Current Affairs Magazine June 2024

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Current Affairs Magazine June 2024
June 1, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks
 Sudanese civil war

 Darfur campaign
 Battle of El Fasher
 Kutum Hospital airstrike
 The Sudanese Armed Forces bomb a hospital in Kutum, Sudan,
injuring dozens of people. (Al Mayadeen)
 Around eleven civilians are killed and 42 others are injured in large
clashes between the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed
Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher, Sudan.
 Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia confirms willingness of his country to allow
construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea.
 Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
 Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least
four people and damaging critical infrastructure, including energy facilities.
Ukraine says that it shot down 35 of 53 missiles and 46 of 47 drones.
Disasters and accidents
 A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP)

 2024 Indian heat wave
 At least 33 Indian election polling staff die from heatstroke in a heatwave across
the country. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
 Capital punishment in Yemen

 A court run by the Houthis in Yemen sentences 44 people to death on charges
of collaborating with the Saudi coalition. (ABC News)
 Vallow–Daybell doomsday murders
 A jury in Idaho, United States, sentences Chad Daybell to death for the murders
of his ex-wife and two of his wife's children. (AP)
 Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation submit an SEC filing acknowledging
a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users. Banco
Santander and cloud provider Snowflake Inc. are also believed to have been
affected by the same data breach. (Reuters)
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Politics and elections
 2024 Icelandic presidential election

 Icelanders vote for the President of Iceland. Incumbent president Guðni Th.
Jóhannesson had previously announced that he would not be seeking a third
term. (Al Jazeera)
 Halla Tómasdóttir is elected as the President of Iceland with the plurality of the
votes at 34.2%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election with
25.2%. (DW)
 2024 Indian general election
 The final phase of the general election in India is held, with the ruling National
Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on
June 4. (Reuters)
Sports
 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

 In association football, Real Madrid win a record 15th Champions League title
after defeating Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the final at Wembley
Stadium in London, England. (CNN)
June 2, 2024 (Sunday)

 Darfur campaign
 The Ministry of Health of North Darfur reports that there has been 82
deaths and hundreds of injuries due to clashes in El Fasher over the last
two days. (Sudan Tribune)
 UNICEF reports that more than 270,000 people, including more than
130,000 children, are at risk following fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El
Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (The Print)
 Russia–NATO relations, Russia–United States relations
 Russia accuses NATO and the United States of "provoking a new level of
tension" after some allies agreed to let Ukraine's military use Western-
supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News)
 Syrian civil war
 Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
 Israeli airstrikes in the Aleppo region kill 17 Iranian-backed militia members,
including two Iranian advisors, and three Hezbollah members. (SOHR)
 2024 Germany floods

 A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are evacuated after heavy rains
cause flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-
Württemberg and Bavaria. (Reuters) (DW)
International relations
 International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Maldives relations

 The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the
country. (CNN)
Law and crime
 A mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, kills a 27-year-old man and wounds 24

people. (NPR)
 2024 Mexican general election

 Mexicans elect a new president and legislature, eight governors, the mayor of
Mexico City, and around 20,000 other positions in federal and local
elections. (CNN)
 Claudia Sheinbaum wins the presidential election. She will begin her term
as Mexico's first female president on October 1. (CBC)
 2024 Iranian presidential election
 Former president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to
run again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Ahmadinejad has been rejected
from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia)
Science and technology
 Chinese space program

 China's Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission to collect moon rock successfully
lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters)
June 3, 2024 (Monday)

 The Rapid Support Forces announce the establishment of a civil administration
in the state of South Darfur, which they fully control. (Al Taghyeer)
 A Syrian man is arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at
the Israeli embassy in Bucharest, Romania and attempting to self-
immolate. (Jerusalem Post) (AP)
Business and economy
 GameStop short squeeze

 The value of GameStop shares increases by 21% after Keith Gill posts a $116
million investment on Reddit. (Reuters)
 2024 Indian heat wave

 More than 211 people are killed and nearly 25,000 others suffer from heatstroke
amid a severe heat wave in India. (The Independent) (Reuters)
 The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, United States, erupts for the first time in nine
months. (The New York Times)
 June 2024 South African storm complex
 At least 11 people are killed by two tornadoes in the South African province
of KwaZulu-Natal. (Daily Maverick)
 Afghanistan–Kazakhstan relations, International relations with the Taliban

 Kazakhstan removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations. (RFE/RL)
Law and crime
 Arrest of Imran Khan

 The Islamabad High Court overturns former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran
Khan's charges of leaking national security secrets. (Reuters)
 The Chinese Ministry of State Security arrests and charges a couple for
allegedly spying for Britain's MI6 agency. (Al Jazeera)
 2023–2024 Georgian protests

 Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili signs the foreign
agent bill into law amid mass protests and warnings from Western
countries against signing the bill. (RFE/RL)
 2024 European farmers' protests
 Spanish and French farmers block roads on highways through the Pyrenees
mountains in protest against trade with non-European Union member
states. (Reuters)
 2024 United Kingdom general election
 Nigel Farage appoints himself leader of Reform UK and announces that he will
run as a candidate for the party in the upcoming UK general election
in Clacton. (The New York Times)
 2024 Nigerian general strike
 Major Nigerian unions Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union
Congress begin an indefinite general strike, causing closures of schools, public
offices, and airports, as well as a shutdown of the national power grid amid
a cost-of-living crisis and record low minimum wages in Nigeria. (VOA) (Al
Jazeera)
June 4, 2024 (Tuesday)


 Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns that French
military instructors will be "legitimate targets" if they are deployed
to Ukraine. (France 24)
 The Kanlaon volcano in central Philippines erupts, causing evacuations and a

suspension of activities in the city of Canlaon. (Reuters)
Law and crime
 2024 Slatina protests

 A mass protest takes place in Slatina, Olt County, Romania, against the
inactions of bystanders in the drowning of Flavius Magraon, as well as the
police department's corruption in the case. (Adevărul) (B1 TV)

 The alliance of parties led by Narendra Modi reaches the 272 seats threshold
needed to form a government, but Modi's BJP party loses its outright
parliamentary majority. (BBC News)
 2024 Nigerian general strike
 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) suspend
the nationwide general strike, pending talks with the federal government of
Nigeria about the raising of the country's minimum wage. (BBC) (Reuters)
 International recognition of the State of Palestine
 Slovenia's parliament approves a motion to recognize a Palestinian state. (The
Times of Israel)
 Mexico–United States border crisis
 US President Joe Biden enacts an executive order to temporarily
suspend asylum claims processing at the Mexico–United States border when
the seven-day average of claims exceeds 2,500 per day. Amnesty
International criticizes the executive order, accusing Biden of "setting a
dangerous international precedent". (NPR) (AP)
 North Korea–South Korea relations
 The State Council of South Korea suspends the 2018 Panmunjom
Declaration due to border tensions over balloons sent across the border
by North Korea. (AP)
 A local Mannheim politician is injured by a stabbing, five days after the May 31
attack in the German city. (BBC)

 The China National Space Administration's Chang'e 6 spacecraft lifts off from
the surface of the far side of the Moon carrying samples of lunar
soil and rocks back to Earth. (Reuters)
 The National Health Service declares a "critical incident" after several hospitals
in London, including King's College Hospital, say they have cancelled appointments
and turned away patients after a cyberattack on their Synnovis IT systems. (AP)
Sports
 2024 Major League Baseball season

 Venezuelan infielder Tucupita Marcano is permanently banned from Major
League Baseball and Minor League Baseball for betting on Pittsburgh
Pirates games while being a member of the team. (CBS Sports)
June 5, 2024 (Wednesday)

 Wad Al-Noora massacre
 The Rapid Support Forces storm the village of Wad Al-Noora in Gezira
State, Sudan, and massacre nearly 100 villagers. (Sudan Tribune)
 2021–2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
 At least 16 people are killed in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The
local government believes the Allied Democratic Forces are
responsible. (Reuters)
 2024 Beirut US embassy shooting
 A Syrian man fires several shots at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, and is
shot by security forces. (Reuters)
 Israel–Hezbollah conflict
 Hezbollah strikes an Iron Dome battery in Ramot Naftali, Israel. (Reuters)
 Korean conflict
 The United States and South Korea participate in the first precision guided
bombing drill in 7 years over the Korean Peninsula, as tensions rise after North
Korea sends trash-filled balloons into South Korea. (CNN) (AP)
 Pardubice train collision

 Four Slovaks and Ukrainians are killed and more than 20 others are injured
when a passenger train collides with a freight train in Pardubice, Czech
Republic. (CNN) (Reuters)
Health and environment
 A panel of the United States Food and Drug Administration rejects MDMA-assisted
psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. (NPR)

 Burkina Faso–Russia relations

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announces that Russia will send
additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the country
increase its defense capabilities. (Reuters)
Law and crime

 US President Joe Biden institutes a broad asylum ban on migrants illegally
crossing the Mexico–United States border, with actions to deport or turn people
back to Mexico, with exceptions for unaccompanied children, people with
serious medical or safety threats, and victims of trafficking. (Reuters)
 A court in Florence, Italy, convicts American journalist Amanda Knox and sentences
her to a three-year imprisonment over her accusations related to the murder
of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. The sentence will count as time already
served. (NBC News) (NPR)
 Israel–Hamas war protests

 Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel
 Thousands of Israeli ultranationalists march through East
Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day, with some chanting anti-Arab slogans. (AP)
 Boeing's Starliner capsule launches its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to
the International Space Station after several delays at the Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station in Florida, United States. (ABC News)
 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko becomes the first human to spend 1,000
days in outer space. (AP)
June 6, 2024 (Thursday)
 Israel–Hamas war
 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
 Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of Gaza
 At least 40 Palestinians, including fourteen children, are killed and more
than 70 injured after an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations school that
was sheltering refugees in central Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
 Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
 Three Palestinians are killed and several others are injured in an Israel
Defense Forces raid on Jenin in the West Bank. (The Times of Israel) (Al
Jazeera)
 Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War

 President of France Emmanuel Macron announces that the country will

send Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter aircrafts to Ukraine and train its pilots
by the end of 2024. (The Telegraph)
 Red Sea crisis
 The Houthis and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claim to have launched two joint
military attacks against ships at the Port of Haifa in Israel. However, Israel
denies the claims. (Al Jazeera)
 2024 Uttarakhand snowstorm disaster

 A blizzard in the Himalaya mountains of Uttarakhand, India, kills nine Indian
trekkers. (Reuters)
 At least six people, including mostly children, drown after a school bus falls into
the Orontes River near Darkush, Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
 Six fishermen are killed and one is critically injured after a boat's engine exploded
and caught the wooden hull on fire off the coast of Naga in the Philippines. (AP)
 One person is killed and more than 100 others are injured after two trams collide
in Kemerovo, Russia. (The Moscow Times)
 A child is killed and at least thirteen other people are injured by tornadoes in
the U.S. states of Michigan, Maryland, and Ohio. (AP)
 France–Russia relations
 A French citizen is detained in Moscow, Russia, under suspicion of collecting
military information. (ABC News)
 Georgia–United States relations
 The United States Department of State sanctions several Georgian
Dream politicians with travel bans for passing the "Law on Transparency of
Foreign Influence", threatening further penalties if Georgia continues "anti-
democratic activity". (AP)
 Palestine–United States relations
 The Biden administration imposes sanctions on the Lions' Den militant group
based in Nablus in the West Bank, for committing attacks in the West Bank
since October 2022. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
 Belarus–European Union border crisis

 A Polish border guard soldier dies after being stabbed by a migrant trying to
cross the EU border from Belarus. (Reuters)
 2024 European Parliament election

 Elections to the European Parliament begin and will continue until June 9, with
the Netherlands and Estonia voting today. (Al Jazeera) (NOS)
 South Africa's genocide case against Israel
 Spain applies to join South Africa's case at the International Court of
Justice accusing Israel of genocide. (AP)
 SpaceX launches Starship's Integrated Flight Test 4, successfully guiding both

the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage to soft water landings in the Gulf
of Mexico and the Indian Ocean, respectively. (The New York Times)
Sports
 The Oklahoma Sooners win the 2024 Women's College World Series in softball
with the first-ever four-peat. (The New York Times)
June 7, 2024 (Friday)
 International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
 United Nations advisors announce that it intends to add the Israeli
military, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to their list of countries and
armed groups that harm children in their upcoming "Children and Armed
Conflict" report. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
 Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
 The United States reinstalls the temporary Gaza floating pier after weather-
related damage had to be repaired. (Al Jazeera)
 Yemeni civil war
 Red Sea crisis
 The Houthis detain 11 Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies and
others working for aid groups. (AP)
 According to a Houthi-run television station, the United States and the United
Kingdom carry out six airstrikes on Hodeida International Airport, the Port of
Salif, and Al-Thawrah, Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
 Battle of Khartoum
 At least 40 people are killed and 50 others are injured in an attack by
the Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
 Pat Sajak steps down as host of the American television game show Wheel of
Fortune, having hosted the show for 41 years. (Associated Press)

 RICH nightclub railing collapse

 A glass railing collapses outside the overcrowded RICH nightclub in Mexico,
causing several concertgoers to fall three stories, killing two and injuring 15. (El
Universal)
 Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders is killed in a plane crash near San Juan
County, Washington, United States. (CBS News)
Law and crime
 Attack on Mette Frederiksen

 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is shoved by a man, who has since
been arrested, in Copenhagen, Denmark. (CNN)
 Austrian-Canadian billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is arrested on sexual
assault charges dating from the 1980s to 2023. (AP)

 Elections to the European Parliament continues, with Ireland and the Czech
Republic voting today. (Euronews)
 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation
 The Israel Defence Forces airstrikes and raids the Nuseirat refugee
camp in Deir al-Balah
Governorate in Gaza, rescuing four hostages kidnapped by Hamas durin
g the Re'im music festival massacre on October 7, including Noa
Argamani. (CNN)
 Many Palestinians, including women and children, are killed and injured
during the raid, with Palestinian officials claiming 236 killed and 400
wounded, while Israeli sources claim under 100 casualties. It is unknown
how many casualties were civilians and how many
were militants. (Reuters) (CNN)
 At least 41 people are killed in an overnight attack in Beni, Democratic Republic
of the Congo. Local leaders suspect the Allied Democratic Forces are
responsible for the attack. (Reuters)
 Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war, Colombia–Israel relations

 Colombia announces the suspension of coal exports to Israel stating that it will
resume exports after Israel complies with the International Court of
Justice provisional measure of protection and stops its genocide in Gaza. (AP)
 Doctors Without Borders recovers 11 bodies and rescues dozens of migrants off
the coast of Libya. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
 Censorship in Vietnam
 Police in Vietnam arrest journalist Huy Đức and lawyer Tran Dinh Trien
over Facebook posts. (Reuters)

 Elections to the European Parliament continue, with Slovakia, Italy, the Czech
Republic, Latvia, and Malta voting today. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
 2024 French Open

 In tennis, Iga Świątek wins the Women's singles title at the French Open after
defeating Jasmine Paolini, becoming the third woman to win three consecutive
titles in the Open Era. (CNN)
 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

 2024 Reasi attack
 Nine people are killed and 41 others are injured near Reasi, Jammu and
Kashmir, India, when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims falls into a ravine after
being shot at. (Al Jazeera)
 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 2024 Lakki Marwat bombing
 An IED kills seven Pakistan Army personnel in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Reuters)
 Two people are killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aitaroun, Lebanon, according to
the National News Agency. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
 President Bernardo Arévalo announced that the remains of Guatemalan writer and
1967 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Miguel Ángel Asturias, would be repatriated

to Guatemala. Asturias is buried in the Père Lachaise

Cemetery in Paris, France. (DW)
 North Korea–South Korea relations

 South Korea announces that it will resume loudspeaker broadcasts over
the Korean Demilitarized Zone for the first time since 2018 in response to North
Korea sending hundreds of balloons carrying garbage across the border. (BBC
News)
Law and crime
 Cannabis in Slovenia
 Slovenian voters approve the use of cannabis for medicinal and recreational
use in adults. (STA)
 Israeli war cabinet
 War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz resigns after Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu failed to present a post-war plan for Gaza by Gantz's previously
announced June 8 deadline. Minister Gadi Eisenkot also resigns. (BBC
News)
 2024 Belgian federal election
 Belgians vote for the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives as well
as for regional representatives and members of the European Parliament. (The
Guardian)
 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
 Bulgarians vote for the sixth time in three years to elect the 240 members of
the parliament. (DW)
 The last day of the European Parliament elections takes place, with voting
occurring in 20 countries. (AP)
 2024 French legislative election
 Following major losses for French President Emmanuel
Macron's Renaissance party in the European Parliament elections,
Macron dissolves the National Assembly and calls snap elections for June 30
and July 7. (Reuters)
 Narendra Modi is sworn in for his third term as Prime Minister of India. (Al
Jazeera)
 2024 Mexican general election
 Mexico's ruling party Morena and its coalition allies win a supermajority in
the Chamber of Deputies but not in the Senate, falling short of the two-thirds
majority needed to change the Constitution. (Reuters)

 2024 San Marino general election

 Sammarinese elect the members of the Grand and General Council. (Libertas)
 2024 South Ossetian parliamentary election
 Parliamentary elections are held in the Georgian breakaway region of South
Ossetia. (Anadolu Ajansi)
 2024 Swiss referendums
 Voters in Switzerland reject limits on healthcare spending and an initiative
against compulsory vaccination, while approving the initiative of a new law on
electricity. (Swissinfo)
Sports
 2024 French Open

 In tennis, Carlos Alcaraz wins the Men's singles title at the French Open after
defeating Alexander Zverev in the final, earning his third Grand Slam title. (AP)

 Crimea attacks
 Ukraine's military says that its missile strikes
near Yevpatoriya and Chornomorske in Russian-occupied Crimea damaged
three Russian air defense systems. (Reuters)
 Eastern Ukraine campaign
 The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces have recaptured the
village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast. (Fakti) (Reuters)
 The United States lifts a ban on sending U.S. weaponry to Ukraine's Azov
Brigade. (The Washington Post)
 The last remaining operational hospital in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, closes
down after being stormed and looted by the Rapid Support Forces,
according to Médecins Sans Frontières. (The Guardian)
 Nigerian bandit conflict
 At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including
women and children, when gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in Katsina
State, Nigeria. (Al Arabiya)
 Somali civil war
 At least 55 people are killed and 155 others are injured in fighting between
the Dir and Marehan clans in central Somalia. (Reuters)
 2024 Brazil wildfires

