Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Houthi–Saudi conflict, Yemeni civil war
Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes against two residential buildings in Taiz, Yemen, killing 12 civilians and wounding three more. (Xinhua)
Salvadoran military intervention in Haiti, Haitian conflict, El Salvador–Haiti relations
The Salvadoran government deploys 2,000 troops to Haiti in response to the kidnapping of four Salvadoran Gang Suppression Force members that occurred earlier this month. (BBC)
Business and economy
Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, resigns, saying she could not remain neutral on current events. She will step down from office in February 2027, eight months before her term officially ends. (Reuters)
American food delivery company DoorDash announces an intent to close on an acquisition of grocery delivery company Instacart for $17 billion in late 2027. (AP) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
An oxygen cylinder explodes inside an ambulance parked at a medical facility in Tharparkar, Sindh Province, Pakistan, killing ten people. (AP)
Three people are killed and five more injured during the collapse of a hoodoo at Göreme's Open Air Museum in the Nevşehir District, Turkey. It is suspected to be caused by heavy rainfall over the preceding days. (AP)
Four people are killed and eleven more are injured after an Italian Air Force Boeing CH-47 Chinook crashes near Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (AP)
Politics and elections
2026 Swedish government formation
Andreas Norlén, speaker of the Swedish parliament, announces a second vote to elect the next Prime Minister. He proposes a coalition led by the Center Party's leader, Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, alongside the Social Democrats, Greens, Christian Democrats, and the Moderates. (SVT in Swedish)
2027 Haitian general election
Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council sets the first round of presidential and legislative elections for August 29, 2027, with a second round scheduled for December 5, as the country prepares for its first national elections since 2017. (AFP via RFI)
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