Bavarian authorities announce that they will release all of their unpublished files on the Munich massacre. (AP)
Internet censorship in Russia Russia blocks access to the Finnish, Russian and English websites of Finnish state broadcaster Yle, on orders of the Prosecutor-General of Russia. (Yle)
Morocco confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is re-elected as Premier of Ontario, Canada. (CTV News)
Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II The platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II commences at The Mall in London. (BBC News)
Russia blocks access to the Finnish, Russian and English websites of Finnish state broadcaster Yle, on orders of the Prosecutor-General of Russia. (Yle)
Southern Ukraine offensive Ukrainian officials say that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have recaptured 20 settlements in Kherson Oblast. (VOA)
The platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II commences at The Mall in London. (BBC News)
The United Nations formally recognizes the new official name of Türkiye following an official request from Turkey to change its name. Turkish state broadcaster TRT says that the name change is primarily to avoid association with the bird of the same name. (BBC News)
Ukrainian officials say that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have recaptured 20 settlements in Kherson Oblast. (VOA)
2022 Russian mystery fires A fire occurs in a building in Moscow, Russia, injuring at least four people, with 125 people being rescued. However, the total number of people trapped inside the building is unclear. (AP)
A fire occurs in a building in Moscow, Russia, injuring at least four people, with 125 people being rescued. However, the total number of people trapped inside the building is unclear. (AP)
Five people are killed and 60 others are injured after a train derails in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. (VOA)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment Five people are killed and 60 others are injured after a train derails in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. (VOA)
Latvia confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
A man is publicly lynched by a mob of 200 people in the Nigerian capital city Abuja after he gets into a "heated argument" with a local Islamic cleric. (Reuters)
Dmitry Kovtun, a former KGB agent accused of the fatal 2006 poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London, dies from COVID-19 in Moscow. (RFE/RL)
Hapur chemical plant explosion Nine people are killed and 19 others injured after a boiler explodes at a chemical plant in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP)
India reports its first suspected monkeypox case in a girl from Ghaziabad. (Hindustan Times)
Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie becomes the oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean at the age of 83. (The Japan Times)
Nine people are killed and 19 others injured after a boiler explodes at a chemical plant in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP)
One person is killed and eight others injured when a train derails in Guizhou, China. (AP)
At least 49 people are killed and over 400 others injured by a fire and explosions at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
At least 50 people are killed in a mass shooting and bombing inside a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria. (Reuters)
Battle of Donbas Russian major general Roman Kutuzov is killed in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast. (Reuters) (Ukrayinska Pravda)
Colombia reports its first confirmed case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Spain. (24 News Recorder)
Russian major general Roman Kutuzov is killed in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast. (Reuters) (Ukrayinska Pravda)
Sitakunda fire and explosions At least 49 people are killed and over 400 others injured by a fire and explosions at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raises the alert status of Mount Bulusan to level 1 after the volcano experienced a phreatic eruption. (Rappler)
Twenty-six people are killed and 4 others injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Uttarakhand, India. (Reuters)
Beijing's restaurants reopen following a decrease in new cases of COVID-19. (Reuters)
Kosovo reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (Euronews Albania)
Malian junta leader Assimi Goïta declares that Mali will return to civilian rule in March 2024. It was supposed to occur this February until being delayed, prompting sanctions from its neighbors. (France 24)
Singapore reports its first case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Australia. (CNA)
Suspected CODECO militants kill 12 people and injure two others in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
The United Kingdom reports 77 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to more than 300. (The Guardian)
Bangladesh and The Bahamas report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (Dhaka Tribune) (Caribbean Loop News)
Cambodia and China break ground on a joint expansion project of the Ream Naval Base near Sihanoukville, Cambodia. (The Guardian)
Cambodia–China relations Cambodia and China break ground on a joint expansion project of the Ream Naval Base near Sihanoukville, Cambodia. (The Guardian)
Japan–Russia relations, Kuril Islands dispute Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announces that Russia will cancel a 1998 agreement with Japan allowing Japanese fishermen to operate near the southern Kuril Islands, claiming that Japan is not meeting the financial obligations outlined in the agreement. (Al Jazeera)
Mariupol reports its first confirmed cases of cholera as well as its first confirmed deaths from cholera. (Ukra News)
