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Fram2  SpaceX successfully launches four humans into orbit over Earth’s poles, for the first time for a human spaceflight mission. The journey will last three to five days. (The New York Times) 

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 

A 25% tariff on all automotive imports into the United States enters force. No exemptions are announced despite requests from several major trade partners, including Japan and the United Kingdom. (Reuters) 

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The United States Air Force deploys 6 nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth Jets to Diego Garcia, amid rising tensions with Iran over their nuclear program. (AP) 

The Houthis claim that they shot down a U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone in Marib Governorate, Yemen. (AP) 

Archaeologists with the Vienna Museum announce the discovery of a mass grave in Simmering district in Vienna, Austria, of around 150 Ancient Roman soldiers from the 1st century who likely died in a battle. (DW) (Caledonian Record) 

A court in New York City indicts José Adolfo Macías Villamar, the leader of the organized crime syndicate Los Choneros, on seven counts of drug trafficking, conspiracy, arms trafficking, and illegal drug distribution in the United States. Villamar is not currently in U.S. custody. (AP) 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands in Budapest, Hungary, a signatory of the International Criminal Court, for a state visit in defiance of the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes. (The Jerusalem Post) 

The Hungarian Government announces it will withdraw from the ICC. (Reuters) 

The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes in Syria targeting the remaining “military infrastructure”, destroying much of Hama Air Base and Tiyas Air Base, including all remaining hangars and radars. The Barzah scientific research centre is also reportedly bombed. (The Times of Israel) 

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the country’s military will seize large areas of land in the Gaza Strip and establish a new occupation zone called the Morag Corridor, potentially stretching from Rafah to Khan Younis. (AP) 

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump announces a universal 10% tariff on most imports into the United States, a 20% tariff on goods from the European Union, and a 34% tariff on all imports from China. The tariffs will take effect from April 5. Exceptions include Canada, Cuba, Mexico, North Korea, and Russia. (BBC News) 

The United States Senate votes 51-48 on a non-binding resolution to rebuke and reverse tariffs on Canada, with Republicans Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitch McConnell voting for the resolution. (NPR) 

Russian forces target Kharkiv with at least 13 Geran-2 drones, causing fires in industrial and residential areas and injuring eight people, including a child. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

Wazalendo militias broke through March 23 Movement (M23) positions in Kampala, DRC, and launched an attack on the M23 rebels in Walikale. (Critical Threats) 

At least two civilians are killed in the artillery shelling of a displacement camp in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, by the Rapid Support Forces. (AP) 

The Myanmar government declares a temporary ceasefire with the National Unity Government-in-exile and its various allied ethnic armed organizations to facilitate relief efforts following the M_W 7.7 earthquake in the country several days ago. The ceasefire is expected to last until April 22. (DW) 

A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber crashes due to a technical malfunction in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, killing one crew member and injuring three others. (Reuters) 

A Russian missile strike on an industrial park in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills at least four people and injures 14 others. (Reuters) 

The Slovak government approves a plan to cull 350 brown bears after a man was found mauled by a bear on March 30. The government had previously culled 144 bears in 2024. (AP) 

The Polish government increases border controls with Slovakia in response to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among Slovakia’s and Hungary’s livestock. (TVN24) 

Five people are killed and at least one other is critically injured when a private Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus collides head-on with two vehicles on the Khamgaon-Shegaon highway in Buldhana, Maharashtra, India. (News18 India) 

TSN president Stewart Johnston is announced as the 15th commissioner of the Canadian Football League, replacing Randy Ambrosie who had served in the role since 2017. (CBC) 

The World Meteorological Organization retires Beryl, Helene, Milton, and John from their rotating list of names for hurricanes for the North Atlantic and East Pacific basins.(WMO) 

The Storm Prediction Center in the United States issues a rare high risk convective outlook over parts of the Mississippi River valley, ahead of an expected tornado outbreak. (Storm Prediction Center) 

Seismic activity increases near Grindavík, Iceland, with the Icelandic Meteorological Office reporting that a volcanic eruption has occurred and a earthquake is being registered. People visiting the Blue Lagoon are being evacuated rapidly. (The Watchers) 

