Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
At least 13 people are killed in an airstrike on a residential building near Eslamshahr, Tehran Province, Iran. (WBAL-TV)
Explosions, likely from airstrikes, are reported in the South Pars gas field, in southern Iran. (Al Jazeera)
Four people are killed, seven are injured and others are reported missing in a Israeli–U.S. airstrike on a residential area in eastern Tehran, Iran. (Al Jazeera)
Israel claims to have killed Asghar Bakri, the commander of Unit 840 of the Quds Force. (Iran International)
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military is attacking Iran's most important petrochemical plant in Assaluyeh, causing severe damage. (Iran International)
Strikes hit a petrochemical complex in Marvdasht, Fars province, Iran, causing a fire. (AFP via Dawn)
Majid Khademi, head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection, is killed in an American–Israeli airstrike. (Iran International)
Nighttime attacks on Bandar Lengeh and Kong, Iran, kill six people and injured 17 others. (AP)
Reports indicate that explosions and attacks occurred early this morning at a military compound in northern Iran and in Khorramshahr. (Iran International)
The Israeli military claims to have attacked Mehrabad International Airport as well as two smaller airfields, destroying dozens of Iranian aircraft and helicopters in the process. (The Times of Israel)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
Debris from a missile defense system falls on a Raneen Systems building in Mussafah, injuring a Ghanaian citizen. (The Times of Israel)
The United Arab Emirates is targeted by 12 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 19 drones from Iran. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Iran claims to be targeting U.S. satellite equipment and ammunition on Bubiyan Island using drones. (Reuters)
The Kuwaiti military responds to 14 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 46 drones from Iran in Kuwaiti airspace. (Al Jazeera)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations, Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
Pakistan proposes a ceasefire plan received by the United States and Iran, reportedly dubbed the Islamabad Accord, which calls for an immediate halt to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a 15–20 day period of negotiations between Iran and the U.S. This comes following reported talks between Pakistani army staff chief Asim Munir, U.S. vice president JD Vance, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. The Pakistani foreign ministry says that talks between Iran and the U.S. are ongoing. (Arab News) (Reuters)
U.S. president Donald Trump says that Vance, Witkoff, and senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner are talking to intermediaries in Pakistan on ending the war. He also calls the Iran proposal a "significant step" ahead of his Tuesday deadline. (AA) (NBC News)
Iran delivers its response to the United States via Pakistan, rejecting a temporary ceasefire and listing its own 10-point demands, which include a solution to all regional conflicts, lifting of sanctions, reconstruction, and a protocol to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. (Al Jazeera) (Moneycontrol)
2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
An Iranian missile strike hits 15 areas in Israel. A woman is seriously injured in Petah Tikva, while two other people are injured in Tel Aviv. In Haifa, four people are also slightly injured by a cluster bomb. (Ynet) (The Times of Israel)
Four bodies are found during a search and rescue operation in a house in Haifa that had been destroyed by an Iranian missile. (The Times of Israel)
Fars News Agency reports that Iran has allowed 15 vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz. (Kurdistan24)
Israeli attacks on Iranian scientific and academic centers
The mosque and filling station at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, are damaged in an airstrike, causing a gas outage in the neighbourhood. (Al Jazeera)
The Houthis launch several long-range drones from Yemen at Eilat, Israel, in a coordinated attack with Hezbollah and Iran. (Al Jazeera)
Christian anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces Party official Pierre Mouawad, his wife, and another woman are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Ain Saadeh, a predominantly Christian town east of Beirut, Lebanon. (The Guardian)(Al Jazeera)
Multiple people are killed by Israeli attacks in towns across southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
The Israeli military orders the evacuation of the southern suburbs of Beirut because Israel will strike "Hezbollah infrastructure". (Al Jazeera)
The Lebanese government reports that there are 1.2 million displaced people in Lebanon due to the war. (Al Jazeera)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war, Odesa strikes
A Russian drone strike kills three civilians in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, including a woman and her 2-year-old daughter. (Reuters)
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
Afghan forces says that they have captured a border post during clashes with Pakistani troops in Khost Province. (Khaama Press)
One child is killed and three others are injured after a piece of unexploded ordnance detonated in Khost Province, Afghanistan. (KabulNow)
Disasters and accidents
The Afghani National Disaster Management Authority says that the total number of deaths from recent natural disasters in Afghanistan has risen to 110. (KabulNow)
International relations
Iran–Japan relations, Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi says that her government is planning to hold summit talks with Iran amidst the Iran war. (Mainichi)
Law and crime
Corruption in Russia
A court in Kursk Oblast, Russia, sentences former governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison for defrauding the government by embezzling public funds intended for building fortifications along the Russia–Ukraine border. (Bloomberg)
Science and technology
Artemis program
NASA's Artemis II spacecraft carrying four astronauts breaks the record for furthest distance humans have ever travelled from Earth surpassing the previous 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) record set by Apollo 13 in April 1970. (AP)
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