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*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]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/india/heavy-rain-landslides-kill-6-indias-sikkim-2000-tourists-stranded-2024-06-14/ (Reuters)] |
*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]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/india/heavy-rain-landslides-kill-6-indias-sikkim-2000-tourists-stranded-2024-06-14/ (Reuters)] |
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*The [[World Health Organization]] officially confirms a human [[Influenza A virus subtype H9N2]] case in a child in [[West Bengal|West Bengal state]], [[India]]. [https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/who-confirms-human-case-of-bird-flu-in-india-h9n2-virus-detected-in-a-four-year-child-in-west-bengal/articleshow/110941217.cms (''Business Insider'')] |
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*[[Kyrgyzstan]] arrests 15 alleged [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province]] supporters in [[Bishkek]]. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/06/14/kyrgyzstan-arrests-15-alleged-isis-supporters (Al Arabiya)] |
*[[Kyrgyzstan]] arrests 15 alleged [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province]] supporters in [[Bishkek]]. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/06/14/kyrgyzstan-arrests-15-alleged-isis-supporters (Al Arabiya)] |
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*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 Terrorist]]s. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/us-designates-nordic-neo-nazi-group-terrorists/index.html (CNN)] |
*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 Terrorist]]s. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/us-designates-nordic-neo-nazi-group-terrorists/index.html (CNN)] |
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*The [[Cambodian National Police]] and the National Authority to Combat Drugs seize and destroy 7 tons of [[illicit drugs]], mostly [[methamphetamine]], worth US$70 million as part of a crackdown operation. |
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Revision as of 05:51, 15 June 2024
June 14, 2024 (Friday)
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 3rd 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)
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 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)
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- Battle of El Fasher
- Red Sea crisis
- The United States military launches attacks on and destroys 7 Houthi radar stations in Yemen in retaliation after a merchant 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
- The World Health Organization officially confirms a human Influenza A virus subtype H9N2 case in a child in West Bengal state, India. (Business Insider)
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 7 tons of illicit drugs, mostly methamphetamine, worth US$70 million as part of a crackdown operation.
Politics and elections
- 2024 South African general election
- Cyril Ramaphosa is re-elected as President of South Africa for a second term. (Reuters)