Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign
      • 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
        • Ukraine says it has begun a ground offensive in the Kherson Oblast. (Reuters)
        • Russian-occupation officials say that the Ukrainian military launched a barrage of missiles at the town of Nova Kakhovka, leaving the town without water or power. (Reuters)
      • Two people are killed and five others are injured after Russian forces shelled the city of Mykolaiv, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (Reuters)
• Iraqi political crisis
  • 2022 Baghdad clashes
    • Supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm the Republican Palace in Baghdad. The Iraqi Army declares a total curfew in the capital beginning at 3:30 p.m. and the Iraqi government declares a nationwide curfew beginning at 7:00 p.m.. At least twelve people are killed and 270 others are injured in clashes between protesters and Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces in the Green Zone. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (France 24) (Al Arabiya English) (The Jerusalem Post)
    • Pro-Sadrist protesters blockade roads and government buildings in Basra. (The Washington Post)
    • Iran closes its border with Iraq until "further notice" amid the ongoing civil unrest, while Kuwait urges its citizens to leave Iraq. (Mehr News Agency) (Reuters)
• Oromo conflict
  • At least 42 ethnic Oromo civilians are killed during a massacre in Horo Guduru Welega Zone, Ethiopia. Witnesses blame members of the Amhara Fano militia of responsibility. (Reuters)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Ten soldiers are killed and many more wounded during an attack aimed at cutting off a key route to the city of Taiz. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• European migrant crisis
  • A dinghy carrying 27 Egyptians en route to Italy capsizes off the coast of Libya, killing at least two people and leaving nineteen others missing in the Mediterranean Sea. (Middle East Eye)
• 2022 Laos floods
  • Recent flash floods caused by heavy rainfall in northern Laos have caused at least 5.6 billion Lao kips in damage. (Xinhua News Agency)

Health and environment

• Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil
  • The Man of the Hole, the last member of his tribe who lived in total isolation for 26 years, is found dead in the Amazon rainforest. (CBS News) (Survival International)

Law and crime

• In Ikongo, Madagascar, 18 people are killed and 34 are wounded when police open fire on a group protesting the kidnapping of a child with albinism. (Al Jazeera)