Herald section
The latest reporting from across the Belfast Herald news desks.
Three children are killed and two others are injured when a mortar warhead explodes in Dara-i Sufi Payin District, Samangan Province, Afghanistan.
The World Health Organization confirms avian influenza caused mass feline deaths across 13 regions in Poland, marking the first large-scale outbreak in cats over a wide area. The report notes no human infections linked to contact with infected cats.
Forty-two pilot whales die in a mass beaching incident on a beach in North Tolsta, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, while 12 others are euthanised following failed attempts to refloat them due to adverse conditions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs decree for temporary state management of Danone Russia and Baltika shares amid withdrawal of Western companies from Russia. The move follows Carlsberg's announced exit and Danone's planned exit from most Russian operations.
A fire breaks out and destroys the Royal Albion Hotel, a 196-year-old Grade II* listed building, in Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom.
The IDF fired warning shots and used riot dispersal means on a group of 18 people, including MP Qassem Hashem and journalists, who crossed into the Shebaa Farms/Mount Dov region near the Blue Line. The group walked 80 meters into Israeli-held territory but did not breach the border barrier.
Azerbaijan's State Border Service reopened the Lachin corridor to allow the Red Cross to conduct medical evacuations from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia amid protests over the closure.
Foxconn, a tech giant headquartered in Taiwan, announces that it has made a deal with Karnataka, a state in India, to buy 300 acres of land for a new iPhone factory.