Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Oman's maritime security centre reports that two sailors are reported to be missing after the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near the Musandam Peninsula. (BBC News)
The Kuwaiti energy ministry reports that Kuwait's electrical grid has held despite attacks from Iran against it. (Arab Times Kuwait)
The United Nations reports that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in western and southern Yemen due to the ongoing Houthi offensive against Yemeni government forces, and that 2,400 refugees have arrived in Djibouti in the last four days alone. (Kurdistan 24)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
A drone crosses from Belarusian airspace into Lithuania before being shot down by a NATO fighter jet over the village of Pratkūnai, Kaišiadorys District Municipality, near Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant, two days after an unidentified object flew over Lithuanian airspace from Belarus to Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) (LRT)
Business and economy
Kenya announces bans on exports of unprocessed gold and establishes at least three refineries, seeking to maximize its economic value by increasing domestic processing. (Nairametrics)
2026–2027 El Niño event
The Panama Canal Authority reduces daily ship transits through the canal from 36 to 32 as below-average rainfall and a strengthening El Niño lower water levels in reservoirs supplying the waterway. (DW)