Portal:Current events/2024 June 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid delivery at the U.S. military-constructed Gaza floating pier pending investigations on whether the pier was used in the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp and on the security of humanitarian workers at the pier. (AP)
    • The United States military plans to temporarily dismantle the Gaza floating pier and move it to Israel following predictions of rough seas, suspending humanitarian aid shipments at the pier for the third time in the past month. (ABC News)
    • The United States State Department officially adds the Israeli group Tsav 9 to its list of sanctioned entities for impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Germany vetoes a European Union sanction package that would prevent EU members from re-exporting Russian liquefied natural gas from EU ports and prevent EU companies from selling sanctioned products to Russia. (The Kyiv Independent)
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he is ready for a ceasefire if Ukraine withdraws from Russian-claimed territories, including liberated areas, and stops its accession to NATO. However, Ukraine rejects the offer. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of El Fasher
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces kill Ali Yaqoub Gibril, a commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The United States military launches attacks on and destroys seven Houthi radar stations in Yemen in retaliation after a merchant sailor went missing following Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea. (The Seattle Times)

Disasters and accidents

• At least six people are killed and more than 1,000 tourists are stranded in heavy rains and landslides across the state of Sikkim, India. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 misinformation by governments
  • Reuters releases a report that alleges that the United States military conducted a clandestine online campaign, ordered by the Trump administration in 2020 and ended by the Biden administration in 2021, to discredit the CoronaVac vaccine of China-based manufacturer Sinovac Biotech in the Philippines and other developing countries. (Reuters)
• The World Health Organization officially confirms a human Influenza A virus subtype H9N2 case in a child in West Bengal state, India. (Business Insider)
• The Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima collides with the stationary bunker vessel Marine Honour in Pasir Panjang Terminal, Singapore, causing an oil spill that spreads across several Southern Islands alongside the beaches in East Coast Park. Sentosa announce a temporary suspension of any water activities while their beaches remain open. (Straits Times)

Law and crime

• Nigerien crisis
  • The Niger State Security Court retracts the immunity of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum, thereby allowing Bazoum to be prosecuted for high treason and undermining national security. (Al Jazeera)
• Kyrgyzstan arrests 15 alleged Islamic State – Khorasan Province supporters in Bishkek. (Al Arabiya)
• The United States Department of State designates the far-right Nordic Resistance Movement as a terrorist organization. Three of its leaders are subsequently designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. (CNN)
• The Cambodian National Police and the National Authority to Combat Drugs seize and destroy seven tons of illicit drugs, mostly methamphetamine, worth US$70 million as part of a crackdown operation. (Fox News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 South African general election
  • Cyril Ramaphosa is re-elected as President of South Africa for a second term. (Reuters)