Armed conflicts and attacks
Gaza war
Eleven Palestinians, including several militants, are killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza. (BBC News)
Four people are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in Majdal Anjar, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, near the Lebanon–Syria border. (Al Arabiya English)
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Jubaland forces and American troops conducted a four-day operation that killed more than 60 Al-Shabaab fighters in the the Badhadhe District, Lower Juba, in the state of Jubaland in Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Horseed Media)
Disasters and accidents
Eleven people are killed and eight are injured after a bus collided with a trailer in Khairpur district, Pakistan. (Dawn)
Eight people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks store in Donghai County, Jiangsu, China. (Xinhua)
Five people are killed and several others are injured when a car jumps a meridian and collides with a bus near Nelamangala in Karnataka, India. (The Hindu)
One person is killed and 13 others are injured in a fire at a shopping mall in Marib, Marib Governorate, Yemen. (Reuters)
Law and crime
Operation Midas
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests former energy minister German Galushchenko at the state border for his alleged involvement in a ₴4 billion (US$100 million) kickback scheme in the energy sector. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Sports
2026 NASCAR Cup Series, 2026 Daytona 500
In stock car racing, Tyler Reddick wins the 68th running of the Daytona 500. (New York Times)
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