Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 

Dzuds in Mongolia kill more than 7.1 million animals, over 10% of the country’s livestock population, causing up to 1% of GDP loss and 8% of agricultural production loss. (AP) 

Two Indians recruited by the Russian army have been killed in Ukraine and the Indian foreign ministry has urged Moscow to quickly return all Indian nationals who are with the Russian army. (BBC) 

The Houthis strike the Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged cargo ship Tutor with an unmanned surface vehicle, causing the ship to take on water. (Reuters) 

Israel kills Taleb Abdullah, a senior commander of Hezbollah, which retaliates by launching 215 rockets towards northern Israel. (Times of israel) 

The United Nations has added the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to its list of offenders for violating children’s rights along with Israel Defense Forces, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (BBC) 

The Moscow Exchange shuts down all trading in US dollars and euros in response to increased sanctions by the European Union and the United States. (Reuters) 

At least 49 people are killed in a fire at a building housing foreign workers in Mangaf, Kuwait. (Reuters) 

At least 86 people are killed after a boat carrying 271 passengers capsized on a river near Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP). 

The United States broadens secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions that did business with any of over 4,500 US-sanctioned Russian entities. (Financial Times) 

French president Emmanuel Macron suspends electoral reform in New Caledonia following riots. (Reuters) 

South Africa’s IFP to join ANC and Democratic Alliance in unity government, claims IFP leader. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  June 11th, 2024 

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) 

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) 

Iraqi security forces in cooperation with U.S.-led coalition forces kill Abu Zainab, a senior member of Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

The United Nations Security Council votes 14–0, with Russia abstaining, to back the ceasefire proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden. (Reuters) 

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) 

The United States lifts a ban on sending U.S. weaponry to Ukraine’s Azov Brigade. (The Washington Post) 

Production starts at Senegal‘s first offshore oil project which aims to produce 100,000 barrels of oil per day. (ABC News) 

The World Bank approved $1 billion for the construction of the Dasu Dam in northwest Pakistan. (Alarabiya) 

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) 

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) 

France’s left wing political parties join together in electoral alliance (New Popular Front) ahead of the French parliamentary elections. (Lemonde) 

Former South African president Jacob Zuma and his party uMkhonto weSizwe seek to block the newly elected parliament from sitting, citing vote-rigging. (Reuters) 

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) 

At least 49 migrants drown, and 140 are missing off Yemen’s coast, according to the U.N. Migration Agency. (Reuters) 

A man self-immolates at St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb, Croatia. The square houses the Banski Dvori and the Parliament building. (N1) 

Monday,  June 10th, 2024 

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) 

Ukraine’s military says that its missile strikes near Yevpatoriya and Chornomorske in Russian-occupied Crimea damaged three Russian air defense systems. (Reuters) 

The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces have recaptured the village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

At least 55 people are killed and 155 others are injured in fighting between the Dir and Marehan clans in central Somalia. (Reuters) 

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) 

Forty-nine migrants, mostly from the Ethiopia and Somalia, are kiled 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) 

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) 

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) 

The United States Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, is vandalized by a pro-Palestinian activist. (NBC News) 

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) 

No party attains a majority in the Bulgarian National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats. (Euronews) 

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) 

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