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2024-01-01
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members.
Egypt
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2024-01-01
The Republic of Artsakh is formally dissolved following the recapture of the Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijan.
Unknown
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2024-01-01
A 7.5 Mww earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan (Noto Peninsula), killing at least 504 people and injuring 1,389 others. A further 5 are killed the next day when a Coast Guard aircraft carrying humanitarian aid was involved in a collision with a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet are evacuated safely.
Japan
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2024-01-01
Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so.
Ethiopia
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2024-01-02
Marshallese general election: The Legislature of the Marshall Islands elects Hilda Heine as President for a second non-consecutive term during its first session following the general election.
Unknown
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2024-01-03
Kerman bombings: An Islamic State double bombing kills 94 people during a memorial event commemorating the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran. The bombing was carried out using two briefcase bombs placed at the entrance that were detonated remotely.
Iran
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2024-01-07
Bangladeshi general election: The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, wins a 4th consecutive term amid protests by opposition parties and a large drop in voter turnout.
Bangladesh
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2024-01-08
Said Abdullahi Deni is elected President of Puntland by the Puntland Parliament after three rounds in the 2024 Punttland presidential election.
Unknown
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2024-01-08
Ecuadorian conflict: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar from prison. The military was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime curfew.
Unknown
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2024-01-11
Riots break out throughout Papua New Guinea after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers.
Unknown
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2024-01-12
Operation Prosperity Guardian: A U.S.-led coalition launches airstrikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
Unknown
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2024-01-13
Taiwanese presidential election: Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party wins with 40% of the vote.
Taiwan
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2024-01-14
Margrethe II formally abdicates as Queen of Denmark on the 52nd anniversary of her accession, with her eldest son Frederik succeeding her as King Frederik X.
Denmark
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2024-01-14
Comorian presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, incumbent president Azali Assoumani wins re-election with 62.9% of the vote and only 16.3% voter turnout.
Unknown
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2024-01-15
Following a brief political crisis in the aftermath of the 2023 elections, Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as the 52nd President of Guatemala.
Unknown
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2024-01-16
Iran carries out a series of missile and drone strikes within Balochistan, Pakistan, claiming that it had targeted the Iranian Baloch militant group Jaish ul-Adl.
Iran
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2024-01-18
Pakistan conducts retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Iran
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2024-01-19
Japan becomes the 5th country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission.
Japan
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2024-01-24
Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash: A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying (according to Russia) 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 6 crew members, and 3 guards crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everyone on board.
Russia
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2024-01-26
Israel–Hamas war: The UN's International Court of Justice rules that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but stops short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.
Israel
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2024-01-26
Tuvaluan general election: Kausea Natano, the incumbent Prime Minister of Tuvalu, loses reelection to Parliament. A month later, Feleti Teo was elected prime minister.
Unknown
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2024-01-31
Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
Malaysia
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2024-02-02
The US launches airstrikes on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.
Iraq
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2024-02-04
President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82, and is succeeded by his vice-president Nangolo Mbumba.
Unknown
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2024-02-04
Salvadoran general election: Incumbent President Nayib Bukele wins the election with over 80% of the vote, becoming the first president to be reelected in El Salvador since 1944.
Unknown
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2024-02-06
Former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
Unknown
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2024-02-07
Azerbaijani presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, President Ilham Aliyev is reelected to a 5th term.
Unknown
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2024-02-08
Alexander Stubb is elected in the closest presidential election in Finnish history on February 11.February 8 – 2024 Pakistani general election: Independent politicians, most of whom are members of the banned political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, win a plurality of seats in the National Assembly.
Pakistan
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2024-02-11
Finnish presidential election: In the closest presidential election in Finnish history, Alexander Stubb is elected president in the second round.
Unknown
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2024-02-14
Indonesian general election: Prabowo Subianto wins the presidential election, and the Democratic Party of Struggle wins the most votes in the legislative election.
Indonesia
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2024-02-16
Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, dies under mysterious circumstances at the age of 47.
Russia
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2024-02-22
American company Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander becomes the first commercial vehicle to land on the Moon.
Unknown
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2024-02-28
Haitian jailbreak: A state of emergency is declared by the Haitian government after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Unknown
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2024-02-29
Israel–Hamas war: Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces open fire on a crowd of civilians in Gaza City, killing more than 100 people, as the Palestinian casualties of the war exceed 30,000.
