Armed conflicts and attacks
2025–2026 Iranian protests
2026 Iran massacres, Iran–European Union relations
In response to the violent crackdown on protests earlier this month, the European Union designates the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. (BBC News)
Diori Hamani International Airport attack
Heavy gunfire and several explosions are reported around Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger. The causes are unknown. (BBC News)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistani forces kill three militants during an operation in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Peninsula)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russia and Ukraine conduct a swap of bodies, with Russia receiving the remains of 38 soldiers and Ukraine receiving the remains of 1,000 soldiers, marking the first such swap since November 2025. (BBC News)
Yemeni civil war
The World Food Program ends its operations in northern Yemen following harassment from the Houthis amid an ongoing famine. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
Eleven people are killed and several others are critically injured when a truck collides with a minibus taxi near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (AP)
Two people are killed when a Royal Thai Air Force Beechcraft AT-6TH aircraft crashes in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
Law and crime
Scam centers in Myanmar, Capital punishment in China
Eleven members of a Burmese crime family are executed in China after being convicted of various crimes related to operating scam centers in Myanmar. (BBC News) (DW)
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