Papua conflict Six Indonesian soldiers are arrested for killing four indigenous Papuan people and mutilating their bodies in Timika eight days ago.
Solomon Islands–United States relations The United States Embassy in Canberra says that the government of Solomon Islands will place a moratorium on US Navy ships entering its ports amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.
COVID-19 pandemic China announces new lockdowns in several cities following a series of COVID-19 outbreaks across the country.
South African Police Service A South African Police Service plane crashes at Rand Airport in Johannesburg, killing all five passengers and critically injuring the pilot.
Khuzestan province Sixteen people are killed and eight others are injured in a traffic collision between a truck and a minibus in Khuzestan province, Iran.
Moro conflict A police chief is killed by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao, the Philippines.
Cross-Strait relations The Taiwanese military fire warning shots at a Chinese drone flying over islands in the Kinmen region.
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Allied Democratic Forces militants kill at least 40 people in a series of raids on several villages in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 76 others are kidnapped by the group.
Iraqi political crisis The death toll from the clashes in Baghdad between Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters and security forces increases to 23, with all of those killed being supporters of Sadr. 380 others are injured.