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Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Iran war
  • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
    • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
      • Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
        • The Pakistani foreign ministry reaffirms that Pakistan is still engaged in ceasefire mediation efforts to end the war amidst renewed tensions between Iran and the United States. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
      • The Iranian foreign ministry says that the ceasefire with the U.S. is "practically meaningless" after the recent attacks. (The Guardian)
      • U.S. president Donald Trump cancels an upcoming round of strikes for this evening after previously threatening to strike "very hard tonight", claiming that talks are in progress with Iran. (Reuters) (Axios)
  • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain, 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
      • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force and Navy conduct air and drone strikes targeting U.S. military bases, including Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain. (Al Jazeera) (AA)
  • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • The headquarters of the Iranian military declares that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to all traffic, including oil tankers and commercial ships, due to renewed tensions in the region and U.S. strikes against Iran. (Reuters)
    • The United States Central Command denies Iran's claims that the Strait of Hormuz has completely closed, insisting that “commercial ships are continuing to transit in and out of" the waterway. (The Times of Israel) (NBC News)
    • The South Korean oceans ministry says that a liquefied natural gas carrier has crossed the Strait of Hormuz and arrived in Ulsan, making it the second vessel from the country to cross the waterway. (Yonhap News Agency) (Korea Herald)
  • Iranian media reports that explosions were heard in southern Iran amidst a new wave of U.S. strikes, including Bandar Abbas and the Kargan area of Minab. (AA)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • A monitoring group reports that drone strikes in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, have killed 23 people and injured at least 19 others. The group attributes the attacks to the Rapid Support Forces, although it has not been independently verified. (AFP via Arab News Japan)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Kuwait reopens its airspace to commercial flights after a temporary closure following Iranian attacks in the region. (AFP via The Daily Star)
• The South Korean data protection commission fines e-commerce company Coupang ₩624.68 billion (US$408 million) for a data breach that the commission says exposed personal data from millions of user accounts. (AFP via The Manila Times) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Seven people are killed and 17 others are injured in an explosion in Xing'an County, Guangxi, China. (PTI via Deccan Herald) (Xinhua)
• Two people are killed and several others are injured in a fire at a home in Magaluf, Mallorca, Spain. (AP)

International relations

• China–Philippines relations
  • China imposes sanctions on Philippine defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro, citing remarks he made at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue that China said undermined its interests and bilateral relations. China also bans him, his wife, and their son from entering the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau. (AFP via The Star) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2015 Bangkok bombing
  • Thailand's criminal court sentenced two Uyghur men from China to death for the 2015 bombing at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, which killed 20 and injured over 120. (AP) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Premiership of Keir Starmer
  • John Healey resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence in protest at a lack of government funding for the British Armed Forces, saying prime minister Keir Starmer is "putting the country’s security at risk" at a time of "growing international threats". (The Guardian)
  • Al Carns resigns as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces just several hours after the high-profile resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey citing the government's national defence investment plan. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • In association football, the 2026 FIFA World Cup consisting of 48 national teams for the first time begins with matches in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. (AP) (Olympics)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
        • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that they have attacked the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in retaliation for yesterday's strikes by the United States, accusing the U.S. of attacking a water plant and telecommunications mast in Sirik. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) (The Times of Israel)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
        • The Jordanian military says that it has successfully intercepted five missiles from Iran in the Azraq area of the Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, in which Iran said that it has targeted the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. No casualties or material damage is reported. (Asharq Al-Awsat) (ANI)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • Kuwait's army general staff says that its army air defense systems intercepted "hostile" aerial targets. (AA) (Kuwait Times)
    • The United States Central Command launches a second round of airstrikes on targets throughout Iran. Additionally, CENTCOM released a video footage of the strikes on their website and X. (Al Jazeera) (India Today) (CENTCOM)
    • U.S. president Donald Trump tells a Fox News reporter from the White House Situation Room that the bombing will stop shortly. (NBC News)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 12 people and injure 13 across southern Lebanon, including two paramedics. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Odesa strikes
    • Two merchant ships operated by Barbados and Panama in Ukraine's Black Sea shipping corridor sustain damage and fire during reported drone attacks near Odesa. No injuries are reported. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • Four people are killed and 12 others others are injured in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces in civilian areas across El-Obeid, North Kordofan, including a cemetery during a funeral procession and fuel station. (AA)
• 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
  • The Pakistani military conducts airstrikes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border targeting alleges TTP militants. The Afghan government reports that 13 civilians, including 11 children, are killed, while Pakistan claims the killing of 26 militants. (Reuters)
• Communal conflicts in Nigeria
  • Three people are killed in an attack on a secondary school and its surrounding community in Kogi State, Nigeria, where security forces repelled the assailants after a shootout and launched operations to locate those who escaped. (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • Five state troopers are killed and five more wounded in an ambush by suspected Jalisco New Generation Cartel gunmen near the town of Mojonera, Nahuatzen, Mexico. (El Financiero)

