Calling it a “declaration of vengeance” after a deadly attack on US troops last week, the US military launched more than 70 strikes on alleged ISIL targets in Syria. | Al Jazeera English

Police in the UK arrested protesters during demonstrations in support of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian network banned as a 'terror group' by the British government. The High Court is deliberating whether the ban is legal, while six detained activists on hunger strike are at risk of death. | Al Jazeera English

Masked Israeli settlers attacked and threw stones at the car of Rabbi Arik Ascherman, director of an Israeli human rights NGO, on Monday. Ascherman has a long history of trying to protect Palestinians from Israeli settlers, and has previously been arrested for defending them. | Al Jazeera English

A massive crowd in Dhaka, Bangladesh, including interim leader Mohammad Yunus, filled the streets to mourn Sharif Osman Hadi, a leader of the 2024 student-led uprising, who was shot dead outside a mosque by a masked gunman. | Al Jazeera English

"The fact that the law enforcement agencies were not there, despite incitement for the violence occurring online, really speaks volumes." Lawyer Taqbir Huda says Sharif Osman Hadi's killing and the subsequent outbreak of violence in Bangladesh represent a significant political shift and security failure. | Al Jazeera English

Security forces use tear gas to disperse crowds at rallies for Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, as he campaigns for the January 2026 election. | Al Jazeera English