Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Fourteen people are killed and 37 more injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
Israel gives evacuation orders for seven towns north of the Litani River. (Al Jazeera)
Hezbollah and Israel both accuse the other of violating the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
Communal conflicts in Nigeria
Gunmen kill at least 29 people in an attack on a community in Adamawa State, Nigeria, with authorities attributing the violence to Boko Haram. (AFP via The Guardian)
Twenty-three people are kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on an orphanage in Kogi State, Nigeria. Fifteen are rescued, while eight children remain missing. (BBC News)
Mali War
Tuareg rebels reach an agreement that allows the Russian African Corps to withdraw from Kidal, Mali. (France 24)
Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal after yesterday’s attacks. (AP)
Flights resume at the Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako following yesterday's attacks. (Seneweb)
Sudanese civil war
A drone attack hits an UNHCR aid truck in North Darfur, Sudan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Colombian conflict
The death toll from a bombing that damaged multiple vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia, rises to 20, with 36 others injured. (AFP via RTHK) (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
Fourteen people are killed in lightning strikes amid heavy rain across Bangladesh. (The Business Standard)
Wildfires in 2026
Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to fight wildfires in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku region. Another three wildfires have been spotted in Nagaoka and Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, and Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture. (Reuters) (NHK) (NHK) (NHK)