Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
An Israeli airstrike reportedly kills senior brigadier general Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the head of the Hamas police force in the North Gaza Governorate, Gaza. (Reuters) (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The Israel Defense Forces confirms that they have killed several Hamas militants over the past few weeks, including a Nukhba forces cell commander who took part in the Kissufim massacre during the October 7, 2023 attacks. (The Times of Israel)
Attacks on refugee camps in the Gaza war, Killing of health workers in the Gaza war
A Israeli airstrike is reported to kill a Palestinian medic at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour reports no U.S. military strikes against Iran, after 13-consecutive nights of strikes by the United States Central Command against the country. (NBC News)
The naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have stopped 4 vessels from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Eye)
Red Sea crisis, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
Two people are injured by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Hodeidah, Houthi-controlled Yemen. Saudi Arabia intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis at Aramco facilities in Yanbu and Jizan. (CNBC) (NBC News)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone strike on a postal facility in Sumy has killed two people. (AFP via BGNES)
Sudanese civil war
Joint Force spokesman Mutawakkil Ali Wakil confirms that in coordination with the Sudanese Armed Forces that both groups have retaken control of the Umm Sayala area in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, with 38 members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) confirmed to have been killed. (Sudan Horizon)
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the flash floods in Assam, India, rises to 62, after 14 more fatalities were reported. (NDTV)
At least 35 people are killed and 30 others are injured when two buses collide on the Deir ez-Zor-Damascus road in Syria. (Reuters)
Law and crime
2026 Berlin Pride vehicle incident
A vehicle drives into a crowd at the pride festival in Berlin, Germany, killing at least one person and injuring 15 others. (Reuters) (DW)
Politics and elections
2026 Delhi Jantar Mantar protests
Indian education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after protests over alleged entrance-examination leaks and broader education-system irregularities. His resignation marks the Modi government's first major concession to the demonstrations. (AFP via Le Monde)
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