 It is reported that wildfires have burned around 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres)
of tropical wetland in Brazil's Pantanal so far this year, a 935% increase in the
number of fires that occurred in the same period last year. (BBC News)
 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash
 An aircraft carrying Malawian Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others is
reported missing while flying from Lilongwe to Mzuzu. (BBC News)
 Forty-nine migrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Somalia, are killed and 140 are
missing after their boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
 Three people are killed in floods and landslides in Hà Giang
province, Vietnam. (France 24)
Law and crime
 Belarus–European Union border crisis

 Poland announces a "no-go zone" in the Białowieża Forest in order to prevent
migrants from crossing the border from Belarus. In response, concerns are
raised about the potential impact on tourism during the summer. (Reuters)
 Doe v. Chiquita Brands International, Right-wing paramilitarism in Colombia
 After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury
in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death
squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena
Departments of Colombia. (EarthRights International)
 Four American instructors from Cornell College in Iowa, United States, and
one Chinese passerby are wounded in a stabbing attack at a park in Jilin City,
China. The perpetrator is arrested a day later. (CNA) (NPR)
 A Spanish court sentences three men to eight months in prison for racist
chants directed towards Brazilian football player Vinícius Júnior. (NPR)
 Israel–Hamas war protests
 The United States Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, is vandalized by
a pro-Palestinian activist. (NBC News)
 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735
 The United Nations Security Council votes 14–0, with Russia abstaining, to
back the ceasefire proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden. (Reuters)
 2024 Belgian federal election
 2024 Belgian government formation
 Following resignation of De Croo, government formation talks begin.(Al
Jazeera)
 The New Flemish Alliance win the highest percent of votes in the federal
election, followed by Vlaams Belang and the Reformist Movement. (VRT)
 Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo resigns after his party Open Flemish
Liberals and Democrats loses to centre-right and conservative parties. (Al
Jazeera)

 2024 Armenian protests

 Several large protests are held in Yerevan, Armenia, calling for Armenian Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign due to Armenia ceding territory
to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. (Al Jazeera)
 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
 No party attains a majority in the Bulgarian National Assembly,
with GERB attaining a plurality of seats. (Euronews)
 Apple holds its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California,

United States, unveiling its Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, MacOS Sequoia,
and more. (Reuters)

 Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine–European
Union relations, Ukraine–United States relations
 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that
the European Union will give Ukraine €3.4 billion (USD$3.6 billion)
throughout the summer from Russian frozen assets revenue. (The Kyiv
Independent)
 The United States approves a move to send a second Patriot missile
system to Ukraine. (AP)
 Belarus–Russia relations
 Russia and Belarus begin the second stage of their tactical nuclear
weapons drills. (The Independent)
 Russia says that it has captured the villages of Tymkivka in Kharkiv Oblast and
Miasozharivka in Luhansk Oblast. (Barron's via AFP)
 United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces more than $400
million in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. (CNN)
 Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
 Iraqi security forces in cooperation with U.S.-led coalition forces kill Abu Zainab,
a senior member of Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters)
 Korean conflict
 South Korea says that its forces fired warning shots at North
Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the demarcation line in the Korean
Demilitarized Zone. South Korean authorities state that they believe the
intrusion, which occurred in a densely forested area, was accidental. (Reuters)
 The International Organization for Migration says that more than 10 million
people have now been internally displaced by the war in Sudan, including
around a third of the population of the capital Khartoum, making it the world's
worst displacement crisis. (Al Jazeera)
 The World Bank approves $1 billion for the construction of the Dasu Dam in
northwest Pakistan. (Al-Arabiya)
 Production begins at Senegal's first offshore oil project at the Sangomar oil fields
which aims to produce 100,000 barrels of oil per day. (ABC News)
 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash

 The wreckage of an aircraft which went missing yesterday in Malawi amid bad
weather is found. All ten people on board, including the country's Vice-
President Saulos Chilima, are confirmed dead. (Reuters)
 2024 Spain floods
 Floods hit the Spanish island of Majorca, affecting the third busiest airport in
Europe. (The Telegraph)
 A Russian Aerospace Forces Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft crashes during a routine
training exercise in North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, killing all onboard. (Reuters)
 Russia–Sri Lanka relations, Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

 Sri Lanka's foreign ministry says that the country has received assurances from
Russia that it would stop recruiting Sri Lankan citizens to fight in Ukraine. (Al-
Arabiya)
Law and crime
 Weiss special counsel investigation

 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is convicted in a federal court
in Delaware on three felony counts of possession of a firearm while under the
influence of narcotics. (NBC News)
 A man self-immolates at St. Mark's Square in Zagreb, Croatia, and later dies in
hospital. (N1) (Dnevnik)
 Riots occur in Tiaret, Algeria, in opposition to water rationing as a government
response to prolonged droughts. (AP)
 Eight individuals from Tajikistan with suspected ties to Islamic State are arrested
across several United States cities for border immigration violations. (AP)
 2024 Austrian legislative election

 Austria announces that parliamentary elections will be held on September
29. (Reuters)

 France's left-wing political parties establish an electoral alliance, the New

Popular Front, ahead of the French parliamentary elections. (Le Monde)
 2024 Limerick mayoral election
 John Moran becomes the first directly-elected mayor in the Republic of
Ireland. (Limerick.ie)
 2024 South African general election
 Former South African president Jacob Zuma and his party uMkhonto
weSizwe appeal to the Constitutional Court to block the newly elected
parliament from sitting, citing electoral fraud. (Reuters)
 Crisis in Venezuela
 Hunger strikes occur in at least 16 prisons in Venezuela to protest against poor
living conditions such as overcrowding as well as delays in the reviews of the
prisoners' judicial processes. (MSN via Reuters)

 Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India–Russia relations
 Two Indians recruited by the Russian army are killed in Ukraine with
the Indian foreign ministry urging Moscow to quickly return all Indian
nationals who are serving in the Russian army. (BBC News)
 Kryvyi Rih strikes
 Nine people are killed and 26 others are injured in a
Russian airstrike on Kryvyi Rih. (Reuters) (NDTV)
 Kyiv strikes
 Russia launches a wave of cruise missiles and drone attacks at Kyiv.
Ukraine claims to have intercepted all missiles and drones, although debris
did cause some damage to infrastructure. (Reuters)
 Israel kills three Hezbollah fighters and Taleb Abdullah, a senior
commander, in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah retaliates by launching over
250 rockets towards northern Israel, the most the group has sent in the
war. (Times of Israel) (Reuters)
 Impact of war on children, Sudanese civil war
 The United Nations adds the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support
Forces to its list of offenders for violating children's rights. (BBC News)
 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
 Russian soldiers complete their withdrawal from the Nagorno-Karabakh region
of Azerbaijan. (The Moscow Times)
 Red Sea crisis
 The Houthis strike and sink the Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged cargo
ship Tutor with an unmanned surface vehicle. (Reuters)

 Sixteen Syrian soldiers, including an officer, are killed in Homs Governorate in a

minefield laid by Islamic State militants and in an attack by the Islamic State. (Al
Arabiya)
Arts and culture
 Papoura Hill Circular Structure

 The Greek Ministry of Culture announces the discovery of a large Bronze Age-
era Minoan architectural construction used between 2000–1700 BC at the
construction site of the Kasteli Airport in Crete. (AP)
 The Royal Canadian Geographical Society announces that a Canadian-led team
has located the wreckage of Quest, the polar exploration ship of the Shackleton–
Rowett Expedition off the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador,
Canada. (Reuters)
 International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

 The Moscow Exchange suspends all trading in US dollars and euros in
response to increased sanctions by the European Union and the United
States. (Reuters)
 2024 Mangaf building fire

 50 people are killed and 56 are injured in a fire at a building housing foreign
workers in Mangaf, Kuwait. (Reuters)
 2024 Kasai River disaster
 At least 86 people are killed after a boat carrying 271 passengers capsizes on a
river near Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
 Several people are injured and 25 shops are destroyed in a fire in Manama
Souq, Bahrain. (Gulfnews)
 The National Weather Service issues a rare Flash Flood Emergency in
southern Florida, United States, for life-threatening flooding conditions only
expected once every 500 to 1,000 years. (NBC News)
 Armenia–Russia relations
 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces that Armenia will withdraw
from the Collective Security Treaty Organization amid deteriorating relations
with Russia. (Euronews)
 Moldova–United States relations
 The United States imposes sanctions on Evghenia Guțul, the pro-
Russian governor of Moldova's Gagauzia region. (Reuters)
 Russia–United States relations

 The United States expands secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions

that conducted business with more than 4,500 US-
sanctioned Russian entities. (Financial Times)
Law and crime
 Killing of Peter R. de Vries

 A court in the Netherlands sentences three men to up to 28 years in prison for
the murder of reporter Peter R. de Vries in 2021, and three other men to 14
years for aiding in the murder. (Reuters)
 The American Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit in federal court against
the Biden administration for US President Joe Biden's new presidential
directive which limits migrants seeking asylum at the Mexico–United States
border. (NPR)
 The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit by the last Tulsa race
massacre survivors seeking reparations. (ABC News)
 A man in Hudson, Florida, United States fatally shoots a family of four with a 9
mm gun before burning their bodies in a fire pit. The perpetrator was identified as
25-year-old Rory John Graeme Atwood.(WTSP)
 Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines

