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- Houthi–Saudi conflict
- 2026 Houthi attacks on Saudi airports
- Saudi-led coalition air defences intercept a Houthi ballistic missile and two drones targeting Riyadh Province as King Khalid International Airport resumes limited operations after a two-week closure caused by earlier Houthi attacks. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
- 2026 Houthi attacks on Saudi airports
- Gaza genocide
- Three staff members are killed and eight students are wounded in an Israeli airstrike against the Islamic University of Gaza in Gaza City. Four other Palestinians are also killed in more airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. (AFP via Dawn)
Business and economy
- Western Sydney Airport in New South Wales, Australia, commences passenger operations as the Greater Sydney's second airport. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-four people are killed and 24 more are injured after a bus collides with a truck on a highway in Makueni County, Kenya. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2026 Ebola epidemic
- The Nigerian health ministry expands contact tracing after confirming an imported Bundibugyo Ebola case in Abuja, identifying at least 44 contacts while investigating additional people who may have been exposed and strengthening infection-control measures. (AFP via RFI)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Brazilian general election
- Brazilians vote in the second round of presidential elections between incumbent center-left president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party and right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party. (AP) (Reuters)
- 2026 Bulgarian presidential election
- Bulgarians vote in the first round of the presidential election. The election goes to a second round between incumbent Iliana Iotova and former prime minister Andrey Gyurov due to record low turnout and no candidate having a majority of the vote. (AP via CNN) (Reuters)
- 2026 Serbian parliamentary election
- Serbians vote for all seats in the National Assembly in a snap election, amid the student-led protests against the incumbent United Serbia government. (AP)
- The Student List wins the election, with president Aleksandar Vučić conceding defeat. (RFERL)(Reuters)
- Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado announces she has returned to Venezuela from exile. (CNN)
Sports
- 2026 LPGA Tour
- In golf, Japan's Yuri Yoshida wins her first LPGA Tour title at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, finishing ahead of Australia's Minjee Lee and South Korea's Kim Sei-young. (AFP)
- Houthi–Saudi conflict
- In rally raid, Dakar Rally organizers move the 2027 event from Saudi Arabia because of security concerns regarding the conflict with the Houthis. (AFP via France 24)
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