Portal:Current events/2024 June 5
June 5, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A gunman fires several shots at the United States Embassy in Lebanon, and is later detained by soldiers. (Reuters)
- At least 16 people are killed by a suspected Islamist rebel group based in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hamas war
- The Israel Defense Forces announce that they destroyed a large tunnel in Rafah that reached the Philadelphi corridor and destroyed ready-to-fire rocket launchers that were hidden in a post with the United Nations symbol in Deir al-Balah.(jerusalem post)
International relations
- Burkina Faso–Russia relations
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia will dispatch additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help them boost its defense capabilities.(Reuters)
Law and crime
- An Italian court convicted Amanda Knox and issued a three-year sentence over accusations she made in relation to the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. (jerusalem post)
Science and technology
- Roscosmos announces that Oleg Kononenko has become the first human to spend 1,000 days in space. (AP)
- Boeing's Starliner capsule launches its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station after several delays. (ABC News)