Tuesday

President and military leader of Mali, Assimi Goïta, meets with Russian ambassador to the nation, Igor Gromyko [ru], marking the former's first public appearance since rebel attacks began three days ago. (Al Jazeera)

The Tuapse Refinery fire in Tuapse, Russia, grows larger following the third Ukrainian drone strike on the facility in two weeks. (BBC)

The United Arab Emirates announces that it is leaving the oil exporter group OPEC. (Reuters)

Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet inform the Indian government that the country's airline industry is on the verge of "stopping operations" because of cost increases related to the Strait of Hormuz closure and the Iran war. (Al Jazeera)

King Charles III delivers a joint address to U.S. Congress. (AP) (Reuters)

The US Department of Justice indicts David Morens, an ex-adviser to the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, for allegedly concealing federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic related to the origin of COVID-19. (The Guardian)

Four people are injured in a shooting spree between a social security office and a courthouse in Athens, Greece. The 89-year-old suspect fled the scene, but was arrested at a bus stop in Patras. (AP) (BBC)

A Bahraini high court sentences five people, including two Afghans, to life in prison for plotting "terrorist and hostile acts" with Iran, while another 25 people receive up to ten years for supporting "terrorist acts". (Firstpost)

The Seoul High Court sentences former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee to four years in prison after convicting her of stock price manipulation and bribery, overturning her earlier acquittal on market-related charges. (AFP via France 24)

Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Audias Flores Silva [es] is arrested by the Mexican Army in the western state of Nayarit. (BBC) (Reuters)

The U.S. Senate blocks a resolution by Democrats that would force a vote to limit U.S President Donald Trump's powers in launching military action in Cuba. (CBS News)