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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Crimean Bridge is temporarily closed and subsequently reopened by Russian authorities after several underwater C-4 explosives planted under the bridge detonated. The Security Service of Ukraine claims responsibility, saying its agents planted 1.1 tonnes of TNT equivalent at a support section of the bridge. (BBC News)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Four people are killed and 25 others are injured after Russian forces launch an MLRS rocket barrage at the centre of Sumy, Ukraine. (AP)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Five aid workers are killed in an attack on a 15-vehicle convoy delivering food to families in the Darfur region, Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces blame each other for the attack. (DW)
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Disasters and accidents
A bus crash kills eleven people and injures 17 others in Hualahuises, Nuevo León, Mexico. (Reuters)
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International relations
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia are elected as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term. (Reuters)
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Law and crime
A court in Stuttgart, Germany, sentences a Syrian man to life in prison under universal jurisdiction for leading a Hezbollah-backed group and committing alleged war crimes against Sunni Muslims in Busra al-Sham, Syria, during the Syrian civil war. (DW)
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Law and crime
A French police officer goes on trial after being charged with killing 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk on June 27, 2023, whose death sparked the riots across France and other French territories. (Reuters)
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Law and crime
Police in Hungary deny the request for permission to hold the Budapest Pride event, citing the recent ban by the Hungarian government. (AP)
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Law and crime
Nineteen prisoners, including eleven members of the armed group West Papua National Liberation Army, escape from a prison in Nabire, Central Papua, Indonesia. Three prison staff were critically injured. A search around the city is ongoing. (Tempo)
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Politics and elections
Citizens of South Korea vote in a snap election to elect their president between five candidates. The election is held 60 days after Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court of Korea six months after the failed declaration of martial law. (Financial Times)
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Politics and elections
Lee Jae-Myung of the Democratic Party is elected the 14th president of South Korea. (Yonhap News Agency) (NPR)
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Politics and elections
The Party for Freedom withdraws from the current Dutch cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners over amending the Netherlands's asylum rules. (NLTimes)
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Law and crime
MI5 apologizes to the UK High Courts for providing false evidence in regards to agent an who abused their partner. (The Independent) (BBC News)