2026 Real Madrid CF presidential election In association football, Florentino Pérez is re-elected president of Real Madrid, defeating Enrique Riquelme.
South Korea South Korean president Lee Jae Myung names Han Seong-sook as the new prime minister. If parliament approves her appointment, she will become the first woman in twenty years to hold the post.
2026 Peruvian general election Peruvians vote in the second round of presidential elections between Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori and Together for Peru candidate Roberto Sánchez.
2026 Kosovan parliamentary election Kosovo holds its third elections for the Kuvendi in 18 months amid continued political deadlock and the lack of a two-thirds majority to elect a president. Vetëvendosje, led by incumbent prime minister Albin Kurti, remains the largest party in the Kuvendi but falls short of a majority government.
2026 Armenian parliamentary election Armenia begins conducting an election for the National Assembly, the first since the expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in late 2023. Incumbent prime minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks a third term in office and the retention of a Civil Contract government.
Palestinian A Palestinian man kills one person and injures five others before being shot and killed by police during an attack through several towns in central Israel.
Terrorism in Greece Greek police reports that the Anti-Terrorist Service and National Intelligence Service have arrested a Palestinian-born alleged Hamas operative who resides in Crete after he allegedly joined the militant group.
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait Kuwait's civil aviation authority files a second protest complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization over Iran's attacks on the country, including the international airport.
Earthquake Buildings are seriously damaged and landslides occur after two w 5.1 and w 4.9 earthquakes strike Euboea, Greece.
Gulfstream G200 Two people are killed when a Gulfstream G200 private jet crashes at La Romana International Airport in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
Nasiriyah Twenty-one people are killed and 19 others injured after a bus overturned and caught fire near Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Iraq and Syria temporarily close their airspace, and the Damascus International Airport suspends its operations, amidst the Iranian strikes on Israel.
Reactions to the 2026 Iran war Bahraini interior minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa says that the country will prohibit mourning of the former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei during the Ashura commemorations.
Middle Eastern crisis At least 13 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and al-Mawasi, in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
The Iranian military command says that the Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and the Dahieh suburb of Beirut "crossed all red lines" and that there will be a response if they continue.
The Israeli Air Force intercepts multiple waves of Iranian missiles fired at northern Israel, the first launches at Israel since the ceasefire began in April, targeting the Ramat David Airbase.
U.S. president Trump threatens that the United States will seize and destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium, with or without their cooperation.
U.S. president Donald Trump urges Iran to return to ceasefire negotiations and finalize a deal. He also says that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have "no choice" but to accept any deal that the U.S. reaches with Iran.
Iranian state media reports that Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi handed Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi a "written message" from prime minister Shehbaz Sharif for supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
At least two people are killed and 11 are injured by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, which Israel claimed targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, violating the ongoing ceasefire.