Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
2026 Iran war ceasefire, Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi reaffirms that talks between Iran and the United States are still ongoing despite recent strikes by the U.S. military. (The Times of Israel)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
Jordanian air defenses shoot down five missiles from Iran. (AP)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Kuwaiti authorities confirm that an Iranian attack targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company and killed one person. (AFP via The Times of Israel) (Kuwait Times)
The Egyptian cabinet confirms a drone has hit two vessels yesterday at a port in Damietta, Egypt, including the LNG storage tanker Energos Winter. (Reuters)
Data shows that the QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker Al Areesh exited the Strait of Hormuz, becoming the first LNG vessel from Qatar visible on ship-tracking data to do so since July 11, when Al Hamra exited the strait from Das Island, United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that four people, including children, are killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
The Israeli military claims it has killed two Hamas militants in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, including a Nuseirat Battalion commander and a Hamas platoon commander, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (The Times of Israel)
Mediators and Hamas reach an agreement to implement the second phase of a United States-backed ceasefire signed in October last year during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt. (Egyptian Gazette)
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the Board of Peace has reached a deal for a complete disarmament of Hamas. (BBC News) (Jewish Insider)
Amidst reports of a new plan to disarm Hamas, Israel reaffirms that it will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip, including the Yellow Line, until the militant organization is completely disarmed. (The Jerusalem Post)
Saudi Arabia's government announces the establishment of the Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance with 14 countries signing the founding document in an effort to keep the Bab-el-Mandeb strait open. (Middle East Eye) (Saudi Press Agency)
About 25 vessels cross the Bab-el-Mandeb strait according to data from Kpler shipping data. (Reuters)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian forces launch hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 50 others, including six people killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. (NBC News) (Fana News)
2026 missile explosion in Poland, Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
An armed Russian Kh-101 cruise missile enters Polish airspace around Lublin, prompting NATO to scramble fighter jets in response. It later explodes in the countryside near Tarnawa-Kolonia. (The Kyiv Independent) (Al Jazeera) (DW) (TVN24 in Polish)
Sudanese civil war
War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
The Associated Press reports that two former child soldiers said they were trained by Colombian mercenaries after being conscripted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the ongoing civil war in Sudan. (AP) (The Washington Post)
The Sudanese Air Force launches a series of airstrikes against RSF mobilizations and military positions in the north and west Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)
Terrorism in Pakistan
The death toll from yesterday's attack in the Hangu district of northwest Pakistan rises to at least eleven police officers. (AP via ABC News)
Business and economy
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development trade bloc reopens its office in Khartoum, Sudan, resuming operations for the first time since the start of the country's civil war in April 2023. (Sudan Horizon) (Sudan Tribune)