Portal:Current events/2024 June 26

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • An Israeli airstrike on a home in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza kills at least 15 Palestinians. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Bolivian coup attempt
  • President Luis Arce accuses military general Juan José Zúñiga of plotting a coup, and calls for a general strike and blocking of roads to prevent the coup. The attempted coup fails. (Reuters) (AP)
  • Bolivian general Juan José Zúñiga is arrested following his failed coup attempt. (Reuters)
• Jihadist insurgency in Niger
  • Niger's ministry of defence announces three days of national mourning following yesterday's ambush of security forces near the village of Tassia in Tillabéri Region, which killed at least 20 soldiers and a civilian and injured several others. (Al Jazeera)
• Kivu conflict
  • Two South African soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured in a mortar attack on a South African National Defence Force logistics base in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (SABC News)
• Unidentified attackers open fire on a Tunisian military patrol near the border with Libya, killing a soldier, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defence. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• Three fishermen are found dead following heavy rainfall and winds that caused coastal flooding along New Zealand's eastern coast. (1 News)
• Twenty people are killed following two days of heavy rains in Nepal. (Reuters)

International relations

• Russia–European Union relations, Belarus–European Union relations
  • The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-related threats. (Reuters)
• Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is formally selected as the next NATO Secretary-General. (CNN)

Law and crime

• International Criminal Court investigation in Mali
  • The International Criminal Court convicts Malian Islamist Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz of Ansar Dine on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
• German government ministers agree on legislation to expedite deportation for individuals who post or "like" social media content that celebrates or promotes terrorist acts. (DW)
• Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for drug trafficking and firearms offences in a U.S. federal court. (CNN) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
  • Incumbent New York representative Jamaal Bowman loses a Democratic Party primary challenge against George Latimer in the 16th district, in what has become the most expensive House of Representatives primary in history by campaign spending. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
• Kenya Finance Bill protests
  • President William Ruto withdraws the controversial Kenya Finance Bill 2024 following an assault on the parliament that killed multiple people. (Reuters)
• France's government orders the dissolution of several far-right and radical Muslim groups prior to the upcoming legislative election due to their violence, discrimination, and hate speech toward different races, women, and LGBTQ+ people. (AP)

Sports

• 2024 NBA Draft
  • In basketball, the first day of the draft for the National Basketball Association is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Atlanta Hawks selecting French player Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick. (Africa ESPN)