Space industry of India Skyroot Aerospace successfully launches Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital rocket, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh, carrying small satellite payloads into low Earth orbit on its maiden flight.
Flash flood Four people are killed, four more are missing, and seven others are injured after torrential rains and flash floods hit a mountainous village in Lai Châu province, Vietnam.
Godavari River Five people, including three women, have drowned in the Godavari River whilst fishing near Polavaram district, India.
Firecracker Eight people are killed and nine others sustained injuries after an unauthorized firecracker factory exploded in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war Iran's Hormozgan province water and wastewater company announces that United States airstrikes have damaged desalination equipment, cutting off water to about 10,000 people.
Kuwait Airways reschedules most of its flights due to the country's airspace being closed amidst ongoing Iranian attacks.
In the seventh day of renewed US strikes, civilian infrastructure, including a desalination plant in Jask, are damaged, cutting off the access to water for 10,000 civilians.
The Filipino Department of Foreign Affairs reports that four vessels registered by the Philippines carrying 81 seafarers have safely transited through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a statement published by IRNA, report that two oil tankers have exploded after hitting mines south in the Strait of Hormuz. However, the U.S. Central Command disputes the claims on X as "false".
"Axios" reports that Iran has launched a ballistic missile at a United States base in Saudi Arabia, making it the first direct attack by Iran on the country since targeting a petrochemical complex in Jubail.
Kuwait says Iranian attacks have struck a second power and desalination plant in two days, causing a fire and shutting several generating units, while other attacks injure firefighters and a worker and temporarily disrupt flights from Kuwait International Airport.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reports that two American troops have been "killed in action" in Jordan while defending against Iranian missiles and attacks against the country, bringing the total casualties for American troops to 16.
Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that the United States has violated the terms of the Islamabad Memorandum and that Iran is "no longer implementing them".
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Japanese imperial succession debate Japan's National Diet amends the Imperial Household Law to allow unmarried male descendants of former imperial branches to rejoin the family and permit royal women to retain status after marrying commoners, while preserving male-only succession.
Dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov Protests continue for a second day in Kyiv near the Office of the President of Ukraine, demanding the return of Mykhailo Fedorov as Minister of Defence and the resignation of Oleksandr Syrskyi as the Commander-in-Chief.
2026 Labour Party leadership election Andy Burnham is elected as the new leader of the British Labour Party. He will formally succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister on Monday.
Hong Kong–United States relations The United States allows its national emergency over Hong Kong's national security law to expire while retaining the underlying executive order and most related sanctions.
Japan Japan enacts a law criminalizing public damage, removal or defacement of the national flag, punishable by up to two years in prison or a ¥200,000 (US$1,200) fine.
Ontario Court of Appeal The Ontario Court of Appeal finds Canadian far-right activist and Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King "guilty of intimidation" and orders a re-sentencing.
Police officer A civilian dies and a police officer and the suspected gunman are wounded in a shooting in Nørresundby, North Jutland, Denmark, after officers responding to a reported fire are met with gunfire.
Taylor Farms recalls their iceburg lettuce, traced through a farm in Mexico, amidst the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak in the United States, which is caused by "Cyclospora cayetanensis".
2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak The death tolls from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh reaches 780 after one child is reported to have died from the disease by the Directorate General of Health Services.
Krokstadelva A large fire breaks out among terraced houses in Krokstadelva, Drammen, Norway, spreading rapidly between multiple housing blocks and prompting mass evacuations; the municipality declares a crisis and calls in fire crews from eight neighboring municipalities.
Conakry A nine-storey building under construction near Conakry, Guinea, collapses due to heavy rainfall, killing three people and injuring several others.
Chilean authorities report that a storm system that began affecting the country on Thursday has killed three people, injured seven others, damaged more than 800 homes, displaced hundreds and left around 400,000 people without electricity across 10 regions.
N-25 National Highway Four people are killed and nine others are injured after a head-on collision between two overspeeding cars along the N-25 National Highway, Wadh, Balochistan, Pakistan
Landslide Eight people are killed, ten others are rescued and 34 are reported missing when a landslide buries multiple houses and residential buildings in Pengshui, Chongqing, China.
2026 Chiapas earthquake A strong w.3 earthquake strikes near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico. Tsunami warnings were issued and damage is unknown.
2026 Venezuela earthquakes The confirmed death toll from the doublet earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela rose to 5,069.
Wildfires in 2026 Over 900 wildfires are reported across Canada, including 43 new active blazes, prompting evacuations across the country.
