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- Former U.S. president Donald Trump (pictured) is found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
- In Indy car racing, Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500.
- In cricket, the Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the Indian Premier League.
- Gitanas Nausėda is re-elected as president of Lithuania.
- A landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province leaves thousands of people missing and presumed dead.
June 1, 2024 (Saturday)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Icelandic presidential election
- Icelanders head to the polls to elect a new president. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Indian general election
- The final phase of the general election in India is held with the ruling National Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on June 4. (Reuters)
May 31, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches missile and drone strikes across Krasnodar Krai, Russia, injuring two people and damaging several oil refineries. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Treatment of prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine and Russia announce their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months, with 150 people freed following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Red Sea crisis
- 2024 Sanaa strikes
- The death toll from yesterday's U.S. Navy and British Navy airstrikes in Yemen increases to 16 with 35 others injured. (AP)
- The Houthi Supreme Political Council states that it launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, although American officials deny this claim. (The Independent)
- 2024 Sanaa strikes
- 2024 Mannheim stabbing
- German police shoot and injure a man armed with a knife who attacked and stabbed several people at an anti-Islam rally in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A medic is killed and another is injured in an Israeli airstrike against an ambulance in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the Eurosatory arms expo. (Times of Israel)
International relations
- China–United States relations
- At the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun, with the two agreeing to resume military-to-military communication between the two countries. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies in prison after being attacked by another inmate earlier this month. (AP)
- Former First Lady of Zambia Esther Lungu is arrested on fraud charges. (BBC News)
- French security services arrest a Chechen teenager suspected of plotting an Islamist-inspired attack on a football game during the Summer Olympics. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy parts of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, U.S. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
May 30, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-supplied weapons, but not with long-range missiles. (Politico) (CNN)
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Israel–Hamas War
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and the West Bank. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive, Siege of Gaza City, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Red Sea crisis
- 2024 Sanaa strikes
- The United States Navy and the Royal Navy strike thirteen Houthi locations across Yemen, damaging underground facilities and vessels, killing at least two people and wounding ten. (NPR)
- 2024 Sanaa strikes
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus falls into a gorge in Jammu division, India, killing 21 people travelling to a pilgrimage site in Reasi district. (ABC News)
- A person is killed after falling into a running aircraft engine of a departing plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
- The third human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States is found in a dairy worker in Michigan. (NPR)
International relations
- International recognition of the State of Palestine
- Slovenia's ruling cabinet approves a motion to recognize Palestine as an independent nation and sends the motion to the National Assembly for adoption. (AP)
Law and crime
- Catalan independence movement
- The Spanish parliament votes to pass a bill granting amnesty to hundreds of Catalan secessionists involved in the Catalan declaration of independence from 2011 to 2017. (Al Jazeera)
- Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Former President of the United States Donald Trump is found guilty by a jury on all 34 felony counts relating to falsifying business records, becoming the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. (CNN)
- Hong Kong convicts fourteen activists and politicians guilty of subversion under its national security law. (Al Jazeera)
- The United States Department of Labor files a lawsuit against Hyundai Motors over illegal use of child labor at the company's automobile factory in Montgomery, Alabama, amid a nationwide increase in child labor in the U.S. (Reuters)
- Three people, including a police officer, are killed in a mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. (WCCO-TV)
- Footballer Gerard Piqué is placed under official investigation for his alleged involvement in illegal payments in the relocation of the Supercopa de España from Spain to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- Police dismantle and remove the student pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (The Detroit News) (AP)
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
Science and technology
May 29, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- Israel says that it has taken full control of the Egypt–Gaza border after capturing the Philadelphi Corridor. (Reuters) (DW)
- Two Israeli soldiers who were seriously wounded by a vehicle-ramming attack the day before succumb to their injuries. (Times of Israel)
- Rafah offensive
Disasters and accidents
- 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
- The town of Grindavík, Iceland, and the nearby Blue Lagoon are evacuated due to volcanic activity. (BBC News)
- At least 28 people are killed when a bus falls into a ravine in Washuk District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- The India Meteorological Department records a record-high temperature of 52.9 °C (127.2 °F) in Delhi, resulting in one death. (CBS News) (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Brazil–Israel relations
- Brazil recalls its ambassador to Israel amid an ongoing diplomatic crisis between the two countries. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Amnesty International says that the number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and up more than 30% from 2022, with Iran carrying out 74% of the global total. The figures exclude China, because execution numbers are considered a state secret. (BBC News)
- Four people are injured by a mass shooting in Dalston, London, UK. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election
- Citizens of Madagascar vote for members of the National Assembly. (Africanews)
- 2024 South African general election
- South Africans vote for members of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Vanuatuan constitutional referendum
