Armed conflicts and attacks
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
Afghanistan's Taliban government states that peace talks with Pakistan in Istanbul, Turkey, have failed, while the ceasefire holds. (AFP via France 24)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Russia launches over 450 bomber drones and 45 missiles on critical infrastructure and residential areas across Ukraine, killing at least seven people and injuring 12 others in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, as well as damaging energy plants in the oblasts of Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Poltava. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Business and economy
Embargo of Russian oil during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Bulgaria's parliament approves legal amendments giving a state-appointed manager expanded authority over Lukoil's refinery in Burgas, including operational control and the power to sell shares, to prevent a shutdown when U.S. sanctions on the refinery's Russian owner take effect. (AP)