Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
The Israeli military states that they have killed five Hamas militants who allegedly attempted to restore underground infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip, west of the Yellow Line, including Hudhayfah Hussein Abdullah al-Hawajri, a Nukhba militant from the East Jabalia Battalion command, despite the ongoing ceasefire. (Israel National News)
Hamas announces that its government will step down to facilitate the transition of a technocratic administration in the Gaza Strip, as stipulated in the Gaza peace plan of October 2025. In response, the Board of Peace states that it will judge the implementation of these steps rather than mere statements. (Al Jazeera) (The Jerusalem Post)
According to shipping data from LSEG, around 10 Japan-linked ships, mostly managed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, are reported to have transited through the Strait of Hormuz using the route proposed by Iran. Additionally, data also shows that a supertanker carrying Saudi crude oil headed for South Korea has left over the weekend. (Gulf Today) (Japan Times)
Russo-Ukrainian war
At least 22 people are killed and 56 others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Search and rescue efforts are underway in Kyiv to free civilians trapped under rubble. (BBC News)
Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukraine's General Staff reports that drones have struck Russia's Omsk refinery in Omsk, Omsk Oblast in the Siberia region. (Reuters)
Sudanese civil war
The UNICEF reports that over 330 children have been killed in Sudan's civil war over the past six months of 2026. (AP) (UCICEF)
The United Nations Human Rights Council orders an inquiry into alleged human rights violations around El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, warning that civilians face a risk of mass atrocities as the Rapid Support Forces encircles the city amid Sudan's civil war. (AFP via Macau Business)
Business and economy
Microsoft cuts roughly 4,800 jobs, primarily within its Xbox and commercial sales divisions, while divesting game studios Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs. (Reuters) (The Verge)
Disasters and accidents
Fifteen miners are killed and another is injured when part of a decommissioned gold mine collapses in Wadi Halfa, Northern State, Sudan, after miners entered the closed site. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat)
At least nine people are killed, including children, and several others are injured in landslides at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh. (Demócrata) (TRT World)
Eight people are killed, another is reported missing and extensive damage is reported when a large wedge tornado strikes Ezhou, Hubei, China. (Sohu in Chinese) (The Watchers)
Five people are killed and one injured after a fire at a residential building in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. (PTI via The Hindu) (Xinhua)
2024–2026 Cuba blackouts
Cuba experiences its third nationwide power outage of the year, with state utility Unión Eléctrica de Cuba reporting a total grid disconnection as the country faces severe fuel shortages and chronic failures in its electricity system. (AFP via The Guardian)
International relations
Australia–Fiji relations
Australia and Fiji sign a defence pact, making Fiji one of Australia's treaty-bound allies and committing both countries to consult on security threats and support mutual defence in the Pacific. (AFP via France 24)
Kyrgyzstan–Pakistan relations
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari begins a four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan after an invitation from Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov, making it the first official visit by a Pakistani president to the country in 21 years. (Pakistan Observer)
Health and environment
2026 Ebola epidemic
The total number of deaths from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo exceeds 500. (ModernGhana)
Law and crime
Corruption in the Philippines
Philippine police separately arrests senator Rodante Marcoleta and three co-accused, including former representative Mike Defensor, after an anti-graft court orders their arrest in relation to a plunder case filed by the Ombudsman. (AP) (DZRH)
Crime in Sri Lanka
Riots between inmates from rival drug gangs at a prison in Negombo, Sri Lanka, kill 25 people, including four officers, and injure more than 100 others. (AFP via NDTV)
Crime in Bangladesh
A crude bomb explodes during a post-march rally in Savar, Dhaka District, Bangladesh, while National Citizen Party convener Nabila Tasnid was giving a speech, injuring three. (The Business Standard)
Óbuda scandal
News outlet Telex.hu publishes the text of arrested Hungarian Socialist Party politician Gergő Czeglédy's 2024 testimony alleging the existence of a large corruption network involving members of the MSZP and Fidesz since 2006. (24.hu in Hungarian) (HVG in Hungarian) (Daily News Hungary)
Prime Minister Péter Magyar condemns Fidesz and the MSZP for the involvement of members of their parties in the scandal, accusing them of forming a "grand coalition" to engage in corruption. (Telex.hu)
Politics and elections
Impact of the 2026 Iran war on Iran
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends former supreme leader Ali Khamenei's funeral amidst questions surrounding his fate in the aftermath of an Israeli–U.S. airstrike on his home during the early stages of the war. (Iran International) (The Jerusalem Post) (RFE/RL)
Iranian state television reports that Khamenei's body arrives in Qom, where he studied, ahead of a planned procession. (AFP via Al-Ahram)
Second impeachment of Sara Duterte
The impeachment trial of Philippine vice president Sara Duterte begins in the Senate. (AP) (BBC News)
Sports
2026 Esports World Cup
The third edition of the Esports World Cup opens in Paris, France. (TNT Sports)
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