Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Ethiopian offensive
  • Ethiopian civil conflict
    • The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) seizes several airports in Tigray, while clashes are ongoing in the nearby regions of Afar and Amhara. The TPLF says that it has started a "defensive war" against the Federal government of Ethiopia. (Reuters)
• Communal conflicts in Nigeria
  • Fifteen people, including a village head, are killed in an armed ethnic clash in Bagudo, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Six suspects are arrested following the attack. (Daily Post)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Poland scrambles fighter jets after a Russian helicopter violates Polish airspace near the town of Braniewo. (Chronicle Live)

Law and crime

• War crimes in the Myanmar civil war
  • Human Rights Watch reports that women held as political prisoners in Myanmar face torture, sexual violence, and inadequate medical care. The group says more than 6,600 women and 640 children are among over 30,000 political prisoners detained since 2021. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Second impeachment of Sara Duterte
  • The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, rules that only senator-judges able to participate count toward the conviction threshold in vice president Sara Duterte's trial, reducing the required votes from 16 to 14. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 Asian Games
  • North Korea at the 2026 Asian Games, Weightlifting at the 2026 Asian Games
    • North Korean weightlifter Ri Song-gum wins gold in the women's 49kg category at the 2026 Asian Games while setting three world records: 94kg in the snatch, 121kg in the clean and jerk, and 215kg overall. (AFP via France 24)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
      • 2026 Yemen offensives
        • The Houthi-affiliated Saba News Agency reports that Saudi airstrikes on the Houthi-held city of Mokha, Yemen, have killed six civilians. (AFP via CNA)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Pacific hurricane season
  • The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Polo has strengthened into a category 5 Pacific hurricane. (The Independent)
• 2026 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Dujuan kills at least four people and injures 22 others in Japan, while six remain missing after landslides. More than 45,000 households in Chiba Prefecture lose power, and over 460 homes are damaged. (AFP via Taipei Times)
• Moldova's parliament approves a 60-day state of emergency in the energy and water sectors as low levels in the Dniester and Prut rivers threaten water supplies and global conflicts raise energy costs. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The Atlantic hurricane season breaks a 112-year record without a hurricane, due to a strong El Niño event in the Pacific. (AccuWeather)
• Tunisia's meteorological service reports that summer 2026 is the country's hottest since records began in 1950, with average temperatures {{convert|2.9|C-change|F-change}} above the previous record and repeated heat waves contributing to water shortages and power cuts. (AFP)

International relations

• Eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Sudan–United States relations
    • Diplomatic sources and the United Nations say that the United States refused to issue Sudanese military chief and de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan a visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York City. Sudan asks the UN to intervene. (AFP)
  • United States–Venezuela relations
    • United States president Donald Trump and Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, marking the first in-person meeting between the countries' leaders following the 2026 U.S. intervention in Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro. (AFP via France 24)
• Afghanistan–Turkmenistan relations
  • Afghanistan and Turkmenistan agree to establish a joint commission on road transport and to facilitate transit between the two bordering countries. (Trend News Agency)
• Belgium–Rwanda relations
  • Belgium and Rwanda restore diplomatic relations 18 months after severing ties over the Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict. The countries plan to reopen their embassies following months of meetings facilitated in part by Qatar. (Reuters)
• Greenland crisis
  • Denmark, Greenland, and the United States sign an agreement expanding U.S. military access to Greenland, permitting new defence areas and a missile defence system while reaffirming Greenland's self-determination and amending the 1951 defence agreement. (DW) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Crime in South Africa
  • Eleven people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a gathering inside a house in KwaMakhutha, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Police investigate possible links to a feud between rival groups. (BBC News)
  • Three men are killed in a shooting in Gugulethu, Cape Flats, South Africa. Police are investigating it as a triple homicide. (Cape Town ETC)
• 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
  • Sri Lanka's High Court convicts 15 men involved in the Easter bombings in 2019. (Al Jazeera)
• 2026 Turgutlu school shooting
  • Eleven people are wounded in a mass shooting at a high school in Turgutlu, Turkey. The perpetrator is arrested. (Al Jazeera)
• Human trafficking in Papua New Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea police rescue 39 Indonesians allegedly trafficked through false job offers and held in Port Moresby. Officers arrest four Chinese nationals and investigate possible links to a wider transnational trafficking network. (AFP via The Straits Times)