Portal:Current events/June 2024

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
        El Fasher, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
  • Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia confirms willingness of his country to allow construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea. (Sudan Tribune)
• 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. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP)
• 2024 Indian heat wave
  • At least 33
    heatwave across the country. (Al Jazeera)

• 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)
• 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)

• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • Battle of El Fasher
      • 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)
      • El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (The Print)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Germany floods
  • A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are
    flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. (Reuters) (DW)

• 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)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Mexican general election
  • 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
  • lunar exploration mission to collect moon rock successfully lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • The Rapid Support Forces announce the establishment of a civil administration in the state of South Darfur, which they fully control. (Al Taghyeer)
• A
  embassy in Bucharest, Romania and attempting to self-immolate. (Jerusalem Post) (AP)

• GameStop short squeeze
  • The value of GameStop shares increases by 21% after Keith Gill posts a $116 million investment on Reddit. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 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
  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)

International relations

• 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
  • Western countries against signing the bill. (RFE/RL)
• 2024 European farmers' protests
  • Pyrenees mountains in protest against trade with non-European Union member states. (Reuters)
• 2024 United Kingdom general election
  • 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Indian general election
  • 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
    federal government of Nigeria about the raising of the country's minimum wage. (BBC) (Reuters)
• International recognition of the State of Palestine
  • 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)

Science and technology

• Chinese space program
  • 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • Wad Al-Noora massacre
    • The
      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
  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

• Mexico–United States border crisis
  • trafficking. (Reuters)
• A court 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)

Science and technology

• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 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)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 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)

• Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • A
    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)

Science and technology

• 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
  four-peat. (The New York Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 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
      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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)
• plane crash near San Juan County, Washington, United States. (CBS News)

• 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)

Politics and elections

• 2024 European Parliament election
  • Elections to the European Parliament continues, with Ireland and the Czech Republic voting today. (Euronews)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation
      • The
        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)
• 2021–2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
  • 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)

Business and economy

• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• Doctors Without Borders recovers 11 bodies and rescues dozens of migrants off the coast of Libya. (Al Jazeera)

• Censorship in Vietnam
  • Police in Vietnam arrest journalist Huy Đức and lawyer Tran Dinh Trien over Facebook posts. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 European Parliament election
  • 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 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)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 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)

International relations

• 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)

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli war cabinet
    • 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)
• 2024 European Parliament election
  • 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
    dissolves the National Assembly and calls snap elections for June 30 and July 7. (Reuters)
• 2024 Indian general election
  • 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • 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)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United States lifts a ban on sending U.S. weaponry to Ukraine's Azov Brigade. (The Washington Post)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of El Fasher
    • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war protests
    • The
      Palestinian activist. (NBC News)
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735
    • The
      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
    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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 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)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • 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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 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)

Business and economy

• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)

International relations

• 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)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • parliamentary elections will be held on September 29. (Reuters)
• 2024 French legislative election
  • 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 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–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • 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)
• Syrian civil war
  • 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)

Business and economy

• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)

International relations

• 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)
• Mexico–United States border crisis
  • The
    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)

Politics and elections

• Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines
  • The
    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)
• 2024 South African general election
  • 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
  • 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)

Science and technology

• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • 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
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sign a 10-year security agreement to strengthen Ukraine's defensive capabilities. (AP)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • 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
    Dosso region, Niger. (Reuters)
• A
  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)

Health and environment

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

International relations

• Sudanese civil war
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736
    • The
      International Humanitarian Law. (AP)

• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • 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 3rd 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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of El Fasher
    • The
      Ali Yaqoub Gibril, a commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The
    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)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 misinformation by governments
  • 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
    high treason and undermining national security. (Al Jazeera)
• Kyrgyzstan arrests 15 alleged Islamic State – Khorasan Province supporters in Bishkek. (Al Arabiya)
• The
  far-right Nordic Resistance Movement as a terrorist organization. Three of its leaders are subsequently designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. (CNN)
• The
  illicit drugs, mostly methamphetamine, worth US$70 million as part of a crackdown operation. (Fox News)

• 2024 South African general election
  • Cyril Ramaphosa is re-elected as President of South Africa for a second term. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • 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)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Rafah offensive
    • An
      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)

International relations

• Iran–Sweden relations
  • 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)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French legislative election
  • Over 600,000 people march in cities across
    far-right National Rally party. (Reuters)
• Honduran gang crackdown
  • 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 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 [uk] in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Gaza humanitarian crisis
    • 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
    pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Russian national guards storm the center, killing all six hostage takers. (The Washington Post) (AP)

• 77th Tony Awards
  • At the 2024 Tony Awards, Stereophonic wins Best Play and The Outsiders wins Best Musical. (CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Baños landslide
  • At least six people died due to a landslide caused by heavy rainfall that struck a highway in Baños in central Ecuador, with thirty 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 died 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 person is wounded while running away in a shooting at a pop-up party in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. (AP)

Politics and elections

• LGBT rights in Ukraine
  • Hundreds of
    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)

• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
    • Two
      Biden Administration. (Reuters)
  • Eight
    Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks in Gaza. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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 10 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)

International relations

• 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)

• Cannabis in Maryland
  • In the United States,
    marijuana convictions. (Reuters)

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 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)

• 2024 NBA Finals
  • In basketball, the Boston Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks in 5 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • Attacks on the MV Tutor
    • The
      unmanned surface vessel and missile. (AP)
• 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)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)
    • Ukraine experiences rolling blackouts due to Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants across the country. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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 Razavi Khorasan earthquake
  • At least four people are killed and more than 120 others are injured by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Kashmar, Iran. (Iran International)
• 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)

International relations

• 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)
• 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)
• Israel–Kosovo relations
  • Israel and Kosovo agree to allow their citizens reciprocal visa-free travel. (AP)

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)

Politics and elections

• 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 100m backstroke world record at the US Olympic Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis. (Olympics)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
    • An
      Syrian army officer in southern Syria. (Arab News)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah announces that an Israeli strike 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)

Business and economy

• The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules. (Le Monde)

Disasters and accidents

• N'Djamena ammunition depot explosions
  • A series of explosions at a military ammunition depot in the N'Djamena, Chad, causes at least nine fatalities and 46 injuries. (AP)
• 2024 Hajj disaster
  • At least 922 pilgrims have now died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia according to figures released by various countries. (France 24)
• Heavy monsoon rains trigger landslides in Bangladesh and India, killing at least 15 people, injuring several others and displacing millions. (Al Jazeera)
• At least four people die after record rains hit parts of southern China, while more than a dozen are missing. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• 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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Sudan accuses the United Arab Emirates of arming the Rapid Support Forces. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Vandalism of Stonehenge
  • Two
    standing stones of the Stonehenge prehistoric megalithic structure with orange powder paint, potentially destroying prehistoric surface markings. (BBC)
• 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • New Caledonia police arrest independence leader Christian Tein and seven others on suspicion of being involved in the deadly violence that swept through the archipelago. (DW)
• Two French teenagers are charged with the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a Paris suburb, in an attack suspected to have been motivated by antisemitism. (Al Arabiya)
• The National Assembly of Tajikistan approves a bill banning hijab and children's celebrations for two major Islamic holidays. (Radio Europe)

Politics and elections

• The Communist Party of Vietnam says that the party chief of the capital, Hanoi, has resigned. (Reuters)
• A report by Human Rights Watch claims that China has changed the names of hundreds of villages inhabited by Uyghur to reflect the ruling Communist Party's ideology. (DW)

Sports

• Brussels declines to host a UEFA Nations League match between between Belgium and Israel over security concerns. (Euronews)