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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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) 

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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) 

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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) 

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