The United States Forest Service reports that wildfires in northern Minnesota has reached over 77,000 acres, prompting evacuations in the area.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war Iraq and Syria sign a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate the Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline to bypass to the Strait of Hormuz.
Middle Eastern crisis The Israeli military and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas commander Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan, who served as a "right-hand man" of former Al-Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.
Iranian drone strikes near Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, kill eight Kurdish rebels and injure several more.
The U.S. military's Central Command (CENTCOM) confirms that they have destroyed the Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower in Chabahar Port yesterday, which was allegedly used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for tracking commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force launches an attack at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, and claims to have caused damage to equipment there, while Qatar's armed forces claim to have intercepted Iranian attacks.
Iranian state media reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have targeted a United States Special Operations Command in Al-Tanf in response to the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Iranian strikes damage a desalination plant and a power plant in Kuwait, according to the Kuwaiti energy ministry.
Iran says that it has launched ballistic missile and drone strikes at targets in Bahrain, including a drone vessel depot, an artificial intelligence center used for targeting, and the Al-Sakhir Air Base, as part of the 11th phase of its Saegheh operation.
Dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov Ukrainian Air Force deputy commander Pavlo Yelizarov resigns from his position in protest of Fedorov's removal as defense minister.
Protests take place in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine against president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to replace defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov with major-general Yevhenii Khmara.
Autostrade per l'Italia Former Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) CEO Giovanni Castellucci is convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the 2018 collapse of the Ponte Morandi in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, which killed 43 people.
Unification Church and politics South Korea's Supreme Court upholds People Power Party lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong's two-year prison sentence for accepting ₩100 million (US$67,400) in illegal political funds from the Unification Church, removing him from the National Assembly.
Huachicol fiscal Ernesto Ruffo Appel, former governor of Baja California, Mexico, is arrested on charges related to organized crime and fuel smuggling.
Corruption in Thailand The Thai interior ministry identifies irregularities in the mandatory examination results of 5,814 civil servants and considers suspensions, while police arrest three suspected organizers following a joint investigation with the anti-corruption commission.
Sudan–United Arab Emirates relations Sudanese justice minister Abdallah Dirif says that the government will launch lawsuits against the United Arab Emirates in international courts for its role in supporting war crimes by the Rapid Support Forces in the ongoing civil war.
Papua New Guinea–Taiwan relations Taiwan says that its representative office in Port Moresby will continue operating and assisting Taiwanese nationals, rejecting Papua New Guinea's decision to close it and stating that the move was made without prior consultation. Papuan foreign minister Justin Tkatchenko says that his ministry informed Taiwan of the closure "weeks ago".
Zambia Zambia's health ministry declares an end to its cholera outbreak, which started in August of last year, after four weeks without a case.
2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that the amount of hospitalizations in the state linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak has surpassed 100 people.
Taco Bell removes lettuce from some of their restaurants following reports that the Food and Drug Administration has opened an investigation into iceberg lettuce supplied to them.
"The Washington Post" links the iceberg lettuce produced by Taylor Farms and supplied to American fast food chain Taco Bell as a source of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak in the United States, which is caused by "Cyclospora cayetanensis".
2026 Ebola epidemic The Ugandan health ministry reports that Uganda has discharged its last patient diagnosed with Ebola, triggering a 42-day countdown clock on when it can be declared free of the virus.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Six members of a family are killed after a fire engulfed their house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
Care facility Eleven people are killed and 19 more injured in a fire at a care facility in Algiers, Algeria.
Cajamarca Fourteen people are killed and several others are injured after a minibus plunged into a deep ravine in Cajamarca, Peru.
Kapchorwa Twenty-one people are killed and several others are injured after a bus lost control and veered off the road in Kapchorwa, Uganda.
Sudanese civil war The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have destroyed around 205 combat vehicles, military supply trucks, and four strategic drones belonging to the Rapid Support Forces in the past two weeks.
Around 1,000 Sudanese returnees in Egypt are reported by a local committee to have returned to Sudan.
2026 Iran war Tasnim News Agency reports that American fighter jets attacked the Iranshahr Airport in the Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Explosions are reported in Iran's Qeshm Island, Bushehr, Ahvaz, and Bandar Abbas, including a bridge in Bandar Khamir. A truck on the bridge is reported to be targeted, killing the driver.
The United States Central Command launches new strikes against Iran for a sixth consecutive night in an effort to degrade Iranian military capabilities.
The Kuwaiti defense ministry reports that the military intercepted and destroyed 32 drones entering the country's airspace.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that Iran is still interested in an agreement with the United States.