Armed conflicts and attacks
Afghanistan conflict
Tigray War
A 60-year-old man is killed by an Ethiopian airstrike on Mekelle, in the rebel-controlled Tigray Region. (Reuters)
Mexican drug war
Gunmen kill ten people in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Tarimoro, Guanajuato, Mexico. (CBS News)
Health and environment
COVID-19 pandemic, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, Tourism in Bhutan
Law and crime
Mahsa Amini protests, Iran–United States relations
Seven Iranian government officials and one group are sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury, which deems the Guidance Patrol responsible for the death of Mahsa Amini. (AP)
Politics and elections
Russo-Ukrainian War
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Referendums begin in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk on whether to join Russia, in what Ukraine and other countries consider to be "sham" referendums. (AFP via Barron's)