Portal:Current events/2018 June 24
June 24, 2018 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Eastern Daraa offensive (June 2018)
- Terrorism in Israel
- Shin Bet and the Israel Defence Forces detain eight suspected terrorists, including one suspected of conducting a vehicle-ramming attack earlier in the day. Guns, cash, and stun grenades are seized. (The Jerusalem Post)
Arts and culture
- Women to drive movement
- Saudi Arabia lifts its ban on women being allowed to drive. (USA Today)
Disasters and accidents
- An explosion in Wuppertal, Germany, destroys a building and injures at least 25 people, four of them seriously. (The Independent)
- Firefighters extinguish a blaze on bulk freighter MV Iron Chieftain, which was burning for almost a week while docked at Port Kembla in New South Wales, Australia. Police say they will remain on-scene to assist the owner and operator with salvage operations. (Illawarra Mercury)
International relations
- European migrant crisis
- 16 European Union leaders meet in advance of the 28 June full EU summit on migration. (PBS Newshour)
- Two ships, MV Lifeline and MV Alexander Mærsk, carrying hundreds of rescued migrants, await a port to disembark. The commercial Maersk ship rescued migrants following a request from Italian authorities but Italy and Malta have refused permission to dock. (Deutsche Welle) (euronews)
- Politicians from Germany, Spain, and Portugal visit MV Lifeline amid negotiations for the ship to dock in Malta or Italy, both of which have refused permission. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Turkish general election, 2018
- Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a presidential and parliamentary election. (Reuters)
- Incumbent President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claims victory as preliminary results show him winning a majority of votes. (Australian Financial Review)