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announces that Russia will cancel a 1998 agreement with Japan allowing Japanese fishermen to operate near the southern Kuril Islands, claiming that Japan is not meeting the financial obligations outlined in the agreement. (Al Jazeera)
Six people are killed after a diamond mine collapsed in Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
The European Commission agrees to make USB Type-C the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the European Union by autumn 2024. (Reuters)
Three people are killed and several others are injured when a train collides with a truck in Gara Oreshets, Bulgaria. (AP)
Twenty-two people are killed when a bus falls into a ravine in Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
2022 South Khorasan train derailment Twenty-two people are killed and 87 others injured after a train travelling between Mashhad and Yazd collides with an excavator near Tabas, South Khorasan province, Iran. (AP)
Arizona reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (Maricopa GOV)
Brazil, Greece and Ghana report their first cases of monkeypox. (CNA) (Reuters) (BBC News)
One person is killed and 30 others, including 14 students, are injured, after a car drives into a crowd in Berlin, Germany. A 29-year-old German-Armenian man is arrested at the scene. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Twenty-two people are killed and 87 others injured after a train travelling between Mashhad and Yazd collides with an excavator near Tabas, South Khorasan province, Iran. (AP)
Uganda and Cyprus report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (Dispatch Uganda) (Financial Mirror)
2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) claims that 500 disguised members of the Rwandan special forces have intruded into the DRC. (Reuters)
Militants kill at least one soldier and one civilian in the Karma gold mine in Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Spain will begin vaccinations of close contacts of monkeypox using the Imvanex vaccine after 242 cases were reported in the country. (Reuters)
Thailand removes cannabis and hemp plants from its list of illegal narcotics, and will allow people to grow an unlimited number of these plants in farms and gardens for medicinal purposes as long as they inform the authorities. However, public consumption of these plants is discouraged by official authorities. (The Guardian)
The bodies of two disabled people are found in Roadford Lake, near Okehampton, Devon, England, a day after their boat capsized on the lake. Four others are in hospital, with one in critical condition. (BBC News)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) claims that 500 disguised members of the Rwandan special forces have intruded into the DRC. (Reuters)
China–Russia relations Russia and China open the new Blagoveshchensk–Heihe Bridge. The 1 km long bridge spans across the Amur river to connect Heihe in Northeastern China's Heilongjiang province with Blagoveshchensk in Far Eastern Russia's Amur Oblast. It will shorten the travel distance of freight between China and western Russia by 1,500 km. (Reuters)
Russia and China open the new Blagoveshchensk–Heihe Bridge. The 1 km long bridge spans across the Amur river to connect Heihe in Northeastern China's Heilongjiang province with Blagoveshchensk in Far Eastern Russia's Amur Oblast. It will shorten the travel distance of freight between China and western Russia by 1,500 km. (Reuters)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states that the country has "installed naval mines in the exercise of our right to self-defence". (Reuters)
2022 Seytenga massacre Suspected jihadists massacre over 100 men in Seytenga Department, Séno Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Iran–Venezuela relations Top oil and petrochemicals producers Iran and Venezuela sign a 20-year economic cooperation agreement. (Reuters)
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso 2022 Seytenga massacre Suspected jihadists massacre over 100 men in Seytenga Department, Séno Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Suspected jihadists massacre over 100 men in Seytenga Department, Séno Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Top oil and petrochemicals producers Iran and Venezuela sign a 20-year economic cooperation agreement. (Reuters)
2022 European Tour In golf, Linn Grant of Sweden becomes the first female winner on the PGA European Tour following her win in the Scandinavian Mixed. The tournament was co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour in 2020. (CNN)
2022 Italian referendum The referendum for the reform of the judicial system is invalidated as it did not reach the required 50% threshold. (Reuters)
Authorities in Argentina seize an Iranian Boeing 747 which was transferred to Venezuela last year. It is unclear if the impound is related to sanctions that have been imposed on both countries. (Reuters)
Boycott of Russia and Belarus Three months after McDonald's suspended its operations in Russia and sold its 850 restaurants to Alexander Govor, the rebranded restaurants are reopened as Vkusno i tochka. (AP)
In golf, Linn Grant of Sweden becomes the first female winner on the PGA European Tour following her win in the Scandinavian Mixed. The tournament was co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour in 2020. (CNN)
The referendum for the reform of the judicial system is invalidated as it did not reach the required 50% threshold. (Reuters)
Three months after McDonald's suspended its operations in Russia and sold its 850 restaurants to Alexander Govor, the rebranded restaurants are reopened as Vkusno i tochka. (AP)
A passenger train and a locomotive collide in the town of Vila-seca, Catalonia, Spain, injuring 22 people. (AP)
Battle of Sievierodonetsk Russian forces destroy the last remaining bridge leading to Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, trapping all remaining Ukrainian civilians in the city, according to regional governor Serhiy Haidai. (Reuters)
