2019 Iraqi protests The largest parliamentary bloc, Binaa Bloc, including Fatah Alliance and State of Law Coalition, nominates Basra governor Asaad Al Eidani to succeed Adil Abdul-Mahdi as Prime Minister of Iraq. Protesters reject the nomination, seeing him as part of the establishment.
Government Japanese National Diet member Tsukasa Akimoto of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is arrested for allegedly receiving up to ¥3 million in bribes from a Chinese company interested in setting up a casino in the country.
Notre-Dame de Paris fire Notre-Dame rector Patrick Chauvet states there is "maybe a 50 percent chance that [the building] will be saved" due to deterioration of scaffolding near the vaults, and that renovations will not start until 2021 at the soonest.
Israeli Prime Minister Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is briefly brought to a bomb shelter during an election rally in Ashkelon, Israel, after a rocket is fired from the Gaza Strip. The rocket is intercepted with no casualties reported.
Terrorism in Saudi Arabia Two "wanted terrorists" are killed in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, after exchanging gunfire with security forces.
Arbinda attack A dozen Burkina Faso soldiers are killed in an armed attack in the night by militants responsible for the previous attack.
In Burkina Faso, the government orders 48 hours of mourning after the jihadist attack yesterday in Soum Province.
War Taliban militants say they have kidnapped 27 local peace activists in Farah Province as they were traveling from Herat Province.