Armed conflicts and attacks

• Cambodia–Thailand relations
  • A Cambodian soldier is killed after exchanging fire with a Thai soldier. Cambodia initially said that the Thai soldier opened fire, but Thailand denied this citing a misunderstanding when the Cambodian soldier crossed the border during a routine operation. (AP)
  • Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra says that she spoke with Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet, and both agreed to resolve the crisis. (Bloomberg)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Israel says it launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, destroying the last operational plane of Yemenia Airlines at Sanaa International Airport. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Miss Grand International 2024
  • The reigning Miss Grand International Rachel Gupta resigns from her title, citing "mistreatment and a toxic environment". Concurrently, the Miss Grand International Organization announces Gupta's termination from the title, citing her failure to fulfill assigned duties and her engagement in external projects without prior approval. (Manila Bulletin)

Law and crime

• Pamplona massacre
  • The Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste announces that expelled former Philippine lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr., the main suspect in the assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo in 2023 will be deported back to the Philippines, after his arrest by Immigration Service of Timor-Leste. (Rappler)

Politics and elections

• 2025 People's Justice Party leadership election
  • Following their defeats in the People's Justice Party leadership election, ministers Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi announce their intention to resign from the Cabinet of Malaysia. (CNA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Northern Ukraine border skirmishes
    • 2025 Sumy Oblast incursion
      • A local official says that Russian forces have seized four Ukrainian villages in the northeastern Sumy Oblast near the border with Russia. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least five people are killed and six missing after an explosion at a chemical plant in Gaomi, Shandong, China. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  • Department of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces that the United States Centers for Disease Control will remove the COVID-19 vaccine from its list of recommended vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women. (NPR) (Reuters)

International relations

• Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN
  • Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, chair of the ASEAN, announces that Timor-Leste will officially join the ASEAN as its 11th member state in October. (The Straits Times)
• Argentine president Javier Milei ratifies Argentina's withdrawal from the World Health Organization. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • South Korean authorities announce travel bans on former acting presidents Han Duck-soo and Choi Sang-mok, as they are investigated for insurrection along with former president Yoon Suk Yeol, who is already indicted. (Macau Business)
• Capital punishment in Vietnam
  • The National Assembly of Vietnam begins deliberations on a government proposal to end the death penalty for some offences, including drug trafficking and some national security crimes, and replace them with life in prison without parole. (Vietnam News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 royal tour of Canada
  • King Charles III, in his capacity as King of Canada, visits Canada along with Queen Camilla on Prime Minister Mark Carney's advice. He also read the Speech from the Throne, the first reigning monarch to do so since 1977. The visit is seen as a reinforcement of Canadian sovereignty in light of American president Donald Trump's rhetoric on threatening to annex Canada. (NPR)
• 2025 Samoan general election
  • Samoan prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa says that she will dissolve parliament and seek an early election after leading a minority government since January, when she was expelled from her party. (RNZ)

Science and technology

• Starship flight test 9
  • SpaceX's first flight to reuse a Super Heavy Booster ends without achieving its goal and loses the previously retrieved booster. (Reuters)