Portal:Current events/2024 July 11: Difference between revisions

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • The United States Department of State and Department of the Treasury announce sanctions against three violent Israeli settlers who blocked humanitarian aid to Gaza and four illegal Israeli settlement outposts, and also blacklists the far-right Jewish supremacist organization Lehava. (Al Jazeera) (The Jerusalem Post)
• CNN reports that American and German intelligence agents foiled a plan by Russia to assassinate Armin Papperger, the CEO of German defence company Rheinmetall. (CNN) (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas
    • At least 11 people are killed in the U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana from severe weather caused by Hurricane Beryl, with more than 1.3 million homes and businesses in Texas experiencing a power outage for four days amid persistent daytime temperatures exceeding 90 °F (32 °C) and high humidity. (CNN)
• Eleven people are killed when a pickup truck collides with a passenger bus in Abulug, Cagayan, Philippines. (The Straits Times)
• At least 4,500 people are displaced by storms in Cape Town, South Africa. (AP)

Law and crime

• Antisemitism during the Israel–Hamas war, Antisemitism in Europe
  • The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights reports significant increases in reported antisemitic incidents in countries such as Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium since the Israel–Hamas war began. (BBC News) (European Union)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Accusations of United States complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
    • President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration of complicity in Israeli war crimes by being Israel's largest supporter during the Israel–Hamas war and also condemns all nations not imposing sanctions on Israel. (Reuters)
• Kenya Finance Bill protests
  • Kenyan President William Ruto dismisses all of his cabinet ministers as well as the attorney general in response to deadly protests against a finance bill drafted by his administration. (BBC News)
• Thousands of Albanian gather outside the Prime Minister's office and the Presidential office building in Tirana, Albania, to protest against Prime Minister Edi Rama's corruption, demanding Rama's resignation as well as the release of opposition leader Sali Berisha from house arrest. (Reuters)
• The United States Department of the Treasury and the White House announce sanctions on Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua and designate it as a "transnational criminal organization." The State Department also places a $12 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the organization's leaders. (Reuters)