Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Israeli forces capture the Beaufort medieval castle in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, during a ground offensive despite a temporary ceasefire. (AFP via DW) (NPR) (BBC News)
Eight people are killed and 19 others are injured in an Israeli strike on Deir ez-Zahrani, Nabatieh District, Lebanon. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
Hezbollah launches drones and over 50 rockets at Northern Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)
A U.S. official says that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a effort to push for a new ceasefire in Lebanon, including an ending of Hezbollah attacks on Israel with Israel refraining from escalation in Beirut in return. (Al-Monitor)
Two teenage girls are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack at a bus stop in Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank. The perpetrator, identified as a Palestinian, is shot dead by Israeli troops. (The Times of Israel)
An Israeli airstrike kills at least two Palestinians at a cafe in Gaza City. (Reuters)
The New York Times reports that the U.S. Central Command has guided 70 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the last three weeks, using routes closer to the Omani coast. (The Asia Business Daily) (The New York Times)
Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
Two policemen are killed after unidentified gunmen attacked them on a road in Anambra State. (Daily Post)
At least eight villagers are killed and 15 others were injured after more than a hundred Fulani bandits carried out a shooting in Plateau State (Daily Post)
Sudanese civil war
Tribal clashes erupt in South Darfur between the Beni Halba and Salamat tribes, killing 50 people. (Darfur24) (Sudan Tribune)
The National Umma Party says that ten people, including eight children, have been killed in a drone strike on two civilian vehicles driving on the Abu Zabad–Al-Fula road in West Kordofan state, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
An Allied Democratic Forces attack kills at least 19 civilians in the Ruwenzori commune, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Radio Okapi in French) (Radio Okapi in French)
Business and economy
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
2026 Iran war fuel crisis, Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund
Sri Lanka increases fuel prices by up to six percent as part of economic reforms linked to its International Monetary Fund assistance program, which includes plans to phase out fuel subsidies and achieve cost recovery in the energy sector. (AFP via The Hindu)