Mali's military junta closes all schools and universities across the country amid a fuel blockade by al-Qaeda-aligned JNIM insurgents. (Al Jazeera)

Rapid Support Forces militants overrun the city of El Fasher, Sudan after a two-year-long siege, slaughtering civilians on the outskirts of the city. (The Guardian)

Two people are killed in an Israeli airstrike against a carpentry workshop in Al-Bayyad, Lebanon. (AA)

King Charles III dedicates a memorial to LGBTQ members of the Armed Forces at the National Memorial Arboretum in Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, on the 25-year anniversary of the end to the country's ban on gay servicemen. (AP)

Hurricane Melissa reaches Category 5 intensity and nears the island nation of Jamaica, threatening catastrophic damage. (NBC) (Washington Post) (Fox Weather)

Despite signing a provisional ceasefire agreement at the ASEAN Summit, Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul denies any formal plans to reopen border crossings with Cambodia. (The Nation)

The Supreme Court of Cameroon says that incumbent Paul Biya won the election, which the opposition rejects. (AP)

Czech president Petr Pavel asks former prime minister Andrej Babiš to form a new government after his party ANO won a majority in the parliamentary elections earlier this month. (AP)