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- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Fighting breaks out near the Armenian village of Tegh, with casualties on both sides. (Armenia News)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Four police personnel and one terrorist are killed in an exchange of fire during an police operation in Kuchlak, Balochistan, Pakistan. (GNN)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian National Security Forces member and another Palestinian man are killed by Israeli soldiers in Elon Moreh, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Myanmar civil war
- At least 100 people are killed in an airstrike by the military junta in the village of Pazigyi (Kanbalu Township) in Sagaing region, in the third major civilian attack since the junta's offensive in Sagaing began in February. It is the junta's deadliest attack since seizing power in 2021. (The New York Times)
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
- The Taliban say that the 313 Central Corps carried out an operation in Parwan Province, killing eight rebels, including a commander, of the National Resistance Front. (Arab News)
Arts and culture
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that Jews will be barred from visiting the Temple Mount for the rest of Ramadan, following raids by Israeli forces on the al-Aqsa Mosque last week. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir condemns this decision. (Al-Monitor)
Disasters and accidents
- The Shiveluch volcano in the Russian Far East erupts, sending ash up to {{convert|20|km|miles}} into the air. (DW)
- Hundreds of residents of Gangneung, South Korea, are forced to evacuate as more than 2,300 firefighters combat a spreading wildfire. (AP)
International relations
- Germany expels the ambassador of Chad, Mariam Ali Moussa, in a tit-for-tat decision following the expulsion of the German ambassador from Chad last week. (Reuters)
- Sweden closes its embassy in Pakistan for an indefinite period. (The Pakistan Daily)
Law and crime
- President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera pardons 200 prisoners, including a former minister convicted of corruption, his office says. (NyasaTimes)
Politics and elections
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