Spain sends army as nearly 50,000 people cross into Ceuta from Morocco in a day
Spanish authorities say nearly 50,000 migrants crossed by sea from Morocco into Ceuta, a small Spanish territory on Africa's coast, within a single day.
Written as it happened, and updated as it developed.
Spanish authorities say nearly 50,000 migrants crossed by sea from Morocco into Ceuta, a small Spanish territory on Africa's coast, within a single day.
New satellite images appear to confirm Iran struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in Bahrain earlier in July, matching a claim Iran had already made, the Washington Times reported.
Poland says a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crossed into its airspace overnight and crashed, leaving a 10-metre crater, and scrambled fighter jets in response.
A suspected Russian missile crashed inside Poland, a NATO member, leaving a 10-metre crater near a village during a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Lviv.
A drone hit a U.S.-owned tanker storing gas at Damietta, an Egyptian port on the Mediterranean Sea, near the Suez Canal, a key route for oil and shipping.
Iran launched a new round of missile attacks, and United States and Saudi Arabian forces struck Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq, according to news reports.
The Pentagon has begun cutting thousands of troops from Europe. Days earlier, Romania shot down three Russian drones on its own authority rather than call on NATO or Washington — a live test of how Europe's eastern flank responds as the U.S. security shield thins.
Saudi Arabia has for the first time taken part directly in air strikes alongside the United States, hitting an Iraqi militant alliance linked to Iran on July 29.
Days after signs Iran's conflict with the US was cooling, fighting flared again on three fronts: Iran fired a missile attack on US forces, which the US says it intercepted; US and Saudi jets bombed Iran-backed militants in Iraq who had launched drone attacks; and Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage carrying much of the world's oil.
The U.S. Senate advanced a Russia and Iran sanctions bill named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham by an 86-vote margin, turning a negotiated deal into a concrete legislative step toward final passage.
Oman has given Iran a plan, backed by other Gulf countries, to jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that much of the world's oil ships through.
The US Senate is holding an actual floor vote on a sanctions bill that could impose tariffs up to 500 percent on countries still buying Russian or Iranian oil.