Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
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- Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that it struck two tankers trying to pass the Strait of Hormuz with aerial protection from the United States, and forced four others to turn around. (The Guardian)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Two warehouses in Volgograd and Zelenodolsk are attacked and set on fire, causing damage estimated at US$1.5 billion, in the latest of a series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting the Russian online retailer Wildberries. (Kyiv Post) (France24)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Gaza war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war, Israeli settler violence
- At least 11 Palestinians, including four children, are injured during a raid by Israeli settlers and soldiers in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers also detain at least ten people from Nablus, Tell, Salim, and Bethlehem. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza peace plan
- Hamas says that they will disarm if Israel withdraws from and ends its military campaign in the Gaza Strip and if Israel and the U.S. honors the ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025. (Middle East Eye) (The Washington Post)
- The Israel Defense Forces says that killed two Hamas operatives accused of smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip in separate strikes, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (The Times of Israel)
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war, Israeli settler violence
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- A migrant worker is shot and killed and another is injured by insurgents in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Indian Express)
- Mali War
- Human Rights Watch reports that a Sukhoi Su-24 airstrike by the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps in Mali's Mopti region killed eight civilians in June. (Africanews) (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus en route to Algiers, Algeria, plunges into a deep ravine in El Kerma after skidding off the road, killing 25 people and injuring 44 others. (AP)
- Two bodies and a body part are recovered after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan buried ten climbers yesterday, including Nirmal Purja, who remains missing. (BBC News)
- At least 34 miners are killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine near Quetta, Pakistan. (AP)
- Twelve people, including five children, are killed and 66 others are injured after a bus overturns on N1 highway near Trompsburg, Free State, South Africa. (IOL)
International relations
- Morocco–Spain relations
- 2026 Morocco–Spain border incident
- Ceutan mayor-president Juan Jesús Vivas says that around 60,000 undocumented migrants have entered the Spanish exclave in North Africa in the last 24 hours, as the death toll rises to 57. (The Guardian) (BBC News)
- Videos on social media appear to show the Spanish Army deploying military vehicles towards the border with Morocco. (Reuters)
- French interior minister Laurent Nuñez announces that he has ordered increased controls at the border with Spain amid fears the thousands of migrants entering Ceuta could make their way to France. (Politico)
- Austrian chancellor Christian Stocker and Finnish interior minister Mari Rantanen join Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in calling for Spain to be suspended from Schengen Area in response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta over the last 24 hours. (AA)
- Spanish authorities close the Melilla border crossing with Morocco after around 400 migrants stormed the border barrier. RTVE reports the sound of gunfire and explosions. (AA)
- 2026 Morocco–Spain border incident
- Belarus–Latvia relations
- Latvia announces the sudden closure of its border with Belarus and urges travellers to use alternative routes. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
- A Sri Lankan court sentences former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for negligence in failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings, which killed 279 people. Sri Lanka has not carried out an execution since 1976. (AFP via The Star)
- Indonesian authorities announces it arrested a Malaysia Airlines pilot for allegedly smuggling over {{cvt|26|kg|lbs}} of ecstasy and a package of methamphetamine into Jakarta International Airport. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Bulgarian presidential election
- The Bulgarian National Assembly sets October 25th as the date for the presidential election. (AP)
Sports
- 2030 FIFA World Cup controversies
- Carlos Cordeiro, senior FIFA executive and adviser to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, resigns in protest of Infantino's plans to sell stakes in FIFA Forward Enterprise to private investors, including American banking institution JPMorgan Chase, calling them "a bad deal for FIFA's members, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game". (Sky News)
- The Asian Football Confederation joins UEFA in opposing Infantino's plans and vows to boycott the next tournament if they go ahead. (The Independent)
- It is reported that CONCACAF chief Victor Montagliani is considering running against FIFA president Gianni Infantino in next year's election. (Reuters)
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