Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Iran–Israel war
    • United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
      • A report by the United State's Defense Intelligence Agency finds that Iran’s nuclear program has only been set back by a few months after the US airstrikes, with the centrifuges required to enrich uranium left largely intact. (AP)
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli forces kill at least 31 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with at least ten who were seeking humanitarian aid. (Al Jazeera)
    • Seven Israeli soldiers are killed in Khan Yunis when an explosive device affixed to their armored vehicle detonates. (AP)

Business and economy

• The first train from North Korea arrives in Yaroslavsky railway station, Moscow after a five-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (TASS)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Iran–Israel war
    • Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
      • Israel continues to launch airstrikes on Iran while Iran launches a wave of ballistic missiles at Israel despite the United States claiming a ceasefire had been reached between the warring sides. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
      • Nine people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on residential units in Gilan, Iran. The attack also injured 33 people, including 16 women and children, with five requiring hospital treatment. (Al Jazeera)
      • Four people are killed and 22 others are injured in Beersheba, Southern Israel, after an Iranian missile strikes an apartment block. (The Times of Israel)
      • U.S. president Donald Trump tells reporters at the White House that Israel and Iran "don't know what the fuck they are doing" as both countries continue to launch attacks despite U.S. claims of a ceasefire. (BBC News) (The Independent) (The Guardian)
  • Gaza war
    • Rafah aid distribution killings
      • At least 44 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces who open fire towards people waiting for aid trucks in Gaza. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dnipro strikes
    • Russian forces launch an Iskander missile strike on Dnipro, Ukraine, killing at least 19 people and injuring 300 others. Another two civilians are killed and nine others are injured in Samar, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as a result of a Russian air attack. (Reuters) (The Kyiv Independent) (Ukrainska Pravda)
• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • Human Rights Watch reports that at least 120 children have been abducted by Islamic State-linked Ansar al-Sunna insurgents in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, this year. The children are used for labor, conscripted as child soldiers, or forced into marriage. (AP)

Business and economy

• German finance minister Lars Klingbeil announces that the German government will raise its defense budget from 2.4% to 3.5% of its GDP by 2029, citing a NATO quota for member states to raise defense spending. (AP) (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from a boat accident from a storm on Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States increases to eight as the final missing person is recovered. (NPR)
• Twenty people are injured, including 12 children, after lightning strikes near Lake Murray in the U.S. state of South Carolina. (MSN)

International relations

• 2025 The Hague NATO summit
  • The NATO summit is held in The Hague in the Netherlands. (Espreso TV)

Law and crime

• Three soldiers are killed and eight others are injured when a soldier opens fire on his colleagues during an altercation over paychecks in Mungazi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. (CTV News)
• French police detain twelve people after over 145 people report being stabbed with syringes at Fête de la Musique sites across the country. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary
  • Zohran Mamdani wins the primary to become the Democratic Party nominee for the 2025 New York City mayoral election, defeating former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo in an upset, with Mamdani having received 43.5% of first-choice votes; due to New York City's use of ranked-choice voting, the official results won't be known until July 2025. (USA Today)