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- 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran
- Assassination of Ali Khamenei
- Iran confirms the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an attack yesterday in Tehran by Israel and the United States. Forty days of mourning are declared. (Al Jazeera)
- High ranking clerics in Iran declared jihad against America and Israel, issuing a fatwa against them. (Telegraph)
- Key Iranian regime officials Abdolrahim Mousavi, Aziz Nasirzadeh, Mohammad Pakpour and Ali Shamkhani are confirmed killed after an airstrike during a meeting yesterday in Tehran. (The Hill)
- Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is allegedly killed along with his bodyguards in an Israeli targeted killing strike on his home in Narmak. (The Times of Israel)
- The Israeli Air Force launches a new wave of airstrikes across Tehran, targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij facilities with multiple explosions reported. (AA)
- A person is injured in a drone strike on Duqm port in Oman. (AA)
- Iran launches two ballistic missiles towards Cyprus, not far from the British military bases on the island. They were both intercepted before reaching Cyprus. Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides states that the country is not a target of Iran. (Cyprus Mail) (Cyprus Mail)
- A Palau-flagged tanker is struck by a missile in the Gulf of Oman, injuring four crew members. (Reuters)
- An Iranian drone strikes the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manama, Bahrain, which houses American embassy personnel. No casualties are reported. (Egypt Independent)
- Nine people are killed and 49 others are wounded in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem District, Israel. (The Times of Israel) (CNN)
- The IRGC says it has launched missiles at the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean. (BBC News)
- Three U.S. service members are killed and five others are seriously wounded in an Iranian missile strike, according to the United States Central Command. (LBC)
- Multiple Iranian Shahed drones strike French naval air station Camp de la Paix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (The New Arab)
- Four Popular Mobilization Forces members are killed in an unidentified airstrike targeting one of their headquarters in Diyala Governorate. (Al Arabiya)
- British military base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus is hit by a drone after declaring a security threat. No injures nor victims are reported. (Cyprus Mail)
- Assassination of Ali Khamenei
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian forces launch artillery strikes on Kherson, Ukraine, killing three people and wounding two others. (Ukrinform)
- Southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
- Anti-aircraft fire is reported over Kabul, Afghanistan, as Pakistani warplanes launch strikes against Taliban targets. (France 24)
Business and economy
- Danish shipping firm Maersk says that it is suspending all vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz until further notice due to the ongoing conflict in the Persian Gulf. (AFP via Business Recorder)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 15 people are killed and 18 others are critically injured in an explosion at an explosives factory in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India. (DNA)
International relations
- 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi says that he has told Oman foreign minster Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi that Iran is open to serious efforts at de-escalation. (APA)
- U.S. President Donald Trump said that the Iranian leadership has agreed to talks a day after the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran and stated he has agreed to do so. (CBS News)
- Belgium–Russia relations
- Belgium's special forces, with French Naval assistance, seize a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the North Sea. (Le Monde)
Law and crime
- 2026 Karachi United States Consulate attack
- Hundreds of protestors attempted to storm the consulate of the United States in Karachi, Pakistan, leading to clashes with security forces which left at least 22 people dead and multiple others wounded. (AP)
- 2026 Austin bar shooting
- Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 14 others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas, United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the attack as potential terrorism. (KVUE)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Iranian leadership crisis, 2026 Iranian Supreme Leader election
- Iran appoints Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to the Interim Leadership Council that assumed authority following the assassination of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, with the body set to govern alongside president Masoud Pezeshkian and chief justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i until the Assembly of Experts selects a new supreme leader. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Science and technology
- AI boom, Regulation of artificial intelligence
- Vietnam's artificial intelligence (AI) law takes effect, mandating labeling of AI-generated content and disclosure when users interact with automated systems. The law, which applies to domestic and foreign developers, providers, and deployers operating in the country, also provides for the creation of a national AI data center. (AFP via The Straits Times)
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