Emir of Kuwait Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at 86. His half-brother, Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, succeeds him as the new emir.
Vatican A court in the Holy See sentences Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu to five and a half years in prison for embezzlement.
Drug smugglers Fifteen suspected drug smugglers are killed and about 2 million methamphetamine tablets are seized during a shootout with soldiers at Thailand's border with Myanmar.
Gansu ultramarathon disaster A court in Baiyin, Gansu, China, sentences five organizers of a 2021 ultramarathon to prison terms ranging from three to five and a half years, following the deaths of 21 runners due to extreme weather during the event.
China Meteorological Administration The China Meteorological Administration issues a low-temperature warning, forecasting a cold wave affecting most of the country.
Kairouan Three people are killed and two others injured when a wall of the Gate of Floggers collapses while it is being renovated in Kairouan, Tunisia.
2023 Libya migrant boats sinking A boat departing from Zuwarah, Libya, carrying about 86 illegal immigrants from various African countries, sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, killing about 61 of them.
Yemeni Crisis The Royal Navy's HMS "Diamond" shoots down a drone launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen over the Red Sea using a Sea Viper missile.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Russia says that two civilians are killed and two others are injured in a Ukrainian missile strike on the Russian-occupied village of Nova Maiachka in Kherson Raion.
Myanmar civil war The Three Brotherhood Alliance claims to have captured Namhsan in the northern Shan State, following a joint offensive against the Myanmar military despite a temporary ceasefire mediated by China.