Current events: 2024-05-18

Wikipedia Current Events · May 18, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
  - The Israeli army recovers the body of Ron Binyamin, who was killed and brought to Gaza by Palestinian militants in October. (Reuters)
2024 New Caledonia unrest
- The death toll from the protests and riots in New Caledonia rises to six people. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
- At least 68 people are killed by floods in Ghor and Faryab Provinces, Afghanistan. (AP)
At least 23 migrants are missing from several areas off the coast of Tunisia after boarding a boat to Italy. (Reuters)

Health and environment

A child in Ontario, Canada, dies of measles as the first case in the province in over a decade. (Reuters)

International relations

Kyrgyzstan–Pakistan relations
- The Foreign Ministry of Pakistan asks that Pakistani nationals in Kyrgyzstan stay indoors after mob attacks on Pakistanis and other foreign nationals. (AP)

Law and crime

Italian financial police seize 134 Fiat cars imported from Morocco following a dispute on stickers indicating origin of the product. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2023–2024 Georgian protests
- President Salome Zourabichvili vetoes the proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence". (The Guardian)
LGBT rights in Peru
- Hundreds of protesters march in Lima, Peru, to demand the reversal of a new law that describes transgender people as having a mental illness. (Reuters)
The Communist Party of Vietnam nominates the current Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm to be the next President, after the previous President stepped down due to the anti-corruption campaign. (Al Jazeera)

Sports