Sunday, June 9th, 2024 

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) 

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) 

An IED kills seven Pakistan Army personnel in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Reuters) 

Two people are killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aitaroun, Lebanon, according to the National News Agency. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

Slovenian voters approve the use of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use in adults. (STA) 

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) 

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) 

Bulgarians vote for the sixth time in three years to elect the 240 members of the parliament. (DW) 

Bulgarians head to the polls for the sixth time in three years to elect the 240 members of parliament. (DW) 

The last day of the European Parliament elections takes place, with voting occurring in 20 countries. (AP) 

The last day of the European elections is taking place with votes in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and for the second day in Italy. (AP) 

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) 

Narendra Modi is sworn in for his third term as Prime Minister of India. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

Sammarinese elect the members of the Grand and General Council. (Libertas) 

Sammarinese head to the polls to elect its Grand and General Council. (Libertas) 

Parliamentary elections are held in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia. (Anadolu Ajansi) 

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) 

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) 

Saturday, June 8th, 2024 

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, children, and Hamas militants are killed and injured during the raid, with Palestinian officials claiming 236 killed and 400 wounded, while Israeli sources claim under 100 casualties. (Reuters)

At least 38 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) 

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) 

Doctors Without Borders recovers 11 bodies and rescues dozens of migrants off the coast of Libya. (Al Jazeera) 

Police in Vietnam arrest journalist Huy Đức and lawyer Tran Dinh Trien over Facebook posts. (Reuters) 

Elections to the European Parliament continue, with Slovakia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Malta voting today. (Al Jazeera) 

Iga Świątek wins the Women’s singles title at the French Open, becoming the third woman to win three consecutive titles in the Open Era. (CNN) 

Friday,  June 7th, 2024 

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) 

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders is killed in a plane crash near San Juan County, Washington, United States. (CBS News) 

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. (Reuters) 

The United States reinstalls the temporary Gaza floating pier after weather-related damage had to be repaired. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

At least 40 people are killed and 50 others are injured in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Sudan. (Al Jazeera) 

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is shoved by a man, who has since been arrested, in Copenhagen, Denmark. (CNN) 

Austria-Canadian billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is arrested on sexual assault charges dating from the 1980s to 2023. (AP) 

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

D-Day 2024 

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 and militants in central Gaza. (Al Jazeera) 

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)

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) 

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) 

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) 

A French citizen is detained in Moscow, Russia, under suspicion of collecting military information. (ABC News) 

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) 

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) 

At least six people, including several children, drown after a school bus falls into the Orontes River near Darkush, Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat) 

A Polish border guard soldier dies after being stabbed by a migrant trying to cross the EU border from Belarus. (Reuters) 

Elections to the European Parliament begin and will continue until June 9, with the Netherlands and Estonia voting today. (Al Jazeera)

Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide. (AP) 

The End

D-Day 2024 

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) 

A panel of the United States Food and Drug Administration rejects MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. (NPR) 

Governor of New York Kathy Hochul announces an indefinite delay in implementing motor vehicle congestion pricing in the New York City borough of Manhattan. (CNN) 

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) 

More than 100 people were injured and one died after two trams collided in Kemerovo, Russia. (The Moscow Times) 

Four people are killed and more than 20 others are injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in Pardubice, Czech Republic. (CNN) 

Due to last night’s collision, the most important train connection to the eastern part of the Czech Republic cannot be used for an indefinite period of time according to Czech operator České dráhy. (NOS) 

Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide. (AP News) 

Elections to the European Parliament begin and will continue until June 9, with the Netherlands and Estonia voting today. This is the first European Parliament election after Brexit. (Al Jazeera) 

A blizzard in the Himalayas kills nine Indian trekkers. (Reuters) 

Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 

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) 

Hezbollah strikes an Iron Dome battery in Ramot Naftali, Israel. (Reuters) 

The Rapid Support Forces storm the village of Wad Al-Noora in Gezira State, Sudan, and massacre nearly 100 villagers. (Sudan Tribune) 

At least 16 people are killed in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The local government believes the Allied Democratic Forces are responsible. (Reuters) 

A Syrian man fires several shots at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, and is shot by security forces. (Reuters) 

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) 

The World Health Organization confirms that a person in Mexico died from the H5N2 bird flu. (Reuters) 

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) 

Thousands of Israeli ultranationalists march through East Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day chanting anti-Arab slogans. (AP) 

Tuesday,  June 4th, 2024 

US President Joe Biden enacts an executive order to temporarily suspend asylum claims processing at the Mexico–United States border when the seven-day average of claims exceeds 2,500 per day. Amnesty International criticizes the executive order, accusing Biden of “setting a dangerous international precedent”. (NPR) (AP) 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns that French military instructors will be “legitimate targets” if they are deployed to Ukraine. (France 24) 

The State Council of South Korea suspends the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration due to border tensions over balloons sent by North Korea. (AP) 

Kanlaon volcano erupts in central Philippines, causing suspension of activities in the city of Canlaon and evacuation of people nearby. (Reuters) 

A mass protest takes place in Slatina, Olt County, Romania, against the inactions of bystanders in the drowning of Flavius Magraon, as well as the police department’s corruption in the case. (Adevărul) (B1 TV) 

The alliance of parties led by Narendra Modi reaches the 272 seats threshold needed to form a government, but Modi’s BJP party loses its outright parliamentary majority. (BBC News) 

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) suspend the nationwide general strike, pending talks with the federal government of Nigeria about the raising of the country’s minimum wage. (BBC) 