 The Argentine Senate passes an extensive economic reform bill package
proposed by President Javier Milei, decided by a 36–36 vote, with the tie broken
by Vice President Victoria Villarruel. (Reuters)
 2024 Argentina protests
 Anti-government protestors clash with police outside the National Congress
Palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the reform bill's
passing. (CTV) (Reuters)
 2024 Armenian protests
 Dozens of demonstrators are injured in Yerevan, Armenia, after police fire stun
grenades at an anti-government rally outside the National Assembly
Building. (Al-Arabiya)
 2024 New Caledonia unrest
 French president Emmanuel Macron suspends electoral reforms in New
Caledonia amid riots in the territory. (Reuters)
 South Africa's Inkatha Freedom Party says that it will join a unity government
with the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance. (Reuters)
 Joe Biden classified documents incident
 U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland is found in contempt by the United States
House of Representatives for refusing to comply with subpoenas. (The New
York Times)

 The French Republicans party votes unanimously to remove party leader Éric
Ciotti for attempting to form an electoral alliance with Marine Le Pen's far-
right National Rally party. (Al Jazeera)
 Artemis program
 Armenia signs the Artemis Accords at a NASA Headquarters ceremony,
becoming the 43rd country to join the American-led effort to explore
the Moon. (Space News)

 Leaders at the G7 summit agree to loan Ukraine US$50 billion and use
interest from Russia's frozen central bank assets as collateral for the
loan. (AP)
 United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy sign a ten-year security agreement to strengthen Ukraine's
defensive capabilities. (AP)
 Hezbollah launches more than 200 rockets at northern Israel. In
response, Israeli artillery strikes targets in Yaroun, Hanine, and Yater in
southern Lebanon. (The New York Times)
 The Israel Defense Forces launch incendiary devices across the Lebanese
border with a trebuchet in order to prevent infiltration from the
border. (Newsweek)
 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
 Suspected Islamist rebels kill more than 20 people in Mayikengo, North
Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Times of India)
 Jihadist insurgency in Niger
 Six Nigerien soldiers are killed in an attack on the Niger–Benin Oil
Pipeline in Dosso region, Niger. (Reuters)
 A Russian warship and a nuclear-powered submarine conduct military drills in
the Caribbean sea simulating a missile strike on enemy ships after passing near the
coast of Florida in order to reach Havana, Cuba. (AP)
 The general secretary of the miners' confederation in Mali announces that at least
22 miners have died in Kalana, Mali, following the collapse of a mine tunnel five
days ago. (Reuters)

 A heatwave forces Greek authorities to close the Acropolis for visits during the
afternoon. (AP)

 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736
 The United Nations Security Council votes 14–0, with Russia abstaining, to
demand that the Rapid Support Forces stop their siege of Al-Fashir, Sudan,
and that all parties maintain humanitarian access and protection for civilians
under International Humanitarian Law. (AP)
Law and crime
 FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

 The Supreme Court of the United States rules against efforts to restrict access
to the abortion pill mifepristone, due to a lack of standing by the plaintiffs. (NBC
News)
 The European Court of Justice fines Hungary €200 million and imposes a daily €1
million penalty for failing to follow the European Union's asylum laws and for
illegally deporting migrants. (Al Jazeera)
 The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid delivery at the U.S. military-
constructed Gaza floating pier pending investigations on whether the pier
was used in the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp and on the
security of humanitarian workers at the pier. (AP)
 The United States military plans to temporarily dismantle the Gaza floating
pier and move it to Israel following predictions of rough seas, suspending
humanitarian aid shipments at the pier for the third time in the past
month. (ABC News)
 The United States State Department officially adds the Israeli group Tsav
9 to its list of sanctioned entities for impeding the delivery of humanitarian
aid to the Gaza Strip. (BBC News) (Reuters)
 Russo-Ukrainian War
 International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Germany vetoes a European Union sanction package that would prevent EU
members from re-exporting Russian liquefied natural gas from EU ports and
prevent EU companies from selling sanctioned products to Russia. (The
Kyiv Independent)
 Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

 Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he is ready for

a ceasefire if Ukraine withdraws from Russian-claimed territories, including
liberated areas, and stops its accession to NATO. However, Ukraine rejects
the offer. (AP)
 The Sudanese Armed Forces kill Ali Yaqoub Gibril, a commander of
the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
 Red Sea crisis
 The United States military launches attacks on and destroys seven Houthi radar
stations in Yemen in retaliation after a merchant sailor went missing following
Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea. (The Seattle Times)
 At least six people are killed and more than 1,000 tourists are stranded in heavy
rains and landslides across the state of Sikkim, India. (Reuters)
 COVID-19 misinformation by governments

 Reuters releases a report that alleges that the United States military conducted
a clandestine online campaign, ordered by the Trump administration in 2020
and ended by the Biden administration in 2021, to discredit
the CoronaVac vaccine of China-based manufacturer Sinovac Biotech in
the Philippines and other developing countries. (Reuters)
 The World Health Organization officially confirms a human Influenza A virus
subtype H9N2 case in a child in West Bengal state, India. (Business Insider)
 The Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima collides with the stationary bunker
vessel Marine Honour in Pasir Panjang Terminal, Singapore, causing an oil
spill that spreads across several Southern Islands alongside the beaches in East
Coast Park. Sentosa announce a temporary suspension of any water activities
while their beaches remain open. (Straits Times)
Law and crime
 Nigerien crisis
 The Niger State Security Court retracts the immunity of
deposed president Mohamed Bazoum, thereby allowing Bazoum to be
prosecuted for high treason and undermining national security. (Al Jazeera)
 Kyrgyzstan arrests 15 alleged Islamic State – Khorasan Province supporters
in Bishkek. (Al Arabiya)
 The United States Department of State designates the far-right Nordic Resistance
Movement as a terrorist organization. Three of its leaders are subsequently
designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. (CNN)

 The Cambodian National Police and the National Authority to Combat Drugs seize
and destroy seven tons of illicit drugs, mostly methamphetamine, worth US$70
million as part of a crackdown operation. (Fox News)

 Cyril Ramaphosa is re-elected as President of South Africa for a second
term. (Reuters)

 Three people are killed and five others are injured in a Russian cluster
munition strike on the village of Ulakly in Donetsk Oblast. (The Kyiv
Independent)
 Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
 The United States announces a $1.5 billion aid package to Ukraine, focused
primarily on the country's energy industry and humanitarian
assistance. (Politico)
 June 2024 Ukraine peace summit
 World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland to advance
the Ukrainian peace process. (The Guardian)
 Rafah offensive
 An IED kills eight IDF personnel in a Namer armoured personnel
carrier in Rafah. (Times of Israel) (AP)
 Two people are killed in a plane crash near Chino, California, United States. (Los
Angeles Times)
 A Dutch tourist is found dead and three other tourists are missing on
different Greek islands. (AP)
 Iran–Sweden relations
 Iran and Sweden complete a prisoner swap mediated by Oman, with former
Iranian official Hamid Nouri being exchanged for former Swedish
diplomat Johan Floderus and a Swedish-Iranian citizen. (Al Jazeera)
 Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
 China issues new regulations allowing its national coastguard to detain
foreigners accused of illegally entering China's claimed territorial waters and
adjacent waters. (Al Jazeera)


 Over 600,000 people march in cities across France to protest against the far-
right National Rally party. (Reuters)
 Honduran gang crackdown
 Honduran President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang
activity in Honduras, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and
plans to designate gang members as terrorists. (Al Jazeera)
 Thousands of women march in São Paulo, Brazil, in protest of a bill that would
equate late abortions after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years
in prison. (Reuters)
Law and crime
 2024 Rochester Hills shooting

 Nine people are injured, including two young children, in a shooting at a splash
pad in Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States. (NPR)
 Two people are killed and six are injured after a shooting at
a Juneteenth celebration at a park in Round Rock, Texas, United States. (AP)

 Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
 Norway announces that it will give Ukraine 1.1 billion kroner (US$103
million) to help repair its energy infrastructure and secure the country's
electricity supply before the winter. (Le Monde)
 Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 The two-day Global Peace Summit, dedicated to the discussion of
"Ukraine's Peace Formula", ends at the Bürgenstock
Resort in Switzerland. (CNN)
 Russia claims that it captured the village of Zahirne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast,
Ukraine. (Barron's)
 Gaza humanitarian crisis
 Israel's military announces that it will begin "tactical pauses" in combat along
roads in Southern Gaza during the daytime in order to allow humanitarian
aid trucks to travel through the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the pauses
"unacceptable". (AP)
 Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis
 Previously-detained inmates with alleged links to the Islamic State take two
employees hostage in a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-

Don, Russia. Russian national guards storm the center, killing all six hostage
takers. (The Washington Post) (AP)
Arts and culture
 77th Tony Awards

 At the 2024 Tony Awards, Stereophonic wins Best Play and The
Outsiders wins Best Musical. (CBS News)
 2024 Baños landslide

 At least six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rainfall that struck a
highway in Baños in central Ecuador, with 30 other people reported
missing. (AP)
 2024 California wildfires
 Around 1,200 people are evacuated from the Hungry Valley area near Los
Angeles, California, United States, as the Post Fire spreads through the dry
mountains near Interstate 5. (AP)
 Extreme heat during Hajj
 At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims are killed during the hajj in Saudi
Arabia, with at least 14 dying from heat stroke. (Barron's)
Law and crime
 Seven people are injured and one other person is injured while running away in a
shooting at a pop-up party in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. (AP)
 2024 Liechtenstein referendums

