India signs a ₹1,943 crore deal with General Atomics to lease two MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones for the Navy for 30 months. The remotely piloted aircraft are intended to expand maritime surveillance across the Indian Ocean region, giving India longer-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance coverage at sea.

OceanaGold agrees to buy Ausgold in a deal valued at about US$549 million, securing the Katanning gold project in Western Australia. The acquisition gives OceanaGold a larger foothold in the Australian gold sector and adds a significant development asset to its portfolio as miners pursue scale and long-term supply.

An American hiker dies after being struck by lightning on Mount Etna in Sicily. Rescuers find him in serious condition on the volcano, and he later dies. He is reported to have been hiking in a restricted area on Europe’s most active volcano when the storm hit.

Australia’s ABC removes additional Four Corners episodes and at least one Background Briefing episode tied to former reporter Mahmood Fazal. The action comes as the broadcaster continues a review and identifies more material that raises concerns, widening an earlier purge of content associated with his work.