Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Health and environment
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- Operation Southern Spear
- United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
- The U.S. military Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere launches a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on alleged drug traffickers, killing two people. The strike is the first reported in two months. (PBS) (CNN)
- United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
- During a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that he has approved supplying Ukraine with the classified blueprints to produce Storm Shadow cruise missiles despite Russian threats against such a move, which will give Ukrainian forces the ability to strike key targets deep-inside Russian territory. (BBC News)
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Kharkiv kills three people and leaves eight others wounded. (TRT World)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Drone strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces hits several Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary targets in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, hours after a cargo aircraft landed in the area. (Sudan Tribune)
- Darfur campaign
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- International sanctions against Iran, United States sanctions against Iran
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign involving new sanctions against Iran in a effort to isolate the regime. (The Wall Street Journal) (Politico)
- Iranian economic crisis
- The Iranian rial reaches 2.02 million rials ahead of the U.S. dollar, a record-low, ahead of U.S. sanctions. (Time)
- International sanctions against Iran, United States sanctions against Iran
Health and environment
- 2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak
- The Arkansas Department of Health reports seven new cases of cyclosporiasis in the state including the first cases in Ashley and Cleburne counties, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, amidst a decline in the outbreak across the United States. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
International relations
- Armenia-European Union relations
- Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announces that the country will soon formally apply for membership of the European Union. (TASS)
Law and crime
- Syrian top religious leader Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun is found guilty of committing war crimes spanning nearly 14 years of civil war under Bashar al-Assad’s former regime and is sentenced to life in prison. (AP) (Al Jazeera) (DW)
- Former British snooker Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school children. (The Guardian) (Sky News)
- South African police arrests four people in connection of the murder of former professional boxer Zolani Tete. (Sahara Reporters) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Kazakh legislative election
- The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan declares the preliminary results from yesterday's election, stating that Ädilet secured 71% of the vote. (Reuters)
- Syria–United States relations
- The United States formally removes Syria from its designated state sponsors of terrorism list. (The Straits Times) (The Jerusalem Post)
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