Arts and culture

• Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Spain
  • Pope Leo XIV blesses and inaugurates the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, coinciding with the centenary of the death of its architect Antoni Gaudí, during his visit to the country. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economy of Sudan
  • The amount of the Sudanese pound plunges to a record-low against other foreign currencies amidst the ongoing civil war in the country. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes during takeoff near Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, killing all 22 personnel on board. The military attributes the crash to a technical fault. (Reuters)
• A minibus carrying schoolchildren catches fire in Gweru, Zimbabwe, killing seven people. ZBC confirms that all of the dead are children, while the driver and conductor are both being treated in hospital. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to the Tchomia health zone in Ituri Province, with the health ministry reporting 37 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths. The outbreak has recorded 635 confirmed cases and 127 deaths across three provinces. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2026 Northern Ireland riots
  • Police use water cannons as anti-migrant rioting continues for a second day in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (BBC News)
• An Indonesian military court sentences four soldiers to prison terms of up to three years for a premeditated acid attack on activist Andrie Yunus that left him blind in one eye. Two of the convicted soldiers are dismissed from military service. (AFP via CNA)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Colombian presidential election
  • An investigatory commission in the Chamber of Representatives proposes to suspend the powers of Colombian president Gustavo Petro until election day on 21 June 2026. (CNN in Spanish) (Reuters)
• Prevalence of female genital mutilation
  • The Senate of Colombia approves legislation prohibiting female genital mutilation, which continues in some Indigenous communities. If President Petro approves the measure, it would make Colombia the first Latin American country to enact such a ban. (AFP via The Hindu)
• Protests against the 2026 Iran war
  • Hundreds of people rally in Hezbollah strongholds in southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, in support of Iran and its allies during the war. Additionally, the Al-Masirah, a TV channel run by the Houthis, reports a similar gathering in Sanaa, Yemen. (AFP via Arab News)

Science and technology

• Chinese scientists discover the largest known whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean, identifying nearly 500 whale skeletons spanning millions of years and documenting deep-sea ecosystems associated with the remains. A new species, Pterocetus diamantinae named after the location, was also discovered. (AFP via France 24) (The Guardian)
• Maritime Launch Services test-launches its first Barracuda hypersonic rocket from Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada, but falls short of reaching the Karman Line. (The Globe and Mail)

