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June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Korean conflict
  • South Korea says its forces fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers after they briefly crossed the demarcation line in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia says it has captured Timkovka village in Kharkiv Oblast and Miasozharivka village in Luhansk Oblast. (Barrons via Agence France-Presse)
• 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 the city of Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The World Bank approved $1 billion for the construction of the Dasu Dam in northwest Pakistan. (Alarabiya)
• Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil project which aims to produce 100,000 barrels of oil per day. (ABC News)

International relations

• United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced more than $400 million in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. (CNN)
• Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said that his country received assurances from Russia that it would stop recruiting its citizens to fight in Ukraine. (Alarabiya)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French legislative election
  • France's left wing political parties join together in electoral alliance (New Popular Front) ahead of the French parliamentary elections. (Lemonde)
• 2024 South African general election
  • Former South African president Jacob Zuma and his party uMkhonto weSizwe seek to block the newly elected parliament from sitting, citing vote-rigging. (Reuters)
• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • Austria sets the date for parliamentary elections to be held on September 29th. (Reuters)

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 the ten people on board, including the country's Vice-President Saulos Chilima, are confirmed dead. (Reuters)
• A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 crashed in the Caucasus mountains during a routine training exercise, killing the crew aboard. (Reuters)
• At least 49 migrants drown, and 140 are missing off Yemen's coast, according to the U.N. Migration Agency. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A man self-immolates at St. Mark's Square in Zagreb, Croatia. The square houses the Banski Dvori and the Parliament building. (N1)
• 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. He faces up to 25 years in prison. (NBC News)

June 10, 2024 (2024-06-10) (Monday)

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)
• 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, are wounded in a stabbing attack at a park in Jilin City, China. (CNA)
• 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)
• 2024 Belgian federal election
  • 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 Bulgarian parliamentary election
  • No party attains a majority in the Bulgarian National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats. (Euronews)
• 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)

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)

June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • 2024 Reasi attack
    • At least nine people are killed and 33 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)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 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)
• 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 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)
• 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)

June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 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 during 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)
• 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)

Law and crime

• 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)

June 7, 2024 (2024-06-07) (Friday)

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 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)
• 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

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

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)

Politics and elections

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

June 6, 2024 (2024-06-06) (Thursday)

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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Uttarakhand snowstorm disaster
  • A blizzard in the Himalaya mountains of Uttarakhand, India, kills nine Indian trekkers. (Reuters)
• At least six people, including several 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)

International relations

• 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)

Politics and elections

• 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 Oklahoma Sooners win the 2024 Women's College World Series in softball with the first-ever four-peat. (The New York Times)

June 5, 2024 (2024-06-05) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)

International relations

• 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
  • 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)

Politics and elections

• 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

• 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)

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