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Armed conflicts and attacks
M23 captures Sange, South Kivu, from the Congolese government and Burundian troops. (Al Jazeera) (SOS Media Burundi)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
M23 enter Uvira, with at least 20,000 people fleeing across the Burundi–DRC border and reach Bujumbura. (Actualité in French) (TRT World)
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Arts and culture
British autistic artist Nnena Kalu wins the 2025 Turner Prize for her wrapped fabric sculptures, becoming the first artist with a learning disability to win the award. (AFP via The Sun Malaysia) (The Guardian)
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Business and economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approves the release of US$1.2 billion to Pakistan to assist with recovery from an economic crisis. The country has already received $3.3 billion from the IMF since last year. (AP)
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Disasters and accidents
Twenty-two people are killed, while 19 are rescued, in a fire at a seven-story building in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)
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Health and environment
The Catalan government in Spain announces a state of emergency due to the rapid spread of African swine fever virus in wild boars in a 12 km (7.5 mi) region to avoid spreading to other regions of Spain. (20minutos in Spanish)
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International relations
Lithuania declares a state of national emergency over security risks from Belarusian weather balloons violating Lithuanian airspace. (AP)
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Law and crime
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in the United States announces the archdiocese will set up a $300 million fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse who have sued the church. (AP)
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Law and crime
A court in Beijing, China, orders Malaysia Airlines (MH) to pay CN¥2.9 million (US$410,000) each to families of eight missing passengers of MH370, which disappeared after departing from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. (AP)
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Law and crime
A court in Villajoyosa, Spain, provisionally closes its investigation into the killing of Russian defector Maxim Kuzminov in the town after authorities cannot identify any perpetrators. (Reuters)
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Law and crime
One person is killed and another is critically injured in a shooting at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States. A suspect is taken into custody. (BNO News)
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Law and crime
Australia's Online Safety Amendment takes effect, age-restricting social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter (X), TikTok, and YouTube, as well as accounts on the said sites registered to users under the age of 16. (CNN)
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Law and crime
The Nepalese Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority charges 55 people, including former ministers and officials, and a Chinese engineering company with fraud related to inflating expenses in the construction of Pokhara International Airport. (AP)
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Politics and elections
Andrej Babiš of the opposition ANO party is appointed as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic for his second non-consecutive term. (Reuters)
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Politics and elections
Honduran president Xiomara Castro denounces the manipulation of the election results, which are still being counted, and accuses U.S. president Donald Trump of interference. (AFP via France 24)
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Politics and elections
The Slovak parliament votes to abolish the country's whistleblower protection office and replace it with a new body. (Reuters)
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Science and technology
Chinese astronauts install debris-shielding on the Tiangong space station following damage to the docked Shenzhou 20 reentry capsule from orbital debris, and the crew conducts a spacewalk to prepare the compromised spacecraft for an uncrewed return. (Reuters)
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Sports
The 2025 SEA Games opens at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, with heightened security for Cambodian athletes and staff due to the ongoing Cambodia–Thailand conflict. (AFP via France 24)