Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei declares victory over Israel and the United States. (Euronews)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Esmail Qaani says that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States depends on the ceasefire in Lebanon, and that there will be "no peace in the region" until Israel fully withdraws beyond the internationally recognized border of Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (NPR)
At least four people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. (AP)
An Israeli armored corps officer is killed in southern Lebanon. (AP)
A Serbian soldier is killed and two others are wounded after the artillery shelling of a UNIFIL base near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. (RTÉ)
Secretary-General of Hezbollah Naim Qassem rejects a ceasefire without an Israeli withdrawal, saying that Hezbollah will fight as long as the occupation and attacks continue, and refuses disarmament. (Al Jazeera)
French president Emmanuel Macron says that France and the U.S. plan to establish a ceasefire coordination mechanism, and calls on Hezbollah to give up its weapons to the Lebanese military. (Al Jazeera)
The Israeli military says that the Israeli Air Force and Israeli Navy have conducted strikes in the Gaza Strip killing four Hamas officials and nine Palestinian civilians, in violation of the current ceasefire. (Times of Israel)
Somali Civil War
Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
As clashes in Mogadishu that started yesterday continue, former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire accuses de facto president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of ordering a targeted military assault to eliminate opposition, while defence minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi accuses both former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Khaire of orchestrating a coup attempt to destabilise Somalia. (Garowe Online) (The New York Times)
Sudanese civil war
Around 350 people have been killed in South Darfur during clashes between the Beni Halba and Salamat tribes over the past five days. (EFE)
The Fourth Infantry Division of the Sudanese Armed Forces says that the army has repelled a major attack by the Rapid Support Forces and SPLM-N on the town of Al-Barka in the Blue Nile region in Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
Business and economy
The Indonesian rupiah falls to its lowest recorded level against the United States dollar, reaching Rp 18,028 per $1 amid rising energy costs and increased demand for foreign currency despite central bank intervention. (AFP via France 24)