U.S. Central Command announced that the U.S. military launched precision-guided weapons at dozens of Iranian military targets using fighter jets, drones, and warships.
The White House official website released dozens of declassified documents, and Secretary of Homeland Security Marin disclosed details of the related investigation the same day; the Chinese side denied interfering in the US presidential election.
The mayor of Arcadia, a city in California, has admitted to being an illegal agent of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), highlighting the CCP's infiltration activities in the United States.
Xi Jinping met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Shanghai and announced that China and Cambodia will cooperate to combat telecom network fraud.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official media "China Daily" reported that China's first Vice Foreign Minister Ma Chaoxu will visit the United States next week, and Hong Kong media interpreted it as paving the way for Xi Jinping's visit to the United States.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations office said an oil tanker was struck and damaged by an unidentified flying object while sailing 19 nautical miles east of Khasab, Oman.
The U.S. State Department announced that Secretary of State Rubio will visit Manila to attend the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Post-Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting, and the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Manila to attend an ASEAN meeting, but neither the United States nor China has yet confirmed whether Rubio and Wang Yi will hold a meeting.
Unexploded ordnance on a downed Iranian one-way attack drone in northern Iraq was controlled-detonated, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding another.
A bipartisan delegation of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission departed for China on July 18 on a fact-finding trip, its first since 2019.
A netizen driving to the heavily affected area of Yunbiao Town, Guangxi found that entry was blocked, as traffic control has been implemented in the disaster zone.
After being removed as Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Public Security, Tan Quan appeared in Chongqing and was assigned to take over the Chongqing public security system left after Zhang Anjiang's death.
The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China has written to the White House, demanding a ban on seafood caught by vessels linked to China or processed in China from entering the United States.
The 8 detainees in the Xi'an church case were swiftly handed over to the court; their lawyers received no notice and were not heard.
A bipartisan delegation of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has returned to the United States after concluding its visit to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, saying that the fact it was unable to meet with some of its intended counterparts is itself an important data point.
On July 18, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi revealed that an intellectually disabled woman in Mawujiu Town, Renqiu, Hebei had been illegally taken in and controlled by a man for as long as 20 years, with no household registration or identity. When he reported the case to local police, they bucked responsibility and demanded verification of the whistleblower's identity.
In July 2026, an online public opinion risk alert issued by the Chinese Communist Party's Shenyang Dadong District Cyberspace Administration was exposed. Officials listed a public service advertisement on shopping mall big screens supporting a stray dog tortured and killed in Jieyang as a political risk being hyped overseas, and ordered a comprehensive investigation and removal.