At least 16 people are killed in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The local government believes the Allied Democratic Forces are responsible. (Reuters) 2021–2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks link embed save
The Rapid Support Forces storm the village of Wad Al-Noora in Gezira State, Sudan, and massacre nearly 100 villagers. (Sudan Tribune) Wad Al-Noora massacreSudanese civil war link embed save
Hezbollah strikes an Iron Dome battery in Ramot Naftali, Israel. (Reuters) Israel–Hezbollah conflictIsrael-Hamas War link embed save
A Syrian man fires several shots at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, and is shot by security forces. (Reuters) 2024 Beirut US embassy shooting link embed save
The United States and South Korea participate in the first precision guided bombing drill in 7 years over the Korean Peninsula, as tensions rise after North Korea sends trash-filled balloons into South Korea. (CNN), (AP) Korean Conflict link embed save
Four Slovaks and Ukrainians are killed and more than 20 others are injured when a passenger train collides with a freight train in Pardubice, Czech Republic. (CNN), (Reuters) Pardubice train collision link embed save
A panel of the United States Food and Drug Administration rejects MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. (NPR) link embed save
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announces that Russia will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the country increase its defense capabilities. (Reuters) Burkina Faso–Russia relations link embed save
US President Joe Biden institutes a broad asylum ban on migrants illegally crossing the Mexico–United States border, with actions to deport or turn people back to Mexico, with exceptions for unaccompanied children, people with serious medical or safety threats, and victims of trafficking. (Reuters) Mexico–United States border crisis link embed save
A court in Florence, Italy, convicts American journalist Amanda Knox and sentences her to a three-year imprisonment over her accusations related to the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. The sentence will count as time already served. (NBC News), (NPR) link embed save
Thousands of Israeli ultranationalists march through East Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day, with some chanting anti-Arab slogans. (AP) Israel–Hamas war protests in IsraelIsrael–Hamas war protests link embed save
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko becomes the first human to spend 1,000 days in outer space. (AP) link embed save
Boeing's Starliner capsule launches its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station after several delays at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (ABC News) link embed save