Thursday

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 82 people across the Gaza Strip, including 30 in Gaza City, hours after the announcement of the forthcoming ceasefire agreement. (Al Jazeera)

The leader of the Houthis, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, announces that the group will monitor the implementation of the Israel–Hamas ceasefire agreement and continue its attacks on vessels or Israel if the truce is breached. (Middle East Monitor)

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, for "destabilizing Sudan and undermining the goal of a democratic transition" to a civilian-led government. (BBC News)

The bodies of nine illegal miners trapped inside a gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, are recovered by police. (CTV News)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Kyiv to sign a 100-year agreement with Ukraine that will formalize British economic and military support for Ukraine. (Sky News) (BBC News)

Two women are killed and a third is injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Spišská Stará Ves, Slovakia. The perpetrator is arrested. (BBC News) (Devdiscourse)

The Parliament of Bulgaria approves the new coalition government consisting of GERB-SDS, BSP – United Left, and There is Such a People, with GERB's Rosen Zhelyazkov assuming the role of Prime Minister. (Euronews)

The government of French Prime Minister François Bayrou survives a no-confidence motion by the opposition New Popular Front. (Euronews)

Citizens of Vanuatu vote to elect the 52 members of parliament. (RNZ)

Blue Origin launches its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The rocket's second stage, carrying a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft, successfully reaches a geocentric orbit, but its reusable first stage is lost during landing. (CNN)

The twin satellites SDX01 and SDX02 of SpaDeX mission, launched in December 2024 by the Indian Space Research Organisation, successfully conduct India's first spacecraft docking, with India becoming the fourth country to successfully do so after the United States, Russia, and China. (BBC News)

SpaceX launches its seventh test flight of the Starship launch vehicle, with an improved second stage out of its Starbase launch site in Texas. The company catches the first stage but the second stage breaks up shortly before engine shutdown. (CNBC)