Armed groups launched the largest coordinated attack in years across Mali, with fighting erupting simultaneously in the capital Bamako and multiple northern cities.

Russia successfully launched a Progress cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering approximately 3 tons of supplies including provisions and scientific equipment to the ISS.

Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed L.D. 307, which would have paused new data center construction permits until November 2027, marking the first statewide moratorium of its kind in the US.

Anthropic ran an internal experiment called Project Deal where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers in a classified marketplace, completing 186 deals worth over $4,000.

Palestinians vote in local elections across the West Bank and in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah — the first poll of any kind held in Gaza since 2006. Hamas was barred from standing.

Russia fires over 600 drones at Ukraine overnight, killing seven including five in Dnipro where an apartment building was hit; Ukraine retaliates with ultra-long-range drone strikes reaching Yekaterinburg, 1,600km away.

Trump cancels Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s planned trip to Pakistan for ceasefire negotiations with Iran, saying ‘if they want to talk, all they have to do is call.’

Nuclear startup X-Energy goes public with geothermal company Fervo Energy following soon after, signaling a potential turning point for the climate tech sector.

Multiple cities across Mali struck by coordinated armed group attacks, explosions and gunfire in Bamako, UK warns against travel to Mali, Bamako airport temporarily closed.

Former Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán announces he will not take up his parliamentary seat after his Fidesz party suffered a historic landslide defeat, falling from 135 seats to just 52.