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- 2022 North Kosovo crisis
- Serb protesters in Northern Kosovo block main roads for a second day following a nighttime exchange of fire with police after the arrest of a Serb former policeman, amid rising tensions between authorities and Kosovo's Serb minority. (Reuters)
- Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti states that "the barricades from masked criminals in the north must be removed immediately." (Al Jazeera)
- Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić calls an emergency meeting of the National Security Council. After the meeting, Vučić states that "it is important to call on Serbs and Albanians to keep the peace" and that he "made certain decisions and gave orders." (Politika)
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Six Pakistani civilians and a Taliban fighter are killed during a shootout between Taliban forces and Pakistani soldiers over a dispute on construction of new checkpoints on the Afghan side of the Chaman border. Seventeen Pakistani civilians, ten Taliban fighters and three Afghan civilians are also injured. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- South Sudan declares a measles outbreak. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health reports that there are currently 2,471 cases and 31 deaths in 22 counties of the country. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- Pan Am Flight 103
- Federal authorities in the United States announce the arrest of a Libyan man charged in relation with the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, which killed 270 people. (CNN)
- Three people are killed and four others are injured during a mass shooting at a bar in Rome, Lazio, Italy. (Reuters)
- Three people are killed and four others are injured during a car chase between the Carabinieri and another vehicle in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. (Ansa)
Science and technology
- Artemis 1
- The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, the first of the NASA's Artemis program, ends with a splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 17:40:30 UTC. (YouTube)
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