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- Gaza war
- Gaza peace plan, Qatar as a mediator in conflict
- Qatari Prime Minister and foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani meets with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and other senior leaders in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the situation in Gaza Strip and other occupied Palestinian territories. (Doha News)
- War crimes in the Gaza war, Gaza genocide
- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launches an investigation into troop conduct for their roles in the 2024 killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, her family, and 15 other paramedics. (AP)
- Around ten people are reported killed in a Israeli airstrike on a police station in Gaza City. (Middle East Eye)
- The IDF says that the Air Force have targeted two Hamas commanders, including one who participated in the October 7 attacks, along with Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post)
- The IDF also confirms that they have killed four Nukhba force commanders from the Al-Qassam Brigades wing of Hamas in a airstrike on a cafe yesterday in Gaza City. (The Jerusalem Post) (The Times of Israel)
- Gaza peace plan, Qatar as a mediator in conflict
- The United Nations reports that 36 humanitarian workers and contractors in South Sudan have been killed since the start of the year, surpassing the 31 killed last year. (AP) (Ottumwa Courier)
Business and economy
- Economy of the United States
- The United States Department of the Treasury reports that the national debt of the United States surpassed $40 trillion for the first time the previous day, and is currently at $40.047 trillion. (Reuters) (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-three people are killed and five others are injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the BR-373 near Ipiranga, Paraná, Brazil. (Reuters) (UOL)
- Six passengers and the pilot are killed in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya. (NBC News)
- Nine people, including eight Bangladeshi nationals, are killed and six others are injured in a hotel fire in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (AP) (The Independent)
- Three people, including a child, are killed and another person is injured when a Immigration Department of Malaysia truck runs a red light during an immigration raid, colliding with two cars and crashing into pedestrians in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (New Straits Times)
- Two people are killed and seven are injured when a vehicle drives into a group of Milligan University cyclists in Hampton, Tennessee, United States. (The New York Times) (CBS News)
Health and environment
- 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
- Amidst the ongoing measles outbreak in Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare M. A. Muhit says that the outbreak will need 2-3 months for it to be under control. (Jagonews24)
- In a study from the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute, around 82% of children who died from measles during the outbreak in Bangladesh didn't received adequate or exclusive breastfeeding during their first 6 months of their life. (Dhaka Tribune) (The Business Standard)
- Four more children are reported to have died from measles in 24 hours, bringing the death toll in the country from the outbreak past 922. (The Business Standard)
- Merck and Moderna reports that their cancer vaccine candidate showed positive results in their late-stage trial in preventing a recurrence of melanoma, including in high-risk patients. (CNBC)
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