Armed conflicts and attacks
War on drugs, 2025 United States military strikes on alleged drug traffickers
Three people are killed in an American airstrike against a boat in the Pacific Ocean. (CBS News)
Kivu conflict
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebels sign a framework agreement in Doha, Qatar, for a peace treaty to end the conflict in Kivu. (Reuters)
Syrian conflict
Four people are killed, including the mayor of Wady Al-Mawla, and another is severely injured in a mass shooting by unidentified gunmen at a coffeehouse in Talkalakh, Homs Governorate, Syria. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights) (SANA)
Three people are injured, including two critically, in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen in Abu Jarin, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
Arts and culture
Canada–Holy See relations
The Holy See transfers 62 indigenous artifacts to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops for repatriation to the communities of origin after their removal for a 1925 missionary exhibition in Rome, Italy. (BBC News)