Current events: 2024-06-26

Wikipedia Current Events · Jun 26, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Bombing of the Gaza Strip
  - An Israeli airstrike on a home in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza kills at least 15 Palestinians. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Bolivian coup d'état attempt
- Bolivian President Luis Arce accuses military general Juan José Zúñiga of plotting a coup, and calls for a general strike and blocking of roads to prevent the coup. The attempted coup fails. (Reuters) (AP)
Jihadist insurgency in Niger
- The ministry of defence in Niger announces three days of national mourning following yesterday's ambush of security forces near the village of Tassia in Tillabéri Region, which killed at least 20 soldiers and a civilian and injured several others. (Al Jazeera)
Kivu conflict
- Two South African soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured in a mortar attack on a South African National Defence Force logistics base in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (SABC News)
Unidentified attackers open fire on a Tunisian military patrol near the border with Libya, killing a soldier, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defence. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

Three fishermen are found dead following heavy rainfall and winds that caused coastal flooding along New Zealand's eastern coast. (1 News)
Twenty people are killed following two days of heavy rains in Nepal. (Reuters)

Law and crime

International Criminal Court investigation in Mali
- The International Criminal Court convicts Malian Islamist Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz of Ansar Dine on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
German government ministers agree on legislation to expedite deportation for individuals who post or "like" social media content that celebrates or promotes terrorist acts. (DW)
Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for drug trafficking and firearms offences. (CNN) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
- Incumbent New York City representative Jamaal Bowman loses a primary challenge against George Latimer, in what has become the most expensive House of Representatives primary in history by campaign spending. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
Kenya Finance Bill protests
- Kenyan President William Ruto withdraws the controversial Kenya Finance Bill 2024 following an attack on the Parliament of Kenya that killed multiple people. (Reuters)
Outgoing Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte is formally selected as the next NATO Secretary-General. (CNN)

Sports