Current events: 2024-05-28

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Rafah offensive
    • Israeli tanks reach central Rafah for the first time with heavy clashes being reported. (Reuters)
    • 21 people are killed and 64 others are wounded during a supposed Israeli attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi, Rafah. (Al Jazeera)
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The U.S. removes the Gaza floating pier from the Gaza Strip for repair after its flotilla was damaged in heavy weather. (AP)
• Red Sea crisis
  • A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier takes on water after being hit by three missiles off the Yemeni coast. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Cyclone Remal
  • Seventeen people are killed and six others are missing after a stone quarry collapses due to strong winds in Aizawl, India. (The Hindu)

Law and crime

• Animal rights in Colombia
  • With a vote of 93 against 2, the Senate of Colombia approves a resolution banning Spanish-style bullfighting in Colombia. (La FM)
• Bankruptcy of FTX
  • Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame is sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and fined over $11 million for fraud and criminal conspiracy. (Reuters)

International relations

• International recognition of the State of Palestine
  • Norway–Palestine relations, Ireland–Palestine relations, Palestine–Spain relations
    • The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain officially recognise the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22. The Palestinian flag was raised outside of Leinster House, the seat of Ireland's parliament. (The Journal) (Euronews) (MSN)
  • The parliament of Denmark rejects a proposal to recognise a Palestinian state. (Reuters)
• South Africa's genocide case against Israel
  • Mexico announces it will intervene in the case on the side of South Africa. (Middle East Eye)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • The Georgian parliament overrides a presidential veto of the "foreign agents" law. The president now has five days to endorse the bill. (DW)
• 2024 Taiwanese legislative reform protests
  • The Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party pass amendments granting the Legislative Yuan greater powers to oversee the executive and question officials and citizens, despite claims that they violate civil liberties and seek to hinder incoming president Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party. (The Guardian)

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