Portal:Current events/2024 July 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Haret Hreik airstrike
    • Israel launches a missile attack on southern Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least four civilians and injuring 80 others. Senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr is claimed by Israel to be the main target. He was in the area at the time of the attack, but his status is currently unknown. (Anadolu Agency) (Al Jazeera)
  • An Israeli civilian is killed in the HaGoshrim kibbutz by a rocket fired from Lebanon. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian defense ministry says that its forces have taken control of the settlement of Pivdenne in Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Attempted assassination of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
    • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the military junta leader of Sudan, survives an assassination attempt carried out with a drone strike while he was visiting a military base in Gibet. Five people are killed. (Middle East Monitor)
• 2024 Southport riot
  • Riots occur in response to a previous mass stabbing in Southport, Merseyside. The right-wing English Defence League was present in front of a mosque, despite not having existed for over a decade. (The Guardian)
• Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
  • The United States carries out an airstrike near Hillah, Iraq, killing four members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units. Iraq condemns the strike, saying the US-led military coalition committed a "heinous crime" by targeting security sites and said the attacks were a serious violation of the coalition's mission and mandate. (Reuters)
• Kivu conflict
  • Angolan President João Lourenço announces that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a ceasefire following Angola-mediated talks. (TRT Afrika)
• Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
  • The Turkish defense ministry says that it targeted Kurdish militants in northern Iraq with air strikes, killing 13 people. (Reuters)
• Unidentified gunmen open fire on a bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff working for a United Nations development agency in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. No casualties have been reported. (TOI)

Business and economy

• Tesla recalls more than 1.8 million vehicles due to a hood issue that could increase the risk of a crash. An over-the-air software update for the issue was made available in June. (Quartz)
• Rex Airlines, Australia's third-largest airline, suspends all domestic Boeing 737 flights and enters voluntary administration. (AFR)
• Spain's competition watchdog fines online travel agency Booking.com with a record €413 million fine for "abusing its dominant position" in the past five years. (France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Gaemi
    • The death toll from torrential rains and floods caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hunan, China, increases to 22. (Yahoo! Canada)
• 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
  • The World Health Organization reports that it is now "very likely" that poliovirus has infected Gazan citizens and is spreading among the population. The statement was released shortly after the Gaza Health Ministry declared a polio epidemic in the territory. (Reuters) (Barron's)
• 2024 Wayanad landslides
  • At least 162 people are killed, 191 others are injured, and more than 89 others are missing in landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala, India. (The Times of India) (Al Jazeera)
• A helicopter crashes near Killucan, County Westmeath, Ireland, killing two people. (RTÉ)
• Five people are killed and nine others are injured when a boat capsizes on the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. (Al Ahram)

International relations

• Algeria–France relations, Political status of Western Sahara
  • Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France after France declared its support for the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal, which was proposed by Morocco in 2007. (RFI)
• Armenia–Turkey relations
  • Turkey and Armenia resume talks aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations and agree to simplify visa rules for some passport holders. (Al Arabiya)
• Foreign relations of Afghanistan
  • The Taliban suspends relations with 14 Afghan overseas diplomatic missions and announces that they will no longer accept consular documents issued by these missions. (RFE/RL)
• Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations
  • Kyrgyzstan says that 94% of its border with Tajikistan has been agreed upon by officials from both countries. (RFE/RL)
• Philippines–United States relations
  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces the allocation of $500 million to fund the Philippine military. (DW)

Law and crime

• 2024 Venezuelan protests
  • Freddy Superlano, a leading figure in Venezuela's opposition coalition, is arrested as the death toll from ongoing anti-Maduro protests increases to four. (Al Arabiya)
• American Indian boarding school gravesites
  • A federal investigation commissioned by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland discovers that sixty-five federal American Indian boarding school sites have unmarked or marked gravesites, and confirms that "at least" 973 Native American children died at boarding schools, primarily from abuse and illness. (AP)
• British Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 28 years for directing the al-Muhajiroun militant network. (ABC News)
• Interpol announces that more than 200 people have been arrested and more than US$1.6 billion of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking conducted across Europe, North America, and Africa. (ABC News)
• Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardons a German citizen on death row. (Barron's)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Iranian presidential election
  • Masoud Pezeshkian is inaugurated as the ninth president of Iran. (France 24)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Olympic officials postpone the men's individual triathlon race due to poor water quality levels in the Seine river. (CNN)
    • Several athletes test positive for COVID-19, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, forcing her to withdraw from the 1500 metre freestyle swimming event. (Al Arabiya)
  • Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Brazil wins a bronze medal in women's artistic gymnastics team competition, their first ever medal in the event. (France 24)
  • United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • The United States wins a bronze medal in women's rugby, their first ever medal in the sport at the Olympics. (Fox News)