Tuesday

Five Palestinians are killed from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. (RTÉ News)

Two people are killed in a Russian airstrike on Sloviansk, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)

A U.S. military official confirms that the U.S. will deploy 200 soldiers to Nigeria to help train the Nigerian Armed Forces and provide logistical support against Boko Haram and other Islamic terrorist groups. (The Wall Street Journal)

Four people are killed and eight others are wounded after their vehicle strikes a land mine in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. In a separate incident, a tractor triggers a land mine in the village of Taanah, Aleppo Governorate, killing one person. (The New Arab)

Mexico confirms it has suspended all shipments of fuel to Cuba to avoid punitive tariffs by the United States which is enforcing a near total blockade of the island, while vowing to continue shipments of humanitarian aid. (AA)

Canadian airline WestJet suspends all flights to Cuba amid a shortage of fuel for commercial aviation, and says efforts are underway to return Canadians stranded on the island. (CBC)

Canadian pensions giant La Caisse suspends all future ventures with multinational logistics company DP World following the disclosure that its CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had close ties with Jeffrey Epstein. (Financial Times)

The Malaysian federal court reinstates the bribery conviction and six-year prison sentence of former Federal Land Development Authority chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad after overturning a 2024 acquittal on nine corruption counts linked to a hotel purchase. (Reuters)

The Philippine supreme court rules that same-sex partners may qualify as co-owners of property under the Family Code when both contribute to its acquisition, reversing lower-court decisions in a dispute between two former partners in Metro Manila. (BBC News)

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet approves draft constitutional amendments that extend presidential term limits from five to seven years and replace direct presidential elections with parliamentary selection, which would allow Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030 if adopted by parliament. (Reuters)