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- War in Sudan
- Battle of Wad Madani
- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launch a second assault on Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State, after being repelled by the Sudanese Armed Forces yesterday. (Sudan Tribune)
- The RSF captures the city of Rufaa, north of Wad Madani. (France 24)
- According to the International Organization for Migration, at least 250,000 people have fled Gezira State since the start of hostilities in the region. (The Globe and Mail)
- Battle of Wad Madani
- Yemeni Crisis
- Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- A Norwegian-owned tanker en route to Réunion, M/V Swan Atlantic, is attacked in the Red Sea with the owner of the ship saying it was hit by an "unidentified object" that struck its port side causing a small fire but no injuries. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports a second incident 24 nautical miles southeast of the Port of Mokha, Yemen. (Reuters)
- British multinational oil and gas company BP suspends all shipments through the Red Sea in response to increasing Houthi attacks on commercial vessels. (BBC News)
- Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Jishishan earthquake
- At least 86 people are killed and 96 others are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Jishishan, Gansu, China. (CCTV)
- At least 13 people are killed and another 88 are injured by an explosion at an oil terminal in Conakry, Guinea. (Reuters)
- Flash flood warnings are issued, flights are cancelled, and schools are closed in the Northeastern United States in a major storm. (AP)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in China
- China executes serial killer Lao Rongzhi for the murders of seven people between 1996 and 1999. She was arrested in 2019. (WION)
- Roughly half of Iranian petrol stations are disrupted by cyberattacks. Iranian state media reports that the Israeli-linked Predator Sparrow hacker group claims responsibility. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Twitter under Elon Musk
- The European Union formally begins legal action against X, formerly known as Twitter, due to illegal content and disinformation on the platform, as well as breaches of transparency. (BBC News)
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