Portal:Current events/2024 May 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Humanitarian aid deliveries begin arriving at the U.S.-built Gaza floating pier. (Reuters)
  • Rafah offensive
    • The IDF retrieves three hostages, having been found deceased. The three were abducted from the Re'im music festival massacre, including Shani Louk. (The New York Times)
  • Hamas announces that an Israeli strike killed Sharhabil Sayed, a Hamas commander in Lebanon. (France 24)
  • Israel announces that an Air Force strike killed Islaam Hamaisa, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Jenin Brigade. (Jerusalem Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine launches a massive drone attack across southwestern Russia, causing fires at several oil refineries, including at the port of Novorossiysk. (The New York Times)
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least three civilians are killed and 28 others are injured by Russian guided bombs in Kharkiv. (Reuters)
• 2024 Bamyan shooting
  • Gunmen open fire on a group of tourists in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, killing three Spanish citizens, two Afghan civilians and a Taliban guard. Seven others are injured. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Ulu Tiram police station attack
  • Two police officers are killed and another is injured outside the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor, Malaysia. The killer is later fatally shot. Seven suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah are arrested in connection to the attack. (CNA)
• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • Israeli air strikes kill five people in Lebanon, including two children. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Houthi forces shoot down a United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone with a surface-to-air missile over Marib Governorate, Yemen. Wreckage of the downed drone appears on social media. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• A child in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, dies of measles, the province's first such death since 1989. (CBC News)

International relations

• Azerbaijan–France relations, 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • France accuses Azerbaijan of being behind the protests and violence in New Caledonia after Azerbaijani and Togolese flags are seen alongside indigenous Kanak symbols at the protests. Azerbaijan has previously spoken out against French colonialism and supported pro-independence participants, in response to French support for Armenia. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• A man is shot dead by police after trying to set a synagogue on fire in Rouen, France. (BBC News)
• The RCMP identifies the killer of four people in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1976 and 1977 as American serial rapist Gary Allen Srery, who died in prison in 2011. (CFCN-TV)
• Iranian police arrest more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading Satanism and nudity in Iran. (ABC News)
• Police in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, arrest American golfer Scottie Scheffler, who was travelling to the 2024 PGA Championship, for assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals. (AP)

Politics and elections

• A brawl breaks out in the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan's parliament, following disagreements over draft reforms between the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang. (The Independent)

Science and technology

• Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope discover the earliest known merging of black holes, 740 million years after the Big Bang. (AP)

Sports

• The annual FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, awards Brazil the host rights for the 2027 Women's World Cup. (USA Today)