Armed conflicts and attacks
2025 United States naval deployment in the Caribbean, United States–Venezuela relations
The United States Coast Guard seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The ship was flying the Guyanese flag, despite not being registered in that country, and was en route to a port in Cuba. (CNBC) (Reuters)
Insurgency in Balochistan
Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are killed after an ambush by gunmen in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)
M23 campaign, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
M23 takes control of Uvira, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP via ABC News)
Myanmar civil war
At least 34 people are killed and 80 more injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on a hospital in Mrauk U, Rakhine State, Myanmar. (AP via ABC News) (BBC News)
Arts and culture
Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Boycotts of Israel
Iceland announces that it will join Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, and Slovenia in boycotting next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Austria in protest of Israel's participation. (Reuters)