- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister Yoav Gallant as well as Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh. Predictably the Israelis are closing ranks; for instance, Benny Gantz, who until now had been threatening to withdraw his support of the government, is now among those condemning the ICC's decision.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian have been confirmed as having been killed in a helicopter crash. How that will impact Iranian politics remains to be seen.
- The valedictorian in the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Medicine delivered a speech that called for a ceasefire in Gaza. The school responded by sending out a statement from the dean alleging that some (unspecified) people were "disappointed and alarmed" by the speech.
- Residents evacuated from Cranberry Portage and surrounding areas due to wildfires are now returning home now that the immediate threat has been brought under control.
- Rightwing Americans are often vocal in their support of term limits (even as they're vehemently opposed to spending limits). I imagine many will suddenly shut up about that now that their idol is musing about getting around the presidential term limit himself.
- The Customs and Immigration Union held an informational picket at the exit from the tunnel between Detroit and Windsor. The government is accusing them of illegally holding up border crossings, something the union denies.
- The upper house of North Carolina's legislature has voted to move forward with a bill that would remove health-related exemptions to a law prohibiting the wearing of masks in public. The nominal reason for this is the pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses.
- A school district in Texas has voted to redact references to vaccines and climate change from textbooks used in the district.
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