 Liechtensteiners vote 53.7% positively on a referendum to build a new state
hospital. (Liechtenstein Institut)
 LGBT rights in Ukraine
 Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Ukrainian Armed Forces troops and supporters march in
central Kyiv to demand legal reforms for more same-sex partnership rights
despite opposition from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as well as from counter-
protesters. (AP)
Sports
 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship

 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans
 In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of Le
Mans for the second consecutive year with drivers Antonio Fuoco, Miguel
Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen. (The Race)
 2024 UFL season

 In American football, the Birmingham Stallions defeat the San Antonio

Brahmas to win the inaugural UFL championship. Stallions quarterback Adrian
Martinez is named the Most Valuable Player. (Fox Sports)
 United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
 Two congressional Democrats agree to sign a $18 billion weapon package
for Israel including 50 F-15 Eagle fighter jets after initially delaying
proceedings, following heavy pressure from the Biden
Administration. (Reuters)
 Eight Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks
in Gaza. (Reuters)
 Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ahmed Ayoub is allegedly killed in
an Israeli airstrike in Selaa, Lebanon, with further strikes occurring against
Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon. (Jerusalem Post)
 2024 Russian botulism outbreak

 At least 139 people suffer from botulism in Russia believed to be caused by
eating ready-made salads, leading to a nationwide recall of the salads. (AP)
 2024 West Bengal train collision
 Fifteen people are killed and several others are injured when a cargo train
collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in Darjeeling
district, West Bengal, India. (Al Jazeera)
 At least ten people are killed after two boats carrying migrants shipwreck off the
southern coast of Italy, with 64 additional people reported missing. (AP)
 Egypt's Tourism Hajj Mission announces that at least eight Egyptian pilgrims have
died during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (Ahram)
 Seven people are killed amid heavy rains across El Salvador. (AP)
 Six people, including three children, are killed in a house fire
in Newnan, Georgia, United States, and five others are hospitalized. (ABC News)
 A person is killed and eight others are injured during an ammunition explosion at a
military training area in Libavá, Czech Republic. (AP)
 Belgium–France relations
 France and Belgium announce they are strengthening their cooperation in land
defence. (Reuters)
 Germany–Poland relations

 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk orders Germany to explain a recorded

incident where German police appear to desert a migrant family in Osinów
Dolny, Poland, just east of the Germany–Poland border. (Barron's)
 North Korea–Russia relations
 Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he will visit North Korea this
week, the first state visit by a Russian President in 24 years. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
 Cannabis in Maryland
 In the United States, Maryland Governor Wes Moore pardons more than
175,000 people with low-level marijuana convictions. (Reuters)
 Israeli war cabinet
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the dissolution of the war
cabinet after Minister Benny Gantz of the Resilience Party left the
cabinet. (Reuters)
Sports
 2024 NBA Finals

 In basketball, the Boston Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks in five games in
the NBA Finals, winning their 18th overall NBA championship. The Celtics
surpass the Los Angeles Lakers to become the team with the most NBA
championships. (NBC News)
 Red Sea crisis

 Attacks on the MV Tutor
 The Liberia-flagged MV Tutor sinks in the Red Sea six days after being
attacked by a Houthi unmanned surface vessel and missile. (AP)
 Ukraine experiences rolling blackouts due to Russian attacks on power
plants across the country. (Al Jazeera)
 Korean conflict
 South Korean soldiers fire warning shots at North Korean soldiers who crossed
the Demarcation Line, apparently in error. It is the second such incident at the
demarcation line in the past month. (AP)
 North Korean troop casualties are reported following landmine explosions in
the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (The Guardian)

 Nvidia surpasses Microsoft as the world's most valuable publicly-traded

company after its market cap exceeds US$3.34 trillion. (NBC News)
 The United States Department of Agriculture announces a temporary suspension
on imports of mangoes and avocados from Michoacán, Mexico, after an incident
that reportedly caused security concerns for safety inspectors. (ABC News)
 2024 Hajj disaster

 More than 577 pilgrims from Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Indonesia are
confirmed to have died of heat-related illnesses during the Hajj in Saudi
Arabia. (The Jordan Times) (CBS News) (Sharjah 24) (Bernama)
 2024 New Mexico wildfires
 At least one person dies, over 500 structures are damaged or destroyed, and
several thousand people are forced to evacuate from Ruidoso, New Mexico,
United States, after the South Fork Fire burns over 15,276 acres of land. (AP)
 At least nine people are killed and 15 others are missing during landslides caused
by floods in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, China. (AP)
 Nine people are killed in a fire caused by an electric short circuit at a hospital
in Rasht, Iran. (AP)
 At least four people are killed and more than 120 others are injured by a magnitude
5.0 earthquake in Kashmar, Iran. (Iran International)
 China–Ecuador relations
 Ecuador's foreign ministry announces that it is reinstating a visa requirement for
travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from
China. (Reuters)
 Israel–Kosovo relations
 Israel and Kosovo agree to allow their citizens reciprocal visa-free travel. (AP)
 Sweden–United States relations
 The Swedish Parliament votes 266–37 to adopt a defense agreement with
the United States, giving the U.S. military access to 17 military bases and
training areas in Sweden, including for weapon and military equipment
storage. (Le Monde)
Law and crime
 Lèse-majesté in Thailand
 Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is indicted on a charge
of royal defamation. (AP)
 A court in Iran sentences Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to one
year in prison for propaganda against the state. (Al Arabiya)
 Kazakh opposition activist Aydos Sadykov is shot and injured
in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Radio Free Europe)

 LGBT rights in Thailand, Recognition of same-sex unions in Thailand

 The Senate of Thailand passes a marriage equality bill that will legalize same-
sex marriage in the country, with the bill now awaiting royal assent. (CNN)
Sports
 Regan Smith breaks the 100 metres backstroke world record at the US Olympic
Swimming Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. (Olympics)

 Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
 An Israeli airstrike kills a Syrian army officer in southern Syria. (Arab News)
 Hezbollah announces that an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed three of its
fighters. (AP)
 Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah threatens Cyprus if it allows
Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises. (Reuters)
 The European
Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland,
and Slovakia for breaking budget rules. (Le Monde)
 2024 Atlantic hurricane season

 Tropical Storm Alberto forms in the Gulf of Mexico, the first storm of the 2024
Atlantic hurricane season. (USA Today)
 At least 922 pilgrims are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes
during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (France 24)
 N'Djamena ammunition depot explosions
 At least nine people are killed and 46 others are injured in a series of explosions
at a military ammunition depot in N'Djamena, Chad. (AP)
 Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh and India kill at least 15
people, injure several others, and displace millions of people. (Al Jazeera)
 At least four people are killed and more than a dozen others are missing after
record rains impact parts of southern China. (Al Jazeera)
 Canada–Iran relations
 Canada adds Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its list of terrorist
entities. (Bloomberg)
 North Korea–Russia relations
 Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sign an
agreement to grant mutual aid and support in case either nation faces
aggression. (AP)
 Sudan accuses the United Arab Emirates of arming the Rapid Support
Forces. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime

 New Caledonia police arrest independence leader Christian Tein and seven
others on suspicion of being involved in the deadly violence in the
territory. (DW)
 Antisemitism during the Israel–Hamas war, Antisemitism in 21st-century France
 Two teenagers are charged with the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl
in Courbevoie, France, in an attack suspected to have been motivated
by antisemitism. (Al Arabiya)
 Vandalism of Stonehenge
 Two Just Stop Oil environmental protesters are arrested after damaging
three standing stones of the Stonehenge prehistoric megalithic structure with
orange powder paint. (BBC News)
 The National Assembly of Tajikistan approves a bill banning "alien garments" and
children's celebrations for Eid al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. (RFE/RL)
 Aging of South Korea

 South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declares a 'demographic national
emergency', citing an ultralow birth rate and a declining population. (Yonhap)
 Human Rights Watch reports that China has changed the names of hundreds of
villages inhabited by Uyghurs in order to reflect the ruling Communist Party's
ideology. (DW)
 The Italian Parliament passes a law granting more autonomy to the
country's regions following a night of debate. The opposition Democratic Party and
former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi express opposition to the bill, with the latter
launching a campaign to force a referendum. (Reuters)
Sports
 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A

 The city of Brussels, Belgium, announces that it will not host a UEFA Nations
League match between Belgium and Israel on September 6 due to security
concerns. (Euronews)



 United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Ukraine is prioritized first among the countries to receive ordered deliveries
of MIM-104 Patriot missile systems from the United States. (CNN)
 United States officials announce that they will allow Ukraine to use US
weapons to strike Russian forces within Russia, provided they are located
right across the border with Ukraine, removing the prior limit of only allowing
strikes across the Kharkiv front. (Politico)
 Three people are killed and four others are injured in Russian cluster
munitions strikes on the village of Rozkishne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al
Jazeera)
 The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West
Kordofan, Sudan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the city after
several hours of fighting. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
 Orca Shipwreck
 The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old
ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from
land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for natural gas off
the coast of Northern Israel. (NBC News)

 At least 1,081 pilgrims are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes
during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (France 24)
 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning
 At least 36 people are killed and more than 60 others are hospitalized
after consuming tainted liquor in Kallakurichi district, Tamil
Nadu, India. (Reuters) (New Indian Express)
 A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and finds five bodies in a wooden dinghy that
was drifting off the Canary Islands, Spain. (ABC News)
 At least two people are killed and nine others are injured when a passenger
train collides with a train on a test run near Santiago, Chile. (AP)
 Kuwait announces temporary power cuts in parts of the country during peak
consumption hours, saying that the country is struggling to meet increased demand
caused by extreme summer heat. (Al Arabiya)