Tuesday,  April 1st, 2025 

The uncrewed German-built Spectrum orbital rocket is launched in Andøya, Norway, becoming the first orbital rocket to launch from mainland Europe. The rocket stays in the air for just over half a minute before striking the ground and exploding. (The Guardian) 

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy and People’s Liberation Army Air Force conduct large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. At least 19 Chinese warships are deployed, including the aircraft carrier Shandong, marking its closest ever approach to the island. (The Guardian) 

Four people are killed, including Hassan Bdeir, a high-ranking Hezbollah official, and seven others are injured by an Israeli airstrike on a building in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters)

U.S. Senator Cory Booker delivers the longest speech in United States Senate history, breaking the previous record set by Strom Thurmond in 1957. (AP News) 

U.S. missile strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen, hit a water management facility, killing at least four people, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah network. (Al Jazeera) 

The Russian ministry of defence says that Russian forces have captured Rozlyv [uk] in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya) 

A small airplane goes missing and is later found crashed into a lake in Os outside of Bergen, Norway, leaving two onboard dead. (Sunnmørsposten) 

At least 305 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia. (Malay Mail) 

The 2025 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi is scheduled to take place from April 1 to 23, across two Chinese cities: Shanghai and Chongqing. (ChessBase) 

Bedfordshire Police shoot dead a man suspected of carrying a firearm at Milton Keynes Central railway station in Milton Keynes, England. (The Guardian) 

UNICEF reports that over 332 children have been killed and 609 injured by the new Israeli military offensive across the Gaza Strip since the resumption of the war after the breakdown of the 2025 ceasefire. (BBC News) 

Supporters of former King of Nepal Gyanendra clash with riot police in Kathmandu, Nepal, leaving two people dead and several others injured. (AP) 

Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya orders the temporary closure of almost all of its nearly 2,000 locations in the country after finding a rat and a cockroach in its food.  (CBS News) 

Monday,  March 31st, 2025 

 National Rally politician Marine Le Pen is convicted of embezzlement and banned from running for political office for five years, meaning she cannot stand in the next French presidential election. (France24) 

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will not have direct negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program, but is open for indirect talks to rebuild trust, after U.S. president Donald Trump threatened “bombing” if Iran does not agree to a new nuclear deal. (Reuters) 

The Iranian IRGC Navy seizes two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and is towing the vessels to the country’s Bushehr port, claiming they are part of a “fuel-smuggling network“. It is currently unknown what countries the vessels belong to. (Al Arabiya) 

The recovery operation of the U.S. Army M88 vehicle that sank in Lithuanian swamps on Pabradė Training Area finishes after five days. Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda says that 3 out of 4 missing Americans are found dead, with the last person still missing. (DW) 

A court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, sentences three people to death for killing Israeli–Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan in 2024. A fourth accomplice who aided in the murder receives a life sentence. (AP) 

The United States announces sanctions on six Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including head of the national security office Dong Jingwei, accusing them of “transnational oppression and undermining Hong Kong autonomy”. (DW) 

The Royal Australian Air Force deploys a long-range maritime patrol aircraft P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to monitor North Korean maritime activities in the Yellow Sea, including weapons shipments prohibited under international sanctions. (NK News) 

Brazilian police arrest a Syrian consulate employee in Brazil after discovering over 600 smuggled electronic devices and other luxury goods valued at over US$700,000 in his diplomatic vehicle during a highway inspection in Ponta Porã. (G1) 

The bodies of fourteen aid workers killed on March 23 are recovered from a mass grave in southern Gaza. One body had previously been recovered and one more is believed to remain buried. Of the sixteen workers, nine are members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, six are civil defense workers, and one is a UN agency employee. (CNN) 

Six Russian drones hit Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging several buildings and injuring three people. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

The Caribbean guilder becomes legal tender in Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which will co-circulate alongside its predecessor, the Netherlands Antillean guilder, until 1 July 2025. (NOS) 

The State Administration Council declares a period of national mourning in Myanmar to last until April 6 as the death toll from the earthquake last week rises to over 3,050 people. (AFP via Barron’s) 

Five people are killed and four are injured after an explosion at a coal mine in Degaña, Asturias, Spain. (BBC News) 

The Moldovan foreign affairs ministry expels three Russian diplomats and declares them personae non gratae after accusing the Russian embassy in Chișinău of helping Alexandr Nesterovschi, a pro-Russia politician convicted of corruption, escape to Transnistria. (DW) 

