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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Russia claims it has captured the village of Zahirne [uk] in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. (Barron's)
• Fourteen Jordanians are killed during a hajj in Saudi Arabia, six of whom
due to heat. (Reuters)
• Islamic terrorism in Russia
□ Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis
☆ In a pre-trial detention center in the Russian city of
Rostov-on-Don, previously detained Islamic State members took two
center employees hostage. Russian special forces stormed the
center, killing all six hostage takers. (The Washington Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Eastern Ukraine campaign
☆ Three people are killed and five others are injured in a Russian
cluster munition strike on the village of Ulakly in Donetsk Oblast.
(The Kyiv Independent)
□ Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
☆ The United States announces a $1.5 billion aid package to Ukraine,
focused primarily on the country's energy industry and humanitarian
assistance. (Politico)
□ June 2024 Ukraine peace summit
☆ World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland to
advance the Ukrainian peace process. (The Guardian)
• Israel–Hamas war
□ Rafah offensive
☆ An IED kills eight IDF personnel in a Namer armoured personnel
carrier in Rafah. (Times of Israel) (AP)
• Two people are killed in a plane crash near Chino, California, United
States. (Los Angeles Times)
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
□ China issues new regulations allowing their national coastguard to
detain foreigners accused of illegally entering China's claimed
territorial waters and adjacent waters. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 French legislative election
□ Over 600,000 people march in cities across France to protest against
the far-right National Rally party. (Reuters)
• Honduran gang crackdown
□ Honduran President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang
activity in Honduras, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison"
and plans to designate gang members as terrorists. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hamas war
□ Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
☆ The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid delivery at the U.S.
military-constructed Gaza floating pier pending investigations on
whether the pier was used in the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat
refugee camp and on the security of humanitarian workers at the
pier. (AP)
☆ The United States military plans to temporarily dismantle the Gaza
floating pier and move it to Israel following predictions of rough
seas, suspending humanitarian aid shipments at the pier for the 3rd
time in the past month. (ABC News)
☆ The United States State Department officially adds the Israeli
group Tsav 9 to its list of sanctioned entities for impeding the
delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
(Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
□ International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ Germany vetoes a European Union sanction package that would prevent
EU members from re-exporting Russian liquefied natural gas from EU
ports and prevent EU companies from selling sanctioned products to
Russia. (The Kyiv Independent)
□ Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he is ready for a
ceasefire if Ukraine withdraws from Russian-claimed territories,
including liberated areas, and stops its accession to NATO.
However, Ukraine rejects the offer. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
□ Battle of El Fasher
☆ The Sudanese Armed Forces kill Ali Yaqoub Gibril, a commander of
the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
• Red Sea crisis
□ The United States military launches attacks on and destroys 7 Houthi
radar stations in Yemen in retaliation after a merchant sailor went
missing following Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea. (The Seattle
Times)
• At least six people are killed and more than 1,000 tourists are stranded in
heavy rains and landslides across the state of Sikkim, India. (Reuters)
• COVID-19 misinformation by governments
□ Reuters releases a report that alleges that the United States military
conducted a clandestine online campaign, ordered by the Trump
administration in 2020 and ended by the Biden administration in 2021,
to discredit the CoronaVac vaccine of China-based manufacturer Sinovac
Biotech in the Philippines and other developing countries. (Reuters)
• The World Health Organization officially confirms a human Influenza A virus
subtype H9N2 case in a child in West Bengal state, India. (Business Insider
)
• The Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima collides with the stationary
bunker vessel Marine Honour in Pasir Panjang Terminal, Singapore, causing
an oil spill that spreads across several Southern Islands alongside the
beaches in East Coast Park. Sentosa announce a temporary suspension of any
water activities while their beaches remain open. (Straits Times)
• Nigerien crisis
□ The Niger State Security Court retracts the immunity of deposed
president Mohamed Bazoum, thereby allowing Bazoum to be prosecuted for
high treason and undermining national security. (Al Jazeera)
• Kyrgyzstan arrests 15 alleged Islamic State – Khorasan Province supporters
in Bishkek. (Al Arabiya)
• The United States Department of State designates the far-right Nordic
Resistance Movement as a terrorist organization. Three of its leaders are
subsequently designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. (CNN)
• The Cambodian National Police and the National Authority to Combat Drugs
seize and destroy seven tons of illicit drugs, mostly methamphetamine,
worth US$70 million as part of a crackdown operation. (Fox News)
• 2024 South African general election
□ Cyril Ramaphosa is re-elected as President of South Africa for a second
term. (Reuters)