Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
The al-Ruya Tower high-rise apartment building is hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
At least 65 people are killed and several others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school, refugee tents, and houses in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
Two people are injured, flights are halted and the airspace is closed after multiple Houthi-launched drone attacks, including some intercepted and at least one on the passenger hall of Ramon Airport near Eilat in Southern District, Israel. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
At least four people are killed, including an infant, and eleven others are injured in drone and missile attacks on Pecherskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Among the buildings hit is the main government building. (BBC News) (AP)
Colombian conflict
Forty-five Colombian soldiers are kidnapped by a mob in Cauca Department, Colombia, while conducting anti-drug cartel operations. The military says the soldiers are being held hostage by local villagers who are demanding the return of a killed insurgent's body which was transferred to a morgue in Popayán in return for their release. (AP)
Arts and culture
Saints canonized by Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV canonizes English-Italian teenager Carlo Acutis in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, making Acutis the first millennial saint. (Reuters)
The pope also canonizes Pier Giorgio Frassati, an Italian member of the Lay Dominicans and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul who was known for his dedication to social justice. (Vatican News)