Current events: 2024-06-07

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel-Hamas war
  • International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
    • United Nations advisors announce that the UN 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. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The United States reinstalls a temporary aid pier while the Gaza floating pier is being repaired due to weather-related damage. (Al Jazeera)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The Houthis detain 11 Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies and others working for aid groups. (AP)
  • The United States and the United Kingdom reportedly carry out six airstrikes on Hodeida International Airport, the Port of Salif, and Al-Thawrah, Yemen, according to a Houthi-run television station. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • At least 40 people are killed and 50 others are injured in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces on Omdurman. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

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

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