 Russia–United States relations

 U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham move to
designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism after its defensive pact with North
Korea. (The National)
 Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is announced as the next Secretary
General of NATO, beginning his term on October 2. (Politico)
Law and crime
 ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign

 Congress of the Philippines lawmakers pursue an investigation into a U.S.
military social media disinformation operation to discredit Chinese COVID-19
vaccines to Filipinos to determine the damages caused, international law
infringements, and possible legal action. (Reuters)
 Vandalism of Stonehenge
 The orange powder paint sprayed on Stonehenge by Just Stop Oil activists
yesterday is removed with a handheld blower fan, leaving no visible
damage. (BBC News)
 Two Just Stop Oil activists film themselves cutting through a metal fence and
spraying orange paint on two private jets at Stansted
Airport in Essex, England, United Kingdom. Police arrest the activists for criminal
damage. (BBC News)
 A tourist accused of desecrating the Quran is removed from a police station in Swat
District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, by a mob who beat him to death before
setting his corpse on fire. (Al Arabiya)
 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that the future impact of proposed
fossil fuel projects must be assessed, when considering site proposals for
drilling. (The Guardian)
 The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces sanctions on firms based in

China, India, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, for their alleged support to Russia in
the Russo–Ukrainian war. (Al Jazeera)
 One person is killed, at least 200 people are injured, and over 100 are arrested in
protests across Kenya against government plans to raise $2.7 billion in additional
taxes. Kenya Police fired live rounds, tear gas, and water cannons at
protesters. (Reuters)
 2024 in archosaur paleontology

 Researchers announce the discovery the Lokiceratops rangiformis, a dinosaur
species named after the Norse god Loki, in North America. The findings are
published in the journal PeerJ. (ABC News)

 The International Union for Conservation of Nature announces that the Iberian
lynx has been upgraded from endangered to vulnerable for the first time since
1986, after a 2023 census showed a population of 2,021 animals. (BBC News)
Sports
 UEFA Euro 2024, Anti-Serb sentiment

 Serbia threatens to withdraw from UEFA Euro 2024 if UEFA does not
punish Croatia and Albania after their supporters chant "kill, kill, kill the Serb"
during a match in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday. (Sky News)
 Rafah offensive
 June 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack
 Twenty-five people are killed and 50 others are injured
in Israeli shelling near Muwasi, Rafah. Gaza Strip. (AP)
 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 An IED kills five Pakistan Army personnel in Kurram District, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. (Arab News)
 France–Niger relations
 Niger's military junta revokes the operating license of French nuclear fuel
producer Orano at the Imouraren uranium mine amid tensions between the two
countries. (BBC News)

 At least 1,119 pilgrims, more than half of whom are from Egypt, are now
confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi
Arabia. (Barron's)
 President of Tunisia Kais Saied dismisses the Minister of Religious Affairs after
49 Tunisians are reported to have died in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi
Arabia. (Al Arabiya)
 2024 Guangdong floods
 The death toll from the floods and landslides in Meizhou, Guangdong, China,
increases to 47 people. (Al Jazeera)
 2024 North America heat waves
 At least six people die due to heat-related illness in the Phoenix metropolitan
area in Arizona, United States, as temperatures reach 115 °F (46 °C). (AP)
 2024 West African floods

 At least 21 people are killed by floods in Niger's Maradi region and the suburbs
of Niamey after unusually heavy rainfall in the region. (AP)
 At least 11 people are killed in wildfires in southeast Turkey. (ABC News)
 A worker is killed and five others are critically injured in an explosion at
an aluminium processing plant in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. (ANSA)
 France reports nearly 200 cases of cholera in Mayotte. (Le Monde)
 Most of Montenegro and parts of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
and Croatia experience blackouts as a result of a heavy load on the electrical grid
caused by an unexpected increase in power consumption due to high
temperatures. (DW)
 The death toll from torrential rains in El Salvador increases to 19 people, including
at least two children. (AP)
 Enlargement of the European Union

 Accession of Moldova to the European Union, Accession of Ukraine to the
European Union
 European Union member states agree to begin negotiations on the
accession of Moldova and Ukraine to the EU next week. (The Independent)
 Moldovan president Maia Sandu signs the decree that begins negotiations
on Moldova's accession to the European Union. Sandu also announces that
the first Moldova–EU intergovernmental conference will take place on 25
June. (Anadolu Agency)
 Armenia–Palestine relations, International recognition of the State of Palestine
 Armenia officially recognises the State of Palestine. (Reuters)
 Israel–Ukraine relations
 Israel and Ukraine mutually impose travel restrictions to each others' citizens,
preventing reciprocal visa-free travel without an authorization permit. (The Kyiv
Independent)
Law and crime
 2024 Fordyce shooting

 Four people are killed and ten others are wounded in a shooting at the Mad
Butcher supermarket in Fordyce, Arkansas, United States. The suspect, Travis
Eugene Posey, is shot and arrested by Arkansas State Police. (AP)
 Cross-Strait relations
 China officially defines Taiwanese separatist behavior as a criminal
act. (Financial Times)
 LGBT rights in Namibia
 The High Court of Namibia rules that two colonial-era laws criminalizing sex
between men are unconstitutional. (DW)
 A court in Geneva, Switzerland, sentences Indian-born billionaire Prakash
Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting
domestic workers at their villa in Cologny. (AP)


 June 2024 northern Gaza City airstrikes
 At least 42 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in
northern Gaza. (AP) (Reuters)
 Kharkiv strikes
 At least three people are killed and 38 others are injured
when Russian guided bombs hit civilian infrastructure
in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Washington Post)
 Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring two
people and damaging energy infrastructure. Ukraine says that it shot down
12 of 16 missiles and all 13 drones. (Reuters)
 At least 23 people are killed by CODECO militia groups in Ituri
Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
 At least seven people are killed and 100 are kidnapped by unknown gunmen
in Katsina State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning

 The death toll from the tainted liquor incident in Kallakurichi district, Tamil
Nadu, India, increases to 54. (Al Jazeera)
 The death toll from the storms and heavy rains in El Salvador, Guatemala,
and Honduras increases to 30 people, including at least six children. (Reuters)
 Three people are missing following thunderstorms and landslides in
southeastern Switzerland. (Al Jazeera)
 A severe water crisis on the island of Capri, Italy, due to Italian mainland water
system failures causes several areas in Anacapri to run dry, and forces the mayor
of Capri to suspend tourist arrivals on the island. (AP)
Law and crime
 Antisemitism in 21st-century France

 French prosecutors charge a 19-year-old and a minor with planning and
collecting arms for a violent "terrorist conspiracy"
against Jewish targets. (France 24)
 LGBT rights in Hungary

 Thousands of people march in a pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, to protest

against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's anti-LGBTQ+ policies. (Reuters)
 A University of Illinois team lead by Joshua Wurman and Karen Kosiba

confirms mobile radar measurements of between 309 mph (497 km/h) and 318 mph
(512 km/h) in the tornado that struck Greenfield, Iowa, United States, on May 21.
This is the first unambiguous radar confirmation of tornado winds over 300 mph
(480 km/h). (NBC News) (University of Illinois)

 Crimea attacks
 June 2024 Sevastopol missile attack
 Ukrainian forces launch an ATACMS missile bombardment
on Sevastopol, Crimea, with missile fragments hitting a beach, killing five
people and injuring at least 153 others of which 27 were
children. Russia's ministry of defense says that it holds the United
States responsible for the attack and vows that there will be a
response. (Reuters)
 Kharkiv strikes
 One person is killed and ten others are injured in Russian strikes
on civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
 Eight Palestinians are killed in IDF airstrikes that hit a UNRWA-run
vocational college in Gaza City that was being used to distribute
aid. (Reuters)
 2024 Dagestan attack
 At least 16 people are killed and 13 others are injured in Dagestan, Russia,
when gunmen open fire on a synagogue and an Orthodox church
in Derbent and on a traffic police post in Makhachkala. (Al Arabiya) (RBK)
 North Macedonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges all its citizens in Lebanon to
leave as soon as possible due to "deteriorating security" in the region from
escalating conflicts. (Sloboden Pečat)
 Red Sea crisis
 The Houthis claim to have carried out a joint military operation with the Islamic
Resistance in Iraq to target four vessels in the Port of Haifa, Israel. (Al Jazeera)

 The Saudi health minister announces that 1,301 people are now confirmed to
have died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage. (Al Arabiya)
 One person is found dead after floods in southern Switzerland. (Reuters)
 Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel
 More than 150,000 Israelis rally and march in Tel Aviv to protest
against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, calling
for new elections, the return of hostages, and a ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
 Independence leader Christian Tein and seven other activists are flown
to France for pre-trial detention after being arrested for inciting violence and
riots in New Caledonia. (Al Jazeera)
 On the Grand Duke's Official Birthday, Henri, Grand Duke of
Luxembourg announces that his son and heir Guillaume will assume royal duties
beginning in October, in preparation for Henri's eventual abdication. (Luxembourg
Times)
 Gaza humanitarian crisis
 Eleven Palestinians, including the director of Gaza's Ambulance and
Emergency Department, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on the al-Shati
refugee camp, Bani Suhaila, and Gaza City. (Reuters)
 Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the U.S.-
backed ceasefire proposal for the war in Gaza, instead committing to
continuing the war and "the goal of eliminating Hamas." (TIME)
 At least four people are killed and 40 others are injured when
Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles hit Pokrovsk in Donetsk
Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
 2024 Dagestan attack
 The death toll from the attack on a synagogue and Orthodox church
in Derbent and Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, yesterday, increases to 20,
with 46 others injured. (Reuters)
 Aricell battery factory fire

