Law and crime

The International Criminal Court convicts Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom, leaders of the Anti-balaka militia alliance, of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentences them to 12 and 15 years in prison respectively for their roles in various massacres against civilians throughout the civil war in the Central African Republic.

Central African Republic Civil War

Source: AP

Disasters and accidents

An Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 operating as Angara Airlines Flight 2311 en route to Tynda crashes into a forested area in Amur Oblast, Russia, killing all 48 occupants, including five children.

Angara Airlines Flight 2311

Source: Reuters

At least six people are killed, several others are missing, and 140 are injured in a explosion at an ammunition depot in Maarrat Misrin, Idlib Governorate, Syria.

Source: AP

Armed conflicts and attacks

Cambodian and Thai troops exchange fire near the Prasat Ta Muen Thom site near the border. Fourteen people are killed and 46 more injured in Thailand.

2025 Cambodia–Thailand clashes

Source: Al Jazeera

International relations

India announces it will resume issuing tourist visas for Chinese citizens, ending a five-year suspension imposed following the 2020 border skirmishes between the two countries.

China–India relations

Source: The Straits Times

Law and crime

Bryan Kohberger is sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in prison without parole after pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022.

2022 University of Idaho murders

Source: The New York Times

A specialized court in Antioquia, Colombia, sentences seven former Chiquita executives to 135 months in prison and fines them COP$13.876 billion (US$3.4 million) for financing the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group.

Colombian conflict

Source: Infobae

A mass shooting in Maguiresbridge, Northern Ireland, leaves three people dead and another seriously injured.

Source: BBC News

Indonesian National Police arrest 44 people suspected of starting forest fires across the country, which contribute to the Southeast Asian haze.

Source: AP

Disasters and accidents

At least ten firefighters and rescue workers are killed and 14 others are injured in a wildfire in Eskişehir Province, Turkey.

2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires

Source: CTV News

Two people are killed and hundreds of others are evacuated in a fire in Limassol, Cyprus. The fire brigade chief says the fire was arson.

2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires

Source: Cyprus Mail

One person is killed by Tropical Storm Wipha in Nghệ An province, Vietnam.

2025 Pacific typhoon season

Source: AP

Six Northeastern University students are killed and one teacher is injured after the collapse of protective grates over a flotation cell at the Wunugetushan gold mine near Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, China.

Source: South China Morning Post

Health and environment

The Gambia reports its first case of mpox and announces an outbreak.

2023–2025 mpox epidemic

Source: Hurriyet Daily News

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least ten people are killed after Jubaland forces claim they have taken full control of the Beled Hawo District headquarters as well as the entire city, following heavy fighting with the Somali National Army from the Federal Government of Somalia.

Constitutional crisis in Somalia Jubaland crisis

Source: Garowe Online

Three Haitian National Police officers are killed and one is missing after a gang attack in Liancourt, Artibonite department, Haiti.

Gang war in Haiti

Source: The Haitian Times

The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, which is intercepted by Israeli forces.

Red Sea crisis

Source: Reuters

Politics and elections

The Ukrainian parliament adopts a law placing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office under the Prosecutor General, sparking widespread protests across the country, the largest since the 2022 Russian invasion. Despite calls to veto the law, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the law.

2025 Ukrainian protests Corruption in Ukraine

Source: The Kyiv Independent

International relations

U.S. president Donald Trump announces a trade deal with Japan on Truth Social that would let Japan invest $550 billion into the United States and reduce the tariffs to 15%.

Tariffs in the second Trump administration Japan–United States relations

Source: CNBC

President Trump announces a trade agreement with Philippine president Bongbong Marcos that sets a 19% tariff on Philippine exports to the United States, while U.S. goods entering the Philippines will be exempt from tariffs.

Tariffs in the second Trump administration Philippines–United States relations

Source: Reuters

Disasters and accidents

Flash flooding kills three people and leaves 15 others missing in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

2025 Pakistan floods

Source: AP

A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a truck kills 17 people and injures several others in Harare Province, Zimbabwe.

Source: AP

Disasters and accidents

At least 31 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured after a Bangladesh Air Force FT-7BGI training aircraft crashes into a college and school campus in Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2025 Dhaka fighter jet crash

Source: AlJazeera

At least 22 people are killed and more than 90,000 people are displaced as Tropical Storm Wipha hits the Philippines and South Korea.

2025 Pacific typhoon season

Source: Gulf News

International relations

The Venezuelan attorney general's office opens a formal investigation into Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government's alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants detained in the United States and sent to the CECOT megaprison, built to hold alleged gang members.

El Salvador–Venezuela relations

Source: AP