Armed conflicts and attacks
Russo-Ukrainian War
Southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
Ukraine Secret Service Alpha Group forces strike a Russian Federal Security Service headquarters in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
Belarusian involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko says that his country will not join the current war, and says that he is ready to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Kyiv Post) (AFP via Ukrinform)
Somali Civil War
Constitutional crisis in Somalia
Casualties are reported with no exact number after heavy fighting breaks out on the outskirts of regional capital Baidoa between forces loyal to the federal government and troops aligned with South West State ousted president Abdiaziz Laftagareen. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online) (Horseed Media)
Sudanese civil war
The Sudan Doctors Network reports that a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North in Dilling, South Kordofan, Sudan, has injured six people. (AA)
Disasters and accidents
Ten people are killed in a head-on collision between a minibus and a bus in Mpumalanga, South Africa. (Xinhua)
At least nine people are killed and nine others are injured when a building collapses in Fez, Morocco. (Reuters)
Garden Grove gas leak
A chemical tank containing 7,000 U.S. gal (26,000 L) of methyl methacrylate at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, United States, overheats and is on the verge of exploding. Over 40,000 residents in the nearby area are ordered to evacuate as response teams do not have a novel solution to prevent the tank from cracking or entering thermal runaway. (KTLA-5) (The Guardian)