Monday

The U.S. military Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere launches a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on alleged drug traffickers, killing two people. The strike is the first reported in two months. (PBS) (CNN)

During a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that he has approved supplying Ukraine with the classified blueprints to produce Storm Shadow cruise missiles despite Russian threats against such a move, which will give Ukrainian forces the ability to strike key targets deep-inside Russian territory. (BBC News)

A Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Kharkiv kills three people and leaves eight others wounded. (TRT World)

Drone strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces hits several Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary targets in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, hours after a cargo aircraft landed in the area. (Sudan Tribune)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign involving new sanctions against Iran in a effort to isolate the regime. (The Wall Street Journal) (Politico)

The Iranian rial reaches 2.02 million rials ahead of the U.S. dollar, a record-low, ahead of U.S. sanctions. (Time)

The Arkansas Department of Health reports seven new cases of cyclosporiasis in the state including the first cases in Ashley and Cleburne counties, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, amidst a decline in the outbreak across the United States. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announces that the country will soon formally apply for membership of the European Union. (TASS)

The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan declares the preliminary results from yesterday's election, stating that Ädilet secured 71% of the vote. (Reuters)

The United States formally removes Syria from its designated state sponsors of terrorism list. (The Straits Times) (The Jerusalem Post)