Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
United States president Donald Trump orders the navy to open fire on any Iranian vessels placing mines along the Strait of Hormuz, after the military reportedly observed an Iranian mine-laying operation. (CNN) (Axios)
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conducts a boarding operation on the stateless tanker M/T Majestic in the Indian Ocean, alleged to be carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
U.S. President Donald Trump says that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended to 3 weeks. (AP)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Three people are killed and 10 others are injured in an overnight Russian drone strike on a 13-story apartment building in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
Christianity in Lebanon
Italian soldiers install a new statue of Jesus in the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon after Israeli soldiers destroyed the previous Jesus statue with a sledgehammer, drawing widespread outrage. (OSV News) (UCA News)
Business and economy
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index surpasses 60,000 points for the first time, while South Korea's KOSPI also reaches a record high amid gains in technology shares. (AFP via Channels TV)
Disasters and accidents
Eight people are killed and two others are injured when a vehicle loses control and plunges into a gorge in Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India. (Hindustan Times)
European immigration crisis, African immigration to Europe
Drought in Horn of Africa, Famine in Somalia
More than 6.5 million mostly southern Somalia face hunger amid climate change, conflict and drought, failed rains drive them into hunger as children face acute malnutrition risks. (Al Jazeera)
2026 North Zealand train collision
Eighteen people are injured, including five critically, when two trains collide near Hillerød, Capital Region, Denmark. (Reuters)
Law and crime
Corruption in South Africa
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa suspends national police commissioner Fannie Masemola pending investigation into allegations of procurement violations linked to a R332 million (US$20 million) police health services tender. (AFP via The Peninsula)
Protests against the 2026 Iran war
Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi is attacked with red liquid after leaving a federal press conference building in Germany in which he criticized the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. (AP)
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