Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 70 Palestinian civilians across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • The Israeli Defence Forces claim that a drone strike in Qaaqaait al-Jisr, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, killed a Hezbollah commander. (The Times of Israel)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Operation Black Forest
    • Indian authorities declare a "major success" in a military operation against Naxal insurgents in the border between the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, killing 31 militants including top leaders of the Maoist group. (The Hindustan Times)

Disasters and accidents

• A hiker is found dead, with a search and rescue operation continuing for another hiker, as they were swept away by a river while hiking near Didier Waterfall on Martinique. (AP)

International relations

• Syria–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa during a trip in Saudi Arabia prior to departing for Qatar. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon signs a law decriminalizing the "liking" of posts on social media publicly calling for terrorism or other serious crimes. (Reuters)
• Russian election observer {{ill|Grigory Melkonyants|ru|Мельконьянц, Григорий Аркадьевич}} is convicted on charges of working with an "undesirable organization" and sentenced to five years in prison. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

• Deportation of undocumented Afghans from Pakistan
  • Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi says that more than 1 million Afghans have been deported back to Afghanistan since November 2023 as Pakistani authorities intensify a crackdown on illegal immigration. (AMU TV)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza European Hospital strike
    • At least 28 people are killed in an Israeli air strike that struck the Gaza European Hospital, which the Israeli military claims had a Hamas command and control centre beneath the building. (BBC News)
• Puntland counter-terrorism operations
  • Three Al-Shabaab fighters, including a senior commander, are killed in a coordinated operation by the Somali National Army in Jowle, Mudug, Puntland. (Garowe Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Russian wildfires
  • A state of emergency is declared in Buryatia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia, as firefighters fight wildfires currently burning more than 53,000 hectares. (The Moscow Times)
• Fourteen people are killed and four others are hospitalized after drinking toxic liquor in Amritsar, Punjab, India. (AP)

International relations

• Syria–United States relations
  • US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will lift all sanctions imposed on Syria under the previous regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and expresses willingness to work with the Syrian transitional government. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Armed conflict for control of the favelas
  • Brazilian Military Police kill the main leader of the Terceiro Comando Puro, a drug trafficking criminal organization, and two other suspected members, in a shootout in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro. (AP) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Politics and elections

• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • A spokesperson for the Puntland Security Force confirms that Puntland has acquired four military helicopters to support ongoing military operations against Islamic State militants in the region. (Garowe Online)
• 2025 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
  • Sussan Ley is elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Australia following the party's defeat at Saturday's federal election. Ley is the first woman to hold the post. (Reuters)
• 2025 Malian protests, 2020 Malian coup d'état
  • Malian interim president Assimi Goïta signs a decree dissolving all political parties and organizations and bans them from holding meetings following ongoing pro-democracy protests in the capital city Bamako. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
• Prime Minister of Peru Gustavo Adrianzén resigns a day before a vote of censure against him over rising crime in Peru. (Reuters)

Sports

• Major League Baseball
  • Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announces that all deceased individuals on the permanent ineligible list will be reinstated, allowing players like Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. (ESPN)