Bloomberg reports that officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran have met face-to-face for the first time since the start of the war on February 28.
U.S. presidentDonald Trump cancels an upcoming round of strikes for this evening after previously threatening to strike "very hard tonight", claiming that talks are in progress with Iran.
The United States Central Command denies Iran's claims that the Strait of Hormuz has completely closed, insisting that “commercial ships are continuing to transit in and out of" the waterway.
A monitoring group reports that drone strikes in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, have killed 23 people and injured at least 19 others. The group attributes the attacks to the Rapid Support Forces, although it has not been independently verified.
A minibus carrying schoolchildren catches fire in Gweru, Zimbabwe, killing seven people. ZBC confirms that all of the dead are children, while the driver and conductor are both being treated in hospital.
PopeLeo XIV blesses and inaugurates the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, coinciding with the centenary of the death of its architect Antoni Gaudí, during his visit to the country.
Chinese scientists discover the largest known whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean, identifying nearly 500 whale skeletons spanning millions of years and documenting deep-sea ecosystems associated with the remains. A new species, named after the location, was also discovered.
The United States Central Command launches a second round of airstrikes on targets throughout Iran. Additionally, CENTCOM released video footage of the strikes on their website and X.
Three people are killed in an attack on a secondary school and its surrounding community in Kogi State, Nigeria, where security forces repelled the assailants after a shootout and launched operations to locate those who escaped.
Israel issues an evacuation warning for Tyre, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike there killed at least eight civilians and injured 32, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
A car bomb explodes in the city of Escuinapa de Hidalgo, leaving property damage also affecting the city's energy supply. There are no casualties reported in the attack. In the same city a ring of violence leaves four people dead including a minor.
Victims of atrocities linked to the civil war in Sudan urges Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions to approve charges against 10 members of the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, including some believed to reside in Kenya, making it the first war crimes complaint filed against the RSF outside of Sudan.