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Armed conflicts and attacks
Seven Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in western Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Two people are killed in a Russian airstrike on Sloviansk, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
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Arts and culture
Ireland launches a permanent basic-income programme for the arts that pays 2,000 creative workers €325 (US$387) per week for three years, following a government trial that began in 2022, and which culture minister Patrick O'Donovan describes as the first permanent scheme of its kind worldwide. (Reuters)
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Business and economy
Mexico confirms it has suspended all shipments of fuel to Cuba to avoid punitive tarrifs by the United States which is enforcing a near total blockade of the island, while vowing to continue shipments of humanitarian aid. (AA)
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Disasters and accidents
A Starsky Aviation Fokker 50 aircraft veers off a runway at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, due to a technical error. All 55 people on board survive. (AP) (BBC News)
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Law and crime
The Malaysian federal court reinstates the bribery conviction and six-year prison sentence of former Federal Land Development Authority chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad after overturning a 2024 acquittal on nine corruption counts linked to a hotel purchase. (Reuters)
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Law and crime
The Philippine supreme court rules that same-sex partners may qualify as co-owners of property under the Family Code when both contribute to its acquisition, reversing lower-court decisions in a dispute between two former partners in Metro Manila. (BBC News)
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Politics and elections
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet approves draft constitutional amendments that extend presidential term limits from five to seven years and replace direct presidential elections with parliamentary selection, which would allow Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030 if adopted by parliament. (Reuters)