Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- Battle of Aleppo
- Anti-Assad forces led by Tahrir al-Sham enter the city of Aleppo, Syria, for the first time since 2016 with heavy urban fighting reportedly underway in the western neighbourhoods of the city. A rebel coalition spokesman confirms that an operation to capture Aleppo has officially begun. (CNN) (The New Arab)
- Rebel forces reach the city centre of Aleppo after overrunning multiple neighbourhoods, including New Aleppo. (Anadolu Agency) (AP)
- Syrian state media reports that four people are killed when rebel forces shell the University of Aleppo. (Reuters)
- Rebel forces capture the towns of Al-Hadher, Khan Tuman and Al-Eiss in Aleppo Governorate. (SOHR)
- Rebel forces capture the city of Saraqib in Idlib Governorate, which has been held by government forces since 2020. Pro-government forces withdraw from the city after two days of clashes. (ABC News) (Anadolu Ajansi)
- Battle of Aleppo
- 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine–NATO relations
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that his country is ready to agree to a ceasefire if NATO protects parts of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine–NATO relations
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- It is reported that 12 children have died this month in Khartoum, Sudan, due to city-wide malnutrition. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of Khartoum
Disasters and accidents
- 2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia
- 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
- The death toll from the floods and landslides in North Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 31, with ten others injured, and dozens of others missing. (DW)
- Six people are killed and eight others are injured after a launching gantry and precast concrete segments collapsed onto the Rama II Road at a construction site of the Ekkachai–Ban Phaeo Intercity Motorway [th] in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Irish general election
- Citizens of Ireland vote in a snap election to elect the 174 members of the 34th Dáil Éireann. (DW)
- The United Kingdom House of Commons votes 330–275 to pass the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, marking the first time the Parliament has voted in favour of assisted dying. The bill will now need to pass several more stages before becoming law. (The Guardian)