Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
The Wall Street Journal reports that Russia is actively sharing military intelligence with Iran, including satellite images of United States military bases and locations of potential targets, as well as improved drone technology. (Reuters) (The Wall Street Journal)
2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
An Iranian Khorramshahr missile strikes Ramat Gan in central Israel, killing two people. (The Times of Israel) (Ynet News)
An oil tanker near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, is struck by an unknown projectile. (Forbes)
Israeli forces assassinate both Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in two separate airstrikes in Tehran. Iran later confirms their deaths. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and four more are injured during Israeli airstrikes in the Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon. (L'Orient Today)
Three people, including a child, are killed and 14 more are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Al-Mawasi, Gaza. (Reuters) (The Times of Israel)
War on drugs
Colombian president Gustavo Petro accuses the Ecuadorian military of being the perpetrator of an airstrike two days ago inside Colombia, killing 27 people, and orders the deployment of its troops to the border in response. (Bloomberg News) (Al Jazeera)
The Ecuadorian government deploys 75,000 soldiers and police officers to four provinces to enforce a nightly curfew. Officials say 253 people have already been detained for breaking curfew, which lasts from 11 pm to 5 am local time. (AP)
Nigerian bandit conflict
At least 18 people are killed and several others are injured in an attack by armed bandits in a village in Jibia, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Channels TV) (The Punch)
Arts and culture
Patriarch Ilia II, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1977, dies at the age of 93. (Reuters)