Portal:Current events/2024 June 7

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
    • United Nations advisors announce that it intends to add the Israeli military, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to their list of countries and armed groups that harm children in their upcoming "Children and Armed Conflict" report. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The United States reinstalls the temporary Gaza floating pier after weather-related damage had to be repaired. (Al Jazeera)
• Yemeni civil war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The Houthis detain 11 Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies and others working for aid groups. (AP)
  • According to a Houthi-run television station, the United States and the United Kingdom carry out six airstrikes on Hodeida International Airport, the Port of Salif, and Al-Thawrah, Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • At least 40 people are killed and 50 others are injured in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman, Sudan. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• RICH nightclub railing collapse
  • A glass railing collapses outside the overcrowded RICH nightclub in Mexico, causing several concertgoers to fall three stories, killing two and injuring 15. (El Universal)

Law and crime

• Attack on Mette Frederiksen
  • Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is shoved by a man, who has since been arrested, in Copenhagen, Denmark. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 European Parliament election
  • Elections to the European Parliament continues, with Ireland and the Czech Republic voting today. (Euronews)