Sports

• 2026 NBA Finals
  • In basketball, the New York Knicks rally from a 29-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107–106 in Game 4, taking a 3–1 series lead in the NBA Finals after OG Anunoby tipped in the game-winning basket with 1.2 seconds remaining. The comeback is the largest in NBA Finals history, surpassing the Boston Celtics' 24-point comeback in Game 4 of the 2008 finals. (BBC Sport) (ESPN) (Sportsnet)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members are rescued by an unmanned vessel. In response, the U.S. Central Command launches "self-defense" missile strikes at targets across Iran at 5 p.m. ET, with an American official claiming the helicopter was downed by an Iranian drone. (BBC News) (NBC News)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Israel issues an evacuation warning for Tyre, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike there killed at least eight civilians and injured 32, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
    • Israeli troops kill one civilian in northern Israel, near the border of Israel and Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least 10 people are killed and 106 others are injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • The administration of the Rapid Support Forces in West Darfur accuses the Sudanese Army of destroying the Ardamata bridge in a drone strike in Geneina, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
• Mexican drug war
  • A car bombing blasts in the city of Escuinapa de Hidalgo, leaving important material damage incluiding the affect the city's energy supply. but there are no casualties reported in the attack. In the same city a ring of violence leaves four people dead including a minor.(Milenio Noticias) {(Noroeste)
• List of ongoing armed conflicts
  • A study published by the Journal of Peace Research, using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program at Uppsala University in Sweden, reports that 2025 saw 65 active conflicts, the highest amount of conflicts between states since World War II and the highest amount of fatalities since the Rwandan genocide. (NPR) (JPR)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • The United States Energy Information Administration reports that Middle Eastern oil producers have reduced output by more than 11 million barrels per day, due to the Strait of Hormuz closure. (Al Jazeera)
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Stellantis has recalled over 1 million Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator models from 2021 to 2025 in the United States over fire concerns. (Reuters) (CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Mindanao earthquake
  • The death toll from yesterday's earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, increases to 41 people killed, with 479 more injured and four missing. All casualties come from the Davao and Soccsksargen regions. (AFP via RFI) (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 2026 Johannesburg shooting
  • Twelve people are killed in a mass shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa. (BBC News)
• 2026 Northern Ireland riots
  • Riots erupt in Belfast and Newtownards, Northern Ireland due to yesterday’s knife attack. (BBC)
• Corruption in Sri Lanka
  • The Sri Lankan High Court sentences former deputy minister Sarana Gunawardena to 16 years' imprisonment after convicting him on corruption charges related to kickbacks from government procurement contracts. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo
  • Philippine police arrest former superintendent Rafael Dumlao, who was convicted in the 2016 kidnapping and killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo at Camp Crame and had been evading imprisonment. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
  • Victims of atrocities linked to the civil war in Sudan urges Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions to approve charges against 10 members of the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, including some believed to reside in Kenya, making it the first war crimes complaint filed against the RSF outside of Sudan. (AP)
• Three people are injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Blackley, Manchester, England. A 14-year-old student is arrested. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• Artemis program
  • NASA announces that its astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will crew the Artemis III mission in late 2027. The mission's goal is to evaluate rendezvous and docking operations with SpaceX's Starship HLS and Blue Origin's Blue Moon spacecraft. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has agreed to stop the airstrikes on Iran at United States president Donald Trump's request, but an official states that Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon will continue. Netanyahu also warns that Israel will respond if Iran resumes military action. (AFP via Dawn) (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
      • The Israeli Air Force launches strikes against military sites in western and central Iran, making it the first time Israel launched strikes against Iran since the April 7 ceasefire. The strikes come as Iranian state media reported explosions were heard in Isfahan, Kermanshah, Tabriz, and Tehran. (The Jerusalem Post) (Israel National News)
      • The Iranian military says that attacks on Israel will resume if it continues the war against Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region
      • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launches strikes in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate against the Kurdish opposition group headquarters in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. (AA)
    • 2026 Houthi strikes on Israel
      • The Houthis fire two missiles at Israel, one of which was intercepted, and another that did not reach it. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Iran ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali tells the Russian newspaper Izvestia that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen, but with new conditions set by Iran and Oman, including transit fees. (Reuters)
  • Gaza war
    • Israel Defense Forces confirms that they have killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in the central Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Sudanese civil war
  • A U.S.-led coalition consisting of Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, and the United Kingdom endorses a civilian-led political dialogue for Sudan to end the war under the facilitation of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Union, IGAD, and the United Nations. (Capital FM Kenya) (Radio Tamazuj)
• Kashmir conflict, Protests in Pakistan
  • Eleven people, including four police officers, are killed and dozens others are injured during clashes between police and supporters of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Police arrest more than 70 JAAC members. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority reopens Iraq's airspace after Iran announced that it was halting attacks against Israel. Additionally, Syria reopens its airspace, including resuming operations at the Damascus International Airport. (Middle East Eye) (Arabian Business)
  • Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport resumes operations after suspending incoming flights following recent military exchanges between Iran and Israel. (AFP via Arab News)
• Foreign relations of Kyrgyzstan, Foreign relations of the European Union
  • The Kyrgyz foreign ministry says that the European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport removed Kyrgyzstan from the European Union aviation safety blacklist after 20 years. (AA)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Mindanao earthquake
  • A M_w 7.8 earthquake, whose epicenter is located off Maasim, Sarangani, Philippines, strikes Mindanao, hitting as far as Leyte, the provinces of North Maluku and North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Sabah, Malaysia. At least 35 people are killed while more than 200 others are injured and 12 are missing. (AFP and AP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) (The Guardian) (Malay Mail) (The Philippine Star)
  • Tsunamis are recorded in Guam, Palau and parts of Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) cancels its tsunami advisory issued for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; while agencies in Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand lift their respective warnings. The PTWC later confirms that the tsunami threat passes hours following its issuance of the warning for parts of the Pacific. (BBC News) (NHK) (The Straits Times) (RNZ) (tsunami.gov)
  • Philippine president Bongbong Marcos orders the suspension of classes in affected areas across Mindanao, coinciding with the country's first day of the new school year. (Nikkei Asia)
• Eight people are killed and six others injured after an explosion at a steel plant in Visakhapatnam, India. (Xinhua)

