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- Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
- Four people are killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes in eastern and southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian civil war
- A ceasefire is agreed between the Syrian Armed Forces and Firqat al-Ghuraba, after the latter's camp was sieged yesterday in Harem. (France24)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- At least 50 insurgents are killed as the Nigerian Army repel drone-backed attacks on military positions in Borno and Yobe States. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are killed and 19 others are injured following an explosion at a munitions factory in Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
- Billboard magazine revises the rules for its Hot 100 record chart and implements a maximum time spent on the list if a song drops below a certain rank, intended to shorten the age to be considered "contemporary". (NPR)
Law and crime
- 2025 National Basketball Association illegal gambling prosecution
- More than 30 people are arrested by United States law enforcement as part of an investigation into illegal gambling linked to the American Mafia, including former professional basketball player Damon Jones, Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. (Reuters)
- English Channel illegal migrant crossings
- The United Kingdom Foreign Office issues sanctions against gangs from the Balkans for facilitating migrant smuggling across the English Channel into the UK. (DW)
- A court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, finds a British soldier not guilty over killings on Bloody Sunday in 1972 in Derry. (Reuters)
- A review conducted by National Public Radio reveals that there have been at least 20 deaths in Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody in the United States this year, making it the deadliest year since record-keeping began in 2004. (NPR)
International relations
- Israel–United States relations, Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank, International law and the Arab–Israeli conflict
- The U.S. government rules out Israel's plan to annex the West Bank following a Knesset vote, while several other countries also affirm their standings against the plan, calling it a violation of international law. (Gulf News)
- Nearly 700 foreigners have fled Myanmar and crossed into Thailand following the Tatmadaw's raid on the KK Park cybercrime compound on Monday. Thailand detains 677 people, including 618 men and 59 women, after they cross the border into Tak Province, Thailand. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Brazilian general election
- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announces his bid for a fourth non-consecutive term in next year's election. (AP)
- 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election
- Hundreds of thousands of people gather in Budapest, Hungary, in rival rallies for incumbent prime minister Viktor Orbán and his main opposition rival Péter Magyar. (AP)
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