Monday

The Ukrainian Armed Forces launch a long-range drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging the main oil refinery in Ilsky. (The Kyiv Independent)

Russia launches over 100 drones at areas across Ukraine, killing ten civilians and injuring 38 others. (PBS)

The Israeli Air Force strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen in response to recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel. (ABC News) (Reuters)

Al-Shabaab militants recapture Moqokori, a town in the Hiiraan region of Somalia they lost in September 2022, following a local uprising led by Ma'awisley fighters. The heavy fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Somali National Army and Ma’awisley fighters, who lost control of the town after a suicide bombing and a fierce attack by the militants. (Garowe Online)

Eleven people are killed and 29 others are injured in clashes with security forces amid ongoing anti-government protests in Kenya, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. (Sky News) (Reuters)

The death toll from the flooding in Central Texas, United States, increases to 104, including 28 children, with 41 other people still missing. Flash flood warnings have been issued for expected additional rainfall. (AP)

Philippine police chief Nicolas Torre announces that 15 police officers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in abducting and killing at least 34 cockfighters across Luzon, Philippines, from 2021 to 2022. (AP)

Erin Patterson is found guilty on all charges regarding deaths from Amanita poisoning from a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Australia. (ABC News Australia)

Amnesty International says that Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people last year, many of them over drug offenses. (AP)

South Korean prime minister Kim Min-seok is officially inaugurated at the Government Complex in Sejong City, four days after he was approved by the National Assembly. (The Korea Herald)