Health and environment

• Climate change in the United States
  • The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records the country's second-warmest spring since records began, while drought conditions affect more than half of the contiguous states despite above-average precipitation in some regions. (AFP via Terra Daily)
• Brazil's health ministry suspends administration of its single-dose dengue vaccine after two deaths and another severe adverse event among more than 500,000 recipients prompt a safety review, although no causal link has been established. (AFP via The Straits Times)

International relations

• The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons reports that the world's nine nuclear-armed states increased spending on nuclear weapons by nearly 20% to US$119 billion, the highest annual total on record, in 2025. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Law and crime

• Human trafficking in Finland
  • A Finnish court sentences former Polarica [fi] chief executive Jukka Kristo to two and a half years' imprisonment for human trafficking after finding that dozens of Thai berry pickers were subjected to forced labour and exploitative working conditions in Finland. (AFP via CNA)
• A Sudanese man is arrested by police after attempting to behead a man on a public street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Police have declared a "critical incident" in response to the attack. (Euronews) (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Armenian parliamentary election
  • Preliminary results from yesterday's election reveal that the governing Civil Contract party won 49.8% of votes, translating to a parliamentary majority, but falling short of the two-thirds majority required to call a constitutional referendum for a peace deal with Azerbaijan and the restart of border trade with Turkey. Opposition alliances Strong Armenia and Armenia Alliance entered parliament after winning 23.2% and 9.9% of the vote ​respectively. A fourth party, Prosperous Armenia, narrowly missed entering parliament after a later tally of electronic votes. (Reuters)
• 2026 Jersey general election
  • Declared results indicate that Reform Jersey leader Sam Mézec will not be re-elected to the States Assembly after placing tenth in the senatorial race. (BBC News)
• Illegal immigration to India
  • The government of West Bengal, India, deports nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals and detains hundreds more as part of a campaign targeting undocumented migrants following the state's recent election. (AFP via Daily Tribune)
• Former Supreme Court justice and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour is sworn in as the 31st Governor General of Canada. (CTV)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • 2026 FIFA World Cup controversies
    • Several members from Iran, Iraq, and Somalia, along with international sports delegations including referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, are denied visas and blocked from entering the United States for the FIFA World Cup. (AFP via France 24) (BBC Sport) (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
        • At least two people are killed and 11 are injured by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, which Israel claimed targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
          • Iranian state media reports that Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi handed Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi a "written message" from prime minister Shehbaz Sharif for supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (Arab News PK)
        • U.S. president Donald Trump urges Iran to return to ceasefire negotiations and finalize a deal. He also says that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have "no choice" but to accept any deal that the U.S. reaches with Iran. (Shafaq) (Financial Times)
      • Nuclear program of Iran
        • U.S. president Trump threatens that the United States will seize and destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium, with or without their cooperation. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
      • The Israeli Air Force intercepts multiple waves of Iranian missiles fired at northern Israel, the first launches at Israel since the ceasefire began in April, targeting the Ramat David Airbase. (Axios) (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)
      • The Iranian military command says that the Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and the Dahieh suburb of Beirut "crossed all red lines" and that there will be a response if they continue. (Axios) (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • At least 13 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and al-Mawasi, in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
  • Bahrain–Iran relations, Reactions to the assassination of Ali Khamenei
    • Bahraini interior minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa says that the country will prohibit mourning of the former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei during the Ashura commemorations. (The National News)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Iraq and Syria temporarily close their airspace, and the Damascus International Airport suspends its operations, amidst the Iranian strikes on Israel. (AFP via The Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera)
