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Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.
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The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved as Nagorno-Karabakh unifies with Azerbaijan.
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A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing at least 57 people and injuring 79 others.
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Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so.
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South Korean opposition politician Lee Jae-myung is stabbed in the neck in Gadeokdo, Busan.
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A Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft collides with a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 aircraft and bursts into flames at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. All 379 occupants aboard the Japan Airlines flight are evacuated, while five of the six occupants aboard the Coast Guard aircraft are killed.
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An airstrike in the Dahieh neighbourhood of Beirut, Lebanon killed five people, including Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau, and two other senior Hamas military officials. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Four civilians are killed and nearly 100 others are injured by a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine and at least 27 civilians are injured by a Russian missile attack in Kyiv.
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Ukraine and Russia completed their first prisoner exchange in nearly five months, releasing over 200 people on each side, facilitated by mediation from the United Arab Emirates.
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At least 84 people are killed in a double bombing in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. Islamic State claims responsibility for the double bombing in Kerman, Iran.
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A student kills another and himself, also injuring four others and the principal, at a mass school shooting in Perry, Iowa, United States.
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A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi.
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Two passenger trains collide near Cicalengka railway station in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring others.
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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft loses a door section of its fuselage mid-air and makes an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, United States, with no major injuries reported. The Federal Aviation Administration subsequently orders a temporary grounding of all 737 Max 9 aircraft in response to the incident.
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South African former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is released on parole after serving eight and a half years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins.
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In tennis, Germany won their second United Cup after defeating Poland 2–1 in the final.
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Citizens of Bangladesh vote in a general election with opposition parties boycotting the election.