Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukraine launches missile and drone strikes across Krasnodar Krai, Russia, injuring two people and damaging several oil refineries. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-missiles-hit-oil-terminal-port-kavkaz-russias-krasnodar-region-military-2024-05-31/

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least three people are killed and 16 others are injured when Russian missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-shelling-hits-apartment-block-ukraines-kharkiv-officials-say-2024-05-30/

Armed conflicts and attacks

The death toll from yesterday's U.S. Navy and British Navy airstrikes in Yemen increases to 16 with 35 others injured. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/yemen-war-us-british-airstrikes-israel-hamas-12f99b7afc389a703f8dd333f2376b20

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Houthi Supreme Political Council states that it launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, although American officials deny this claim. (The Independent)

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-houthi-rebels-us-ship-attack-gaza-b2554475.html

Armed conflicts and attacks

Seven soldiers are killed and 28 others are injured in an offensive by the Rapid Support Forces near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)

• https://sudantribune.com/article286414/

Armed conflicts and attacks

A man with a knife stabs several people at an anti-Muslim rally in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany including two policemen, including one in the neck, before being injured by a bullet. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/german-police-shoot-injure-man-who-attacked-far-right-demo-2024-05-31/

Armed conflicts and attacks

A medic is killed and another is injured in an Israeli airstrike against an ambulance in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrelenting-nightmare-for-weary-palestinians?update=2939273

International relations

France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the Eurosatory weapons expo convention. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/5/31/france-bans-israeli-companies-from-defence-exhibition

International relations

At the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun, with the two agreeing to resume military-to-military communication between the two countries. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/taiwan-south-china-sea-dominate-meeting-of-us-china-defence-chiefs

Law and crime

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies in prison after being attacked by another inmate earlier this month. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/pickton-dead-canada-serial-killer-pig-farm-f2f2c3545ac0bea23a38cc690cf1c796