Day News Recap: Deadly strikes and unrest spread from Moscow to Sudan, while markets track yen and oil moves

Russia said a bombing at an upmarket restaurant in central Moscow killed five people and injured 19, and blamed Ukraine for the attack.  🔗

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Across the wider war, officials in Ukraine and Russia reported a fresh exchange of strikes that left at least 14 people dead in total, while a separate Ukrainian drone attack set fire to a Wildberries warehouse in Russia's Vladimir region and a Russian bombardment destroyed eight million books in a Kharkiv warehouse.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Middle East, a second Qatari LNG tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz within a month, widening force majeure concerns, as analysts said the threat to crude shipping in the region is now at its worst level since the Iran war began. Iran denied it was negotiating with the United States, saying talks were only with Oman over a joint management arrangement for the strait, while reporting also said Donald Trump has shifted his public posture on Iran several times in recent days.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Israel said it had raised concerns with the United States over a Gaza plan promoted by President Donald Trump, even as Israeli bombardments continued in the territory.  🔗 Separately, Iraqi Kurdish leader Nechirvan Barzani met Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa in Damascus to discuss the future of the Syrian Democratic Forces, rights issues and integration.  🔗

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Deadly violence also hit Africa and South Asia. In Sudan, a drone strike in North Darfur killed 35 people and injured dozens during a traditional court session in a village controlled by the Rapid Support Forces.  🔗 In Pakistan's Swat district, a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 18, with the TTP claiming responsibility.  🔗 In northwest Nigeria, gunmen kidnapped at least 52 people in an overnight raid, according to local sources.  🔗

Fighting and instability continued elsewhere on the continent and beyond. Hundreds of people fled Ethiopia's Tigray region into Sudan after clashes between regional forces and the Ethiopian army, raising fears of a return to civil war.  🔗  🔗 In Greece, two firefighting helicopters collided while responding to a wildfire west of Athens, killing two crew members, while separate blazes forced evacuations on Kefalonia and threatened communities in western Attica.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Natural disasters and infrastructure strains added to the pressure in Europe and the Americas. A shallow magnitude 4.7 quake in the Campi Flegrei area near Naples injured 26 people and caused fresh damage in Pozzuoli.  🔗 Romania used a controlled blast on the Danube to redirect cooling water towards its remaining working reactor at the Cernavoda nuclear plant amid drought.  🔗 Cuba reported another nationwide blackout as grid recovery efforts continued, and wildfires in Washington state forced around 60,000 people to evacuate around Spokane.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere, a wildfire in southwest France uncovered unexploded World War II shells, while fires continued to burn in France and Spain.  🔗  🔗 Australia warned H5N1 bird flu may spread further after suspected deaths in a second state, and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi met an International Committee of the Red Cross representative for the first time in years.  🔗  🔗 Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva formally launched his fourth term presidential bid, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic agreed a roadmap to restore diplomatic ties, and Morocco confirmed a major highway had been renamed in honour of Donald Trump.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In Europe, a Paris administrative court rejected Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova's appeal against an expulsion order, while Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin said he had fled Russia for Paris after authorities blocked his political path.  🔗  🔗 The United States also said European Command would oversee the reorganisation of Security Assistance Group Ukraine and the realignment of roles with NATO structures.  🔗

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