- Vanuatuans hold the first national constitutional referendum to vote on amendments related to party switching. (Radio Free Asia)
Sports
- 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
- In association football, Olympiacos win their first UEFA Europa Conference League title after defeating Fiorentina by a score of 1–0 in the final, becoming the first Greek team to win a major European club trophy. (AP)
May 28, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack
- At least 21 people are killed and 64 others are injured in a Israeli attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi, Rafah Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli tanks reach central Rafah for the first time with heavy clashes being reported. (Reuters)
- Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack
- 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 bad weather. (AP)
- Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian guided bombs hit a block of apartments in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two civilians and injuring six others. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Red Sea crisis
- A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier takes on water after being hit by three missiles off the coast of Yemen. (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, Mizoram, India. (The Hindu)
- One person is killed and seven others are injured in a natural gas explosion at an apartment building in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. (AP)
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 Journal) (Euronews) (AP)
- Denmark–Palestine relations
- The Parliament of Denmark rejects a proposal to recognise a Palestinian state. (Reuters)
- Norway–Palestine relations, Ireland–Palestine relations, Palestine–Spain relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Pro-Palestinian protestors in Mexico set fire to the Israeli embassy in Mexico City. (The Jewish Chronicle) (Proceso)
- Israel–Hamas war protests
Law and crime
- Animal rights in Colombia
- The Senate of Colombia approves a resolution banning Spanish-style bullfighting in the country. (La FM)
- Bankruptcy of FTX
- Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame is sentenced to more than seven years in prison and fined more than $11 million for fraud and criminal conspiracy. (Reuters)
- Belarus–European Union border crisis
- A Polish Border Guard soldier is seriously injured in an incident among a surge in migrants trying to cross the EU border from Belarus. (Polskie Radio)
- South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- Mexico announces it will intervene in support of South Africa in South Africa's genocide case against Israel. (Middle East Eye)
Politics and elections
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- The Georgian parliament overrides a presidential veto of the foreign agents law, thereby requiring president Salome Zourabichvili to endorse the bill within five days. (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 to question officials and citizens, despite claims that these amendments violate civil liberties and could reduce the powers of president Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party. (The Guardian)
- Haitian crisis
- Garry Conille is named the new Prime Minister of Haiti by the Transitional Presidential Council. (AP)
May 27, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez signs a bilateral security pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pledges €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) of military aid to Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia captures the villages of Netailove in Donetsk Oblast and Ivanivka in Kharkiv Oblast. (Arab News)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Israel–Hamas War
- Rafah offensive
- An Egyptian border guard is killed in a shootout at the Rafah Border Crossing. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Twenty-three gunmen and seven soldiers are killed during three shootouts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- Red Sea crisis
- Yemen's Houthi militia says that they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the United States Navy. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Enga landslide
- Papua New Guinea asks for international help following the landslide in Enga Province three days ago, and reports that more than 2,000 people were buried alive and are now presumed deceased. (AP)
- Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
Law and crime
- A teenager is killed and six other people are injured in a shooting in downtown Lansing, Michigan, United States. (USA Today)
May 26, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
- A spokesperson for Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades claim that they captured IDF soldiers in Jabalia yesterday. However, the IDF denies this claim. (Reuters)
- The Al-Qassam Brigades fire rockets towards Tel Aviv, Israel, for the first time in four months. (BBC News) (El Confidencial)
- Mali War
- More than twenty civilians are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in a village in Mopti region, Mali. (Reuters)
- Yemeni civil war
- The Houthis, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, free more than 100 detainees in Sana'a, Yemen, in a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and return them to their families. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Armenia–Georgia floods
- At least three people have been confirmed dead in Armenia following flooding on the Armenia–Georgia border, with several bridges collapsing as a result of the flooding. (Reuters)
- 2024 Enga landslide
- The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 670 people were killed in the landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on Friday. (AP)
- Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
- Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured in a collision between a bus and three other vehicles on a highway near Mersin, Turkey. (Reuters)
International relations
- France–Germany relations, List of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron
- Emmanuel Macron makes the first state visit by a President of France to Germany in 24 years. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Comorian presidential election
- Incumbent president Azali Assoumani is sworn in for his fourth term in office. (Reuters)
- 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
- Gitanas Nausėda wins the Lithuanian presidential run-off with 75.57% of the vote. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024 IIHF World Championship
- Hosts Czechia wins the title for the seventh time after beating Switzerland 2–0 in the final. Czechia ends their 14-year gold drought by winning it for the first time since 2010. (TSN)
- 2024 Indianapolis 500
- In auto racing, Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500 for the second consecutive year, becoming the first driver to do so since Hélio Castroneves in 2002. (Barron's)
- 2024 Indian Premier League
- In cricket, the Kolkata Knight Riders defeat the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final of the Indian Premier League to win their third IPL title. (The Hindustan Times)
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