May 27, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez signs a bilateral security pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pledges €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) of military aid to Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia captures the villages of Netailove in Donetsk Oblast and Ivanivka in Kharkiv Oblast. (Arab News)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Israel–Hamas War
- Rafah offensive
- An Egyptian border guard is killed in a shootout at the Rafah Border Crossing. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Twenty-three gunmen and seven soldiers are killed during three shootouts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- Red Sea crisis
- Yemen's Houthi militia says that they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the United States Navy. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Enga landslide
- Papua New Guinea asks for international help following the landslide in Enga Province three days ago, and reports that more than 2,000 people were buried alive and are now presumed deceased. (AP)
- Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
Law and crime
- A teenager is killed and six other people are injured in a shooting in downtown Lansing, Michigan, United States. (USA Today)