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Health and environment
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- Middle Eastern crisis
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
- 2026 Lebanon war
- 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
- Israel accuses Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire negotiated yesterday by launching drones and missiles. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli airstrikes are reported in Nabatieh, in other towns of the Nabatieh District, and in the Tyre District, Lebanon, in violation of an ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
- Lebanon's health ministry updates the toll from yesterday's Israeli airstrike near a hospital in Tyre to at least four people killed and 127 wounded, including 39 health workers. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
- 2026 Lebanon war
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy coordinates the passage of 24 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz over the past day after they obtained permission. (Al Jazeera)
- U.S. Central Command says that a fighter jet has fired a Hellfire missile to disable the Botswana-flagged oil tanker M/T Lexie as it was transiting towards Kharg Island. (AA) (The Hill)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Kyiv strikes
- A series of Russian airstrikes across Ukraine, including the cities of Kyiv and Dnipro, kill at least 23 people and injure more than 100 others. Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko reports power outages and a fire in the Podil district on a non-residential property and nine-story apartment building. (AFP via Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
- Kyiv strikes
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- Bloomberg reports that Russia's exports of crude oil have reached their highest level since before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine during 2026, with the country benefiting from the overall rise in oil prices amidst the Iran war fuel crisis. (Bloomberg) (OilPrice.com)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Angeles City building collapse
- Seven more bodies are retrieved from the collapsed under-construction building in Angeles, Philippines, raising the death toll to 21. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (GMA News)
- Fifteen people are killed and 25 others severely injured after two vehicles collide head-on in the Volta Region, Ghana. (Xinhua)
- Eight people are killed and 16 others injured after a vehicle veers off a mountain road and plunges into a deep ravine in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. (Xinhua)
- Six children are killed and one injured after the roof of a mud house collapses in Shangla District, Pakistan. (Dawn)
Health and environment
International relations
- Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
- Bahrain–Iran relations, Bahrain–Iraq relations
- The Bahraini interior ministry bans its citizens from traveling to Iran or Iraq due to "the ongoing tension in the current security situation." (Al Jazeera)
- Bahrain–Iran relations, Bahrain–Iraq relations
- Cambodian–Thai border dispute
- Cambodia initiates a compulsory conciliation process under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to address its maritime boundary dispute with Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand. (Reuters)
- Hungary–Ukraine relations
- Politico reports that Hungary will abandon its opposition to Ukraine joining the European Union ahead of the upcoming EU conference in Luxembourg after previously blocking it from doing so under former prime minister Viktor Orbán. (The New Voice of Ukraine) (Politico EU)
Law and crime
- Murder of Henry Nowak
- Protesters clash with police in Southampton, England, as thousands gather to protest against the murder of 18‑year‑old university student Henry Nowak. (BBC News)
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct confirms it has launched an investigation into police handling of the incident. (BBC News)
- Xenophobia in South Africa
- Mozambique reports that five of its nationals were killed during anti-immigration violence in Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, over the weekend. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Impact of the 2026 Iran war on Iran
- State funeral of Ali Khamenei
- Iranian officials and state media announce a three-day funeral plan in the cities of Mashhad, Tehran, and Qom for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the initial phase of the Israeli–US airstrikes on his compound. (The New York Times) (Shafaq) (Iran International)
- State funeral of Ali Khamenei
- The Philippine House of Representatives votes 265–14 with eight abstentions to expel Cavite 4th district representative Kiko Barzaga over "disruptive" and "disorderly" behavior following two prior suspensions. Barzaga is the third representative in Philippine history to have been expelled. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
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