Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis Gaza war Gaza Strip famine The UN -backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification officially declares a famine in Gaza Governorate in the Gaza Strip , while conditions in the North Gaza Governorate are estimated to be as severe or worse. The Office for Human Rights states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government , while the Israeli government disputes the report and its methodology. ( The New York Times ) ( OHCHR )Red Sea Crisis A Houthi ballistic missile breaks up and a Houthi drone is intercepted over southern Israel . ( The Times of Israel )Sudanese civil war Darfur campaign The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports paramilitary attacks in Darfur , Sudan , left 89 civilians dead in 10 days. (AP)Russian invasion of Ukraine More than 90 Russian troops are killed and five others are captured by the Bratstvo Battalion while advancing in Donetsk Oblast , Ukraine . (MSN)A naval drone operated by Ukrainian military intelligence explodes after losing connection with its control center and is seized by military divers after crashing in Novorossiysk , Krasnodar Krai , Russia , killing five people. (MSN)Three militants who were involved with the Bucha massacre in 2022 are killed and two others are injured in an explosion at a house in Kalynove , Luhansk Oblast , Ukraine. (MSN)Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency Five police officers are killed in a mass shooting by unknown gunmen while patrolling on a highway in Sistan and Baluchestan province , Iran . (AP)Syrian civil war Three people are killed, including both attackers, in an Islamic State suicide bombing and shooting at a checkpoint in Deir ez-Zor , Syria . (Shafaq News)
Disasters and accidents
A part of the under-construction Jianzha Yellow River Bridge collapses into the Yellow River on the border of Jainca County , Qinghai , China , killing twelve people and leaving four others missing. (CBS News)Five people are killed and 49 others are injured, including several airlifted, when a tour bus loses control and overturns on Interstate 90 West in Pembroke , New York , United States . (WIVB-TV) (BNO News)At least four people are killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in San Miguel Zacaola, Santo Toms Hueyotlipan , Mexico . ( Municipios Puebla )
Law and crime
Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Illegally deported Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from jail in Cookeville , Tennessee , United States, to reunite with family while awaiting trial on people smuggling charges. (AP)At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in Sulaymaniyah , Kurdistan Region , Iraq , after the arrest of the nephew of former president Jalal Talabani . (AP)Five people are injured, including three in life-threatening condition, in an arson attack at an Indian restaurant in Ilford , Greater London , England . No arrests have been made. (Sky News)Corruption in Sri LankaSri Lanka police arrest and detain former president Ranil Wickremesinghe for allegedly misusing public funds while in office. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
Schoof cabinet Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns from the current cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy and FarmerCitizen Movement over implementing additional sanctions against Israel . (DutchNews.nl)
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