Israel
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2024-03-07
As the final Nordic country to join the alliance, Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member after Finland a year earlier.
Finland
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2024-03-10
Portuguese legislative election: The Democratic Alliance wins a plurality of seats and forms a minority government amid losses by the incumbent Socialist Party and major gains by the right-wing Chega party.
Unknown
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2024-03-11
Haitian acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces his pending resignation from both offices amid an ongoing crisis marked by gang warfare in the country.
Unknown
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2024-03-13
The Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, is passed by the European Union.
Unknown
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2024-03-14
The United Nations estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the Israel–Hamas war were women and children.
Israel
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2024-03-15
Russian presidential election: Incumbent Vladimir Putin is reelected for a fifth term.
Russia
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2024-03-22
Islamic State-affiliated gunmen attack concertgoers at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551.
Russia
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2024-03-24
Senegalese presidential election: Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected president after his party and its former candidate Ousmane Sonko were disqualified.
Unknown
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2024-03-25
The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
Unknown
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2024-03-26
A container ship collides with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, causing a total collapse of the bridge and the deaths of six people.
United States
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2024-03-31
Bulgaria and Romania become members of the Schengen Area through sea and air routes.
Unknown
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2024-03-31
Turkish local elections: CHP wins 37.8% of the vote, marking its first victory in a popular vote since 1977 and the first nationwide defeat for the AKP.
Unknown
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2024-04-01
Israel attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people.
Iran
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2024-04-03
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20–30 cm (8–12 in) hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Japan
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2024-04-04
Kuwaiti general election: Opposition candidates maintain a majority in the National Assembly.
Unknown
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2024-04-05
Ecuadorian police raid the Mexican embassy in Quito in order to arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum by Mexico. This action violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and Mexico and Nicaragua break off diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
Mexico
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2024-05-05
Panamanian general election: José Raúl Mulino is elected president.
Unknown
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2024-05-06
Chadian presidential election: Mahamat DĂ©by wins election to a full term as president, succeeding his father Idriss DĂ©by.
Unknown
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2024-05-07
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is held in Malmö, Sweden. Swiss contestant Nemo wins with the song "The Code".
Sweden
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2024-05-08
In North Macedonian elections, the right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE wins in a landslide in the parliamentary elections, while its presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is elected as the first female president of the country in the second round of the presidential election.
Unknown
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2024-05-10
The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution to grant the State of Palestine the right to be seated among member states in alphabetical order. This will go into effect at the next session of the UN General Assembly on 10 September 2024.
Unknown
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2024-05-10
A series of solar storms impact the Earth, creating aurorae seen at more southerly and northerly latitudes than normal. Aurorae seen on May 12 from southern Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaA series of solar storms and intense solar flares impact the Earth, rated G5 by NOAA, creating aurorae at more southerly and northerly latitudes than usual. This was the first G5 storm since 2003.Luis Abinader won the 2024 Dominican Republic general election on May 19
Australia
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2024-05-15
Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, is succeeded by former Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as prime minister, ahead of the next general election to be held by 2025.
Unknown
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2024-05-15
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and hospitalized while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová.
Unknown
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2024-06-01
The 2024 Indian general election, which began on April 19, concludes. In the Lok Sabha, the BJP party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, retains its majority.
India
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2024-06-01
The 2024 Icelandic presidential election is held, with Halla TĂłmasdĂłttir elected president of Iceland.
Unknown
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2024-06-01
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States, and is won by India.
India
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2024-06-02
The 2024 Mexican general election is held, with Claudia Sheinbaum elected as president of Mexico.
Mexico
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2024-06-05
Starliner Crewed Flight Test launches atop an Atlas V rocket to the ISS.
Unknown
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2024-06-06
The 2024 European Parliament election is held. The EPP, of incumbent Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, retains its status as the largest group in parliament amid notable gains by far-right political groups.
Unknown
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2024-06-09
San Marino general election: The Democracy and Freedom alliance, headed by the PDCS, wins a plurality in the Grand and General Council.
Unknown
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2024-06-09
Belgian federal election: The New Flemish Alliance remains the largest party in the Chamber of Representatives while Open Vld, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, loses seats.
Unknown
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2024-06-09
June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election: Boyko Borisov's coalition GERB–SDS wins a plurality of seats but fails to form a stable government.
Unknown
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2024-06-10
A plane crash on June 10 near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos ChilimaJune 10 – A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima.
