Portal:Current events/2024 May 28
May 28, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- May 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack
- 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)
- Israeli tanks reach central Rafah for the first time with heavy clashes being reported. (Reuters)
- May 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack
- 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)
- Rafah offensive, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- 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)
- Realty Building explosion
- One person is killed and seven others are injured in a natural gas explosion at an apartment building in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. (AP)
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)
- Norway–Palestine relations, Ireland–Palestine relations, Palestine–Spain relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Pro-Palestinian protestors in Mexico set fire to the Israeli embassy in Mexico City. (The Jewish Chronicle) (Proceso)
- Israel–Hamas war protests
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)
- 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)
- South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- Mexico announces it will intervene in support of South Africa in South Africa's genocide case against Israel. (Middle East Eye)
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
- Garry Conille is named the new Prime Minister of Haiti by the Transitional Presidential Council. (AP)