Armed conflicts and attacks
Kivu conflict
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
The death toll from an armed attack yesterday by suspected Allied Democratic Forces militants on several villages in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rises to 33. (AA)
Houthi–Saudi conflict
Saudi Arabia launches an airstrike against a market in Taiz Governorate, Yemen, killing 30 people and wounding eight more. (AP)
Crime in Guatemala
Politician Julio Portillo and three police officers are killed in an assassination shooting in Río Hondo, Zacapa Department, Guatemala, by unknown gunmen. (Al Jazeera)
Mexican drug war
Three gunmen were killed after an encounter against authorities in the ejido Las Trancas, Navolato, Sinaloa, México. (El Universal in Spanish)
Edgar Aarón Vázquez, founder and leader of the Nuevo Imperio cartel, is killed in an operation in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. He was implicated in the murder of a federal agent, as well as kidnapping, extortion, homicide, dispossession of property, money laundering, fuel theft, and drug trafficking to the United States and Canada. (Excélsior in Spanish)
Disasters and accidents
Two people are killed and 16 injured in a bus crash in Lent, Ain, France. (AP) (Le Monde)
2026 Indonesia wildfires, Australia–Indonesia relations
Australia deploys a C-130 Hercules aircraft, a Cessna Citation aircraft, and 20 personnel to help extinguish wildfires in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. (AFP)