Unknown
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2024-06-12
The United Nations' first inquiry into the October 7 attacks and resulting conflict finds that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes.
Israel
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2024-06-14
South African general election: The ANC and other opposition parties agree to form a national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa.
South Africa
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2024-06-14
July 14 – UEFA Euro 2024 is held in Germany, and is won by Spain.
Germany
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2024-06-20
July 14 – The 2024 Copa América is held in the United States, and is won by Argentina.
Argentina
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2024-06-23
On the Grand Duke's Official Birthday, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg announces that his son and heir Guillaume will assume royal duties beginning in October, in preparation for Henri's eventual abdication.
Unknown
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2024-06-23
Julian Assange was freed from prison on June 242024 Hajj disaster: More than 1,300 people are reported to have died due to extreme heat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia
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2024-06-23
Dagestan attacks: Two coordinated attacks occur in the cities of Makhachkala and Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan in southern Russia, injuring 46 and killing 28 people.
Russia
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2024-06-24
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the United Kingdom after being freed from prison in a plea deal with the United States. He returns to his native Australia two days later.
Australia
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2024-06-26
A failed coup d'état attempt in La Paz, Bolivia is led by the former General Commander Juan José Zúñiga.
Unknown
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2024-06-28
Mongolian parliamentary election: The Mongolian People's Party wins a reduced majority of seats in the State Great Khural amid gains by the Democratic Party.
Unknown
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2024-06-29
Mauritanian presidential election: Incumbent president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins re-election to a second term.
Unknown
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2024-06-29
Borno State bombings: 30 people are killed and 100 are injured when three separate bomb blasts occur in the town of Gwoza in Borno State, Nigeria.
Nigeria
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2024-07-01
Hurricane Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record after devastating the island of Carriacou, Grenada.
Unknown
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2024-07-04
United Kingdom general election: Sir Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory, returning the party to government for the first time in 14 years.
United Kingdom
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2024-07-05
Iranian presidential election: Masoud Pezeshkian is elected president of Iran.
Iran
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2024-07-07
French legislative election: The left-wing New Popular Front wins the most seats in the National Assembly, upsetting a first-round victory by the far-right National Rally, but fails to achieve a majority.
Unknown
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2024-07-09
The 33rd NATO summit is held in Washington, D.C.
Unknown
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2024-07-13
While campaigning for the 2024 United States presidential election, former President Donald Trump is shot in the right ear in an assassination attempt at a rally he held near Butler, Pennsylvania.
United States
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2024-07-15
Rwandan general election: Incumbent Paul Kagame is reelected for a fourth term.
Unknown
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2024-07-19
The Student–People's uprising breaks out in BangladeshJuly 19
Bangladesh
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2024-07-19
Global IT outages impact a variety of businesses and organisations across the world.
Unknown
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2024-07-19
75 people are killed during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. The government of Bangladesh imposes a curfew.
Bangladesh
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2024-07-21
Incumbent United States President Joe Biden ends his candidacy in the 2024 United States presidential election.
United States
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2024-07-22
Landslides kill 257 people and bury two villages in Geze Gofa, Gofa Zuria, Ethiopia.
Ethiopia
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2024-07-23
China brokers a unity agreement between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to form a single government.
China
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2024-07-26
August 11 – The 2024 Summer Olympics are held in Paris, France. The controversial opening ceremony and the boxing match of Luca Hámori and Imane Khelif spark international debate.
France
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2024-07-28
María Corina Machado and Edmundo González along with his wife, addressing supporters in Caracas following the 2024 presidential election resultsJuly 28 – 2024 Venezuelan presidential election: Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro declares victory against opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia amid alleged irregularities, causing numerous South American states to refuse to acknowledge the results or suspend diplomatic relations with the Maduro government and sparking nationwide protests.
Venezuela
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2024-07-30
At least 334 people are killed, over 200 injured, and 281 missing following landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala, India.
India
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2024-07-30
Israel carries out an airstrike in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, who it accused of ordering the Majdal Shams attack.
Israel
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2024-07-30
United Kingdom riots: Far-right riots break out throughout the United Kingdom in response to a mass stabbing in Southport, England.
United Kingdom
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2024-07-31
Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated at his residence in Tehran, Iran.
Iran
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2024-07-31
Moussa Dadis Camara, the former military ruler of Guinea, is found guilty of crimes against humanity in the massacres that occurred in 2009 and is sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Guinean court.
Unknown
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