Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Gaza war
- Rafah aid distribution incidents
- At least 79 Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip, including 15 people near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (Al Jazeera)
- Rafah aid distribution incidents
- Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria
- At least 100 people are killed, including many who were burned to death, hundreds of others are injured, and dozens are still missing, in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Guma, Benue State, Nigeria. (Star Tribune) (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 South Africa floods
- The death toll from flooding caused by a winter storm in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, earlier this week increases to 86, as police continue to find bodies in the water. (AP) (TV360 Nigeria)
- At least 19 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP) (Niagara Falls Review)
- A fire breaks out late Friday night at a residential building in Dubai's Marina area, prompting evacuations. The fire is successfully contained. (Gulf News)
Law and crime
- 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators
- Minnesota state senator John Hoffman, state representative and former speaker Melissa Hortman, and their spouses are shot in two targeted spree shootings at their homes in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, United States. Hortman and her husband are killed, while the conditions of the Hoffmans are "grave". (ABC News) (BNO News) (Fox 9 KMSP)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Northern Ireland riots
- Anti-immigration protestors use fireworks and Molotov cocktails against riot police across Northern Ireland, injuring at least 63 police officers. Police deploy water cannons in return to control the protestors. (Reuters) (DW)
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