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- Israel-Hamas war
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- The Israel Defense Forces order a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the entire eastern half of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in anticipation of a new ground assault on the city. (AP)
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia captures the villages of Novopokrovske in the Donetsk Oblast and Stepova Novoselivka in the Kharkiv Oblast. (Al Arabiya)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Syrian civil war
- 2024 Northern Aleppo clashes
- Anti-Turkish riots break out in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots in Turkey a day earlier. (SOHR) (Middle East Monitor)
- 2024 Northern Aleppo clashes
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the island of Carriacou, Grenada, as a category 4 hurricane. (CNN)
- Jung-gu car crash
- A car driving the wrong way in central Seoul, South Korea, strikes pedestrians waiting at a traffic light, killing nine people and injuring four others. (AP)
- Air Europa Flight UX045
- A Boeing Dreamliner owned by Air Europa is affected by turbulence, injuring 30 people and forcing it to land in Natal, Brazil.
International relations
- Argentina-Bolivia relations, 2024 Bolivian coup attempt
- Bolivia summons its ambassador to Argentina after President of Argentina Javier Milei called the recent 2024 Bolivian coup attempt "fraudulent" and implied that it was staged. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Jaranwala church arsons
- A court in Pakistan sentences a Christian man to death for sharing hateful content against Muslims on social media after anti-Christian mob attacks burned dozens of homes and Christian churches in 2023. (AP)
- Trump v. United States (2024)
- In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 6-3 that former President Donald Trump has presumed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken as president in exercising constitutional powers, and no immunity for “unofficial acts”. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- The Australian Government raises the visa fee for international students from A$710 (US$473) to A$1,600 (US$1,068) in an attempt to curb record levels of migration claimed to exacerbate pressure on the Australian housing market. (Reuters)
- Sam Mostyn is sworn in as the 28th Governor-General of Australia. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa unveils his cabinet made up of seven parties. (AP)
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