Newly elected Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen rules out Greenland joining the United States while he is in office. (AP) 

Sunday, March 30th, 2025 

Israel intercepts a ballistic missile fired from Yemen in the eighth Houthi attack since the Israeli Defense Force resumed the Gaza war. The Houthis claim to have launched three attacks with drones, missiles, and naval forces against the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the past 24 hours. (The Times of Israel) 

The count of the total amount of destroyed ancient pagodas and religious buildings in Myanmar rises to 61, including the previously unreported Four-Storied Monastery in Inwa, Mandalay Region. (NP) 

A 7.0 M_w earthquake strikes near the island country of Tonga with a 6.1 M_w aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued and later lifted. (AP) 

Severe weather and tornadoes break out in the areas between south Indiana and north east Texas, United States. (NYT) 

Three children are killed and three other people are injured after a tree hits their vehicle near Kalamazoo, Michigan. (AP) 

A bus driver shoots and kills two passengers on a Miami-Dade Transit bus in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. (AP) 

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Sunday, March 30th, 2025 

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will not have direct negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program, but is open for indirect talks to rebuild trust, after U.S. president Donald Trump threatened “bombing” if Iran does not agree to a new nuclear deal. (Reuters) 

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and several other senior Trump administration officials visit the Pituffik Space Base, a United States Space Force facility in Greenland. (NPR) 

Protests are held at Tesla dealerships across the United States, Canada and Europe to protest against DOGE chief and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s role in the second Trump administration. (Taipei Times) (AP) 

Severe weather and tornadoes break out in the areas between south Indiana and north east Texas, United States. (NYT) 

A 7.0 earthquake strikes near the island country of Tonga with a 6.1 aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued and later lifted. (AP) 

The count of the total amount of destroyed ancient pagodas and religious buildings in Myanmar rises to 61, including the previously unreported Four-Storied Monastery [my] in Inwa. (NP) 

Saturday, March 29th, 2025 

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces the creation of a new transitional government, following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. (Reuters) 

The Israeli Defense Forces launch a new ground offensive on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) 

One person is killed and four are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Saada Governorate, Yemen. (Yahoo News) 

A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 30 others, including five children. A shopping centre, multi-storey residential buildings, a medical facility and an office building were among those targeted. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

A SOCATA TBM-700 crashes into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States, killing everyone on board.  (Fox 9 News) 

One person is killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Izmir, Turkey. (Caliber AZ) 

Four people are injured in a stabbing attack in Trondheim, Norway, with the perpetrator being arrested. (Euro Weekly News) 

Friday,  March 28th, 2025 

Russian authorities say that yesterday’s sinking of the Sindbad submarine in Hurghada, Egypt, killing six Russians, happened during boarding and not due to a collision as reported. (The National) 

The Israel Defense Forces strikes southern Beirut, Lebanon, for the first time since November 2024, violating the ceasefire agreement.(CNN) 

A Russian drone attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, kills four people and wounds 19 others. Multiple buildings in the city are reported to be ablaze, including a hotel, resort, a restaurant complex and numerous apartments. (Reuters) 

At least seven people are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (Euronews) 

An under-construction government office skyscraper collapses in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least six people and leaving more than 101 others missing and trapped under the rubble. (CTV News) 

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. Over 1,000 people are killed in Myanmar and ten more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the Myanmar government. (NBC News) 

Turkish authorities detain Mehmet Pehlivan, a lawyer representing opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu in the ongoing investigation, and later release him. (Reuters) 

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Friday,  March 28th, 2025 

Tanzania hits Kenya with eggs, sausage, milk taxes. (Business daily Africa) 

At least 6 people are killed and 39 others rescued after the Sindbad submarine carrying Russian tourists sinks off the Red Sea coast of Hurghada, Egypt. (BBC News) 

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. At least 107 people are killed in Myanmar and three more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the ruling military junta in Myanmar. (News18) 

An under-construction skyscraper collapses in Bangkok with dozens of construction workers reportedly trapped under the rubble. (Sky News) 

The Ava Bridge in Mandalay Region partially collapses as a result of the earthquake. (News18) 

