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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Ruwais refinery in Al Dhannah, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates, shuts down after a drone strike that causes a fire. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
United States intelligence sources report that Iran has started to deploy underwater mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The Central Command says that American forces have sunk several Iranian ships, including 16 minelaying vessels. (CNN) (CNBC)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
According to Iran International, American and Israeli airstrikes have killed many Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and generals, including Basij chief Asadollah Badfar. Prior to his reported death, Badfar was involved in crackdowns against the 2025–2026 protests. (Iran International) (Jerusalem Post)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Forty people are killed in a drone strike on a truck carrying funeralgoers near Abu Zabad, West Kordofan, Sudan. (Arab News)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Seven people, including three children, are killed and 13 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces drone strike in Dilling, South Kordofan, Sudan. (Daily Sabah)
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Disasters and accidents
At least two are killed and six are injured after a hailstorm and four possible tornadoes strike the vicinity of Kankakee, Illinois, and Wheatfield, Indiana, United States. (WLS-TV)
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Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed and eleven others are injured when a bus collides with a truck on the Kampala–Gulu Highway near Bweyale Town, Kiryandongo District, Uganda. (Daily Monitor)
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Health and environment
The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center reports that Arctic sea ice reached about 14.22 million square kilometers, which is among the lowest yearly high points recorded in more than four decades of satellite monitoring. (AFP via RFI)
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Politics and elections
Members of the House of Lords vote to pass a bill to remove hereditary peers and heads to King Charles III for royal assent. (NPR)
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Politics and elections
Cardinal Louis Sako, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, based in Iraq, retires at the age of 76. (AP) (Vatican News)
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Sports
In basketball, Miami Heat player Bam Adebayo scores 83 points in a 150–129 win over the Washington Wizards, marking the second-most points in a game in NBA history and most since Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. Adebayo’s 36 free throws and 43 attempts also set single-game NBA records. (AP) (ESPN)