International relations

• Palestine—Vatican City relations
  • The Vatican announces that it will be converting and donating the Popemobile into a mobile health clinic for the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in accordance with one of Pope Francis’ final wishes. (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Law and crime

• U.S. president Donald Trump announces the reopening of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco which closed in 1963 and operates as a public museum. (AP News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • 2025 Houthi attack on Tel Aviv airport
    • A hypersonic missile launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen hits near Ben Gurion International Airport in Central District, Israel, injuring eight people. (Reuters) (The Telegraph)
• Sudanese Civil War
  • The Rapid Support Forces launch drone attacks on Port Sudan's international civilian and military airport. Drones also hit an ammunition depot at Osman Digna Air Base, causing damage but no casualties. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • U.S. president Donald Trump announces he will introduce 100% tariffs on foreign films. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion
  • The casualty figure from the explosion at the Port of Shahid Rajaee in Hormozgan province, Iran, is revised by the judiciary of Iran to 57 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries. Two people, including a government official, are arrested in connection with the explosion. (Arab News)
• Sinking of the Bayesian
  • Marine salvage experts begin operations to recover the superyacht Bayesian which sank in August 2024 killing seven people, including British billionaire tech magnate Mike Lynch and members of his family, while fifteen others were rescued. (CTV News)
• Three people are killed, sixty others are hospitalized, and fourteen are missing after two passenger boats carrying around seventy people, including tourists, capsize on the Wu River near Qianxi, Guizhou, China. (Barron's) (CTV News) (SCMP)
• At least three people are killed, fifteen others are injured, including children, and several apartments are destroyed in a gas explosion at an apartment block in Moscow, Russia. (UNN) (News.AZ) (Cagliari Live Magazine)
• Two people are killed and four others are injured after a car crashes into an entrance of Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila, Philippines. The driver of the car is in police custody. (AP) (Reuters) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Law and crime

• Two people are arrested after planning to carry out attacks with improvised explosive devices at Lady Gaga's concert with more than two million attendees on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to gain notoriety on social media. The suspects spread hate speech, mainly against children, adolescents and the LGBTQIA+ community. (BBC News)
• Five people, including four Iranian citizens, are arrested for planning to carry out a terrorist attack at a single location in London, United Kingdom. Separately, three other Iranian men are arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation. (CTV News)
• The bodies of thirteen Peruvian gold mine security guards that were abducted in an ambush in April are found dead. (CTV News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • The first round of the Romanian presidential election is held with eleven candidates on the ballot. If no candidate wins over 50% of the vote, a run-off between the first two candidates will be held. (BBC News)