  • Iran closes its airspace in the western part of the country. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty-one people are killed and 19 others injured after a bus overturned and caught fire near Nasiriyah, Iraq. (Reuters)
• Six people are killed after a van collided with a truck in Sichuan Province, China. (Xinhua)
• Two people are killed when a Gulfstream G200 private jet crashes at La Romana International Airport in La Romana, Dominican Republic. (AFP via The New Zealand Herald)
• Buildings are seriously damaged and landslides occur after two M_w  5.1 and M_w  4.9 earthquakes strike Euboea, Greece. (Skai)

International relations

• Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
  • Kuwait's civil aviation authority files a second protest complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization over Iran's attacks on the country, including the international airport. (Times Kuwait)

Law and crime

• Terrorism in Greece
  • Greek police reports that the Anti-Terrorist Service and National Intelligence Service have arrested a Palestinian-born alleged Hamas operative who resides in Crete after he allegedly joined the militant group. (The Jerusalem Post)
• A Palestinian man kills one person and injures five others before being shot and killed by police during an attack through several towns in central Israel. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Armenian parliamentary election
  • Armenia begins conducting an election for the National Assembly, the first since the expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in late 2023. Incumbent prime minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks a third term in office and the retention of a Civil Contract government. (AP)
• 2026 Jersey general election
  • Islanders of Jersey vote to elect 49 seats of the States Assembly. (BBC)
• 2026 Kosovan parliamentary election
  • Kosovo holds its third elections for the Kuvendi in 18 months amid continued political deadlock and the lack of a two-thirds majority to elect a president. Vetëvendosje, led by incumbent prime minister Albin Kurti, remains the largest party in the Kuvendi but falls short of a majority government. (AP)
• 2026 Peruvian general election
  • Peruvians vote in the second round of presidential elections between Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori and Together for Peru candidate Roberto Sánchez. (AP)
• South Korean president Lee Jae Myung names Han Seong-sook as the new prime minister. If parliament approves her appointment, she will become the first woman in twenty years to hold the post. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 Real Madrid CF presidential election
  • In association football, Florentino Pérez is re-elected president of Real Madrid, defeating Enrique Riquelme. (The New York Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
          • Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi visits Tehran to talk with Iranian authorities, including foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, regarding ending the war. (AA)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • United States Central Command forces attack surveillance sites on Iran's Qeshm Island after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at four tankers attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz without coordinating with it. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
        • The Bahraini army intercepts three Iranian missiles and several drones launched against Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
        • The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired at the country. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • At least ten people, including three Lebanese soldiers, one of whom is a brigadier general, are killed by Israeli airstrikes on approximately 150 Hezbollah-linked sites across southern Lebanon over two days, including weapon storage areas, command centers, rocket launchers, and other military infrastructure. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Al Jazeera)
      • The Israeli military announces that it is investigating the incident that killed three Lebanese troops. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • Gaza peace plan
      • Hamas meets with mediators and Palestinian factions in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss implementing the first phase of the ceasefire signed in October 2025 and arrangements for the second phase. (AA)
• Mali War
  • 2026 Mali offensives
    • Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin releases a propaganda video of the 25 April 2026 attacks on Mali against a Malian Army camp and Sevaré airport in Mali's Mopti region. (Africanews)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • A drone strike hits a market in the Abu Zaeima area of Hamrat Al Sheikh in North Kordofan, Sudan, killing 11 people. (AA) (Hindustan Times)

