Portal:Current events/2024 June 26: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:29, 26 June 2024

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • AnIsraeli airstrike on a home in Beit LahiyainNorth Gaza kills at least 15 Palestinians. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Bolivian coup d'état attempt
  • Luis Arce accuses military general Juan José Zúñiga of plotting a coup. Luis Arce called for a general strike and the blocking of roads to prevent the coup. (Reuters)
• Jihadist insurgency in Niger
  • The ministry of defence in Niger announces three days of national mourning following the previous day's ambush of security forces near the village of Tassia in the Tillabéri Region, during which at least 20 soldiers and a civilian were killed and several others wounded. (Al Jazeera)
• Kivu conflict
  • Two South African soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured in a mortar attack on a South African National Defence Force logistics base in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (SABC News)
• Unidentified attackers open fire on a Tunisian military patrol near the border with Libya, killing a soldier, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defence. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• Three fishermen are found dead following heavy rainfall and winds that caused coastal flooding along New Zealand's eastern coast. (1 News)
• Twenty people are killed following two days of heavy rains in Nepal. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• International Criminal Court investigation in Mali
  • The International Criminal Court convicts Malian Islamist Al Hassan Ag Abdoul AzizofAnsar Dine on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
• German government ministers agree on legislation to expedite deportation for individuals who post or "like" any social media content that celebrates or promotes terrorist acts. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York City
  • Incumbent New York City representative Jamaal Bowman loses a primary challenge against George Latimer, in what became the most expensive House of Representatives primary in history by campaign spending. (BBC) (The New York Times)
• Kenya Finance Bill protests
  • Kenyan President William Ruto withdraws the controversial Kenya Finance Bill 2024 following an attack on the Parliament of Kenya that killed multiple people. (Reuters)
• Outgoing Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte is formally selected as the next NATO Secretary-General. (CNN)