Six people are killed in a U.S. missile strike on a suspected drug-running boat in the Caribbean Sea. (AP)

The Trump administration deploys the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier battle group to Latin America for counter-drug cartel operations. (Reuters)

An 18-year-old Palestinian man dies after being shot and critically injured yesterday during an Israeli raid in the Askar Camp in Nablus, occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

Two people are killed and two others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Toul, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Three people are killed in a roadside bombing on a police vehicle in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Canadian Press)

The United States imposes sanctions on Colombian president Gustavo Petro, his wife Verónica Alcocer, his son Nicolás, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, accusing them of involvement in the global drug trade, amid worsening relations between both countries. (AP)

A man detonates a grenade on a train in Ovruch, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, killing three women and a border guard, and wounding 12 other people. The perpetrator, who also died in the explosion, was a fugitive from Kharkiv. (Reuters) (News.az)

Pakistan bans the Tehreek-e-Labbaik party after deadly clashes between party members and Pakistani police during a protest march led by the party over the past two weeks. (Reuters)

A court in Azerbaijan orders a senior Russian journalist of state media agency Sputnik be released from prison and placed under house arrest for three months. The decision comes after a meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tajikistan amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. (Reuters)

A court in London, United Kingdom, sentences a Colombian man to life in prison for the murder and dismemberment of two men in London in July 2024. The man also pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of child pornography. (AP)

The Philippines' anti-graft court acquits former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, his former chief of staff Gigi Reyes, and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of their remaining graft charges, citing failure to prove their guilt. The three had been charged over their alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (ABS-CBN News)

Citizens of the Republic of Ireland vote for the next President between independent candidate Catherine Connolly and Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys. This is the first Irish presidential election since 1973 where there are only two choices, after Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin suspended his campaign and no other candidate made it past the nomination stage. Incumbent president Michael D. Higgins is term-limited. (BBC)