Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Gaza Health Ministry reports that four people, including children, are reportedly killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
The Israel Defense Forces claims to have recently killed two Hamas militants in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, including Nuseirat Battalion commander Ahmad Hisham Mahmoud and Hamas platoon commander Mahmoud Ali Mahmoud Taroush. (The Times of Israel)
Mediators and Hamas have reached an agreement to implement the second phase of a US-backed ceasefire signed in October last year during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt. (Egyptian Gazette)
U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the Board of Peace reached a deal for a complete disarmament of Hamas. (Jewish Insider) (BBC)
Amidst reports of a new plan to disarm Hamas, Israel reaffirms that it will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip, including the Yellow Line until the militant organization is completely disarmed. (The Jerusalem Post)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
Jordan's air defenses shoot down five missiles from Iran. (AP)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Kuwaiti authorities confirm that an Iranian attack targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company, killing one person. (AFP via The Times of Israel) (Kuwait Times)
American lawmakers in the Democratic Party announce a investigation into a drone attack that has killed six U.S. military service members in Kuwait. (The Washington Post) (The Hill)
The Egyptian cabinet confirms a drone has hit two vessels yesterday at a port in Damietta, Egypt, including the LNG storage tanker Energos Winter. (Reuters)
Data shows that the QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker Al Areesh exited the Strait of Hormuz, becoming the first LNG vessel from Qatar visible on ship-tracking data to do so since July 11, when Al Hamra exited the strait from Das Island, United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia's government announces the establishment of Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance with 14 counties signing the founding document in a effort to keep the Bab-el-Mandeb strait open. (Saudi Press Agency) (Middle East Eye)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian forces launch hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 50 others, including six people killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. (NBC News) (Fana News)
Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia–NATO relations
A Kh-101 cruise missile enters Polish airspace around Lublin, prompting NATO to scramble fighter jets. At around 00:40 a.m. local time it explodes leaving a crater in Tarnawa-Kolonia, 80 km from the border with Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)(DW) (zero.pl in Polish)
Sudanese civil war
War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
The Associated Press reports that two former child soldiers said they were trained by Colombian mercenaries after being conscripted by the Rapid Support Forces during the ongoing civil war in Sudan. (AP) (The Washington Post)
Terrorism in Pakistan
The death toll from yesterday's attack in the Hangu district of northwest Pakistan rises to at least eleven police officers. (AP via ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
Five people are critically injured and six are missing after a residential building collapsed during an explosion caused by a gas leak in Messina, Sicily, Italy. (SkyNews24)
2026 Kumamoto earthquake
The death toll from the Kumamoto earthquake rises to 25. (Reuters)
Health and environment
2026 Ebola epidemic
The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to over 1,500 people killed. (AP)
Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announces plans to advance an rVSV-based vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola into human trials after World Health Organization experts identified it as the most promising candidate for the epidemic. (AFP via CNA)
2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that Michigan has surpassed 10,000 cases of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis. (CBS News MI)
Nuclear power in Hungary
The Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary shuts down for the first time in 44 years amid a drought across the country and extremely low water levels on the Danube River. (BBC) (DW)
International relations
Morocco–Spain relations
2026 Morocco–Spain border incident
Thousands of undocumented immigrants cross into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco. The city's mayor-president, Juan Jesús Vivas, requests the Spanish government to declare a national emergency, but is refused by the interior ministry. (AP)
International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Nauru announces it has withdrawn its recognition of Georgia's breakaway states Abkhazia and South Ossetia, terminating diplomatic relations with these entities "with immediate effect". (Civil Georgia)
Politics and elections
Argentine president Javier Milei issues a decree seeking parliamentary approval to bar or expel foreigners accused of inciting hatred against Argentina or its people, while exempting protected political, academic, and ideological expression. (AFP via Vanguard)
Science and technology
Cyberwarfare during the 2026 Iran war
The Minnesota IT Services reports a cyberattack across 30 municipal community water systems across the U.S. state of Minnesota, with American authorities accusing Iran of being behind the cyberattack. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
Sports
2030 FIFA World Cup controversies
UEFA announces that it will boycott the 2030 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to be held by hosts and current champions Spain along with Portugal and Morocco, if FIFA president Gianni Infantino proceeds with plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. (Sky Sports)
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