Tuesday

An Israeli airstrike kills Izz al-Din al-Beik, head of Hamas's armed wing in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Puntland Maritime Police Force successfully frees another hijacked oil tanker, the MT Honour ​25, following an ongoing week-long counter-piracy operation near Bayla, Karkaar, Puntland, after it was seized by Somali pirates on 21 April ​around 30 nautical miles off Puntland's coast with 17 crew members on board. (Reuters) (Somali Guardian)

As renewed fighting spreads across northern Ethiopia, the government accuses Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of backing armed opposition groups, raising fears that the conflict could draw in regional powers. Over the weekend, Ethiopian army chief Birhanu Jula attributed his country’s unrest to those he called Ethiopia’s “historical and contemporary adversaries”. (Al Jazeera)

The Reserve Bank of Australia raises its cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.60 percent, the highest level since 2011, citing persistently high inflation above its 2–3 percent target range. (AFP via France 24) (Reuters)

Oil prices settled 2.5% lower as investors focused on signs of recovering crude exports from the Middle East, although prices ‌headed for monthly gains on lingering concern about supply disruptions during the US-Israeli war on Iran. (Reuters)

South Korean defense minister Kang Shin-chul says that land mines planted by North Korea likely caused two explosions last week that injured three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone south of the military demarcation line, potentially violating the armistice. (AFP via RFI)

The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti by six months, allowing the multinational force to continue supporting Haitian security forces against armed gangs. (AFP via RFI)

Malaysia begins repatriating about 1,500 Burmese nationals from immigration detention centres under the first phase of a programme covering 5,000 people. (AFP via RTL Today)

Twenty-one people are arrested in Myanmar for allegedly donating to the NUG-linked People's Revolution Supply Family fundraising platform as the government identifies more than 2,700 alleged contributors. (Reuters)

A teacher is killed and a student and another teacher are wounded in a mass stabbing at a secondary school in Staškov, Slovakia. The perpetrator, a fellow student, is arrested. (Euronews)

King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the first female Prime Minister of Morocco after her victory in the general elections on 23 September. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

In badminton, South Korea's An Se-young wins the women's singles gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games, becoming the first woman to win two singles titles and the first to defend the title, defeating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21–17, 21–9. (AFP via RFI)