Slovenia’s parliament approves a motion to recognize a Palestinian state. (The Times of Israel) 

The State Council of South Korea suspends the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration due to border tensions over balloons sent across the border by North Korea. (AP) 

A local Mannheim politician is injured by a stabbing, five days after the May 31 attack in the German city. (BBC) 

The China National Space Administration‘s Chang’e 6 spacecraft lifts off from the surface of the far side of the Moon carrying samples of lunar soil and rocks back to Earth. (Reuters) 

The National Health Service declares a “critical incident” after several hospitals in London, including King’s College Hospital, say they have cancelled appointments and turned away patients after a cyberattack on their Synnovis IT systems. (AP) 

Venezuelan infielder Tucupita Marcano is permanently banned from Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball for betting on Pittsburgh Pirates games while being a member of the team. (CBS Sports) 

Monday,  June 3rd, 2024 

The Rapid Support Forces announce the establishment of a civil administration in the state of South Darfur, which they fully control. (Al Taghyeer) 

A Syrian man is arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest, Romania and attempting to self-immolate. (Jerusalem Post) (AP) 

The value of GameStop shares increases by 21% after Keith Gill posts a $116 million investment on Reddit. (Reuters) 

More than 211 people are killed and nearly 25,000 others suffer from heatstroke amid a severe heat wave in India. (The Independent) (Reuters) 

The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, United States, erupts for the first time in nine months. (The New York Times) 

Kazakhstan removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations. (RFE/RL) 

The Islamabad High Court overturns former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan‘s charges of leaking national security secrets. (Reuters) 

The Chinese Ministry of State Security arrests and charges a couple for allegedly spying for Britain’s MI6 agency. (Al Jazeera) 

Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili signs the foreign agent bill into law amid mass protests and warnings from Western countries against signing the bill. (RFE/RL) 

Spanish and French farmers block roads on highways through the Pyrenees mountains in protest against trade with non-European Union member states. (Reuters) 

Nigel Farage is appointed leader of Reform UK and announces that he will run as a candidate for the party in the upcoming UK general election in Clacton. (The New York Times) 

Major Nigerian unions Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begin an indefinite general strike, causing closures of schools, public offices, and airports, as well as a shutdown of the national power grid amid a cost-of-living crisis and record low minimum wages in Nigeria. (VOA) 

The End

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 

Claudia Sheinbaum wins the presidential election. She will begin her term as Mexico’s first female president on October 1. (CBC) 

China‘s Chang’e 6 lunar exploration mission to collect moon rock successfully lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters) 

At the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun, with the two agreeing to resume military-to-military communication between the two countries. (Al Jazeera) 

Russia accuses NATO and the United States of “provoking a new level of tension” after some allies agreed to let Ukraine’s military use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News) 

Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation submit an SEC filing acknowledging a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users. Banco Santander and cloud provider Snowflake Inc. are also believed to have been affected by the same data breach. (Reuters) 

Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run for president again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia) 

UNICEF reports that more than 270,000 people, including more than 130,000 children, are at risk following fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (The Print) 

Syrian state media reports that a number of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo, including an Iranian military advisor. (Reuters) 

A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are evacuated after heavy rains cause flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. (Reuters) 

The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country. (CNN) 

One person is killed and 24 others are injured in a mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, United States. (NPR) 

Saturday, June 1st, 2024 

A court run by the Houthis in Yemen sentences 44 people to death on charges of collaborating with the Saudi coalition. (ABC News) 

The Sudanese Armed Forces bomb a hospital in Kutum, Sudan, injuring dozens of people. (Al Mayadeen) 

Around eleven civilians are killed and 42 others are injured in large clashes between the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) 

Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia confirms willingness of his country to allow construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea. (Sudan Tribune) 

Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least four people and damaging critical infrastructure, including energy facilities. Ukraine says that it shot down 35 of 53 missiles and 46 of 47 drones. (Reuters) 

A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP) 

At least 33 Indian election polling staff die from heatstroke in a heatwave across the country. (Al Jazeera) 

A jury in Idaho, United States, sentences Chad Daybell to death for the murders of his ex-wife and two of his wife’s children. (AP) 

Icelanders vote for the President of Iceland. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson had previously announced that he would not be seeking a third term. (Al Jazeera) 

Halla Tómasdóttir is elected as the President of Iceland with the plurality of the votes at 34.2%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election with 25.2%. (DW) 

The final phase of the general election in India is held, with the ruling National Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on June 4. (Reuters) 

Friday,  May 31st, 2024 

French security services arrest a Chechen teenager suspected of plotting a islamist-inspired ambush on a football game during the Summer Olympics. (The Guardian) 

Ukraine launches missile and drone strikes across Krasnodar Krai, Russia, injuring two people and damaging several oil refineries. (Reuters) 

At least three people are killed and 16 others are injured when Russian missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv. (Reuters) 

Ukraine and Russia announce their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months, with 150 people freed following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters) 

The death toll from yesterday’s U.S. Navy and British Navy airstrikes in Yemen increases to 16 with 35 others injured. (AP) 

The Houthi Supreme Political Council states that it launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, although American officials deny this claim. (The Independent) 

Seven soldiers are killed and 28 others are injured in an offensive by the Rapid Support Forces near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) 

A medic is killed and another is injured in an Israeli airstrike against an ambulance in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the Eurosatory weapons expo convention. (Al Jazeera) 

Former First Lady of Zambia Esther Lungu is arrested on fraud charges. (BBC News) 

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies in prison after being attacked by another inmate earlier this month. (AP) 

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy parts of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, U.S. (Reuters) 

The End