Portal:Current events/2024 May 13
May 13, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- The Israeli military advances into northern and southern Gaza. (Reuters)
- A staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security is killed and another is injured in Rafah. (United Nations)
- Rafah offensive
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from the flash flood and the cold lava flow in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 43, while fifteen others are still missing. (Reuters)
- At least four people are killed, 61 injured and more than 40 trapped after a billboard fell during heavy rainstorm in Mumbai, India. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- The Airlines for America trade association along with major US airlines American, Delta, United, JetBlue, Hawaiian, and Alaska, files a lawsuit to sue the United States Department of Transportation over a rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
- Gitanas Nausėda and Ingrida Šimonytė advance to the run-off election, which will be held on May 26th. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum
- A German administrative court in Münster rules that the Alternative for Germany political party may threaten democracy and can be spied on. (The Washington Post)