Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Qeshm governor Hossein Amir Teymouri reports that 10 of 11 projectiles hit Bandar Abbas and the Abu Musa and Qeshm islands. (AA)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Kuwait's defense ministry says that Iran has hit three land border posts and an offshore rig operated by the Kuwait Oil Company. (Arab Times Kuwait)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has hit HIMARS launchers in Kuwait. (Yeni Şafak) (Türkiye Today)
The IRGC claims that it has hit logistics support facilities and refueling platforms used by American aircraft in Oman's Duqm port. (Iran International)
The Qatari interior ministry reports that three people, including a child, have been injured by falling debris from an interception following Iranian attacks on the country. (AA)
2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates's defence ministry alerts residents at 6:37 AM that air defence systems were engaging with fresh missile and drone threats along with interception operations. (Khaleej Times)
The IRGC Navy declares the Strait of Hormuz to be closed until further notice and says that they have fired a shot at two vessels that used an unauthorized route. (France 24) (Shafaq)
The United States launches new strikes against Iran in response. (Reuters)
The United States Central Command contradicts Iran's claim, stating that the strait is open. Additionally, the Joint Maritime Information Center states that the Iran route in the waterway is open despite Iran's claims. (Bloomberg) (NBC News)
Data from Kpler reports that six ships have passed the Strait of Hormuz amidst low traffic and resumed fighting. (Bloomberg)
At least six people are killed, including a nine-year old girl, from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. (Sky News)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev says a Ukrainian drone attack on Enerhodar, the Russian-controlled town hosting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, has killed four people and injures four others. (Reuters)
Sudanese civil war
Sudan's National Human Rights Commission reports 6,000 detention cases in prisons run by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher, North Darfur. (AA)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
Seven civilians and three state soldiers are killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists fighters in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (africanews)
Disasters and accidents
Ten people are killed and several others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck carrying 17 passengers and two other trucks in West Java, Indonesia. (Xinhua)
Nine people are killed and about ten others are injured, including two National Guard members and four Americans in serious condition, after a tractor-trailer causes a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Jalisco, Mexico. (Reuters)
Six people are killed and seven others are injured when a driver loses control near a street festival in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile. The driver is detained and will undergo alcohol testing. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat)