June 6, 2024 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three Palestinians are killed and several others are injured in an Israel Defense Forces raid on Jenin in the West Bank.

(The Times of Israel), (Al Jazeera)

Israeli occupation of the West BankIsrael–Hamas war

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The Houthis and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claim to have launched two joint military attacks against ships at the Port of Haifa in Israel. However, Israel denies the claims.

(Al Jazeera)

Red Sea crisis

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President of France Emmanuel Macron announces that the country will send Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter aircrafts to Ukraine and train its pilots by the end of 2024.

(The Telegraph)

Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian WarRussian invasion of Ukraine

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At least 40 Palestinians, including fourteen children, are killed and more than 70 injured after an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations school that was sheltering refugees in central Gaza.

(Al Jazeera)

Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza StripIsrael–Hamas war

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Disasters and accidents

One person is killed and more than 100 others are injured after two trams collide in Kemerovo, Russia.

(The Moscow Times)

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A blizzard in the Himalaya mountains of Uttarakhand, India, kills nine Indian trekkers.

(Reuters)

2024 Uttarakhand snowstorm disaster

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A child is killed and at least thirteen other people are injured by tornadoes in the U.S. states of Michigan, Maryland, and Ohio.

(AP)

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Six fishermen are killed and one is critically injured after a boat's engine exploded and caught the wooden hull on fire off the coast of Naga in the Philippines.

(AP)

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At least six people, including mostly children, drown after a school bus falls into the Orontes River near Darkush, Syria.

(Asharq Al-Awsat)

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International relations

A French citizen is detained in Moscow, Russia, under suspicion of collecting military information.

(ABC News)

France–Russia relations

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The United States Department of State sanctions several Georgian Dream politicians with travel bans for passing the "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence", threatening further penalties if Georgia continues "anti-democratic activity".

(AP)

Georgia–United States relations

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Law and crime

A Polish border guard soldier dies after being stabbed by a migrant trying to cross the EU border from Belarus.

(Reuters)

Belarus–European Union border crisis

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Politics and elections

Elections to the European Parliament begin and will continue until June 9, with the Netherlands and Estonia voting today.

(Al Jazeera), (NOS)

2024 European Parliament election

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Spain applies to join South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.

(AP)

South Africa's genocide case against Israel

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The Biden administration imposes sanctions on the Lions' Den militant group based in Nablus in the West Bank, for committing attacks in the West Bank since October 2022.

(Al Jazeera)

Palestine–United States relations

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Science and technology

SpaceX launches Starship's Integrated Flight Test 4, successfully guiding both the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage to soft water landings in the Gulf of Mexico and the Indian Ocean, respectively.

(The New York Times)

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Sports

The Oklahoma Sooners win the 2024 Women's College World Series in softball with the first-ever four-peat.

(The New York Times)

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