Armed conflicts and attacks
International relations
Disasters and accidents
Politics and elections
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- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander is released by Hamas after being kept in captivity in Gaza for 19 months since the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. (Reuters)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
- The 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Workers' Party announces an immediate ceasefire of insurgency activities in Turkey and plans for a formal disbandment. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Myanmar civil war
- The National Unity Government of Myanmar says that an airstrike by junta forces killed 17 students and injured 20 others at a school in Tabayin, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. (Reuters)
- An unknown armed group attacks a Chinese artisanal gold mine in Narena, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing one Malian and two others from Ghana, and abducting two Chinese nationals. (AP)
International relations
- China–United States trade war
- China and the U.S. release a joint statement announcing a 90-day pause in some reciprocal tariffs. (BBC News)
- South Africa–United States relations
- The first group of Afrikaners arrive in the United States after US President Donald Trump grants refugee status to the white minority group, who Trump says face a "genocide" in South Africa. The government of South Africa rejects such claims. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 13 people are killed after an expired ammunition explosion in Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia. (Jakarta Globe)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Philippine general election
- Filipinos vote to elect all 317 members of the House of Representatives and 12 members of the Senate, in addition to local elections. (Asian Journal) (Reuters)
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