North Korea–South Korea relations South Korea announces that it will accept any North Korean prisoners of war captured by Ukraine while fighting for Russia if they choose resettlement in South Korea. South Korea also opposes any repatriation of such prisoners against their wishes.
2026 European heatwaves French sports minister Marina Ferrari reports that at least 40 people have drowned in France while swimming in unsupervised areas over the weekend during a heat wave.
Communal conflicts in Nigeria Nigerian police report that at least 20 people were killed in an attack on a community in Bokkos, Plateau State, over the weekend. Police and other security agencies engaged the assailants in a shootout before they withdrew from the area.
2026 Iran war The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation reports that the Bangladesh-flagged vessel "Banglar Joyjatra" has cleared through the Strait of Hormuz at 3:00am BST after it was stranded in the region for 4.5 months.
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2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament In college baseball, the Oklahoma Sooners baseball team defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels, 13-2, to win the College World Series for the first time since their 1994 season.
2030 Winter Olympics The International Olympic Committee approves revisions to the venue plan for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps, including the proposed use of Thialf in the Netherlands for speed skating, as France lacks a suitable venue for the event.
2026 FIFA World Cup In association football, Argentine forward and captain Lionel Messi overtakes Germany's Miroslav Klose as the FIFA World Cup's all-time top-goalscorer with 18 goals after scoring a brace in a 2–0 win over Austria in the group stage.
Iran and weapons of mass destruction U.S. vice president JD Vance says that Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of its nuclear program following the first round of post-war peace negotiations at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland.
Mass media in the Czech Republic Employees of the Czech public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio are on a 24-hour warning strike to protest against the abolition of licence fees and tying of the public media budget to the government budget.
2026 South Sudanese general election Authorities in South Sudan announce that the first general election in the country will be held on December 22, 2026, the first since its independence in 2011.
2026 Romanian political crisis Romania's parliament rejects the proposed government of prime minister-designate Adrian Veștea, which fails to secure the votes required for approval. President Nicușor Dan is expected to begin a new effort to form a government following the collapse of the nomination.
2026 Labour Party leadership crisis Keir Starmer announces his resignation as British prime minister and leader of the Labour Party in an address to the nation outside 10 Downing Street, London. He will remain as caretaker prime minister until a new party leader is elected.
Egypt Egypt's security forces detain 87 Egyptians and 136 other foreigners over illegal gold mining and smuggling along the Sudanese border.
Trial of Jeffrey Donaldson A British court finds former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson guilty of all 18 charges, including one count of rape, in relation to two victims who were children at the time of the offense. In a related trial of the facts, the jury found that his wife, Eleanor, had aided and abetted five offenses.
Koldo Case A Spanish court sentences former transport minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison for taking bribes in connection with public contracts for face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. His advisor Koldo García is sentenced to 19 years and businessman Víctor de Aldama to four and a half years.
Corruption in Nepal Nepalese police arrest former deputy prime minister and finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel on money laundering charges. The arrest forms part of an anti-corruption campaign launched by prime minister Balen Shah's government following the collapse of the previous administration.
2026 Tacloban school shooting Three people are killed and twenty others are injured, one of them critically, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Tacloban, Philippines. Two suspects, both students, are arrested.
2026 Côte-des-Neiges shooting A police officer, a civilian, and the suspect are killed in a mass shooting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2024 South Korean martial law crisis A South Korean court sentences former justice minister Park Sung-jae to 25 years in prison for being involved in former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration. Prosecutors state that Park assisted preparations for implementing the measure.
Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament Belgian judicial authorities request the lifting of Avramopoulos's parliamentary immunity to allow questioning regarding payments he received from an organization linked to the scandal.
A Belgian judge issues a European Arrest Warrant for Greek parliamentarian and former European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos for allegedly receiving payments from an organization linked to the Qatargate corruption investigation.
