2026 Farrer by-election Farrer MP David Farley becomes the first One Nation candidate elected to the Australian House of Representatives.
2026 Hungarian parliamentary election The National Assembly of Hungary reconvenes for the first time since the election as elected members are sworn in. Ágnes Forsthoffer is elected as speaker.
Péter Magyar of the Tisza Party is sworn in as the prime minister of Hungary, ending the 16-year tenure of Fidesz's Viktor Orbán.
Bahrain Bahrain arrests 41 individuals in connection with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Shia clerics.
Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes suspends the implementation of a law that could reduce prison sentences for individuals convicted over the 2022–2023 coup plot, including former president Jair Bolsonaro, pending a constitutional review by the full court.
2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade Russia marks the Victory Day with a scaled-down military parade in Moscow.
The 61st Venice Biennale in Italy opens to the public without a jury after the jury quit in protest of Israel's and Russia's participation and loud protests outside their pavilions.
Ituri conflict The DR Congolese military reports that at least 69 people were killed in an attack by CODECO in Ituri Province in April.
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa At least 12 police officers are killed and five others are injured after militants detonated a car bomb and attacked a police checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Sudanese civil war The Sudanese Army announces that it has seized control of the Al-Kili area in the Blue Nile State from Rapid Support Forces and SPLM–N.
Russo-Ukrainian war Kharkiv Oblast governor Oleh Syniehubov says that a Russian drone has struck a residential building in Kharkiv during the beginning of the 3-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Russian president Vladimir Putin says that he thinks the Russo-Ukrainian war may come to an end soon after previously vowing victory over Ukraine during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow.