Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
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- Gaza war
- Eleven Palestinians, including several militants, are killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza. (BBC News)
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
- Four people are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in Majdal Anjar, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, near the Lebanon–Syria border. (Al Arabiya English)
- Somali Civil War (2009–present)
- Jubaland forces and American troops conducted a four-day operation that killed more than 60 Al-Shabaab fighters in the the Badhadhe District, Lower Juba, in the state of Jubaland in Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Horseed Media)
Disasters and accidents
- Eleven people are killed and eight are injured after a bus collided with a trailer in Khairpur district, Pakistan. (Dawn)
- Eight people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks store in Donghai County, Jiangsu, China. (Xinhua)
- Five people are killed and several others are injured when a car jumps a meridian and collides with a bus near Nelamangala in Karnataka, India. (The Hindu)
- One person is killed and 13 others are injured in a fire at a shopping mall in Marib, Marib Governorate, Yemen. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Operation Midas
- Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests former energy minister German Galushchenko at the state border for his alleged involvement in a ₴4 billion (US$100 million) kickback scheme in the energy sector. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Sports
- 2026 NASCAR Cup Series, 2026 Daytona 500
- In stock car racing, Tyler Reddick wins the 68th running of the Daytona 500. (New York Times)
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