Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war, United Arab Emirates in the 2026 Iran war
Iran's military launches drones and missiles on Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait and Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, targeting United States military facilities and equipment to retaliate for the recent U.S. bombardment of Iran that killed at least 19 people. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
U.S. Vice President JD Vance says that the United States will investigate a military strike against a wedding in Bandar Sirik that killed five people. (Middle East Eye) (The Jerusalem Post)
Israel releases prisoner Malek Ghazi and hands him over to the Lebanese army, the first release since the war started in March, as part of an effort to revive peace talks. (AP) (Arab News)
The Houthis launch an offensive in western Yemen, clashing with the Yemeni Armed Forces and aiming to reach and cut the road linking Taiz to Al-Makha district. Fourteen balistic missiles and several drones are launched in Taiz and Hodeidah. At least 18 Houthi fighters and 13 government troops are killed in the clashes. (Al Jazeera)
Sudanese civil war
The International Organization for Migration reports the first operation of a voluntary repatriation flight for stranded migrants in Sudan's Khartoum since the war started three years ago. (Sudan Tribune)
Disasters and accidents
At least 37 people are killed after inhaling petroleum fumes while allegedly siphoning fuel from an illegally tapped pipeline in Rivers State, Nigeria. (AFP via France 24)
Six crew members are referred to court as part of the investigation into the ship collision in the Sea of Marmara yesterday, while the search continues for the ten Turkish crew members aboard the sunken MV Tuğberk İmamoğlu cargo ship. (BBC News)
2026 Nepal floods
United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan announces that the country will deploy an emergency relief mission to Nepal to support people affected by deadly floods and landslides that ravaged the country. (Gulf News)
Health and environment
2026 East Malaysia haze
Malaysia's disaster agency, meteorological agency, and air force launch cloud-seeding operations in Sarawak to reduce haze and increase water reserves. (AFP via France 24)
International relations
Aftermath of the Syrian civil war
Syrian chemical weapons program, Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war
Officials at a United Nations Security Council meeting say that Syria has started the process of destroying clandestine chemical weapons from former president Bashar al-Assad's regime. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Germany–Russia relations
2026 Leipzig Airport drone incidents
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia will close Goethe-Institut cultural centers in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg in response to Germany closing Russia's consulate in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin following the drone attacks at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month. (AP)
Science and technology
The BepiColombo begins its final mission to Mercury, eight years after its launch by the European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (Space.com)
NASA discovers a 10–sided pattern on the south pole of Saturn using its Hubble Space Telescope from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, United States. (The Peninsula) (ScienceDaily)
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, the latest version of ChatGPT. (Axios) (Fox Business)
Sports
In association football, the French Football Federation upholds Bordeaux's relegation to Régional 1, the sixth tier of the French football league system, rejecting the club's request for reinstatement in National 2 following its exclusion from national competitions over financial concerns. (AFP via France 24)
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