Portal:Current events/2024 May 27
May 27, 2024
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez signs a bilateral security pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pledges €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) of military aid to Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia occupies the villages of Netailove in the Donetsk Oblast, and Ivanivka in the Kharkiv Oblast. (Arab News)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Israel–Hamas War
- Rafah offensive
- One Egyptian border guard is killed in a shootout at the Rafah Border Crossing. Egypt and Israel are investigating the connection with a shooting incident earlier today. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
- Red Sea crisis
- Yemen's Houthi militia said they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the United States Navy. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Enga landslide
- Papua New Guinea asks for international help after the landslide in Enga Province three days ago, reporting that more than 2,000 people were buried alive and now presumed deceased. (AP)
- Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
Law and crime
- One teenager is killed and six other people are injured in a shooting in downtown Lansing, Michigan, United States. (USA Today)