Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi visits Tehran to talk with Iranian authorities, including foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, regarding ending the war. (AA)
2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
United States Central Command forces attack surveillance sites on Iran's Qeshm Island after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at four tankers attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz without coordinating with it. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
The Bahraini army intercepts three Iranian missiles and several drones launched against Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired at the country. (Al Jazeera)
At least ten people, including three Lebanese soldiers, one of whom is a brigadier general, are killed by Israeli airstrikes on approximately 150 Hezbollah-linked sites across southern Lebanon over two days, including weapon storage areas, command centers, rocket launchers, and other military infrastructure. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Al Jazeera)
The Israeli military announces that it is investigating the incident that killed three Lebanese troops. (Al Jazeera)
Mali War
Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin releases a propaganda video of the 25 April 2026 attacks on Mali against a Malian Army camp and Sevaré airport in Mali's Mopti region. (Africanews)
Sudanese civil war
A drone strike hits a market in the Abu Zaeima area of Hamrat Al Sheikh in North Kordofan, Sudan, killing 11 people. (AA) (Hindustan Times)
Business and economy
Lebanon inaugurates its second international airport, the Rene Mouawad Airport in Qleiat. (The New Arab)
Disasters and accidents
Three people are killed and two more injured after the collapse of a building caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Province of Fermo, Italy. (Il Messaggero)
Health and environment
2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
The Directorate General of Health Services reports that three children have died from measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. (BSS News)
2026 Ebola epidemic
The American physician who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is discharged from the hospital in Charité, Germany. (The Independent)
International relations
2026 visit by Pope Leo XIV to Spain
Pope Leo XIV begins his six-day apostolic visit to Spain, marking the first papal visit to the country in 15 years. (AP)
Politics and elections
Lithuania's ruling Social Democratic Party votes to remove Dawn of Nemunas (NA) from the governing coalition and seeks to replace it with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", following disputes involving NA leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis and coalition policy disagreements. (Reuters)
2025–2026 Iranian protests
High school students in Iran hold protests in 20 Iranian provinces over the country's education policies, final exam rules and changes affecting the admission policies of universities. (The Times of Israel) (Iran International)
2026 Armenian parliamentary election
Armenia's investigative authority arrest six candidates from the opposition Strong Armenia party a day before the election after the Central Election Commission authorized criminal proceedings against them. (Reuters)
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