Armed conflicts and attacks
Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations, Houthi–Saudi conflict
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi states that Egypt will take all necessary steps to protect and defend Saudi Arabia should the latter so desire. (Arab News)
Disasters and accidents
Ten tourists are killed and nine others sustain injuries after a resort catches fire in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (AA)
Eight people are killed and eight others are injured after a minibus carrying 23 passengers plunges into a drain along the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway near Kota, Rajasthan, India. (The Times of India)
A Piper Tomahawk II aircraft crashes near Drymen, Stirling, Scotland, killing the two people on board. (BBC News)
2026 Kolkata Durga Puja crowd crush
At least 17 people are killed and 25 others are injured in a crowd crush at a pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Hindustan Times) (MillenniumPost)
Law and crime
2026 French lycée protests
Over 500,000 people take part in nationwide protests across France, according to the national trade union confederation, while clashes and riots erupt in large cities. (FranceInfo)
Protesters force their way into Marseille's town hall and vandalize the interior before being dispersed. (CNews)
In Lille, protesters storm the city hall and damage the premises prior to being removed by security forces. (Ouest-France)
Dozens of shops are looted across major French cities amid widespread rioting and civil unrest.(BFMTV)
The Hôtel de Ville in Limoges is destroyed by fire. (Le Parisien)
2026 anti-CEC protests
A court in New Delhi, India, orders the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder and activist Abhijeet Dipke on a peace bond, one day after police detained him while he was heading to a protest against the Election Commission of India. (AFP via France 24)
Protests against Donald Trump
The fourth round of No Kings protests are held against U.S. president Donald Trump and his administration and to encourage early voting ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. (USA Today) (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reaffirms that his current six-year term will end in 2030 and that he will not run for president again after that. He says this decision is final and that the constitution will not be amended in this regard. (Arab News)
2026 Czech Senate election
In Czechia, opposition parties win 22 of the contested 27 seats in the Senate. The lead party of the government of prime minister Andrej Babiš, ANO 2011 comes in third place. The election is the first time in the country's history where governing parties did not win a single seat in a senatorial election. (AP)
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