Armed conflicts and attacks
Russo-Ukrainian war
A court in Russia sentences eight people with terrorism charges to life imprisonment after a truck bomb attack on the Crimean Bridge in Crimea killed five people in October 2022. (MSN)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Three policemen are killed in a shooting attack by unknown militants with assault rifles on a roadside checkpoint in Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
Eleven people are killed and two more injured in Kunming, China, when a train hits a group of railway maintenance workers. (Al Jazeera)
Cyclone Ditwah
More than 40 people are killed and 21 others are missing after landslides caused by heavy rains hit Sri Lanka, mainly between Badulla and Nuwara Eliya. (AP)
Cyclone Senyar, 2025 Thailand–Malaysia floods
The death toll from flooding in Songkhla province, Thailand, rises to 104. (Thai Post)
Flooding on Indonesia's Sumatra island kills 49 people, leaves 67 others missing, and submerges over 2,000 buildings, with many of the worst affected areas still unreachable a day after Cyclone Seynar's landfall. (The Independent)
International relations
Australia–Iran relations, 2024 Iranian operations inside Australia
Australia lists Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a state sponsor of terrorism due to its role in orchestrating and carrying out terrorist attacks in Australia last year. (ABC)
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