Portal:Current events

Topics in the news

Nguyễn Phú Trọng

• General secretary and former president of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng (pictured) dies at the age of 80.
• The International Court of Justice finds the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories to be a violation of international law.
• A faulty software update by CrowdStrike, an American cybersecurity company, causes global computer outages.
• In the Rwandan general election, Paul Kagame is re-elected as the president, and the Rwandan Patriotic Front coalition win a majority in the lower house.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
  • timeline
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • timeline
• Sudanese civil war
  • timeline

Recent deaths:

• Iryna Farion
• David Morrow
• Thomas Hoepker
• Aparna
• Peter Buxtun
• Ruth Hesse

July 20, 2024 (2024-07-20) (Saturday)

July 19, 2024 (2024-07-19) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Ukrainian forces retreat from Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast. (The Independent)
    • The Russian Ministry of Defence announces that its troops captured the village of Yuryivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Al Arabiya)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Police in Dhaka, Bangladesh, ban all public rallies and protests in the city and impose a nationwide curfew, one day after protestors set fire to government buildings in the city. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • At least one person is killed and ten others are injured when a kamikaze drone strikes central Tel Aviv, Israel, near the United States embassy. The Houthis claim responsibility for the attack, and also issue an announcement that that they will be providing details on a planned military operation on Tel Aviv soon. (The Times of Israel) (Axios)

Business and economy

• Jadar mining project
  • The European Union and Serbia sign a deal to develop a lithium mining project and production chains for batteries for electric vehicles. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• Haitian crisis
  • At least 40 Haitians are killed and several others are injured when a boat travelling to the Turks and Caicos Islands catches fire. (Al Arabiya)
• Thirty-six people are rescued after fires break out onboard the São Tomé and Príncipe-flagged tanker Ceres I and Singapore-flagged tanker Hafnia Nile following a collision near Pedra Branca, Singapore. The remaining 26 Ceres I crew members remain onboard to conduct fire-fighting operations. (The Straits Times) (CNA)

International relations

• Israeli allegations against UNRWA
  • The United Kingdom announces the resumption of funding to the United Nations UNRWA agency. (Al Jazeera)
• Palestine–European Union relations
  • The European Commission announces loans and grants totalling €400 million (US$435.5 million) to the Palestinian Authority to prevent the government's financial collapse. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Belarus
  • The Minsk Regional Court in Belarus, in a secretive trial, sentences a German national to death over alleged crimes including terrorism and mercenary activity. (DW)
• Gaza humanitarian crisis, Societal breakdown in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war
  • The United Nations reports that "anarchy" and societal breakdown is expanding across the Gaza Strip due to Israeli military destabilization, citing an increase in looting and extrajudicial killings of police and humanitarian workers. (Reuters)
• ICJ case on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, Israel and apartheid
  • The International Court of Justice rules that Israel's land annexation and settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank is unlawful, and demands an end to these practices "as soon as possible". The Court also rules that Israel's occupation in the West Bank amounts to apartheid. (AP) (Middle East Eye)
• A court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, convicts American journalist Evan Gershkovich of spying and sentences him to 16 years in prison. (CNN)
• Communist Party general secretary and paramount leader of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng dies at the age of 80, and is suceeded on an acting basis by President Tô Lâm. (BBC News)
• Pakistani counter-terrorism authorities arrest Amin al-Haq, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda and a close confidant of Osama bin Laden. (Times of India)
• A Tunisian court sentences opposition party leader Lotfi Mraïhi, a potential presidential candidate, to eight months in prison on a charge of vote buying, and also bans Mraïhi from running in presidential elections. (Reuters)
• Ukrainian linguist, nationalist politician, and former People's Deputy Iryna Farion is shot and killed in Lviv by an unknown assailant. (Reuters)
• WazirX, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange owned by Binance, announces a security breach in which $234 million USD in cryptocurrency was stolen, amounting to half of the platform's total assets. (Business Standard)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Tunisian presidential election
  • Incumbent Tunisian president Kais Saied announces his candidacy for a second term. (Le Monde)

Science and technology

• 2024 CrowdStrike incident
  • Numerous organizations worldwide experience service disruptions due to a faulty CrowdStrike update resulting in blue screens of death on Microsoft Windows computers. (The Verge)
  • American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines order a temporary global ground stop of many of their flights in response to the widespread computer outages. (ABC News)

July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Dnieper campaign
      • Ukrainian forces withdraw from the village of Krynky in Kherson Oblast. (Bloomberg)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Five people are killed and three others are injured in Russian attacks on villages in the Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
      • Both the Gaza Health Ministry and the Israeli Health Ministry report traces of type 2 polio in Gaza's sewage system, caused by "severe overcrowding" and Israel's blockade of hygiene products from entering the enclave. (France 24)
    • At least five Palestinians are killed and fifteen others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat and al-Bureij refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) (Anadolu Ajansi)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • The death toll from the protests in Bangladesh increases to 32, with protesters setting fire to the headquarters of the main state broadcaster in Dhaka. (France 24)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Two Indian soldiers are killed and four others are injured in an IED attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, India. (The Hindustan Times)

Arts and culture

• Stegosaurus skeleton Apex is auctioned for $44.6 million (£34 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New York City, United States, the most ever paid for a fossil. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2024 Nigerian general strike
  • The Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, and the Nigerian government agree on a new minimum wage of ₦70,000 (US$43) per month, ending prolonged negotiations amid high inflation and a weakening currency. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Egypt's Suez Canal reports a 23.4% drop in revenues attributed to disruptions in Red Sea shipping over the past year, marked by attacks from Yemen's Houthi militia on Israeli-linked vessels. (Al Arabiya)
• The Saudia Airlines group signs a binding sales agreement with Lilium GmbH to purchase 50 electric Lilium Jets, with the option to purchase 50 more. (Flight Global)

International relations

• Sudan–United States relations, Sudanese civil war
  • The United States announces it will give an additional $203 million to help civilians affected by the war in Sudan. (Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in South Korea
  • The Supreme Court of South Korea rules that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples. (AP)
• Seven people from the same family, including three young children and a teenager, are killed, another is injured and thirty suffer smoke inhalation in an arson attack in Nice, France. (BBC News)
• The Southwark Crown Court sentences five Just Stop Oil activists, including co-founder Roger Hallam, to prison terms ranging from four to five years for organizing protests that blocked the M25 motorway in London, England, United Kingdom, in 2022. (CNN)
• Five people, a mother and four children, are killed in a mass shooting near West Blocton, Alabama, United States. (AP)
• A riot erupts in the suburb of Harehills, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Politics and elections

• Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected as president of the European Commission. (BBC News)

July 17, 2024 (2024-07-17) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 42 Palestinians are killed and more than 70 others are injured in Israeli strikes on a United Nations-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp and on a designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi, Rafah. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at students and professors occupying Dhaka University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to protest against the ruling Awami League party and its government job quotas. (Al Jazeera) (CBC News)

Arts and culture

• Archaeologists unearth remains of a medieval papal palace in the square outside the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The European Union General Court dismisses ByteDance's lawsuit against the European Commission's designation of the company as a "gatekeeper" under the Digital Markets Act, citing ByteDance's significant global market value. (Bernama)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas
    • The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Beryl in Texas, United States, increases to 22, with several deaths in the Greater Houston area caused by heat illness due to prolonged power outages amid an ongoing heat wave. (NPR) (KRIV-TV)
• At least 16 people are killed in a fire at a shopping mall in Zigong, Sichuan, China. (AP)
• Comoros-flagged oil tanker Prestige Falcon capsizes off the coast of Oman. The Indian Navy rescues nine crew members, with seven others missing. (AP)
• At least six people are killed by storms in Brest, Gomel, and Mogilev Regions, Belarus. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2024 European heatwaves
  • Italian authorities place thirteen cities throughout the Italian Peninsula under rare severe heat warnings due to predicted heat indexes reaching as high as 44°C (111.2°F) throughout the week. (AP) (Sky News)

International relations

• Germany–Ukraine relations, Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Germany issues plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Eugenics in Japan
  • Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida formally apologizes to 130 victims of forced sterilization under the Eugenics Protection Law which was declared unconstitutional on July 3, and approves compensation measures for more than 25,000 affected victims and their relatives. (NHK)
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces measures to reduce the spread of fake news and harmful content in all forms of media, which the People's Party claims is an act to censor and control critical media. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign
    • U.S. President Joe Biden temporarily suspends his re-election campaign to recover at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, after being diagnosed with COVID-19. (CNN)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel's Knesset passes a resolution 68–9 stating that it opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state. (Haaretz)

Science and technology

• NASA cancels its lunar water-seeking rover mission with the VIPER rover, citing cost overruns and launch delays, after spending $450 million on the project. (AP) (NASA)

July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 57 Palestinians are killed by Israeli bombardments in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah. (Reuters)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Six people are killed during clashes in Bangladesh as opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas, which benefit pro-government families, clashes with police and pro-government supporters. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Muscat mosque shooting
  • The Islamic State claims responsibility for the prior day's mass shooting at a Shi'ite mosque in Muscat, Oman. This is the first attack carried out by the Islamic State in the country. (BBC)
• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • Three Syrian children are killed by an Israeli airstrike on the village of Umm al-Tut in southern Lebanon, while two others are killed during a strike on the Kfar Tebnit-Khardali road. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 25 people are killed and 17 others are injured when a bus veers off a cliff and crashes in Ayacucho Region, Peru. (Reuters)
• Heavy rainfall across the Midwestern United States causes a dam failure in Washington County, Illinois, prompting an immediate evacuation order in the nearby city of Nashville. (USA Today)
• A malfunction causes an emergency shutdown of one of the four reactors at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Background radiation levels are reported as normal. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2024 European heatwaves
  • Ukrainian state electrical grid operator Ukrenergo begins emergency power shutdowns in seven eastern and central oblasts amid a record heat wave and equipment failures worsened by ongoing Russian attacks. (Reuters)
• Romania approves the culling of 481 bears in the country, after a 19-year-old woman was killed by a bear last week in the Carpathian Mountains. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Czech Republic–Ukraine relations
  • The Czech Republic announces plans to facilitate Colt CZ Group assault rifle production and the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine. (RFE/RL)
• Estonia–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Lithuania–Russia relations
  • The Baltic states announce their exit from Russia's and Belarus's electricity grid along with plans to synchronize their grid with the continental Europe grid on February 9, 2025. (AP)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
    • An investigation by the Associated Press and Israeli investigative organization Shomrim finds that the United States and Israel allowed tax-deductible donations totaling over US$200,000 to multiple Israeli far-right extremist groups involved in blocking and disrupting humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip. (AP)
• Kosovo War
  • War crimes in the Kosovo War
    • The Kosovo Specialist Chambers criminal tribunal sentences former Liberation Army member Pjetër Shala to 18 years in prison for war crimes committed during the war. (Al Jazeera) (Koha Ditore)
• Six Vietnamese and American people are found dead at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, in a suspected cyanide poisoning incident. (AP)
• American senator Bob Menendez is found guilty on all counts, including acting as a foreign agent, in a federal corruption trial. (ABC News)
• Former governor of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, and director of the Adra Prison Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles, California, United States. Al-Sheikh has been accused of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor. (The New York Times)
• German authorities in four states search the properties of management and shareholders of the right-wing extremist magazine Compact, seizing assets and evidence after the magazine was banned by the interior ministry. (Reuters)
• Police in Paraguay seize more than four tons of cocaine, worth $240 million, at a river port in Asunción, the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history. (AP)
• Chinese businessman Guo Wengui is found guilty by a U.S. jury on multiple fraud charges, accused of running a racketeering enterprise from 2018 to 2023 that defrauded thousands of investors out of over $1 billion. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French legislative election
  • French President Emmanuel Macron approves the resignation request of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who will continue to serve as head of the transitional caretaker government. (AP)
• 2024 Welsh government crisis
  • Six weeks after losing a vote of no confidence in the Senedd, Vaughan Gething resigns as First Minister of Wales. (The Guardian)
• Kenya Finance Bill protests
  • Police fire tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protestors as demonstrations continue in cities across Kenya, calling for the removal of President William Ruto. (Al Jazeera)
• Roberta Metsola is re-elected as President of the European Parliament with the highest number of votes ever registered for a candidate in the history of the European Parliament. (Times of Malta)

