77th FIFA Congress It is reported that CONCACAF chief Victor Montagliani is considering running against FIFA president Gianni Infantino in next year's election.
2026 Bulgarian presidential election The Bulgaria National Assembly sets October 25th as the date for the presidential election.
Indonesia Indonesian authorities announces it arrested a Malaysia Airlines pilot for allegedly smuggling over 26 kg of ecstasy and a package of methamphetamine into Jakarta International Airport.
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings A Sri Lankan court sentences former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for negligence in failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings, which killed 279 people. Sri Lanka has not carried out an execution since 1976.
Morocco–Spain relations Spanish authorities close the Melilla border crossing with Morocco after around 400 migrants stormed the border barrier. RTVE reports the sound of gunfire and explosions.
Austrian chancellor Christian Stocker and Finnish interior minister Mari Rantanen join Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in calling for Spain to be suspended from Schengen Area in response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta over the last 24 hours.
French interior minister Laurent Nuñez announces that he has ordered increased controls at the border with Spain amid fears the thousands of migrants entering Ceuta could make their way to France.
Videos on social media appear to show the Spanish Army deploying military vehicles towards the border with Morocco.
Ceutan mayor-president Juan Jesús Vivas says that around 60,000 undocumented migrants have entered the Spanish exclave in North Africa in the last 24 hours, as the death toll from accidents rises to 43.
Methane At least 34 miners are killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine near Quetta, Pakistan.
Avalanche Two bodies and a body part are recovered after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan buried ten climbers yesterday, including Nirmal Purja, who remains missing.
Algiers A bus en route to Algiers, Algeria, plunges into a deep ravine in El Kerma after skidding off the road, killing 25 people and injuring 44 others.
2026 Morocco–Spain border incident Fifty-seven people are confirmed dead after attempting yesterday to enter the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco.
Mali War The Human Rights Watch reports that an Sukhoi Su-24 airstrike by the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps in Mali's Mopti region killed eight civilians in June.
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir A migrant worker is killed and another is injured in a shooting attack by terrorists in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Middle Eastern crisis The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed two Hamas operatives accused of smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip in separate strikes, including supply officer Muhammad al-Abed and commander Ahmad Ma’in Muhammad Anqar.
Hamas says that they will disarm if Israel withdraws from and ends its military campaign in the Gaza Strip and if Israel and the U.S. honors the ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that it struck two tankers trying to pass the Strait of Hormuz with aerial protection from the United States, and forced four others to turn around.