Thursday, March 27th, 2025 

Ongoing climate-exacerbated wildfires in South Korea develop into the worst natural fire disaster in the nation’s history after doubling in size over the course of 24 hours, killing at least 26 people and destroying much of the ancient Gounsa temple site. (The Guardian) 

British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil announces they will end all civil resistance, direct action, and vandalism-related protests immediately and disband by April after the British government announced it will halt the granting of oil and gas permits. (DW) 

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a 25% tariff on automotive imports to the United States is a “direct attack” on his country by the Trump administration and vows to respond. (AP) 

Japan confirms it has asked the U.S. for an exemption from the new automotive tariffs, saying the 25% tariff on vehicle imports would have a massive negative impact on its automotive industry. Japan is one of the largest exporters of cars to the United States. (Kyodo News) 

Hamas announces that an Israeli airstrike has killed Abdel Latif al-Qanou, who served as Hamas’ spokesman. (Al Arabiya) 

Israel intercepts two ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen. (Reuters) 

A Kenyan police officer deployed in Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission is killed in a suspected gang ambush, according to Haitian authorities. Kenya has confirmed that the officer is missing but has not yet verified his death. (BBC News) 

The United States suspends financial contributions to the World Trade Organization. (Reuters) 

Two people are killed, including alpine skier Berkin Usta, and four others are injured in a fire at a ski resort in Uludağ, Turkey. (Metro) 

The European Union announces that they have expanded sanctions against Belarus to include the Central Election Commission of Belarus for political repression in the country. (Reuters) 

Five people are wounded in a mass stabbing at Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The suspect is arrested by police. (Reuters) 

The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina issues an international arrest warrant for Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accusing him of repeatedly taking actions that could violate the Dayton Accords. (DW)

South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar is detained by security forces following an arrest warrant on “unclear charges”, according to his spokesperson. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition says Machar’s arrest has effectively ended the 2018 peace agreement which ended the civil war. (Sky News) 

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 

U.S. President Donald Trump announces a 25% tariff on all car imports to the U.S. will take effect from April 2. (BBC News) 

The Atlantic magazine releases the full text of a Signal group chat involving senior U.S. national security officials about recent strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. In the conversation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provides exact times of warplane launches, strike packages, and targets. (CBC) 

The High Court in Seoul, South Korea, clears Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung of charges of violating election laws, allowing him to run in the next South Korean presidential election, where he is heavily favored to win. (DW) 

The European Commission issues a new preparedness strategy for citizens of European Union member states to stockpile 72 hours of food, water and essentials for use in the event of an attack or natural disaster. (The Guardian) 

German Federal Police carry out raids in six states targeting 17 people suspected to be members of Brigade N’Hamedu, a group advocating against the government of Eritrea by causing violence and disruptions at Eritrean cultural events in Germany. (DW)

Four American soldiers go missing during training in the Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania. A search for the soldiers is underway and an investigation has been launched. (Reuters)

The Sudanese Armed Forces retakes Khartoum International Airport from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and seizes state institutions in Khartoum captured earlier in the war by the RSF. (Al Arabiya) 

Sudanese military leader and Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declares the liberation of Khartoum from RSF forces after two years of fighting. (France 24) 

The U.S. military conducts airstrikes targeting ISIS militants in the Golis Mountains as part of a coordinated operation led by AFRICOM. The strikes reportedly kill militants without causing any civilian casualties in militant hideouts located in the Golis Mountains of Puntland’s Bari Region. (AFP via 24NEWSHD)

A motocycle bomb explosion near a police station in Piendamó, Cauca Department, Colombia, injures 18 civilians. (Infobae) 

Bolivia declares a national emergency after severe floods kill over fifty people and leave more than 100,000 people displaced from their homes. (Reuters) 

The death toll from the wildfires in Uiseong and Sancheong counties, South Korea, increases to 24, with 19 others injured. (DW) 

State of emergency declared in Slovakia due to foot-and-mouth disease. (Hungary today) 

Kenya formally recognizes Kosovo as an independent sovereign state. (Reuters) 

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil unanimously votes to bring former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven others as defendants to trial on charges of attempting a coup. (Folha de S.Paulo) (CNN) 

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Tuesday,  March 25th, 2025 

Thousands of Palestinian men in northern Gaza Strip take part in the largest anti-Hamas protests since the start of the Gaza war, chanting slogans criticizing Hamas and calling for the war’s end. (CNN) 

