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2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia. At least 31 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand and Malaysia in the past five days. Health and environment. 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak
2024 Georgian presidential election, 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, 2024 Georgian post-election protests In an address to the European Parliament , Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili urges the European Union to economically and politically pressure the current Georgian government into holding new elections, claiming that recent ...
2024 Formula One World Championship. In auto racing, McLaren wins the World Constructors' Championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, its first title since 1998. In professional baseball, the New York Mets sign Dominican outfielder Juan Soto to a $765 million, 15-year contract, the largest contract in Major League Baseball history.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan. The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population there at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage.
2024 Icelandic parliamentary election. In Iceland, the Social Democratic Alliance wins 15 seats in the Althing elections, with the incumbent Independence Party winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved a majority. (Deutsche Welle) 2024 Liechtenstein referendums. Citizens of Liechtenstein vote in a referendum to form a state pension fund. The ...
2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes. An Israeli airstrike targeting the Dar El Amal Hospital in Duris in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, kills the hospital director and six other health workers. (Anadolu Agency) 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. At least five medics are killed when Israeli airstrikes hit a multistorey building in Chyah, Beirut, Lebanon.
2024 Jubaland presidential election The Jubaland House of Representatives re-elects incumbent President Ahmed Madobe for the third time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in armed forces being deployed to Kamboni , Badhadhe District , Lower Juba , Somalia .
2024 missile strikes in Yemen A Greek -owned bulk carrier is hit by a missile launched from Houthi -controlled territory in Yemen with minor damage reported. Separately, the United States launches more airstrikes on Houthi positions, destroying four anti-ship missiles that were being prepared for launch.