Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Iran
  • Mahsa Amini protests
    • Iran announces the first known execution of a prisoner arrested in connection to the protests. The man was convicted for "waging war against God" after being accused of blocking a street and attacking a security forces member with a machete. (Time)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Russian forces shell Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, killing ten civilians and injuring five others. (The Kyiv Independent) (The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo! News)
• Terrorism in Indonesia
  • Astana Anyar bombing
    • Two people are killed and 11 others are injured by a suicide bomber in Astana Anyar District, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. (Detik)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Rojava conflict
    • Turkey gives the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces an ultimatum to withdraw its fighters from Manbij, Tell Rifaat, and Kobanî within two weeks or face military action. A Turkish official says that Russia and the United States have been informed of the deadline. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Coal mining in the United Kingdom
  • The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities approves the first new coal mine in the United Kingdom in 30 years at the Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria, England. The mine is expected to remain operational for up to 50 years. It will create 500 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs in the region, and will take two years to build at a cost estimated at around £165 million ($201 million). (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
• The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will limit individual cash withdrawals to 100,000 Nigerian naira (225 USD) per week to reduce counterfeiting and to discourage ransom payments to kidnappers. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 155 people are injured in a train collision in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Afghanistan
  • The Taliban carries out its first public execution in Farah Province since taking power last year. The executed man was accused of fatally stabbing another man in 2017, and was executed by the victim's son, according to government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. (Reuters via The Guardian)
• Capital punishment in Belarus
  • Belarusian lawmakers approve a bill which punishes high treason among officials and military personnel with the death penalty. The bill also includes prosecution for "spreading false information discrediting the Armed Forces of Belarus". (RFE/RL)
• 2022 Germany coup d'état plot
  • German police arrest 25 members of the Reichsbürger movement who are accused of planning a coup d'état. (DW)
• Crime in Jamaica
  • Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness declares a nationwide state of emergency due to an increase in crime rates in the country. (CNN)
• La Línea corruption case
  • Former President of Guatemala Otto Pérez Molina and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, are sentenced to 16-year prison terms for their involvement. (Reuters)
• Jemaah Islamiyah member Umar Patek, who was convicted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, is released on parole after an Indonesian court reduced his 20-year prison sentence. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
• Janusz Waluś, the convicted assassin of South African anti-apartheid politician Chris Hani, is released on parole. (AFP via RFI)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt
  • President Pedro Castillo announces the dissolution of Congress, the imposition of a curfew, the creation of an "emergency" government, and early parliamentary elections hours before facing his third impeachment vote. The impeachment is successful and Castillo is later arrested after leaving the Government Palace in Lima. First Vice President Dina Boluarte is sworn in as President of the Republic after Castillo's arrest. (Reuters) (La República) (Al Jazeera)