July 15, 2024 (2024-07-15) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • Fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), pro-government militia, and M23 rebels is reported in the Bashali Chiefdom, Bahunde Chiefdom, and the surroundings of Bweremana following simultaneous attacks on the positions of the FARDC and allies by the M23. (Radio Okapi)
    • Four civilians are killed and five others are injured in a bombardment on Bweremana. Local police accuse the M23 of being responsible. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • At least 12 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (Anandolu Ajansi)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukraine–NATO relations
    • NATO establishes a new command centre in Wiesbaden, Germany, to plan and coordinate support for the Ukrainian military as part of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine. (Euronews)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Over 100 people are injured in violent clashes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between supporters of the ruling Awami League party and opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas which benefit pro-government families. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Muscat mosque shooting
  • Six people are killed and 30+ others are injured in a mass shooting at a Shia mosque in Muscat, Oman. The three attackers are killed by security forces in the ensuing shootout. (Al Arabiya)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Eight soldiers are killed during a suicide bombing at a military base in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ten Pakistani Taliban gunmen are also killed in an ensuing shootout. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • An Israeli airstrike on Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, kills three civilians and injures three others. Israel's military says that its fighter jets struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
  • At least 47 people are killed and 350 others are injured by severe storms in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. (Dhaka Tribune)
• At least one person is killed and over 400,000 people without power as a derecho impacts the Midwestern United States, with downburst winds exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h) and multiple tornadoes being reported near Chicago. (Fox Weather)

International relations

• Belarus–Latvia relations
  • Latvia issues a ban on Belarus-registered passenger vehicles entering Latvian territory from Belarus or Russia. (Reuters)
• Hungary–European Union relations, 2024 visits by Viktor Orbán to Russia and China
  • The European Commission announces that top European Union officials including European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary during its rotating EU Presidency, in response to rogue meetings made by Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán to Russia and China regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP)

Law and crime

• Clifton Suspension Bridge human remains discovery
  • Colombian Yostin Andres Mosquera is charged with the murders of two gay men and remanded in custody by Wimbledon Magistrates Court in London, United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
• Disappearance of Jay Slater
  • A body believed to be missing 19-year-old Jay Slater from Lancashire, United Kingdom, is found near where he was reported missing in Tenerife, Spain, after a 28-day search. (BBC News)
• Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
  • Former United States president Donald Trump's criminal prosecution over his alleged mishandling of classified documents is dismissed by District Judge Aileen Cannon, who states that Special Counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and lacked the authority to bring the case to court. (Reuters)
• Female genital mutilation in the Gambia
  • The National Assembly of the Gambia upholds a ban on female genital mutilation, which has been criminalized since 2015. Some conservative and religious groups had sought to overturn the ban through controversial legislation. (AFP)
• The prime suspect arrested over the discovery of nine mutilated female bodies in a rubbish dump in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi, Kenya, confesses to killing 42 women. Another man is also arrested. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican National Convention, 2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
    • Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump selects Ohio senator J. D. Vance as his vice-presidential running mate. (The Hill) (The New York Times)
• 2024 Rwandan general election
  • Rwandans vote to elect their president between incumbent Paul Kagame and two other candidates, as well as elect 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies. (Reuters)
• 2024 Syrian parliamentary election
  • Syrians vote to elect the 250 members of the parliament. (AP)
• Arrest of Imran Khan, 2023 Pakistani protests
  • Pakistan moves forward a case to ban former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party due to alleged use of illegal foreign funds and party supporter protests at military installations, and also pushes charges of treason for Khan and former president Arif Alvi. (Reuters)
• Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process
  • Several Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, schedule reconciliatory meetings in China in an attempt to end their ongoing political disputes. (Reuters)
• Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas resigns in order to assume her new role as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European External Action Service. (Politico)

Science and technology

• Mare Tranquillitatis pit
  • In the journal Nature Astronomy, American and Italian scientists announce the discovery of a lunar cave, approximately 250 miles (400 km) from the landing site of Apollo 11. (AP) (Nature Astronomy)

Sports

• 2024 Copa América
  • In association football, defending champions Argentina defeat Colombia 1–0 after extra time in the final match to win a record 16th Copa América title, with Lautaro Martínez scoring the winning goal in the 112th minute. Kick-off was delayed by 82 minutes due to fans breaching the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium, the match's venue, in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. (AP) (The New York Times)

July 14, 2024 (2024-07-14) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • At least 17 Palestinians are killed and 80 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a UNWRA-run school used to shelter displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza City. The IDF claims that a Hamas command center was there. (Reuters) (The Guardian)(The Jerusalem Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia takes control of Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast, which Ukraine had previously recaptured in July 2023. (Reuters)
• Somali civil war
  • Top Coffee bombing
    • Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia, while customers were watching the Euro 2024 final. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Three Italian hikers are killed during accidents on the Mont Blanc. (Bologna Today)

International relations

• China–Russia relations
  • The Russian Navy and China's People's Liberation Army Navy begin joint military drills in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. (AP)

