Thursday, May 30th, 2024
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)
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says Denmark has approved Ukrainian airstrikes on Russian territory using Danish-supplied F-16 jets. (The Moscow Times)
The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and the West Bank. (Reuters)
Israeli airstrikes kill twelve Palestinian civilians in Rafah and one at the al-Shati camp near Gaza City. (Reuters)
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)
North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan. (Al Jazeera)
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)
The third human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States is found in a dairy worker in Michigan. (NPR)
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)
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)
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)
Police dismantle and remove the student pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (The Detroit News)
OpenAI removes online influence operations based in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, due to the usage of AI by these operations to generate propaganda and fake content. (NPR)
The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and occupied West Bank. (Reuters)
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
Sweden announces a package of $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the largest given by Sweden so far. (AP)
The Polish Defence Ministry says it has given Ukraine permission to use Polish-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russian territory. (Ukrainska Pravda)
France and Germany announce that French and German weapons sent to Ukraine, including long-range missiles, are permitted to target bases inside Russia. (CNN)
Israel says that it has taken full control of the Egypt–Gaza border after capturing the Philadelphi Corridor. (Reuters) (DW)
The two Israeli soldiers seriously wounded by the ramming attack from yesterday succumb to their injuries. (Times of Israel)
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 Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
The India Meteorological Department records a temperature of 52.9 °C (127.2 °F) in Delhi. (The Guardian)
Brazil recalls its ambassador to Israel amid an ongoing diplomatic crisis between the two countries. (Reuters)
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 – thought to execute thousands of people each year. (BBC News)
Citizens of Madagascar vote for members of the National Assembly. (Africanews)
South Africans vote for members of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures. (The Guardian)
Vanuatuans hold the first national constitutional referendum to vote on amendments related to party switching. (Radio Free Asia)
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)
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
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)
The U.S. removes the Gaza floating pier from the Gaza Strip for repair after its flotilla was damaged in bad weather. (AP)
Russian guided bombs hit a block of apartments in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two civilians and injuring six others. (Reuters)
A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier takes on water after being hit by three missiles off the coast of Yemen. (Reuters)
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)
Seventeen people are killed and six others are missing after a stone quarry collapses due to strong winds in Aizawl, India. (The Hindu)
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)
The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain officially recognise the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22. The Palestinian flag was raised outside of Leinster House, the seat of Ireland’s parliament. (The Journal)
The Parliament of Denmark rejects a proposal to recognise a Palestinian state. (Reuters)
Pro-Palestinian protestors in Mexico set fire to the Israeli embassy in Mexico City. (The Jewish Chronicle) (Proceso)
The Senate of Colombia approves a resolution banning Spanish-style bullfighting in the country. (La FM)
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)
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)
Mexico announces it will intervene in support of South Africa in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. (Middle East Eye)
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)
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)
Garry Conille is named the new Prime Minister of Haiti by the Transitional Presidential Council. (AP)
Monday, May 27th, 2024
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 occupies the villages of Netailove in the Donetsk Oblast, and Ivanivka in the Kharkiv Oblast. (Arab News)
One Egyptian border guard is killed in a shootout at the Rafah Border Crossing. Egypt and Israel are investigating the connection with a shooting incident earlier today. (Reuters)
Yemen’s Houthi militia said they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the United States Navy. (Reuters)
Papua New Guinea asks for international help after the landslide in Enga Province three days ago, reporting that more than 2,000 people were buried alive and now presumed deceased. (AP)
The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas increases to 21. (Reuters)
One teenager is killed and six others are injured in a shooting in downtown Lansing, Michigan, United States. (USA Today)
A spokesperson for Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades claim that they captured IDF soldiers in Jabalia yesterday. However, the IDF denies this claim. (Reuters)
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