Over 1,400 Turkish civilians, including several journalists, are detained for participating in anti-government protests. (CNN) 

A statement by social media company X (formerly Twitter) expresses that it objects to “multiple court orders” from the Government of Turkey to block more than 700 accounts belonging to opposition political figures, journalists, news outlets, and student protesters. (BBC News) 

A Signal group chat containing many of President Trump’s cabinet, discussing several topics including potential strikes in Yemen, is discovered after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is accidentally added to it. (CNN) 

American genetic testing company 23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces plans to sell its assets. (AP) 

The United States says that Russia and Ukraine agree to cease all military attacks in the Black Sea to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping, while Russia says that it needs guarantees and an order from the U.S. to Ukraine to respect such a deal. (BBC News) 

Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko is sworn in for his 7th term as the President of Belarus after winning 85.7% of the votes in the presidential election in January. (AP)

At least 54 people are killed in a Sudanese military airstrike on a market in Tora village, Darfur, Sudan. (CTV News) 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announces that it has documented the names of 1,628 mainly-Alawite Syrian civilians who were killed in sectarian massacres by pro-Syrian government forces, in addition to several more missing civilians and bodies. (SOHR) 

A wildfire in Uiseong County, South Korea, spreads uncontrollably to the north and east, resulting in at least 16 deaths and forcing tens of thousands of civilians to evacuate. (AP) 

The Tokyo District Court orders the Unification Church to dissolve as a religious organization in Japan. It is the first religious group to be given a revocation order in modern Japanese history. (DW)

Two Alpha Jet planes from the French display team Patrouille de France crash after a mid-air collision during rehearsals. (france24) 

Monday,  March 24th, 2025 

Several hundreds of thousands of anti-Erdoğan government protesters demonstrate outside of Istanbul City Hall, with the nationwide protests becoming the largest Turkish political demonstration movement in over a decade. (AP) 

Over 1,100 Turkish anti-government protesters have been detained since the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan accusing the demonstrations of being a “movement of violence”. (Reuters) (The Guardian) 

The U.S. military launches air raids across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen overnight, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others in the capital city Sanaa. (Middle East Eye) 

Ninety people are injured, including 17 children, in a Russian missile attack on a hospital, a school, and a residential area in Sumy, Ukraine. (Le Monde) 

A Ukrainian artillery strike kills six people, including several journalists from Russia’s Izvestia newspaper and Zvezda state media network in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The United States and Russia conclude talks focusing on a ceasefire for the Black Sea between Kyiv and Moscow. (Reuters) 

British supermarket chain Morrisons announces that it will permanently close 52 cafés and 17 stores as part of cost-cutting measures, with the loss of at least 365 jobs expected. (BBC News) 

Greenlandic prime minister Múte Bourup Egede says a planned visit to the island by senior American officials, including National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Second Lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive” and was designed to “demonstrate power over us”. (CNN) 

The Constitutional Court of South Korea dismisses the impeachment motion of prime minister Han Duck-soo by the National Assembly of South Korea in a 7–1 vote. (Yonhap) 

One man is killed and another person wounded in a combined ramming, stabbing, and shooting attack by an unidentified assailant at a bus stop in Yokneam Illit, Israel. (Reuters) 

Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says that the U.S. wants the “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program and that “all options are on the table.” (Reuters) 

The Israel Defense Forces report that they intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis from Yemen, which triggered sirens across central Israel. (Times of Israel) 

Hamas announces that an Israeli airstrike killed Salah al-Bardawil, a top member of the group’s political bureau. (BBC News) 

Hamas says that an Israeli airstrike killed Ismail Barhoum, a member of the group’s political bureau; the strike bombed the operating theater at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where Barhoum was receiving treatment after sustaining critical injuries in an air strike targeting his home in Khan Yunis last Tuesday. (France 24) 

Seven people are killed and dozens are injured across Ukraine by overnight Russian drone strikes, including three civilians killed in Kyiv. (CTV News) 

Ukrainian troops reportedly recapture the village of Nadiia, Luhansk Oblast. (Kyiv Post) 

At least six police officers are killed and five others are injured in an al-Shabaab attack on a police reservists camp in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. Dozens of militants are also killed. (Garowe Online) 

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