Business and economy

• Lebanon inaugurates its second international airport, the Rene Mouawad Airport, amidst the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the war in the country. (The New Arab)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed and two more injured after the collapse of a building caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Province of Fermo, Italy. (Il Messaggero)
• A 35-year-old man is killed in a shark attack off Michaelmas Island in Western Australia while spearfishing with his family. A 4.5 metre shark of an unknown species was spotted in the area around the same time. (Sky News)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • The Directorate General of Health Services reports that three children have died from measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. (BSS News)
• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • The American physician who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is discharged from the Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany. (The Independent)

International relations

• Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Spain
  • Pope Leo XIV begins his six-day apostolic visit to Spain, marking the first papal visit to the country in 15 years. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025–2026 Iranian protests
  • High school students in Iran hold protests in 20 Iranian provinces over the country's education policies, final exam rules and changes affecting the admission policies of universities. (The Times of Israel) (Iran International)
• 2026 Armenian parliamentary election
  • Armenia's investigative authority arrests six candidates from the opposition Strong Armenia party a day before the election after the Central Election Commission authorized criminal proceedings against them. (Reuters)
• Lithuania's ruling Social Democratic Party votes to remove Dawn of Nemunas (NA) from the governing coalition and seeks to replace it with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", following disputes involving NA leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis and coalition policy disagreements. (Reuters)
• 2026 South Korean local election rerun protests
  • Protests following the ballot paper shortages that disrupted some of the Voters' voting during the 2026 South Korean local elections spread to different parts of the country including Daejeon, Busan, and Gwangju.(Reuters)

