Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- A fire in a residential building in Kuwait City's suburb of Mangaf kills at least fifty people.
- A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima (pictured).
- In tennis, Iga Świątek wins the women's singles and Carlos Alcaraz wins the men's singles titles at the French Open.
- In the Indian general election, the National Democratic Alliance, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is re-elected with a reduced majority.
Law and crime
- Islamic terrorism in Russia
- Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis
- In a pre-trial detention center in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, previously detained Islamic State members took two center employees hostage. Russian special forces stormed the center, killing all six hostage takers. (The Washington Post)
- Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis
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)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- An IED kills eight IDF personnel in a Namer armoured personnel carrier in Rafah. (Times of Israel) (AP)
- Rafah offensive
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed in a plane crash near Chino, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times)
International relations
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China issues new regulations allowing their 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 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)
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)
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of El Fasher
- The Sudanese Armed Forces kill Ali Yaqoub Gibril, a commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of El Fasher
- Red Sea crisis
- The United States military launches attacks on and destroys 7 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 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
- 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)
Politics and elections
- 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
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- U.S. President Joe Biden and 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)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 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
International relations
- Sudanese civil war
- 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)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736
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)
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)
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India–Russia relations
- 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)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 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
- 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 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)
Politics and elections
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
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, 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)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine–European Union relations, Ukraine–United States relations
- Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces more than $400 million in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. (CNN)
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- 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
- Austria announces that 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
- 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)
- 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)
- Crimea attacks
- 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)
- Battle of El Fasher
- 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
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 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)
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 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 Belgian government formation
- 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)
Science and technology
- 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)