Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
United States embassies in the Middle East warn Americans to depart the region amidst fears of a potential escalation in the war. (AFP via Arab News)
U.S. president Donald Trump cancels a planned attack against Iran, citing progress in ceasefire negotiations. (Axios) (The Japan Times)
The Bermuda-flagged LNG tanker Gaslog Shanghai, which was carrying LNG oil from Qatar, is reported to have been among the two vessels hit yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz. (Arab Times Kuwait) (Bloomberg)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
The Kuwaiti defense ministry reports that its military has detected and intercepted Iranian drones entering the country's airspace. (Kuwait Times)
Casualties of the Gaza war, Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
Israeli airstrikes kill three Palestinians in Gaza City, bringing the total casualties in the past 24 hours to seven. (Al-Ahram) (Al Jazeera)
A Board of Peace official reports that Hamas will disarm its weapons in the coming days. (The Times of Israel)
The Israeli military says it has killed several Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli-held area of southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire framework between Israel and Lebanon. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
The Houthis in Yemen deny reports of imposing tolls on vessels passing through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. (Al Jazeera)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Foreign involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war
The Washington Post reports that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a request by former United States senator Lindsey Graham to transfer an Iron Dome system from the U.S. to Ukraine. (Haaretz)
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says an overnight Russian missile attack has killed at least nine people and injured 24 others, while damaging buildings and causing fires across several districts of the Ukrainian capital. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Naval warfare in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian forces sink a Rosatom-owned container ship in the Black Sea, forcing its 17-member crew to abandon it. Rosatom says it had been transporting civilian goods, including frozen food and construction materials. (BBC News)
Sudanese civil war
Egypt and Sudan reach an agreement on a 16-month plan to rehabilitate the Jebel Aulia Dam south of Khartoum, including the construction of a temporary bridge, after the dam was damaged in November 2023 during shelling by the Rapid Support Forces. (Sudan Tribune)
Terrorism in Colombia
2026 attack on the Norte de Santander Police Command
A truck bomb explodes beside a police station in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia, injuring eleven police officers and three civilians. (AFP via France 24)
Terrorism in Russia
A woman attempts to set off a bomb inside a coffeehouse in Moscow, Russia, but is stopped at the entrance and detonates the explosive. Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 21 more are injured. (CNN)
Arts and culture
Iraq in the 2026 Iran war
The Arba'in Shia Islam pilgrimage in Iraq is held amidst the Iran war, with Iranian pilgrims attending the event. (Al-Monitor)