Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
At least 20 people are killed in an airstrike targeting a Popular Mobilization Forces building in Akashat, Iraq. (Sky News)
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei issues his first public message since his election in which he says that Iran should continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz and advises neighboring countries to close American military bases in their territory. Khamenei also vows to "avenge the blood of our martyrs". (BBC News) (Los Angeles Times)
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says that projectile fragments hit the Liberia-flagged container vessel Source Blessing near the Strait. (Reuters)
Oman orders the evacuation of vessels from the Mina Al Fahal oil port. (Oil Price)
2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
An Iranian strike hits fuel storage tanks at a facility in Muharraq Governorate, Bahrain. (Qatar News Agency)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Kuwait International Airport is targeted by several drones, causing material damage but no injuries. (NDTV)
2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia
The Saudi defense ministry announces the interception of two missiles and the destruction of seven drones. (Qatar News Agency)
2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region
A French soldier is killed and six others are injured in an Iranian drone attack on a military base in Erbil, Iraq. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
Eight people are killed and 31 more injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Ramlet al-Baida beach in central Beirut, Lebanon. Seven more people are also killed in other attacks in the country. (Al Jazeera)
Hezbollah launches over 200 rockets and 20 UAVs at northern Israel, injuring two people. (The Times of Israel)
Sudanese civil war
The Italian military base in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, is struck by a missile, with no casualties of injuries reported. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Four people are killed and over 24 others are injured, including seven children, in a drone strike on a market near the Chad–Sudan border in Darfur, Sudan. (CTV News)
Arts and culture
Chilean architect Smiljan Radić receives the 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize, recognizing his contributions to contemporary architecture. (AFP via France 24)