Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
An Israeli security source says that Israel is not conducting airstrikes in Iran following reports of explosions over Tehran, while defense minister Israel Katz states that the country is prepared to resume military action pending approval from the U.S. (AFP via Business Recorder)
United States president Donald Trump orders the navy to open fire on any Iranian vessels placing mines along the Strait of Hormuz, after the military reportedly observed an Iranian mine-laying operation. (CNN) (Axios)
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conducts a boarding operation on the stateless tanker M/T Majestic in the Indian Ocean, alleged to be carrying US-sanctioned Iranian oil. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
U.S. president Donald Trump says that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended to three weeks. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Three people are killed and 10 others are injured in an overnight Russian drone strike on a 13-story apartment building in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
Christianity in Lebanon
Italian soldiers install a new statue of Jesus in the Christian village of Debel, southern Lebanon, in place of a previous statue given by the Israeli military, who destroyed the previous statue with a sledgehammer, drawing widespread outrage. (OSV News) (UCA News) (The Jerusalem Post)