On the first day of the ceasefire Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages, some of whom are dual citizens, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire agreement. (CNN), (Times of Israel) 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis2023 Israel–Hamas war link embed save
An agreement to pause fighting in the Gaza Strip for four days enters into effect at 7am. (Al Jazeera) 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis2023 Israel–Hamas war link embed save
Hamas releases one Filipino and 10 Thai hostages as part of a separate deal with the Thai government which was brokered by Iran. (Time), (Times of Israel) 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis2023 Israel–Hamas war link embed save
The Supreme Court of Montenegro approves the extradition of South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, as requested by South Korea and the United States, following the collapse of Kwon's company Terraform Labs. (Reuters) link embed save
The security chief for El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as "El Nini", is arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration had a $3 million bounty for El Nini's arrest. (CBS News) Mexican drug war link embed save
Bangladeshi police intercept and detain 58 Rohingya refugees attempting to travel to Indonesia by boat, citing risks of human trafficking. (AFP via CNA) link embed save
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa repeals the country's ten-year policy permitting possession of small drug quantities in an effort to curb "micro-trafficking". (AFP via ABS-CBN News) link embed save
Nepalese police arrest 74 pro-monarchy protesters and supporters of businessman Durga Prasai. (The Kathmandu Post), (Crisis 24) link embed save
Astronomers at the Telescope Array Project in Utah, United States, observe the second largest cosmic ray ever detected, the so-called Amaterasu particle, with an energy of 244 EeV. (Cosmos Magazine) link embed save