United Kingdom–European Union relations The United Kingdom and the European Union remove the land-border fence between Gibraltar and Spain under a post-Brexit treaty, allowing free movement while introducing joint British-Spanish checks at Gibraltar's airport and port.
2026 Ebola epidemic The total amount of cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo exceed 2,000.
Sudanese civil war The Sudanese Armed Forces-allied Joint Forces announce that they have recaptured the Orshi Reservoir area in Sudan's North Darfur state, a month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the area.
2026 Iran war CENTCOM announces the U.S. has launched new strikes against Iran for a fifth consecutive day aimed at coastal defense systems, cruise missile storage, and launch sites in the Greater Tunb Island.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed "until the United States ends its acts of aggression".
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says that American forces have redirected two commercial vessels since the blockade resumed.