Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years; Qatar Seeks 'Collective Response' to Israel Attack; Russian Drones Enter Polish Airspace

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A 16-year-old student who had been "radicalized by some extremist network" opened fire at Evergreen High School in Colorado, wounding two classmates before taking his own life, while violent conflicts continue to destabilize regions from eastern Congo, where rebel attacks have killed scores of civilians, to the Middle East, where Qatar is calling for a "collective response" to Israeli military actions amid escalating regional tensions. Meanwhile, diplomatic and economic pressures are mounting as Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace raise alarm about threats to European aviation, China issues stern warnings to Mexico over potential tariffs designed to appease the United States, and Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro faces a 27-year prison sentence for his role in plotting a coup attempt against the country's democratic institutions.

Top Stories

• Student Who Shot 2 Others at Colorado School Was ‘Radicalized,’ Officials Say - NYT

• Frustration as rebels kill scores in two attacks in eastern Congo - Africa News

• ‘Gulf region at risk’: Qatar seeks ‘collective response’ to Israeli attack - Al Jazeera

• Russian drones in Poland's airspace stir worries for Europe's civil aviation - Reuters

• China Gives Mexico Stiff Warning Over Tariffs Seen Appeasing US - Bloomberg

• Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup - BBC

United States

• Politicians condemn killing of Charlie Kirk - CBS

• US threatens action against foreigners praising Kirk killing - Reuters

• No shooter threat found at US Naval Academy; 1 person injured during security sweep - USA Today

• Student Who Shot 2 Others at Colorado School Was ‘Radicalized,’ Officials Say - NYT

• Belarus frees political prisoners in exchange for easing of US sanctions - BBC

Africa

• South Africa to open new inquest into the 1977 death in custody of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko - AP

• Frustration as rebels kill scores in two attacks in eastern Congo - Africa News

• Riek Machar: South Sudan vice-president charged with murder and treason - BBC

• ICC to hear charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony - France24

• Eswatini says US never asked them to take Kilmar Abrego as deportee - Reuters

Middle East

• Israel has hunted its top enemies around the Middle East. What has it achieved? - NPR

• At least 35 killed in Israel's attacks on Yemen - Africa News

• Gulf Powers Question U.S. Protection After Israeli Attack on Qatari Soil - NYT

• ‘Gulf region at risk’: Qatar seeks ‘collective response’ to Israeli attack - Al Jazeera

• Hamas says Israel's Doha strike against leaders sought to derail ceasefire efforts - Reuters

Indo-Pacific

• China Gives Mexico Stiff Warning Over Tariffs Seen Appeasing US - Bloomberg

• Hong Kong International School sued by US church, faces possible eviction from Repulse Bay campus - HKFP

• Why Beijing’s new plan to bolster its South China Sea claims has Manila worried - SCMP

• US reentry guaranteed for Koreans detained in Georgia raid: minister - Korea Herald

• Japan defense force sights China's Fujian aircraft carrier for 1st time - Kyodo News

Europe

• Should NATO’s east expect more drone attacks ahead of Zapad-2025? - Euro News

• Belarus frees political prisoners in exchange for easing of US sanctions - BBC 

• Police go hard on protesters, any hint of escalation met with teargas - France24

• Russian drones in Poland's airspace stir worries for Europe's civil aviation - Reuters

• State of the EU: Security, Ukraine, Gaza, Competitiveness, EU-US trade - EU Parliament 

Latin America

• Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup - BBC

• Massive gas tanker explosion in Mexico City injures at least 57 people, some seriously - NBC

• Mexico not looking for conflict over tariff measures, president says - Reuters

• China Gives Mexico Stiff Warning Over Tariffs Seen Appeasing US - Bloomberg

• Expanding fight against Haitian gangs gets key backing from Latin, Caribbean nations - Miami Herald

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