Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Sweden announces a package of $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine; the largest so far given by Sweden. (AP)

Business and economy

• Egyptian government quadruples subsidized bread loaf price for the first time in three decades.(ahram online)

Law and crime

• Egyptian police arrest an egyptian- american tiktoker suspected of being a serial killer who has murdered at least three women after torturing them.(ahram online)

Politics and elections

• 2024 South African general election
  • South Africans vote for members of the National Assembly and elect provincial legislatures. (The Guardian)
• 2024 Vanuatuan constitutional referendum
  • Vanuatuans hold the first national constitutional referendum to vote on amendments related to party switching. (Radio Free Asia)
• 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election
  • Citizens of Madagascar vote for members of the National Assembly. (Radio France Internationale)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Rafah offensive
    • Israeli tanks reach central Rafah for the first time with heavy clashes being reported. (Reuters)
    • At least 21 people are killed and 64 others are injured in a Israeli attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi, Rafah Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The U.S. removes the Gaza floating pier from the Gaza Strip for repair after its flotilla was damaged in bad weather. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian guided bombs hit a block of apartments in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing at least two civilians and injuring six others. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier takes on water after being hit by three missiles off the coast of Yemen. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Cyclone Remal
  • Seventeen people are killed and six others are missing after a stone quarry collapses due to strong winds in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. (The Hindu)

International relations

• International recognition of the State of Palestine
  • Norway–Palestine relations, Ireland–Palestine relations, Palestine–Spain relations
    • The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain officially recognise the State of Palestine, after declaring their intention to do so on May 22. (The Journal) (Euronews) (AP)
  • Denmark–Palestine relations
    • The parliament of Denmark rejects a proposal to recognise a Palestinian state. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Animal rights in Colombia
  • The Senate of Colombia approves a resolution banning Spanish-style bullfighting in the country. (La FM)
• Bankruptcy of FTX
  • Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame is sentenced to more than seven years in prison and fined more than $11 million for fraud and criminal conspiracy. (Reuters)
• South Africa's genocide case against Israel
  • Mexico announces it will intervene in the genocide case on the side of South Africa. (Middle East Eye)
• Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • A Polish Border Guard soldier is seriously injured in an incident among a surge in migrants trying to cross the EU border from Belarus. (Polskie Radio)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • The Georgian parliament overrides a presidential veto of the foreign agents law, thereby requiring president Salome Zourabichvili to endorse the bill within five days. (DW)
• 2024 Taiwanese legislative reform protests
  • The Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party pass amendments granting the Legislative Yuan greater powers to oversee the executive and to question officials and citizens, despite claims that these amendments violate civil liberties and could reduce the powers of president Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party. (The Guardian)
• Haitian crisis
  • Dr. Garry Conille is named the new Prime Minister of Haiti by the Transitional Presidential Council. (AP)