Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Indian petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri says that 12 LPG vessels from India have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz without paying tolls. (United News of India)
Iran holds its first joint committee meeting with Oman in Muscat to discuss future management of the Strait of Hormuz following a preliminary agreement with the United States to end the war. U.S. officials say shipping can resume freely. (AFP via The Straits Times)
The National News Agency reports that over 40,000 displaced people have returned to Lebanon since the ceasefire. (L'Orient Today)
Assassination and terrorism in Iran, Iran internal crisis
Gunmen kill two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and injure two others outside a residence in Paveh, Kermanshah province. Kurdish rights group Hengaw says an armed group called Xori Hiwa claims responsibility. (Reuters)
Israeli forces hit a tent in central Gaza, killing three Palestinians, including an 8-year old boy. (AP)
Sudanese civil war
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data publishes an article accusing the Rapid Support Forces of killing more civilians in Sudan, including in 2025, than other rebel groups. (Sudan Horizon)
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab reports that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) 5th Infantry Division has established checkpoints, defensive berms, and trenches in El-Obeid, North Kordofan. (HRL) (Sudan Tribune)
War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
Foreign involvement in the Sudanese civil war
Human rights organizations led by the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights reportedly file a complaint with the International Criminal Court against officials from Libya and the United Arab Emirates for their role in atrocities committed in the civil war, most notably the Darfur region. (Libya Observer) (Middle East Eye)
The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have retaken the towns of Sirkum and Mugaja in Sudan's Blue Nile State. (Sudans Post)
The joint forces allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces recapture the West Darfur town of Kulbus, two years after it was captured by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in October 2024. (Sudan Tribune)
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar says that Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting alleged Jamaat-ul-Ahrar headquarters, killing 25 militants in border regions and the eastern provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar. (AFP via Free Malaysia Today)
Afghan officials say that over 36 civilians have been killed in overnight strikes by Pakistan, and more than 160 have been injured. (AP)
Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi summons the chargé d'affaires at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul over the airstrikes. (Hasht-e Subh) (India Today)
Aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War
Five aid workers are killed and four more injured in an ambush against a convoy by unknown gunmen in Duk County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Several civilians are also killed and wounded. (Al Jazeera)
Kidnapping in Nigeria
Gunmen abduct 36 students and a staff member from a secondary school in Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria, while authorities say eight others have been rescued. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
American film Michael grosses to US$977 million in worldwide box offices, surpassing Oppenheimer as the highest-grossing biopic. (The Independent)