More than 70 Palestinians are killed by the IDF in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Puntland forces have killed at least 15 ISIS fighters and captured key militant positions, including Ceelasha Burti-Cise and Af-ka Dharimood in the Baallade Valley, following a series of intense military operations in the broader Cal Miskaad Mountains of the Bari region, Puntland. (All Africa)

The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Israel, which is intercepted. (Reuters)

Russia fires more than 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, targeting mostly western and central Ukraine and wounding at least five people. (AP)

In response to the attacks, Poland scrambles its fighter jets and places ground-based air defenses and radar systems on maximum readiness. (Newsweek)

The Government of India approves cutting taxes on hundreds of consumer goods in response to new U.S. tariffs imposed on India last month. The overhaul cuts the consumption tax from a four-tier structure to a two-rate structure. (AP)

At least 30 people are killed in flash floods caused by cloudbursts, landslides, and waterlogging across north India, including in Punjab, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir. Casualty numbers are expected to increase. (DW) (Reuters)

Fifteen people are killed and 18 others are injured when the Ascensor da Glória funicular crashes into a building in Lisbon, Portugal. (CP24) (BBC News)

China holds a military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The event is attended by the leaders of about two dozen countries, including Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean president Kim Jong Un. (AP)

Czech defence minister Jana Černochová announces that the Czech government signed a deal to pay Kč34 billion (US$1.6 billion) for 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany as part of its efforts to modernize the Armed Forces. (AP)

Jamaicans vote to elect the 63 members of the Parliament using first-past-the-post voting. The two leading parties are the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and the opposition People's National Party. (Caribbean Life)

Residents of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, vote for the twelve members of the Legislative Council using plurality block voting. (MercoPress)

The ruling Pheu Thai Party of the acting government of Thailand moves to dissolve the Parliament, setting up for a new election, after prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed from her post due to the phone call leak with Cambodia. (DW)