Tuesday

Two merchant ships are hit by unknown drones off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, with one sinking. Eleven crew members are missing and 20 in total are rescued. Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev has blamed Russia and summoned its ambassador. It is the second such attack in six days. (Reuters)

The Royal Saudi Air Force strikes a fuel depot near Sanaa, Yemen. The Houthis launch missiles upon multiple Saudi Arabian cities, including Riyadh and Dammam, in response. (CNN) (BBC)

An administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, is partially consumed by a fire after a Houthi missile is intercepted over the city by Saudi forces. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

At least four people are killed and 17 people are injured in a train derailment near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States, suspends all fraternity parties and social events for the remainder of the 2026–27 academic year following allegations that seven Chi Phi members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024. (AFP) (BBC News)

The Hungarian National Assembly passes an amendment repealing most provisions of the anti-LGBTQ child protection law that was previously passed during former prime minister Viktor Orbán's tenure in 2021. (DW)

The Clark County District Court in Nevada, United States, sentences former Crips gang leader Duane "Keffe D" Davis to a minimum of 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. (AFP via France 24) (DW)

The Netherlands denies visas to Russian artistic gymnasts Anna Kalmykova, Viktoria Listunova, and Angelina Melnikova for the world championships in Rotterdam, while four other Russian gymnasts receive permission to enter the country. (AP)