Australia–Canada relations Australia and Canada sign a A$2.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) agreement for the export of Australia's over-the-horizon radar system, the largest defence export deal in Australian history. The system is intended to support long-range surveillance and monitoring in Northern Canada.
China–United States relations China imposes export controls on 10 U.S. companies and bars government procurement from 46 others in response to a U.S. blacklist targeting Chinese firms. The measures take effect immediately.
2026 Ebola epidemic The total amount of cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches past 1,000.
Lucknow At least 15 people are killed, including children, and several others are injured in a fire at a commercial building in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war U.S. crude oil prices fall 2.7% to about $74 per barrel for the first time since early March after treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced a 60-day waiver of sanctions on the purchase of Iranian oil.
The U.S. treasury department lifts sanctions against Iran and authorizes the production, delivery and sale of Iranian oil for 60 days amidst ongoing talks in Switzerland.
Myanmar civil war The United Nations reports that the Tatmadaw's army has killed over 700 Myanmar civilians in six months.
Russo-Ukrainian war Ukrainian deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba says that Russian drone attacks in Ukraine have killed at least five people, including an Egyptian crew member aboard a Panamanian-flagged vessel in the Black Sea and three members of the same family in Sumy Oblast. The attack also damages the vessel and forces its crew to evacuate.
2026 Iran war Shipping data from Kpler shows that two crude oil tankers carrying 2 million barrels of oil have transited through the Strait of Hormuz coming from the east, including one of the vessels showing Basra, Iraq, as its destination.
The Indian government confirms that four India-bound fertilizer cargo ships carrying urea, diammonium phosphate, and sulfur have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz.
Mediators Pakistan and Qatar say that Iran and the United States have agreed to a roadmap aimed at reaching a final deal within 60 days.
2026 FIFA World Cup Egypt win their first-ever World Cup match after defeating New Zealand 3–1 in the group stage.
In association football, Kevin Pina scores Cape Verde's first-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup in a 2–2 draw against Uruguay in the group stage.
2026 Ethiopian general election Ethiopia's National Election Board reports that prime minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party will secure a parliamentary majority in the country's general election.
2026 Colombian presidential election De la Espriella wins the presidential election, defeating Cepeda by a narrow margin.
Colombians vote in the second round to determine the presidency, choosing between the far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella and the left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda.
MV ''Hondius'' hantavirus outbreak The last American passenger exits the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, officially ending the quarantine for Americans who were affected by the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship.
Jalpaiguri Six people are killed and 29 people are injured as a bus crashes into a parked truck in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.
Tornadoes of 2026 Three people are killed, five others are injured and multiple people are trapped after three tornadoes touch down near Wichita, Kansas; Dix, Illinois; and Newburgh, Indiana, United States.
2026 Ras Laffan explosion Thirteen workers are killed and 66 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a gas facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Al Khor, Qatar. The interior ministry attributes the incident to a technical malfunction and continues search operations.
Sudanese civil war A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hits civilian facilities in Kosti in Sudan's White Nile state, killing one person and injuring 14 others.
Middle Eastern crisis Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa says that his country will not intervene in the Israel–Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon following calls from U.S. president Donald Trump to do so.
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that Israeli troops will not withdraw from the illegally occupied Beaufort Castle, Lebanon.
The Israeli military and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Zaki Youssef Mahmoud Abu Mustafa, who participated in the kidnapping of 12-year-old Yagil Yaakov during the Nir Oz attack on October 7, 2023. Additionally, he was also accused of training jihadists at the Nasser Hospital.
Saudi Arabia reaffirms its call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a UN Security Council meeting on behalf of the Arab Group.
Five known ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz, down from 26 ships the previous day, amidst the closure.
The Tasnim News Agency reports that Iran will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until the ceasefire is implemented in the Lebanon war and waivers are issued for Iranian oil sales.
The first talks between Iran and the United States since the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum are held at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland. The talks are mediated by Pakistan and Qatar.