May 7, 2024 (Tuesday)

At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah.

Israeli forces enter Rafah in a "limited" operation, taking control of the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt–Gaza border.

The Security Service of Ukraine says that it detained two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service who were planning an assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian forces launch a missile strike on an oil terminal in Luhansk, causing a large fire and injuring at least five workers.

The death toll from rocket strikes on an IDP camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 18.

The Boy Scouts of America announces the renaming of the organization to Scouting America on February 8, 2025, in an effort to make girls feel more welcome.

The death toll from ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 90, with more than 150,000 people left homeless.

A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado.

The Bahamas formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation.

Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing at a hospital in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, China. A suspect has been detained.

TikTok and its parent company ByteDance sue the United States government over the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, alleging that the law is unconstitutional.

Russia declares American nonprofit organization Freedom House an "undesirable organization", effectively outlawing the group, after accusing the group of "discrediting the Russian Army" and advocating sanctions against Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is inaugurated for a fifth six-year term.

Dutch police end a pro-Palestinian occupation at the University of Amsterdam.

The Scottish Parliament votes to elect John Swinney as First Minister of Scotland with 64 votes in favour and seven abstentions from the Scottish Greens.