Law and crime

• Attempted assassination of Donald Trump
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation identifies Thomas Matthew Crooks as the "subject involved" in yesterday's attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting at a home in Lautlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The shooter later commits suicide. (Reuters)
• Twenty-seven people, including Colombian Football Federation president Ramón Jesurún, are arrested and 55 are ejected following crowd control issues at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S., before the Copa América final, where fans breached security gates at the stadium's entrance. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Palestinians in several cities in the occupied West Bank enact a general strike in protest against a recent Israeli strike on Gaza that killed 90 people and injured 300 more. (Al Jazeera)
• KP Sharma Oli is named as the new Prime Minister of Nepal in his fourth term in office, with his communist party forming a coalition with the Nepali Congress party. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2024 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic 6–2, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4) in the Men's singles final to win his second Wimbledon title and his fourth overall Grand Slam title. (The Guardian) (Wimbledon)
• UEFA Euro 2024
  • In association football, Spain defeat England 2–1 in the final match to win their fourth UEFA European Championship title, having previously won in 1964, 2008, and 2012, the most by any team. (Al Jazeera)

Time: 09:29 UTC|Day: 20 July

July 2024

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

Ongoing events

Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• H5N1 outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• Iceland volcanic eruptions
• Sudanese refugee crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes

Protests and strikes

• European farmers' protests
• Israel–Hamas war protests

• Israeli protests
• University campus protests

• Kenyan anti-tax protests
• New Caledonia social unrest
• United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes

Elections and referendums

Recent

• July

• 05: Iran, President (run-off)
• 07: France, National Assembly (run-off)
• 15: Rwanda, President, Chamber of Deputies
• 15: Syria, People's Assembly

Upcoming

• 28: Venezuela, President

Trials

Recently concluded

• Sweden:0Mohammed Hamo
• United States:0Bob Menendez  •  Alec Baldwin
• ICC:0Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz

Ongoing

• Hong Kong:0Jimmy Lai
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• Athletics

• 2024 Diamond League

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Australian rules football

• 2024 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 WNBA season

• Canadian football

• 2024 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2024 Tour de France

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2024 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2024 NRL season

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

July

• 19: Iryna Farion
• 19: Kevan Gosper
• 19: Sheila Jackson Lee
• 19: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• 18: Lou Dobbs
• 18: Abner Haynes
• 18: Bob Newhart
• 17: Cheng Pei-pei
• 17: David Morrow
• 17: Bernice Johnson Reagon
• 17: Pat Williams
• 16: Joe Bryant
• 15: Norm Hewitt
• 14: Jacoby Jones
• 13: Shannen Doherty
• 13: Ruth Hesse
• 13: Naomi Pomeroy
• 13: James B. Sikking
• 13: Richard Simmons
• 12: Tonke Dragt
• 12: Bill Viola
• 12: Ruth Westheimer
• 12: Evan Wright
• 11: Aparna
• 11: Shelley Duvall
• 11: Monte Kiffin
• 10: Joe Engle
• 10: Dave Loggins
• 09: Joe Bonsall
• 09: Jim Inhofe
• 09: Maxine Singer
• 07: Jane McAlevey
• 07: Bengt I. Samuelsson
• 06: Khyree Jackson
• 05: Jon Landau
• 05: Vic Seixas
• 01: Ismail Kadare
• 01: Robert Towne

June

• 30: R. Sampanthan
• 29: Princess Lalla Latifa
• 28: Orlando Cepeda
• 28: Audrey Flack
• 28: Mohamed Osman Jawari
• 27: Kinky Friedman
• 27: Martin Mull
• 25: Sika Anoaʻi
• 25: Bill Cobbs
• 25: Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
• 24: Shifty Shellshock
• 23: Bud S. Smith
• 21: Jamie Kellner
• 21: Frederick Crews
• 20: Donald Sutherland
• 20: Taylor Wily

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Ecuador

• Ecuadorian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel–Hamas

• Regional spillover

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Red Sea crisis

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.−led intervention

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• US–UK intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2024 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain

Discover Wikipedia using portals

• 

  List of all portals

• 

  The arts portal

• 

  Biography portal

• 

  Current events portal

• 

  Geography portal

• 

  History portal

• 

  Mathematics portal

• 

  Science portal

• 

  Society portal

• 

  Technology portal

• 

  Random portal

• 

  WikiProject Portals