Hamas and other militant groups in the
Gaza Strip fire hundreds of rockets at
Israel, killing two Israeli civilians in
Ashkelon and one in
Ashdod. Retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 23
Palestinians, including a senior Hamas commander.
(CNN)(Haartez)
Taliban insurgents kill 13 and injure 55 people in an attack on a police headquarters in
Puli Khumri,
Afghanistan, using guns and suicide vests. The Taliban's high command recently rejected a ceasefire offer from the Afghan government.
(BBC News)
The
United States deploys
a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to respond to threats from
Iran. A U.S. official told
CNN, "... the threats were against both U.S. maritime and land-based forces in the region."
(CNN)
Brunei's SultanHassanal Bolkiah announces, via a television broadcast, that he has extended the moratorium on capital punishment for gay sex convictions. No executions have been carried out in
Brunei since 1957. There has been overwhelming international backlash against a number of the changes affected by the stricter interpretation of
Islamic law published on 3 April 2019. The Sultan also said Brunei will ratify the
United Nations Convention against Torture.
(BBC News)(CNN)
Hamas and other militant groups in the
Gaza Strip fire hundreds of rockets at
Israel, killing two Israeli civilians in
Ashkelon and one in
Ashdod. Retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 23
Palestinians, including a senior Hamas commander.
(CNN)(Haartez)
Taliban insurgents kill 13 and injure 55 people in an attack on a police headquarters in
Puli Khumri,
Afghanistan, using guns and suicide vests. The Taliban's high command recently rejected a ceasefire offer from the Afghan government.
(BBC News)
The
United States deploys
a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to respond to threats from
Iran. A U.S. official told
CNN, "... the threats were against both U.S. maritime and land-based forces in the region."
(CNN)
Brunei's SultanHassanal Bolkiah announces, via a television broadcast, that he has extended the moratorium on capital punishment for gay sex convictions. No executions have been carried out in
Brunei since 1957. There has been overwhelming international backlash against a number of the changes affected by the stricter interpretation of
Islamic law published on 3 April 2019. The Sultan also said Brunei will ratify the
United Nations Convention against Torture.
(BBC News)(CNN)