Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
- A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi. (Reuters)
- Kerman bombings
- Islamic State claim responsibility for the previous day's double bombing in Kerman, Iran, which killed 84 people. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 1,000 cars are snowed in on the E22 highway in Sweden between Hörby and Kristianstad for a day with people spending the night in their vehicles. The Swedish Army intervened in the situation, helping citizens get out of their vehicles and supplying them with basic amenities. (NOS)
Law and crime
- Perry High School shooting
- At least one person, a sixth-grade student, is killed and multiple others are injured in a mass shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa, United States. (ABC News)
- Myanmar announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day. (Reuters)
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- A spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry of the Taliban in Afghanistan announces the arrest of an undetermined number of women for wearing "bad hijab", in the first known crackdown on dress code since their return to power in August 2021. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine. The decree also includes the volunteers' families. (Reuters)
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