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4 July 2024 – Israeli occupation of the West Bank
Israel approves the construction of 5,295 Israeli settler homes in dozens of settlements in the West Bank. (AP)
4 July 2024 – Ituri conflict
CODECO claims responsibility for the killing of six Chinese gold miners and the kidnapping of two more, as well as the killing of two Congolese soldiers in Ituri province. (AP)
4 July 2024 –
Eighteen leaders from Jemaah Islamiyah announce the disbanding of the group, after 31 years of operation. The group is responsible of several massacres in Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali bombings. (Al Jazeera)
The Islamic State kills eight people, including two civilians, in an ambush on pro-government militiamen in Syria's Badiya desert. (Al Arabiya)
4 July 2024 – Hurricane Beryl
Category 4 Hurricane Beryl causes a six- to nine-feet storm surge and fierce winds along Jamaica's southern coast, killing at least one person before tracking to the Cayman Islands. (CNN)
4 July 2024 –
Twenty-five people drown in southeast Sudan while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces. (Khaleej Times)
Eleven people die and another 153 patients are diagnosed with West Nile fever in an ongoing outbreak in Israel. (Anadolu Agency)
4 July 2024 – Germany–Turkey relations
Germany summons Turkey's ambassador in Berlin in a tit-for-tat move over footballer Merih Demiral's wolf salute gesture while celebrating a goal at the UEFA Euro 2024. (CNN)
4 July 2024 – 2022 Oslo shooting
The Oslo District Court finds Iranian-born Norwegian Zaniar Matapour guilty of an attack during Pride celebrations in the Oslo, Norway, in 2022 and sentences him to 30 years in prison. (CBC Canada)
4 July 2024 –
Greek anti-terrorism police arrest seven people over arson attacks against an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in central Athens, Greece. (Reuters)
Belarus frees ten political prisoners including former opposition leader Ryhor Kastusioŭ. (Reuters)
4 July 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom general election
An election is held for all 650 members of the House of Commons. (NPR)
3 July 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian strikes against infrastructure
Dnipro strikes
At least five people are killed and 53 others are injured when Russian drones and missiles hits civilian infrastructure in Dnipro, Ukraine. (BBC News)
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Battle of Chasiv Yar
Russian forces take control of the Novy district in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (CBS News)
One person is killed and at least 14 others are injured in Russian guided bomb and missile attacks across Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
NATO nations agree to grant Ukraine 40 billion (US$43 billion) in military aid in 2025. (Reuters)
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
Three kamikaze drones attack an electrical substation for the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, injuring eight workers, causing forest fires near the plant's switchyard, and leaving Enerhodar without power or water. (Reuters) (RFE/RL)
3 July 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli occupation of the West Bank
The Israeli government approves the seizure of 12.7 square kilometres (4.9 sq mi) of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, representing the largest land seizure in the West Bank in more than three decades. (AP)
3 July 2024 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Three people, including former senator Hidayat Ullah, are killed and two others are injured when their vehicle strikes a roadside bomb in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Arabiya)
3 July 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
An Israeli strike kills Mohammed Nasser, a top commander in Hezbollah, in Tyre, Lebanon. Nasser is one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah members to die in the conflict. (Al Arabiya)
Hezbollah launches a barrage of at least 100 Katyusha rockets, towards northern Israel, targeting Israeli military positions, in retaliation for the killing of Nasser. (Al Jazeera)
3 July 2024 –
Scientists announce the discovery of the world's oldest cave painting, depicting three people gathered around a large red pig, estimated to be at least 51,200 years old, in Leang Karampurang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)
3 July 2024 – 2024 India-Bangladesh floods
At least sixteen people are killed and more than 300,000 others are displaced by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. (The Independent)
3 July 2024 – Hurricane Beryl
The death toll from Hurricane Beryl in the eastern Caribbean increases to nine, with deaths reported in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. (Reuters)
3 July 2024 –
Three people are killed and three others are missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Marinha Grande, Portugal. (Al Arabiya)
At least 26,000 people are forced to evacuate amidst dozens of large wildfires in Northern California, United States. (NPR)
An Israeli soldier is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack at a mall in Karmiel, Israel. (Reuters)
Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrest eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria. (France 24)
The Supreme Court of Japan rules that the country's forced sterilization law, which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, was unconstitutional. (France 24)
Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage, setting the legal age of marriage to 18 years. Offenders could face up to 15 years in prison and/or a fine of around US$4,000, with witnesses to child marriages also facing possible jail or fines. (CBS News)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fines General Motors $145.8 million for excess emissions found in 5.9 million GM vehicles. (Reuters)
3 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests in Australia
Pro-Palestinian protesters climb the roof of the Australian Parliament building in Canberra, Australia. (Al Jazeera)
2 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Accusations of United States complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
A dozen resigned United States government officials release a joint statement denouncing President Joe Biden's administration for its "undeniable complicity" in war crimes against Palestinian civilians by violating U.S. laws to continue sending Israel weapons. (Reuters)
Siege of Khan Yunis
An Israeli airstrike kills at least nine people in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation of parts of the city. (AP)
2 July 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Two people are killed and nine others are injured when Russian artillery and drones hit Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) (Ukrinform)
2 July 2024 –
Kazakh dissident Aydos Sadykov has died two weeks after being shot outside his home in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
2 July 2024 – 2024 Uttar Pradesh stampede
At least 121 people are killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India. (India Today) (Hindustan Times)
2 July 2024 – Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal
Seventy-six more deaths and at least 500 hospitalizations in Japan are linked to use of red yeast rice supplements distributed by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, causing kidney disease and other severe conditions. (Asahi TV)
2 July 2024 –
Floods in northern Myanmar trap thousands of people in their homes and cause power outages and disruptions to telephone services. (Barron's)
2 July 2024 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hungary–Ukraine relations
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Kyiv, Ukraine, for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, proposing a ceasefire plan which is rejected by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Kyiv Independent)
2 July 2024 – Panama–United States relations
Panama and the United States sign a deal to reduce the flow of illegal immigration to the southern United States border through the Darién Gap, with the United States covering the costs of repatriating migrants who enter Panama illegally. (DW)
2 July 2024 – Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
Former New York City Mayor and lawyer Rudy Giuliani is disbarred in the U.S. state of New York for his efforts in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. (AP)
2 July 2024 – Islamic terrorism in Europe, Terrorism in the United Kingdom
St James's University Hospital nursing assistant Mohammad Farooq is convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of crimes relating to plotting lone wolf attacks on RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire and his Leeds workplace. (BBC News)
2 July 2024 –
Australia issues statements to several social media and search engine websites ordering the websites to draft and enforce guidelines to prevent minors from seeing inappropriate material before October 3 or face national restrictions. (Reuters)
The United States Department of Homeland Security deports 116 Chinese migrants back to China to deter illegal migration across the Mexico–United States border, representing the nation's first "large charter flight" deportation in the past five years. (AP)
Serial killer Lucy Letby is convicted of an attempted murder in a retrial at Manchester Crown Court in Manchester, England. (BBC News)
2 July 2024 – 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation
In the Netherlands, the Schoof cabinet is installed with Dick Schoof taking office as the new prime minister. (Rijksoverheid) (BBC News)
2 July 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
Protestors march in Tbilisi surrounding the Parliament Building in protest of the Georgian Dream party, the law on foreign agents, and in support of Georgia joining the EU. (Al Jazeera)
2 July 2024 – Kenya Finance Bill protests
Protests against the controversially rejected Kenyan finance bill and President William Ruto continue in major cities in the country, with the National Commission on Human Rights reporting at least 39 people killed and 361 injured in the protests. (Al Jazeera)
2 July 2024 –
The fifth busy beaver number is confirmed to be 47,176,870. (Quanta)
1 July 2024 – Syrian civil war
2024 Northern Aleppo clashes
Anti-Turkish riots occur in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots in Kayseri, Turkey, yesterday. (SOHR) (Middle East Monitor)
Four people are killed and over 20 are injured as Turkish soldiers open fire against protestors in Afrin, Syria. (Syriahr)
1 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Siege of Khan Yunis
The Israel Defense Forces order a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the entire eastern half of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in anticipation of a new ground assault on the city. (AP)
1 July 2024 – Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Russia says that it has captured the villages of Novopokrovske in Donetsk Oblast and Stepova Novoselivka in Kharkiv Oblast. (Al Arabiya)
1 July 2024 – 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the island of Carriacou, Grenada, as a category 4 hurricane. (CNN)
Hurricane Beryl intensifies to a category 5 hurricane, becoming the earliest on record in the basin, and kills at least one person on the Windward Islands. (CNN)
