Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Recent evidence by The New York Times show that a U.S. strike yesterday on Qeshm Island has hit a family home, killing three people. (The New York Times)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that it struck two tankers trying to pass the Strait of Hormuz with aerial protection from the United States, and forced four others to turn around. (The Guardian)
The IDF says that killed two Hamas operatives accused of smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip in separate strikes. (The Times of Israel)
Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war, Israeli settler violence
At least 11 Palestinians, including four children, are injured during a raid by Israeli settlers and soldiers in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers also detain at least ten people from Bethlehem, Nablus, Salim, and Tell. (Al Jazeera)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirms that they have killed a Mujahideen Brigades militant who was involved in the abduction of Avinatan Or and his girlfriend Noa Argamani during the Nova music festival massacre, and directing the abduction of Sudthisak Rinthalak during the October 7 attacks. (The Jerusalem Post) (The Times of Israel)
Hamas says that they will disarm if Israel withdraws from and ends its military campaign in the Gaza Strip and if Israel and the U.S. honors the ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025. (Middle East Eye) (The Washington Post)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Two warehouses in Volgograd and Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, are attacked and set on fire, causing damage estimated at US$1.5 billion, in the latest of a series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting the Russian online retailer Wildberries. (AFP via France 24) (Kyiv Post)
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
A migrant worker is fatally shot and another is injured by insurgents in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Indian Express)
Mali War
Human Rights Watch reports that a Sukhoi Su-24 airstrike by the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps in Mali's Mopti region killed eight civilians in June. (Africanews) (AP)
Sudanese civil war
The Sudan News Agency reports that the Group 26 unit of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has surrendered its personnel and military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces. (Middle East Monitor)
Business and economy
AI boom
South Korea's KOSPI index rises by 18%, its largest single-day gain in history, amid a surge of investment in AI. (The New York Times)