Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
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- Yemeni Civil War
- Three Yemeni soldiers are killed and several others are injured by a Houthi drone attack on a convoy carrying government officials, including Yemen's defense minister. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
- Pokhran missile incident
- Three surface-to-air missiles are misfired by the Indian Army during an exercise in the Pokhran ranges in the western Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India. There are no reports of damage or casualties. (Dawn)
- Three people are killed by heavy snow and rainfall in Afghanistan. (AP)
- One person is killed and three others are injured in a train crash at Galați railway station in Romania. (Digi24)
International relations
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2022–2023 blockade of the Republic of Artsakh
- The Ministry of Defence in Russia accuses Azerbaijan of violating the 2020 ceasefire agreement after a unit of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces crosses the Line of Contact in Shushi Province, Artsakh, and seizes control of dirt roads near the Lachin corridor. (France 24)
- 2022–2023 blockade of the Republic of Artsakh
- Russia and weapons of mass destruction, Belarus–Russia relations
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July. The nuclear missiles will be operated by Russian forces. It will be the first time that Russian nuclear weapons have been deployed abroad since 1996. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, says that more than 5,000 criminals have been pardoned following the completion of their mission in the war in Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Corruption in Venezuela
- Twenty-one Venezuelan government officials and businessmen are arrested in an anti-corruption probe targeting state oil company PDVSA and cryptocurrency regulator Sunacrip. (Reuters)
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