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Saulos Chilima
- A plane crash in Mzimba, 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.
- The Boeing Starliner spacecraft's first crewed flight carries two astronauts to the International Space Station.
June 13, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Suspected Islamist rebels kill over 20 people in Mayikengo village, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Times of India)
- Six Niger soldiers were killed in an attack on the Niger-Benin oil pipeline between the villages of Salkam and Tibiri, in Niger's southeastern Dosso region. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- The general secretary of the miners' confederation in Mali announced that at least 22 miners died in southern Mali five days ago. (Reuters)
Health and environment
Law and crime
- The European Union’s top court fined Hungary 200 million euros and imposed a daily one-million-euro penalty for failing to follow the bloc’s asylum laws and for illegally deporting migrants. (Al Jazeera)
- The Supreme Court of the United States rules against efforts to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone, due to a lack of standing by the plaintiffs. (NBC News)
June 12, 2024 (Wednesday)
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 the Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged cargo ship Tutor with an unmanned surface vehicle, causing the ship to take on water. (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 BCE 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 fire
- 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)
Politics and elections
- 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)
- Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines, Presidency of Javier Milei
- 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)
- Anti-government protestors clash with police outside the National Congress Palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the reform bill's passing. (CTV) (Reuters)
- U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland is found in contempt by the United States House of Representatives. (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)
Law and crime
- 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)
- Killing of Peter R. de Vries
- A court in the Netherlands sentences three men to up to 28 years in prison for the murder of reporter Peter R. de Vries in 2021, and three other men to 14 years for aiding in the murder. (Reuters)
- The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit by the last Tulsa race massacre survivors seeking reparations. (ABC News)
June 11, 2024 (Tuesday)
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)
- 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)
June 10, 2024 (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)
- 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
- 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
- Following resignation of De Croo, government formation talks begin.(Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Armenian protests
- Several large protests are held in Yerevan, Armenia, calling for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign due to Armenia ceding territory to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election
- No party attains a majority in the Bulgarian National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats. (Euronews)
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 (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)
- 2024 Reasi attack
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2024 Lakki Marwat bombing
- An IED kills seven Pakistan Army personnel in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Reuters)
- 2024 Lakki Marwat bombing
- 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)
- Israeli war cabinet
- 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 (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)
- 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- 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 (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)
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- Red Sea crisis
- 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)
- Battle of Khartoum
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)
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