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- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Seven people are killed and five injured during a mass shooting at a camp for construction workers near Sonamarg, in India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israel launches airstrikes on financial institutions allegedly linked to Hezbollah, including in Beirut and the Beqaa Valley. (AP)
- Sudanese civil war
- An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashes in North Darfur, Sudan, killing its crew of two Russians and three Sudanese nationals. The Rapid Support Forces claims to have shot down the aircraft and says it has recovered its flight recorder. Russia says its diplomats in the country are investigating the crash. (Sudan Tribune) (AP)
Health and environment
- History of malaria
- The World Health Organization declares Egypt malaria-free after a 100-year effort. (BBC)
International relations
- China–India relations
- India and China reach a breakthrough agreement on disengagement and border patrol along the disputed Line of Actual Control. (Zee News) (DW)
Law and crime
- 2000 Sipadan kidnappings
- The Department of Justice of the Philippines reports that a trial court in Taguig has convicted 17 leaders and members of Abu Sayyaf, including two top officials of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement who have been in the United Nations Security Council's Sanctions List, of the kidnapping of 21 tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia, in 2000. The convicts are sentenced to reclusión perpetua. (AFP via SCMP) (PNA)
- Mass shootings in the United States in 2024
- Five members of a family are killed, including three teenagers, in a mass shooting in Fall City, Washington, United States. (USA TODAY)
- Operation Car Wash
- A court in Peru sentence's former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in prison for taking bribes. (Reuters)
- Former Albanian president Ilir Meta is arrested on accusations of corruption. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Largest known prime number, List of Mersenne primes and perfect numbers
- A 52nd Mersenne prime is discovered, by Luke Durant participating in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), 6 years after the last new Mersenne prime in 2018. The prime number is 41,024,320 digits in length, making it the largest known prime number. (Mersenne.org)
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