At least 16 people are killed in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The local government believes the Allied Democratic Forces are responsible.
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June 5, 2024 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Rapid Support Forces storm the village of Wad Al-Noora in Gezira State, Sudan, and massacre nearly 100 villagers.
A Syrian man fires several shots at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, and is shot by security forces.
The United States and South Korea participate in the first precision guided bombing drill in 7 years over the Korean Peninsula, as tensions rise after North Korea sends trash-filled balloons into South Korea.
Disasters and accidents
Four Slovaks and Ukrainians are killed and more than 20 others are injured when a passenger train collides with a freight train in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Health and environment
A panel of the United States Food and Drug Administration rejects MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD.
International relations
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announces that Russia will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the country increase its defense capabilities.
Law and crime
US President Joe Biden institutes a broad asylum ban on migrants illegally crossing the Mexico–United States border, with actions to deport or turn people back to Mexico, with exceptions for unaccompanied children, people with serious medical or safety threats, and victims of trafficking.
A court in Florence, Italy, convicts American journalist Amanda Knox and sentences her to a three-year imprisonment over her accusations related to the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. The sentence will count as time already served.
Politics and elections
Thousands of Israeli ultranationalists march through East Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day, with some chanting anti-Arab slogans.
Science and technology
Boeing's Starliner capsule launches its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station after several delays at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States.
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