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Arts and culture
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
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- Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- United States president Donald Trump orders the navy to open fire on any Iranian vessels placing mines along the Strait of Hormuz, after the military reportedly observed an Iranian mine-laying operation. (CNN) (Axios)
- Naval blockade of Iran
- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conducts a boarding operation on the stateless tanker M/T Majestic in the Indian Ocean, alleged to be carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
- 2026 Lebanon war
- 2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
- U.S. President Donald Trump says that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended to 3 weeks. (AP)
- 2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
- 2026 Lebanon war
- 2026 Iran war
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Dnipro strikes
- Three people are killed and 10 others are injured in an overnight Russian drone strike on a 13-story apartment building in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Dnipro strikes
Arts and culture
- Christianity in Lebanon
- Italian soldiers install a new statue of Jesus in the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon after Israeli soldiers destroyed the previous Jesus statue with a sledgehammer, drawing widespread outrage. (OSV News) (UCA News)
Business and economy
- Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index surpasses 60,000 points for the first time, while South Korea's KOSPI also reaches a record high amid gains in technology shares. (AFP via Channels TV)
Disasters and accidents
- European immigration crisis, African immigration to Europe
- Drought in Horn of Africa, Famine in Somalia
- More than 6.5 million mostly southern Somalia face hunger amid climate change, conflict and drought, failed rains drive them into hunger as children face acute malnutrition risks. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 North Zealand train collision
- Eighteen people are injured, including five critically, when two trains collide near Hillerød, Capital Region, Denmark. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed and two others are injured when a vehicle loses control and plunges into a gorge in Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India. (Hindustan Times)
Law and crime
- Corruption in South Africa
- South African president Cyril Ramaphosa suspends national police commissioner Fannie Masemola pending investigation into allegations of procurement violations linked to a R332 million (US$20 million) police health services tender. (AFP via The Peninsula)
- Protests against the 2026 Iran war
- Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi is attacked with red liquid after leaving a federal press conference building in Germany in which he criticized the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. (AP)
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