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Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz says that Israel is ready to launch further strikes against Iran if necessary. (Armen Press)

The Kuwaiti General Staff of the Army reports that Kuwait air defenses has intercepted "hostile missile and drone attacks" on the country. (AFP via The Times of Israel)

Qatar is attacked by projectiles from Iran. (Al Jazeera)

The Israel military says that Islamic Jihad commander 'Rashid al-Qadhi', who was allegedly in charge of the organization's weapon production division, was killed in a airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. Additionally, Hamas sniper Abdullah Baha al-Din Razak al-Souti is said to have been killed in a separate strike in the northern part of Gaza, both despite the ongoing ceasefire. (The Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)

Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris and African Union (AU) envoy to Sudan Mohamed Belaiche hold talks in Khartoum to discuss efforts to achieve peace and stability in the country and coordinate initiatives for a ceasefire to end the civil war. (AA)

The European Parliament votes 476-28 with 96 abstentions to adopt a resolution calling on the European Union to designate the Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions on individuals responsible for attacks on civilians in El-Obeid, North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)

Officials with the International Criminal Court says that a "breakthrough" has been made into investigations of war crimes in the Darfur region during the ongoing civil war in Sudan. (Middle East Eye)

The Azawad Liberation Front attacks a convoy carrying Malian soldiers and Russian Africa Corps fighters near Anéfis, Kidal Region. Security sources say Niger provided air support during the attack. (Reuters)

QatarEnergy pauses efforts to restore liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at the Ras Laffan gas facility after an attack on an LNG carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, choosing to keep its operations at a minimum. (AA)

Five members of a family are killed in an apartment fire caused by a gas leak in Giza, Egypt. (Xinhua)

At least four people are killed in a building collapse in New Delhi, India, due to rains related to the monsoon season. (Reuters)

Twenty-eight people are killed after a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, China. (AFP via France 24) (Xinhua)

The U.S. Department of Justice announces that a federal grand jury has indicted eight men over an alleged plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House in Washington, D.C. last month. (Reuters)

Thousands of people protest in Budapest, Hungary, against the attempt by prime minister Péter Magyar to oust president Tamás Sulyok, whom Magyar accuses of failing to "live up" to his role by not opposing what he calls antidemocratic measures by former prime minister Viktor Orbán. (AP)

Senegal's Constitutional Council strikes down a parliamentary bill that would expand the powers of the National Assembly and prime minister while limiting presidential authority, after president Bassirou Diomaye Faye challenges the measure. (AFP via Indo Premier)

The final stage of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's state funeral begins in his hometown of Mashhad after previously being delayed by an hour in which Iran said U.S. forces struck a railway bridge northeast in the country en-route to the funeral. (The New York Times)

Khamenei's body arrives in the Imam Reza shrine for his burial. (Al-Monitor)

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