Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
The USS George Washington arrives in the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln amidst a nine-month deployment and reports of mental health challenges and supplies shortages on the aircraft carrier during the Iran war. (AP)
The Israel Defense Forces accuses Hamas of using the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis to carry out interrogations and torture Palestinians. (The Jerusalem Post)
Mali War
Human Rights Watch reports that Africa Corps forces summarily killed nine civilians, including four children, in Mali last month. (Al Jazeera) (HRW)
Business and economy
LSEG data shows that a vessel in France is loading wheat destined for Sudan, the first export of wheat from France to Sudan since August 2008. (Baird Maritime)
Disasters and accidents
Four railway workers on the Tōbu Nikkō Line are killed after being struck by a Limited express train in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. (The Japan Times)
A Mw 6.7 earthquake strikes the Parinacochas province in Peru. (AP)
Law and crime
Chinese real estate crisis
A Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life imprisonment for financial fraud, bribery, and embezzlement, and fines Evergrande and its real estate arm a combined ¥15.8 billion (US$2.35 billion). (AFP via CNA)
Politics and elections
2026 Bangladeshi presidential election
The Jatiya Sangsad elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the President of Bangladesh in the first contested presidential election in 35 years. (AP) (Dhaka Tribune)
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