Sports

• 2026 WTA Tour
  • 2026 French Open
    • In tennis, Mirra Andreeva wins her first major title after defeating Maja Chwalińska in the women's singles final in two sets, 6–3, 6–2. (CNN)
• 2026 Belmont Stakes
  • American thoroughbred race horse Golden Tempo wins the 158th Belmont Stakes, five weeks after winning the 152nd Kentucky Derby. Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Cherie DeVaux becomes the second female trainer to train a winner in the third leg of the Triple Crown. (CBS News) (CNBC)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
      • Naval blockade of Iran
        • United States Indo-Pacific Command forces intercept the stateless vessel M/T Davina in the Indian Ocean for allegedly supporting Iran. (Al Jazeera)
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • Mohsen Rezaee, the Iranian military advisor to the Supreme Leader, says that negotiations are in a "deadlock" and that it is up to the United States to end it. (Al Jazeera)
      • Axios reports that U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, to talk with nuclear experts who might take part in future negotiations with Iran regarding their nuclear program. (Axios) (Reuters)
    • Azerbaijan–Israel relations
      • CNN reports that Israel has deployed commandos, military, and intelligence personnel, to Azerbaijan near its border with Iran during the war and carried out a covert intel mission in doing so. (Ynetnews) (Haaretz) (Times of Israel)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      • Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri rejects the ceasefire deal with Israel, saying it is not a complete ceasefire and does not require an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon at the same time as Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
      • Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and prime minister Nawaf Salam criticize Iran for the rejection of the ceasefire deal with Israel, stating that Lebanon should not be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations between the United States and Iran. (AP)
    • At least five people, including a paramedic, are killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Nabatieh District, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • Israel's Southern Command says that it killed a Palestinian fighter in Gaza who was "planning imminent attacks" on the Israeli military and directing attacks inside Israel. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Five Azerbaijani crew members are killed and three others are injured in an Ukrainian drone attack on two commercial vessels in Taganrog Bay, Rostov Oblast, Russia. (The Moscow Times)
  • Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russian president Vladimir Putin rejects Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's proposal for a face-to-face meeting, stating that he sees "no point" and "the only point is for the Ukrainian side to halt the advance of our armed forces". (Reuters) (AP)
  • A Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel explodes in the Port of Constanța, Romania. (Reuters)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Jihadist insurgents attack a Nigerian military base in Mandaragirau, Borno State, Nigeria, killing five soldiers. (AP)

Business and economy

• 2026 Cuban crisis
  • Hotel operator Archipelago International ends management agreements for six hotels in Cuba, citing compliance with United States sanctions. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• Hungary suspends the issuance of work visas for nationals of Armenia, Georgia, and the Philippines, citing plans to regulate non-European Union guest workers and concerns about the impact of foreign labor on domestic employment and wages. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from a fire at a nursing home two days ago in Galpatha, Sri Lanka, rises to 13. (CTV News)

Health and environment

• Measles resurgence in the United States
  • The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the United States has surpassed over 2,000 cases of measles for a second year in a row, with 2,030 cases recorded in Washington DC and 38 U.S. states. (ABC News)
• Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and DIOSynVax reports the first human clinical trial of a AI-designed vaccine for coronaviruses including SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 and potentially Ebola. (Medical Xpress) (AA)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
  • Azerbaijan–Israel relations, Azerbaijan–Iran relations
    • The Azerbaijani foreign ministry denies a CNN report claiming that the country allowed Israeli military and Mossad personnel to use southern Azerbaijan to launch attacks on Iran, one of which allegedly killed an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps senior officer. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
• Deportation in the second Trump administration
  • Rights groups file a case against Equatorial Guinea, demanding that the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights order the Equatoguinean government to immediately stop sending people deported from the United States back to their home countries, saying it violates the deportees' rights. (AP)
• Foreign relations of Israel, Foreign relations of Slovenia
  • Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar says that Israel will open its first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, after its new prime minister Janez Janša ordered the Palestine flag at the main government building to be removed within an hour after taking office. (Al Jazeera)
• France–Mali relations
  • A Malian court sentences a French embassy official to 20 years' imprisonment for undermining state security, and imposes a F.CFA 3.5 million (US$6,225) fine and entry ban. France states that the official was engaged in security cooperation. (AFP via France 24)
• New Zealand–United States relations
  • The United States Department of State approves the potential sale of five Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters and related equipment to New Zealand's military in a deal valued at US$1.5 billion. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Drents Museum heist
  • A Dutch court sentences three men to 47 months' imprisonment for stealing Dacian golden artifacts, including the Helmet of Coțofenești, from the Drents Museum in Assen, Drenthe, in 2025. (AFP via RFI) (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 South Korean local elections
  • South Korea's election commission chairperson resigns after ballot shortages affect dozens of polling stations during elections, prompting protests. (AFP via UCA News)

Science and technology

• The United States Department of Energy announces that a nuclear microreactor developed by a private company has reached "criticality" for the first time under a program to develop the U.S. nuclear industry by the second Trump administration. (PBS)