US officials link high-resolution satellite imagery from Chinese entities to Iran’s 17 July missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, where three US service members were killed. The imagery is described as a key element in planning and carrying out the attack, and among the strongest evidence yet of potentially lethal Chinese support to Iran.

The Atlantic hurricane season reaches a record quiet start, with no storm strengthening into a hurricane for longer than at any comparable point in the satellite-era record. The slow pace comes amid a strong El Niño pattern, which is associated with conditions that can suppress hurricane development in the Atlantic basin.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes in the Banda Sea off the Timor coast, with tremors felt in Darwin in northern Australia. Residents report shaking in homes and buildings after the offshore quake, underscoring how seismic activity in the region can be felt across nearby population centers.

A 15-year-old boy is rescued alive after surviving for days on an overturned fishing boat in Alaska’s Bering Sea. The vessel capsizes during a family fishing trip, and he endures freezing conditions while clinging to the boat before rescuers find him, in a striking case of survival in harsh waters.