Armed conflicts and attacks
A drone strike is carried out at the Khor Mor gas field in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, causing major power cuts across the northern Kurdistan Region. (Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli occupation of the West Bank
The Israeli military announces the start of a military operation in the northern Samaria area in the West Bank. (DW)
Arts and culture
Holy See–Lebanon relations, Holy See–Turkey relations
Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Turkey and Lebanon
Pope Leo XIV begins his first papal trip, first to İznik and Nicaea in Turkey, then to Bkerké, the Monastery of Saint Maron, and the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The trip will include an ecumenical commemoration of the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea and a mass in honor of the victims of the 2020 Beirut explosion. (AP) (Vatican News)