Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 42 people are killed in intercommunal clashes in Guéréda, Wadi Fira, Chad, after a dispute over a well, prompting the government to deploy officials and security forces to the area. (AFP via Arab News)
Middle Eastern crisis
The Nord, a superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov, crosses the Strait of Hormuz. (Gazeta Express) (Ynetnews)
2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
German defense minister Boris Pistorius says that Germany will deploy naval units, including a minesweeper and a command and supply ship for a potential mission in the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Monitor)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
United States president Donald Trump cancels sending special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad, Pakistan, for negotiations. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli military says that an airstrike on the Gaza Strip has killed several Hamas militants who planned attacks on Israeli troops, including Hazem Rami Ali Aidi, a Hamas commander who took part in the October 7, 2023 attacks. (The Times of Israel)
An Israeli attack kills four people in Yohmor, Nabatieh District, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Mali War
Multiple armed groups launch several coordinated attacks across Mali, including in the capital Bamako. (Al Jazeera)
Tuareg rebels say they have seized control of Kidal in northern Mali after overrunning government forces. (The Africa Report)
Residents and a reporter from the Associated Press says that gunfire has been heard near the Modibo Keita International Airport. (AFP via The Week)
Defence minister Sadio Camara is killed by a JNIM suicide car bomb at his home in Kati. Camara's wife and two of his grandchildren are also killed. (AFP via France 24)
SITE Intelligence Group says that the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and Tuareg-dominated rebel group FLA has claimed full responsibility for the attacks. (Reuters)
The Mali Army representative Suleiman Dembele confirms that 80 militants have been eliminated across the country in wake of the attacks. (Caliber.Az)
A Malian Air Force Mil Mi-24 helicopter is shot down by rebel forces near Gao. (BBC News)
Russo-Ukrainian war
An overnight Russian drone and ballistic missile attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, kills ten people and injures 49 others. (Ukrinform) (Reuters)
Somali Civil War
Piracy off the coast of Somalia
Somali pirates attack and seize an oil tanker off Mogadishu, taking 11 Pakistani crew members hostage. (Business Recorder) (AAJ) (Daily Pakistan)
Sudanese civil war
At least seven people are killed in drone strikes by the Rapid Support Forces targeting El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) (Eastern Herald)
War on drugs
The US military announces that it has struck an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two people. (AP)
Colombian conflict
Fourteen people are killed and 38 others are injured in a bombing on a bus on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia. (CNN)
Business and economy
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran, resumes international flights for the first time since the war began two months ago. (Middle East Eye)