President of the United States Joe Biden announces that the United States will send 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine. (CNBC) United States and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine link embed save
A DRC Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 is hit by anti-aircraft fire over the Rwandan border. The Rwandan government says that its forces took "defensive measures" against a plane that had "violated its airspace". (BBC News) 2022–2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions link embed save
France agrees to withdraw its 400 special forces personnel from Burkina Faso, following Saturday's mandate from the ruling military junta that France withdraw within one month. (BBC News) Islamist insurgency in the Sahel link embed save
One person is killed and four others are injured when a man wielding a machete breaks into two churches in Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain. A 25-year-old Moroccan man is arrested. (El Mundo) Algeciras church attacks link embed save
Forty people are killed by an airstrike against Fulani people in Rukubi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The massacre is blamed on the army. (Africa News) Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria link embed save
Twelve people are injured when a bomb explodes in a market in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, (AP) link embed save
UNESCO places the ruins of the Kingdom of Saba in modern-day Yemen, the historic center of Odesa, Ukraine, and the Rachid Karameh International Fair in Tripoli, Lebanon, on its list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO cites ongoing conflicts and lack of funding due to the Lebanese liquidity crisis as the reasons for their inclusion. (NPR) link embed save
The Bank of Canada raises its benchmark interest rate to 4.5 percent, the highest since the 2007–2008 financial crisis, amid high levels of inflation and vacancies affecting the Canadian economy. (Financial Post) 2021–2023 inflation surge link embed save
A Hong Kong-registered ship carrying 22 people capsizes off the coast of Japan. Eight crew members are dead, 13 are rescued and two others still missing. (AFP via Barron's) link embed save
A Philippine Air Force SF.260 training flight from Sangley Point Airport in Cavite City, Philippines, crashes into a paddy field in Pilar, Bataan, killing two people on board. (Rappler) link embed save
NK News reports that the North Korean government has imposed a five-day lockdown in Pyongyang due to the spread of an unspecified respiratory infection. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) link embed save
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi says that Iran has now amassed enough material for "several nuclear weapons", and calls for new diplomatic efforts in order to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb. (CNN) Nuclear program of IranIran and weapons of mass destruction link embed save
Iran places sanctions on more than 30 UK and EU-affiliated individuals in a tit-for-tat response to a new round of sanctions by the European Union over the Mahsa Amini protests. Sanctioned individuals include UK Attorney General Victoria Prentis, UK Army Chief of Staff Sir Patrick Sanders, and three staff members of Charlie Hebdo. (RFE/RL) Iran–European Union relations, Iran–United Kingdom relations link embed save
The Moscow City Court orders the closure of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia's oldest human rights organization. (RFE/RL) link embed save
Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing on a passenger train in Brokstedt, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. (ITV) Brokstedt stabbing link embed save
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins is sworn in as the 41st prime minister of New Zealand by Governor-General Cindy Kiro. (AFP via RFI) Aftermath of the 2023 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election link embed save
The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina votes 23–21 to approve the new Council of Ministers to be led by ethnic Croat former Federation President Borjana Krišto. (RFE/RL) Cabinet of Borjana Krišto link embed save