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The leaders of the European Union member states agree to nominate Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as the next High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and elect former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa as the next President of the ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. 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.
The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces sanctions on firms based in China, India, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, for their alleged support to Russia in the Russo–Ukrainian war. (Al Jazeera) One person is killed, at least 200 people are injured, and over 100 are arrested in protests across Kenya against government plans to raise $2.7 ...
2024 Pakistani general election, Arrest of Imran Khan. Pakistani police arrest thousands of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of a planned protest to demand for the release of Khan and other members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, along with the resignation of the current government.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. Syrian opposition. Hadi al-Bahra, President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, says that the coalition will dissolve once a national conference is convened and a constituent assembly is elected, and demands that the current transitional government be "credible, inclusive and not founded on sectarian bases".
The annual FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, awards Brazil the host rights for the 2027 Women's World Cup. ( USA Today ) May 18, 2024 ( 2024-05-18 ) (Saturday)
Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber (right) attends the emergency meeting, held by government council, following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior government ...
2024 Lake Suviana explosion. Three people are killed, five are injured and four are missing in an explosion at a power plant on Lake Suviana, near Bologna, Italy. 2024 Mozambique boat disaster. The death toll from Sunday's ferry sinking in Mozambique increases to more than 100 people, with around 20 people still missing. Orsk Dam collapse