U.S. Secretary of State U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that the U.S. State Department will cut 15% of its staff and that the office of the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights will be abolished.
2025 Ivorian presidential election Main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam is disqualified from the 2025 Ivorian presidential election.
Interpol Interpol rescues 33 West Africans, including people from Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Ghana, from human trafficking rings in the Ivory Coast.
Mass stabbing Seven people are killed in a mass stabbing when a man enters a bakery and attacks sleeping employees in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines.
Palestine–Syria relations Syria detains two senior members of the paramilitary organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Jones Road Fire Roughly 5,000 residents are evacuated, the Garden State Parkway is shut down and a business is destroyed after a large wildfire burns 12,500 acres abbr=on in Lacey Township, New Jersey, United States.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian guided bombs target Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing one person and wounding 26 others, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov.
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir At least 28 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when terrorists open fire on people in Pahalgam, Anantnag district, Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir.