Overview
- Hamas transferred one additional body to Israel via the Red Cross under the Gaza ceasefire framework, believed to be a soldier killed in 2014, as Israel criticized incomplete handovers against agreed timelines.
- DOJ pardons official Edward Martin published a document bearing President Trump’s signature that grants “full and unconditional” pardons to more than 70 figures including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, though analysts note it would not cover state prosecutions.
- South Korea’s special prosecutors indicted former president Yoon Suk-yeol, alleging he ordered drones toward Pyongyang to manufacture a pretext for emergency martial law, with separate insurrection-related proceedings already under way.
- In Japan, NHK Party leader Takashi Tachibana was arrested and sent to prosecutors on defamation allegations as party lawmaker Saito apologized and signaled an intent to keep the Upper House caucus arrangement with the LDP.
- Tokyo police dispatched investigators to Manila after two Japanese nationals were shot dead, with local inquiries indicating a suspected Japanese coordinator’s involvement in directing the crime.