1 July 2024 – 2024 Seoul car crash
A car driving the wrong way in central Seoul, South Korea, strikes pedestrians waiting at a traffic light, killing nine people and injuring four others. (AP)
1 July 2024 – Air Europa Flight 045
An Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft experiences severe turbulence while flying from Madrid, Spain, to Montevideo, Uruguay, injuring 30 people and forcing the flight to divert to Natal, Brazil. (BBC News)
1 July 2024 – Argentina–Bolivia relations, 2024 Bolivian coup attempt
Bolivia summons its ambassador to Argentina after Argentine President Javier Milei called the recent coup attempt "fraudulent" and implied that it was staged. (Reuters)
1 July 2024 – Blasphemy in Pakistan; Jaranwala church arsons
A court in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan sentences a Christian man to death for blasphemy against Muslims on social media after anti-Christian mobs burned down dozens of homes and churches in Jaranwala, Punjab, in August. (AP)
1 July 2024 – Trump v. United States (2024)
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that presidents have presumed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken in exercising constitutional powers while serving as president, and have no immunity for "unofficial acts". (CNN)
1 July 2024 –
Ukrainian officials uncover a plan to storm parliament and seize control from the current government on Constitution Day, and arrest four individuals implicated in the plot. (DW)
1 July 2024 – Mexican drug war
Mexican authorities discover the bodies of nineteen men who were shot dead in and near a dump truck abandoned in La Concordia, Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border. (AP)
1 July 2024 –
A mass shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, kills three people and injures two others. An adult suspect has been arrested. (GVA)
A Nepali court sentences Ram Bahadur Bomjon a man who thousands believed was a reincarnation of the Buddha to 10 years in jail for child sexual abuse. (CNN)
The Australian Government increases the visa fee for international students from A$710 (US$473) to A$1,600 (US$1,068) in an attempt to reduce record levels of migration that have increased pressure on the Australian housing market. (Reuters)
Sam Mostyn is sworn in as the 28th Governor-General of Australia. (ABC News Australia)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveils his cabinet made up of seven parties. (AP)
30 June 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Rafah offensive
At least six Palestinians are killed in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli tanks re-enter Shuja'iyya and parts of northern Gaza, displacing more than 60,000 people. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
30 June 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Kharkiv strikes
At least one person is killed and ten others are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits a postal sorting hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Bloomberg)
Eastern Ukraine campaign
The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces have taken the villages of Spirne and Novooleksandrivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
30 June 2024 – Kivu conflict
M23 offensive
M23 rebels take control of Kirumba, the largest town in Lubero Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as they continue north. (VOA)
30 June 2024 –
The American film Inside Out 2 surpasses $1 billion in worldwide box office earnings in less than three weeks, the fastest of any animated film in history. (Reuters)
30 June 2024 – 2024 European floods
At least four people are killed and two others are missing after landslides and torrential floods in Ticino and Valais, Switzerland. (Reuters)
30 June 2024 –
A Chinese Tianlong-3 rocket stage is accidentally launched during a static fire test in Gongyi, Henan, China, causing it to crash and explode. No casualties are reported. (CNN)
A propane tank explosion at a restaurant in Izmir, Turkey, kills five people and injures 63 others. (AP)
30 June 2024 – 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Beryl undergoes rapid intensification and strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, becoming the earliest Category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record. (AP)
30 June 2024 – 2024 French legislative election
2024 French protests against the far-right
Thousands of left-wing protesters gather in cities across France to protest the National Rally's lead in election polls, while showing support for the New Popular Front left-wing alliance. (France 24) (Le Figaro)
French citizens vote in the first round of legislative elections for the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. (AP)
30 June 2024 – 2024 Uruguayan presidential primaries
Uruguayans vote to elect the presidential candidates for all political parties that are running in the general election on 27 October. (Reuters)
30 June 2024 – Conscription of yeshiva students
Thousands of Haredi Jewish men protest in Jerusalem, Israel, against a recent Supreme Court ruling that ordered the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students, clashing with Israel Police. (AP)
30 June 2024 –
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects Metropolitan Daniel of Vidin, a member of the pro-Russian faction among the church's senior clergy, as Patriarch of All Bulgaria. (AP)
30 June 2024 – 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
France win their second Volleyball Nations League title after defeating Japan in four sets in the final at Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland. (One Sports)