Armed conflicts and attacks
Ethiopian civil conflict
Fano fighters launch several attacks in the Amhara Region. Shootouts with the Ethiopian National Defense Force are ongoing, causing several casualties, while a colonel is kidnapped. (Daily News Egypt)
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
Pakistan's military launches ten air strikes on Afghan military sites, claiming they were used to store and launch drones. At least four people are killed in the strikes. (AP)
Gaza war
The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet says that they have killed Hamas's chief financial officer in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip. (The Yeshiva World) (Israel National News)
Arts and culture
The beatification ceremony for the late American Catholic prelate and Rochester Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is held at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. (Vatican News) (Bastille Post)
Business and economy
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
The European Commission reports that the average diesel price across the European Union reaches a record €2.23 (US$2.54) per litre, up from €2.16 ($2.46) the previous week. Nineteen member states record new highs. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
Economic D-Day, United States sanctions against Iran
The General Civil Aviation Authority announces the suspension of all flights from Iran to and from the United Arab Emirates amidst new U.S. sanctions until further notice. (Gulf News)
Disasters and accidents
At least nine people are killed and many others are injured after a sleeper bus catches fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Deccan Herald) (DW)
Twelve Kazakh military personnel are killed, three are rescued and two are missing after being swept into the Caspian Sea during a naval training exercise in the Mangystau Region. (Reuters)
Health and environment
Hungary's food chain safety office confirms the European Union's first detection of the invasive spotted lanternfly in Bács-Kiskun County. (AFP via France 24)
Law and crime
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that he has pardoned 15 political prisoners. (Reuters)
A priest is killed and four other people are injured in a mass stabbing by a Ukrainian national at a Benedictine abbey in Jarosław, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland. (AP) (Reuters)
Chromebook procurement scandal
A court in Jakarta, Indonesia, reduces former education minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim's prison sentence from 10 to nine years for corruption involving Chromebook procurement, while lowering restitution from Rp809 billion (US$45 million) to Rp548 billion ($30 million). (Reuters)
Croatia–Germany relations, Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
A Croatian court approves Ukrainian national Volodymyr Zhuravlov's extradition to Germany over his alleged involvement in sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in 2022. (AP)
Donald Trump's conflict with the news media
American news outlets CNN, MS NOW, and Politico regain access to the White House after U.S. federal judge Timothy J. Kelly temporarily blocked the ban by President Donald Trump, ruling that the outlets are likely to show that their press passes were revoked without adequate due process. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
2026 Moroccan general election
Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity Party, led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, wins the most seats in yesterday's parliamentary election, taking 97 of 395 seats, followed by the ruling National Rally of Independents with 66 and the Istiqlal Party with 65, according to preliminary official results. (Reuters)
Sports
2026 Asian Games
Japan at the 2026 Asian Games, Swimming at the 2026 Asian Games
In swimming, Japan's Shin Ohashi wins gold in the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the 2026 Asian Games in 2:04.83, breaking China's Qin Haiyang's 2023 world record of 2:05.48 by 0.65 seconds. (AFP)
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