Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations, Houthi–Saudi conflict
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi states that Egypt will take all necessary steps to protect and defend Saudi Arabia should the latter so desire. (AFP via Arab News)
Disasters and accidents
Ten tourists are killed and nine others sustain injuries after a resort catches fire in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (AA)
Eight people are killed and eight others are injured after a minibus carrying 23 passengers plunges into a drain along the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway near Kota, Rajasthan, India. (The Times of India)
A Piper Tomahawk II aircraft crashes near Drymen, Stirling, Scotland, killing the two people on board. (BBC News)
2026 Kolkata Durga Puja crowd crush
At least 17 people are killed and 25 others are injured in a crowd crush at a pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Hindustan Times) (Sky News)
CFB Wainwright fire
An explosion and wildfire occurs at the CFB Wainwright, a Canadian Armed Forces base in Alberta. Four people are killed and dozens more injured. (CBC News) (CTV News)