Portal:Current events/2024 May 26

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
    • Tel al-Sultan massacre
      • Between 47 and 52 people are killed in an Israeli airstrike and subsequent fire in a tent camp for displaced civilians in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. (AP) (Reuters)
  • Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
    • A spokesperson for Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades claim that they captured IDF soldiers in Jabalia yesterday. However, the IDF denies this claim. (Reuters)
  • The Al-Qassam Brigades fire rockets towards Tel Aviv, Israel, for the first time in four months. (BBC News) (El Confidencial)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Five Hezbollah militants, five civilians killed and two civilians injured in IDF strikes on Aitaroun, Naqoura, Ayta ash Shab, Hula and Yaroun in southern Lebanon.(L'Orient le Jour)
• Mali War
  • More than twenty civilians are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in a village in Mopti region, Mali. (Reuters)
• Yemeni civil war
  • The Houthis, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, free more than 100 detainees in Sana'a, Yemen, in a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and return them to their families. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Armenia–Georgia floods
  • At least three people have been confirmed dead in Armenia following flooding on the Armenia–Georgia border, with several bridges collapsing as a result of the flooding. (Reuters)
• 2024 Enga landslide
  • The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 670 people were killed in the landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on Friday. (AP)
• Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
  • The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas increases to 15. (The Virginian-Pilot) (AP)
• Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured in a collision between a bus and three other vehicles on a highway near Mersin, Turkey. (Reuters)

International relations

• France–Germany relations, List of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron
  • Emmanuel Macron makes the first state visit by a President of France to Germany in 24 years. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Comorian presidential election
  • Incumbent president Azali Assoumani is sworn in for his fourth term in office. (Reuters)
• 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
  • Gitanas Nausėda wins the Lithuanian presidential run-off with 75.57% of the vote. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
  • Charles Leclerc wins the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time in his career, becoming the first Monégasque to win his home race in 93 years. (Formula 1)
• 2024 IIHF World Championship
  • Hosts Czechia wins the title for the seventh time after beating Switzerland 2–0 in the final. Czechia ends their 14-year gold drought by winning it for the first time since 2010. (TSN)
• 2024 Indianapolis 500
  • In auto racing, Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500 for the second consecutive year, becoming the first driver to do so since Hélio Castroneves in 2002. (Barron's)
• 2024 Indian Premier League
  • In cricket, the Kolkata Knight Riders defeat the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final of the Indian Premier League to win their third IPL title. (The Hindustan Times)