 Twenty-two people are killed and two others are injured in a fire at a lithium
battery factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea. (Reuters)
 Eight people are killed in a fire in an office building in Fryazino, Moscow
Oblast, Russia. (BBC News)
 Officials in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States, issue an evacuation
warning due to flooding on the Blue Earth River breaching the Rapidan Dam,
pushing it into an "imminent failure condition" upstream of several cities. Flooding
also collapses a railroad bridge connecting South Dakota and Iowa and kills two
people. (WCCO-TV) (AP)
 The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland reports that Scottish wildcat kittens have
been born in the Cairngorms National Park, in a "major milestone" for the
conservation of the critically endangered population. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
 Philippine drug war

 Trial courts in Metro Manila, Philippines, dismiss the remaining charges filed
against former senator Leila de Lima during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte,
including the last of the three involving her alleged conspiracy in the illegal drug
trade, as well as another on her disobedience to a summons for
a House hearing. (BBC News)
 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enters a plea deal with the U.S. Justice
Department, in which he will be found guilty on one federal charge in exchange for
his release back to Australia. (ABC News)
 A mass shooting in two apartments in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
killed six people including the 47-year-old gunman Eric Adams and wounded 13-
year-old Olivia Munoz.(GVA)

 Violence and riots resume in New Caledonia after eight pro-independence
activists were flown to France for pre-trial detention yesterday. Protesters
burn police vehicles, block roads, and set fire to the town hall in Koumac. (Al
Jazeera)
Sports
 2023–24 NHL season

 In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers in seven games
to win the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, marking their first Stanley
Cup championship in franchise history. The Panthers also avoid becoming the
fifth team in National Hockey League history to lose a series despite having
a 3–0 series lead. (The Washington Post)

 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Bombing of the Gaza Strip
 Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 people in Gaza City, including ten family
members of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
 Russo-Ukrainian War
 The European Court of Human Rights unanimously finds Russia guilty of
systematic violations of human rights in the Crimean peninsula. (Al Jazeera)
 Russia and Ukraine each return 90 prisoners of war in a prisoner
exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
 Haitian crisis
 Kenyan police units arrive in Haiti for a United Nations-backed security
mission to restore order. (France 24) (The Washington Post)
 The European Commission levies an antitrust fine against Microsoft, charging it

with violating European Union competition law by illegally linking its Microsoft
Teams app with Microsoft Office, giving the former an unfair advantage
over Slack. (Reuters)
 2024 North America heat waves

 Puerto Rico announces its first island-wide heat advisory to all 78 municipalities
due to predicted highs of 114°F (46°C) and widespread power outages. (AP)
 Enlargement of the European Union

 Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the
European Union
 The European Union formally launches accession negotiations
with Ukraine and Moldova. (Barron's)
 Iran–United States relations
 The United States Department of the Treasury announces economic
sanctions on 50 people and companies in Hong Kong, the United Arab
Emirates, and the Marshall Islands, for allegedly funding and helping Iran's
military gain access to the international financial system. (Al Jazeera)
 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elects
former Swiss president Alain Berset as the Council's new Secretary General,
succeeding Marija Pejčinović Burić. (Politico)
 Russia bans 81 media outlets from access inside the country, including Agence
France-Presse and Politico, in retaliation for a European Union ban on Russian
media outlets. (Reuters)

Law and crime
 Gun violence in the United States

 U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declares gun violence a public health
emergency. (AP)
 A gunman kills five people and critically injures a girl in North Las
Vegas, Nevada, then kills himself upon being confronted by the police the
following day. (Reuters)
 Conscription of yeshiva students
 The Supreme Court of Israel rules that the Israel Defense Forces and
the government are legally bound to conscript Haredi yeshiva students,
overturning their prior exemption from mandatory military service. (The
Jerusalem Post) (NPR)
 Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange
 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is freed following a plea deal with the United
States, which results in Assange pleading guilty to espionage-related
charges. (Reuters)
 International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine
 The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia's Chief of the
General Staff Valery Gerasimov and former defence minister Sergei
Shoigu. (Barron's) (The Guardian)
 Kenya Finance Bill protests

 2024 Parliament of Kenya assault
 Thousands of anti-tax protestors assault and set the Parliament of
Kenya building in Nairobi on fire, as riots begin following the approval of a
finance bill. The ceremonial mace is also stolen by protesters. Ten people
are killed and more than 50 others are injured as police open fire on
protestors. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
 President William Ruto deploys the military to stop the protests. (Bloomberg)
 2024 United Kingdom general election date betting scandal
 A fifth Conservative Party member is investigated for involvement in the ongoing
election betting scandal. (The Guardian)
 LGBT rights in Peru
 The Peruvian Ministry of Health announces that it will stop
labeling transgender individuals as suffering from mental disorders, but will
instead use the term "gender discordance". (Reuters)
 Spanish General Council of the Judiciary blockade
 The two major political parties, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and People's
Party agree to renew the members of the General Council of the Judiciary after
five years of blockade and the necessary mediation by the European
Commission to reach an agreement. (SWI)


 The Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully returns to Earth after
collecting rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon. (AP)
 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Bombing of the Gaza Strip
 An Israeli airstrike on a home in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza kills at least
15 Palestinians. (Al Jazeera)
 2024 Bolivian coup attempt
 President Luis Arce accuses military general Juan José Zúñiga of plotting
a coup, and calls for a general strike and blocking of roads to prevent the coup.
The attempted coup fails. (Reuters) (AP)
 Bolivian general Juan José Zúñiga is arrested following his failed coup
attempt. (Reuters)
 Jihadist insurgency in Niger
 Niger's ministry of defence announces three days of national mourning following
yesterday's ambush of security forces near the village of Tassia in Tillabéri
Region, which killed at least 20 soldiers and a civilian and injured several
others. (Al Jazeera)
 Kivu conflict
 Two South African soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured in a mortar
attack on a South African National Defence Force logistics base
in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (SABC News)
 Unidentified attackers open fire on a Tunisian military patrol near the border with
Libya, killing a soldier, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defence. (Al Arabiya)
 Three fishermen are found dead following heavy rainfall and winds that
caused coastal flooding along New Zealand's eastern coast. (1 News)
 Twenty people are killed following two days of heavy rains in Nepal. (Reuters)
 Russia–European Union relations, Belarus–European Union relations

 The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European
Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them
and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-
related threats. (Reuters)
 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is formally selected as the next NATO Secretary-
General. (CNN)
Law and crime

 International Criminal Court investigation in Mali

 The International Criminal Court convicts Malian Islamist Al Hassan Ag Abdoul
Aziz of Ansar Dine on charges of war crimes and crimes against
humanity. (Reuters)
 German government ministers agree on legislation to expedite deportation for
individuals who post or "like" social media content that celebrates or
promotes terrorist acts. (DW)
 Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is sentenced to 45 years in
prison and fined $8 million for drug trafficking and firearms offences in a U.S.
federal court. (CNN) (Reuters)
 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New York

 Incumbent New York representative Jamaal Bowman loses a Democratic
Party primary challenge against George Latimer in the 16th district, in what has
become the most expensive House of Representatives primary in history by
campaign spending. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
 President William Ruto withdraws the controversial Kenya Finance Bill
2024 following an assault on the parliament that killed multiple people. (Reuters)
 France's government orders the dissolution of several far-right and radical
Muslim groups prior to the upcoming legislative election due to their violence,
discrimination, and hate speech toward different races, women, and LGBTQ+
people. (AP)
Sports
 2024 NBA Draft

 In basketball, the first day of the draft for the National Basketball Association is
held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Atlanta
Hawks selecting French player Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall
pick. (Africa ESPN)
 2024 Pakistan heat wave

 At least 568 people have died from heat-related illnesses due to extreme
temperatures and humidity in southern Pakistan. (The Independent) (BBC
News)
 2024 Sudan famine
 An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report states that over
755,000 people in Sudan face the most severe IPC level of extreme hunger as
well as the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded in the country. (Al
Jazeera)

 Seven people are killed and five others are injured when a train collides with a bus
near Nové Zámky, Slovakia. (AP)
 Three people are killed and 40 others are injured in a train derailment amid heavy
rains in Komi, Russia. (AP)
 The Russian satellite Resurs-P No.1 breaks up into over 100 pieces of debris near
the International Space Station. (Reuters)

 Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 According to an anonymous South Korean government official, North
Korea is preparing to send engineering forces to the Russian-
occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine in July. (NK News)
Law and crime
 Abortion in the United States

 The US Supreme Court issues a ruling in Moyle v. United States, dismissing the
case and reinstating the ability to perform exceptional emergency abortion care
in Idaho, where a formal ban on abortion is in place. (The New York
Times) (Idaho Capital Sun)
 Opioid epidemic in the United States
 In Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., the United States Supreme Court blocks a
proposed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement that would have shielded
members of the Sackler family from civil lawsuits relating to the opioid epidemic,
citing issues regarding the protection of third parties from lawsuits. (CNN)
 The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party expels former defense ministers Li
Shangfu and Wei Fenghe from the party following charges of corruption against
them. (CNA)
 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a law establishing English as an
official language of international communication in Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
 The U.S. Justice Department charges 193 people, including 76 medical
professionals, with participating in healthcare fraud schemes totalling $2.75 billion,
which include unlawful distribution of Adderall and fraudulent drug addiction
treatment. (Reuters)

