Armed conflicts and attacks

An IED kills five Pakistan Army personnel in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Arab News)

• https://www.arabnews.com/node/2534951/pakistan

Disasters and accidents

At least 1,119 pilgrims, more than half of whom are from Egypt, are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (Barron's)

• https://www.barrons.com/news/saudi-state-did-not-fail-after-hundreds-dead-during-hajj-official-to-afp-d8c5ff8e

Disasters and accidents

President of Tunisia Kais Saied dismisses the Minister of Religious Affairs after 49 Tunisians are reported to have died in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. (Al Arabiya)

• https://english.alarabiya.net/News/north-africa/2024/06/21/tunisia-sacks-religious-affairs-minister-amid-hajj-casualties

Disasters and accidents

France reports nearly 200 cases of cholera in Mayotte. (Le Monde)

• https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/06/21/france-reports-almost-200-cholera-cases-in-mayotte_6675367_7.html.

Disasters and accidents

Most of Montenegro and parts of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia experience blackouts as a result of a heavy load on the electrical grid caused by an unexpected increase in power consumption due to high temperatures. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/balkan-countries-suffer-blackouts-amid-major-heatwave/a-69440332

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from torrential rains in El Salvador increases to 19 people, including at least two children. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-san-salvador-rains-landslides-emergency-8275ca07e9669ad629bd5a933e0a2fa3

International relations

European Union member states agree to begin negotiations on the accession of Moldova and Ukraine to the EU next week. (The Independent)

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ukraine-ap-belgium-russia-moldova-b2566648.html

International relations

Armenia officially recognises the State of Palestine. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-recognises-palestinian-statehood-says-armenian-foreign-ministry-2024-06-21/

International relations

Israel and Ukraine mutually impose travel restrictions to each others' citizens, preventing reciprocal visa-free travel without an authorization permit. (The Kyiv Independent)

• https://kyivindependent.com/israel-ukraine-to-suspend-visa-free-regime/

Law and crime

Three people are killed and ten others are wounded in a shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, United States. The suspect is shot and arrested by Arkansas State Police. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-grocery-shooting-a4c8496ca2fc60feb1f52e5298cbecc2

Law and crime

China officially defines Taiwanese separatist behavior as a criminal act. (Financial Times)

• https://www.ft.com/content/eac10230-8436-4e7e-9999-816797afbd58