, National Assembly

Sports

• Association football

• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season

• Athletics

• 2026 Diamond League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2026 Major League Baseball season
• 2027 Women's Baseball World Cup

• Basketball

• 2026 WNBA season

• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour
• 2026 Tour de France Femmes

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2026 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2026 NRL season
• 2026 Super League season

• Rugby union

• 2026 Nations Championship

• Softball

• 2027 Women's Softball World Cup

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

• Volleyball

• 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
• 2026 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

August0/0July

• 01: Vincent Pastore
• 31: Franco Baresi
• 31: Glenn A. Baker
• 31: Kazimira Prunskienė
• 30: Nirmal Purja
• 29: Glen Hansard
• 29: Billy Ray Smith Jr.
• 28: Kavinsky
• 26: Gerry Kelly
• 26: Betye Saar
• 25: Bill Oddie
• 24: Gunther von Hagens
• 24: Lou Koller
• 23: Keigo Higashino
• 22: Chuck Russell
• 21: Kaylee Hottle
• 21: James Woolsey
• 20: Kevin Keegan
• 20: Daniel Siad
• 18: Terence Donovan
• 18: Jennifer Finch
• 18: Edward Stourton
• 18: Duane Ward
• 17: Freddy Cannon
• 17: Garfield Sobers
• 16: Siva Afi
• 16: Brenda Fricker
• 16: Rudolph A. Marcus
• 16: Patrick Tse
• 15: Guy Scott
• 15: Plas Johnson
• 15: Hal Williams
• 13: Sam Neill
• 13: Pat Oliphant
• 13: Nansun Shi
• 12: Mary Morello
• 12: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
• 11: Jayden Adams
• 11: Ken Bates
• 11: Lindsey Graham
• 11: S. Janaki
• 11: Dermot Murnaghan
• 10: Josh Grisetti
• 10: Derryn Hinch
• 10: Wai Ching Ho
• 09: Patricia Greene
• 09: Randolph Mantooth
• 08: Wally Funk
• 08: Bonnie Tyler
• 08: Ann Widdecombe
• 07: Marc Messier
• 07: Sharon Dede Padi
• 07: Joanna Pettet
• 07: Shapoor Zadran
• 06: Louise Lasser
• 05: Mike Wallace
• 04: Slaine Kelly
• 04: Sparky D
• 01: Vladimir McTavish
• 01: Roger Vangheluwe

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda

• M23 campaign

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso
• Chad Basin

• Mali
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Blue Nile campaign

Americas

• Colombia

• Domestic conflict

• Haiti

• Gang war

• War on cartels
  • United States military intervention

• Ecuador

• Mexico

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Border war

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Israel–Palestine

• Gaza war

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Iran war

• Lebanon war

• Syria

• Post-Assad conflict

• Yemen

• Civil war

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2026 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

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See also

• Wikipedia:How the Current events page works