 Thousands of people protest in cities across Kenya, calling for the removal
of President William Ruto. (Al Jazeera)
 The leaders of the European Union member states agree to nominate Ursula von
der Leyen as President of the European Commission and Estonian Prime
Minister Kaja Kallas as the next High Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy, and elect former Portuguese Prime Minister António
Costa as the next President of the European Council. (Euronews)



 Dnipro strikes
 At least one person is killed and 12 others are injured when
a Russian missile hits a nine-storey residential building
in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Reuters)
 The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that its forces have taken control of
the village of Rozdolivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
 New People's Army rebellion
 Philippine troops claim to have killed at least ten
suspected communist guerrillas, including three commanders, near a village
in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. (ABC News)
 The Argentine Chamber of Deputies approves economic reform measures

proposed by President Javier Milei, which include investment incentives,
the privatization of numerous state-owned entities, and tax overhauls. (Reuters)
 Four people are killed and nine others are injured when a minivan crashes into
a nail salon in Deer Park, Long Island, New York, United States. (WCBS-TV)
 A roof at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, collapses amid
heavy rains killing one person, injuring eight others, and leading to the cancellation
of some domestic flights. (Reuters)
 A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of central Peru, injuring 23
people. (Bloomberg)
 The U.S. military dismantles the Gaza floating pier for the third time due to
bad weather. (AP)
Law and crime
 A mass shooting in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States kills two people, an 18-
year-old and a 15-year-old, and leaves three other people injured including two 19-
year-olds and a 20-year-old. (Killeen Daily Herald)
 British police arrest 27 Just Stop Oil activists accused of planning to disrupt airports
during the upcoming summer holidays. (Reuters)

 Maldivian Minister of the Environment Fathima Shamnaz Ali Saleem and three
others are arrested for allegedly performing black magic on President Mohamed
Muizzu. (Hindustan Times)
 Indonesian officials arrest and intend to deport 103 Taiwanese nationals suspected
of running a cybercrime operation in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)
 George Alvarez, the perpetrator of the 2023 Brownsville crash in Texas, United
States, that killed eight people and injured ten others is found guilty of eight counts
of intoxication manslaughter and ten counts of aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon and is sentenced to sixty years in prison. (CTV News)

 Iranians vote in a snap presidential election following the death of
president Ebrahim Raisi. (AP)
 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election
 Mongolians vote for members of the State Great Khural. This is the first election
since the Khural was expanded to 126 seats and the first to use parallel voting.
The ruling Mongolian People's Party loses its supermajority but claims victory,
maintaining a slim simple majority. (AP)
 Thousands of Japanese people protest at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over multiple
alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. service members against Japanese
people on Okinawa Island. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
 2024 NHL Entry Draft

 In ice hockey, the first day of the draft for the National Hockey League is held at
the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., with the San Jose
Sharks selecting Macklin Celebrini with the first overall pick. (ESPN)
 Kivu conflict
 M23 offensive
 M23 rebels take control of Kayna, Luofu, Kanyabayonga, and surrounding
areas after heavy fighting with FARDC. Almost the entire population
of Kanyabayonga, including refugees it had taken in from Rutshuru, flee the
rebel advance. The town is considered a pathway to the cities
of Butembo and Beni. (Radio Okapi) (VOA)
 2024 Borno State bombings
 Thirty people are killed in Borno State, Nigeria, by bomb blasts at a hospital,
wedding and funeral. (CNN)
 Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
 Five large bombs planted by ISIL are discovered in the walls of the Great
Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)

 At least twelve people, including four children, are killed by Russian attacks
in Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
 The Rapid Support Forces launch an assault and capture the town of Singa, the
probable capital of Sennar State, Sudan. (VOA)
 Landslides in Nepal kill nine people, including three children. (Reuters)

 Five people are killed in a fire at a dormitory building in Balashikha, Moscow
Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
 Five Indian soldiers are killed in Ladakh, India, after their tank sinks in abruptly
increased water levels in the Shyok River during a military exercise. (AP)
 Five people are killed and 38 others are injured after an explosion at
an fireworks warehouse in Zamboanga City, Philippines. (AFP via The Daily Star)

 Tropical Storm Beryl intensifies into Hurricane Beryl, becoming the
first hurricane in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters)
 Haiti–United States relations, Haitian crisis

 The Biden administration extends Temporary Protected Status to
309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States until February 2026, offering
them deportation relief and work permits. (Reuters)
Law and crime
 Violent incidents in reaction to the Israel–Hamas war

 A man attacks a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia,
with a crossbow before being shot and killed. Serbian President Aleksandar
Vučić calls the incident a terrorist attack against Serbia. (Reuters)
 2024 French protests against the far-right

 Several hundred people march in Paris, France, to honour Nahel Merzouk and
protest against police brutality and far-right parties. (Al Jazeera)
 Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian advance to the Iranian presidential run-off,
amid record-low voter attendance. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
 2024 Mauritanian presidential election

 Mauritanians vote between incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and six other
candidates for President; Ghazouani wins re-election on the first
ballot. (Reuters)
 Over 100,000 German protesters and 1,000 police officers clash at an Alternative
for Germany event in Essen, Germany. Police use pepper spray and batons on
protesters. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
 Rafah offensive
 At least six Palestinians are killed in Rafah in the Gaza Strip,
as Israeli tanks re-enter Shuja'iyya and parts of northern Gaza,
displacing more than 60,000 people. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
 Kharkiv strikes
 At least one person is killed and ten others are injured when
a Russian guided bomb hits a postal sorting hub
in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Bloomberg)
 The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces have taken the villages
of Spirne and Novooleksandrivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk
Oblast. (Reuters)
 Kivu conflict
 M23 offensive
 M23 rebels take control of Kirumba, the largest town in Lubero
Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as they continue north. (VOA)
Arts and culture
 The American film Inside Out 2 surpasses $1 billion in worldwide box office
earnings in less than three weeks, the fastest of any animated
film in history. (Reuters)
 2024 European floods

 At least four people are killed and two others are missing after landslides and
torrential floods in Ticino and Valais, Switzerland. (Reuters)
 A Chinese Tianlong-3 rocket stage is accidentally launched during a static fire
test in Gongyi, Henan, China, causing it to crash and explode. No casualties are
reported. (CNN)
 A propane tank explosion at a restaurant in Izmir, Turkey, kills five people and
injures 63 others. (AP)


 Hurricane Beryl undergoes rapid intensification and strengthens into a Category
4 hurricane, becoming the earliest Category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record. (AP)

 2024 French protests against the far-right
 Thousands of left-wing protesters gather in cities across France to protest
the National Rally's lead in election polls, while showing support for the New
Popular Front left-wing alliance. (France 24) (Le Figaro)
 French citizens vote in the first round of legislative elections for the
17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. (AP)
 2024 Uruguayan presidential primaries
 Uruguayans vote to elect the presidential candidates for all political parties that
are running in the general election on 27 October. (Reuters)
 Conscription of yeshiva students
 Thousands of Haredi Jewish men protest in Jerusalem, Israel, against a
recent Supreme Court ruling that ordered the conscription of
Haredi yeshiva students, clashing with Israel Police. (AP)
 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin, a member of
the pro-Russian faction among the church's senior clergy, as Patriarch of All
Bulgaria. (AP)
Sports
 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

 France win their second Volleyball Nations League title after defeating Japan in
four sets in the final at Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland. (One Sports)
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 Sudanese civil war

 A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP)

 Capital punishment in Yemen

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Politics and elections

 2024 Icelandic presidential election

 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

 Sudanese civil war

 2024 Germany floods

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 International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Maldives relations

 A mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, kills a 27-year-old man and wounds 24

 2024 Mexican general election

 Chinese space program

 Sudanese civil war

 GameStop short squeeze

Disasters and accidents

 2024 Indian heat wave

 Afghanistan–Kazakhstan relations, International relations with the Taliban

 Arrest of Imran Khan

 2023–2024 Georgian protests

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 Russian invasion of Ukraine

 The Kanlaon volcano in central Philippines erupts, causing evacuations and a

 2024 Slatina protests

 2024 Indian general election

 Chinese space program

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 2024 Major League Baseball season

 Sudanese civil war

 Pardubice train collision

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 Burkina Faso–Russia relations

 Mexico–United States border crisis

 Israel–Hamas war protests

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 President of France Emmanuel Macron announces that the country will

 2024 Uttarakhand snowstorm disaster

 Belarus–European Union border crisis

 2024 European Parliament election

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 SpaceX launches Starship's Integrated Flight Test 4, successfully guiding both

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 RICH nightclub railing collapse

 Attack on Mette Frederiksen

 2024 European Parliament election

 Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war, Colombia–Israel relations

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 2024 European Parliament election

 2024 French Open

 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

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to Guatemala. Asturias is buried in the Père Lachaise

 North Korea–South Korea relations

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 2024 San Marino general election

 2024 French Open

 Russian invasion of Ukraine

 2024 Brazil wildfires

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 Belarus–European Union border crisis