Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)
  • Gaza war
    • Rafah aid distribution killings
      • Israel kills at least 51 Palestinians in Gaza after Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks. At least 14 other people were also killed in separate Israeli gunfire and airstrikes elsewhere in the exclave. (Reuters)
    • One Israeli soldier is killed and three others are seriously injured in the southern Gaza Strip. The soldiers were from the Golani Brigade's 12th battalion. (Al Jazeera)
  • Iran–Israel War
    • Israel's air strikes on Iran's state television headquarters in Tehran yesterday kills three employees and injures some others. (Al Jazeera)
    • Israel says it has killed Major General Ali Shadmani, the most senior military commander in Iran after being appointed to his post four days ago. (New York Times)
    • Democratic senator Tim Kaine of Virginia introduces legislation to prevent U.S. president Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without Congress's authorization. (Reuters)
      • Senate Joint Resolution 59 is read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Congress.gov)

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Russia launches a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles on Kyiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more. (BBC News)
    • Russian air defence units intercept and destroy 147 Ukrainian drones overnight. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Two oil tankers collide near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman. 24 people are evacuated from one of the oil tankers. (NOS)

Law and crime

• Anti-piracy measures in Puntland
  • Puntland–Yemen relations
    • Seven Yemeni fishermen, detained for nearly two months after entering Puntland waters without authorisation from Puntland’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, are released. The fishermen were apprehended by the Puntland Maritime Police Force after their vessel was intercepted by the coastguard in the Ras Aseir region of Puntland. (TheEastLeighVoice)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
    • 2025 Iran–Israel War, Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel War
      • The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Iran rises to at least 220 people, including 70 women and children. (Al Jazeera)
      • Israel strikes buildings in Tehran belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran's state-owned media company, knocking it temporarily off-air for an hour before later returning. (Al-Monitor) (The Wall Street Journal)
      • Iran says Israel struck a hospital in Kermanshah in western Iran. Video footage published by local platforms showed bloodstains, indicating casualties from the strike. (Al Jazeera)
      • Israeli jets strike 120 surface-to-surface missile systems in central Iran and 10 command and control centres belonging to IRGC's Quds Force. (AP)
      • Israeli drones strike two Iranian Air Force F-14 Tomcats stationed at Imam Khomeini International Airport. Combat footage released by the IDF confirm both were destroyed. (The Times of Israel)
      • An Iranian ballistic missile barrage kills eight people and injures 287 others in central Israel. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters)
      • Iran's parliament prepares a bill to exit the international nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Reuters)
  • Gaza war
    • Rafah aid distribution killings
      • Israel kills at least 50 Palestinians in Gaza, 23 of them near an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (Reuters)
• Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
  • The death toll from the attack by unknown gunmen in Guma, Benue State, Nigeria, on Saturday increases to over 150, including many who were burned to death. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from severe weather and flash floods in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, rises to at least 77 with more than 100 others still reported missing. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Andorra
  • Andorra and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta establish official diplomatic relations. (Diari d'Andorra)

Law and crime

• Kincora Boys' Home scandal
  • Gary Hoy, a survivor of child sexual abuse at Kincora, resolves a legal action against the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Home Secretary with an undisclosed agreement. The legal action alleged that paedophile housemaster William McGrath was allowed to target children to gather information about the far-right paramilitary organization Tara. (RTÉ).