Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Sports
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- Middle Eastern crisis
- Yemeni civil war
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- Saudi Arabia's air forces carries out an airstrike at a market in Taiz, Yemen, killing seven people and wounding 40 more. (Internazionale)
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
- Yemeni civil war
- 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Afghanistan forces kill 28 fighters allegedly associated with the Islamic State and capture another 32 from Pakistan. (The Washington Post)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Disasters and accidents
- A bus carrying Filipino tourists veers off a highway near Munich, Germany, killing two people and wounding 25 more. (Demócrata)
International relations
- China–United States relations
- Panda diplomacy, 2026 state visit by Xi Jinping to the United States
- Two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, arrive at the Atlanta zoo from the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., as part of an agreement signed between the U.S. and China. (ABC News) (AP)
- Panda diplomacy, 2026 state visit by Xi Jinping to the United States
Law and crime
- Crime in South Africa
- Ten people are killed and 11 others are injured in a mass shooting at a store in Lwandle, City of Cape Town, South Africa. Police search for the perpetrators. (Euronews)
- Five men are arrested in relation to a 'major incident' at RAF Fairford air base in England. They are arrested on suspicion of committing offences that violate the Explosives Act 1875. (CNN) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- 2026 French Senate election
- The National Rally clears the 10-seat threshold in the Senate of France, allowing the party to meet qualifications for the formation of a far-right parliamentary group. (RFI)
- 2026 São Toméan parliamentary election
- Citizens of São Tomé and Príncipe vote to elect 55 members of the National Assembly. (AFP via Macau Business)
- 2026 Serbian parliamentary election
- President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić resigns in order to run for prime minister in the upcoming parliamentary election. Speaker of the National Assembly Ana Brnabić becomes acting president. (Reuters)
- 2026 Swiss referendums
- Swiss voters reject an initiative that proposed to enshrine a stricter form of Swiss neutrality, which would have prevented Switzerland from imposing economic sanctions and cooperating with NATO. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2026 Billie Jean King Cup finals
- In tennis, the Czech Republic wins its 12th Billie Jean King Cup title and first since 2018 after defeating Ukraine 2–0 in the final in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. (AFP)
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