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Brian Wilson in 1990
- Air India Flight 171 crashes in Ahmedabad, India, killing more than 100 people.
- The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson (pictured) dies at the age of 82.
- A shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, leaves eleven people dead.
- At the Tony Awards, Purpose wins the Best Play and Maybe Happy Ending wins the Best Musical.
- Prime Minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigns after weeks of protests.
June 12, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- Five Palestinian Gaza Humanitarian Foundation workers are killed and several others are injured after their bus was attacked by Hamas en route to an aid distribution site in Southern Gaza. (The New York Times)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
Disasters and accidents
- Air India Flight 171
- Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members, crashes shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, India. (CNA)
June 11, 2025 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- At least 31 Palestinians are killed by the Israel Defense Forces at an aid distribution site in central Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli forces in Gaza recover the bodies of two hostages abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attacks. (Haaretz) (BBC News)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- The Gaza Health Ministry reports that the official death toll of Palestinians killed in the war since October 2023 has reached 55,000 people, with over 127,000 people wounded. (AP)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russia launches drone attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, killing three people and injuring 60 others. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Kharkiv strikes
Arts and culture
- Argentine president Javier Milei is awarded the Genesis Prize during a state visit to Israel for his "unequivocal support for Israel", becoming the first non-Jewish person to receive such recognition. (Clarín) (Haaretz)
Business and economy
- Australian flag carrier Qantas announces the closure of its Singapore-based, partly owned low-cost airline Jetstar Asia due to rising costs and regional competition. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
- At least eight migrants are found dead and 22 others are missing as the United Nations International Organization for Migration and the Djiboutian government launch a joint rescue operation after migrants were forced off a boat and forced to swim to shore off the coast of Djibouti. (AP)
International relations
- Gaza war
- 2025 New York Peace Conference on Gaza
- The Trump administration calls on countries not to attend a conference for ceasefire and peace in Gaza at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, United States, and warns of potential diplomatic consequences should any measures be taken that are deemed hostile toward Israel. (Reuters)
- 2025 New York Peace Conference on Gaza
- Argentina–Israel relations
- Argentine president Javier Milei announces that the Argentine embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem in 2026. (YNet)
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- The military of South Korea shuts down its loudspeakers across the border with North Korea and stops its propaganda messages against the government of North Korea by order of President Lee Jae-myung to ease tensions between the countries. (AP)
Law and crime
- Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia
- A court in Moscow, Russia, sentences Leonid Volkov, an ally of Alexei Navalny, to 18 years in prison in absentia and fines him 2 million rubles (US$25,000) on criminal charges including justifying terrorism and organizing and financing an extremist group. (AP)
- The same court places Lev Shlosberg, chair of the opposition social-liberal party Yabloko, under house arrest for two months for discrediting the Russian army. (Reuters)
June 10, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- Thirty-six Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire while trying to obtain aid in Gaza. (AP)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes, Odesa strikes
- Russia launches drone attacks on Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine. In Odesa, drone attacks hit medical facilities and residential buildings, killing two people and injuring thirteen others. (BBC News)
- Kyiv strikes, Odesa strikes
- Colombian conflict
- Seven people are killed, including two police officers, and 36 others are injured in nineteen bombings and shootings by FARC dissidents targeting police posts, municipal buildings and civilians in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Another explosion is also reported in Jamundí. (France 24) (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Kenya bus crash
- Five tourists are killed and 35 others are injured in a bus crash in Gichage, Nyandarua County, Kenya. (Gulf News) (Economic Times)
Business and economy
- Fossil fuel phase-out
- The British government announces it will invest £14.2 billion (US$19 billion) to construct the new Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, England, to reduce the country's reliance on fossil fuels. (AP) (Reuters)
- The Walt Disney Company closes a deal to acquire NBCUniversal's stake in the streaming service Hulu for $439 million, completing its acquisition of Hulu. (AP) (Variety)
International relations
- War crimes in the Gaza war, Gaza humanitarian crisis
- The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway impose sanctions on Israeli far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and travel bans, due to their conduct during the Gaza war. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Protests against Donald Trump
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass imposes a curfew to the Downtown Los Angeles area in California, United States, after several days of civil disobedience and public demonstrations against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents abducting locals. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- 2025 Ballymena riots
- The second consecutive night of disorder in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, sees 17 police officers injured and five people arrested as protests spread to Belfast, Carrickfergus, and Newtownabbey. (BBC News)
- Graz school shooting
- Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and several others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria. (BBC News)
- Capital punishment in Iran
- Iran hangs nine members of the Islamic State for a 2018 attack which killed three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel. (AP)
- The Federal Police of Brazil arrest at least eleven people in an operation aiming to reduce drug trafficking in favelas in Rio de Janeiro. (AP)
- The Supreme Court of Argentina ratifies the sentence of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison and a lifetime disqualification from holding public office for the crime of fraudulent administration. (La Nación)
Politics and elections
- Impeachment of Sara Duterte
- The Senate of the Philippines votes 18–5 to return the articles of impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives for further deliberation. (Rappler) (Inquirer.net)
- Over 15,000 people gather in Budapest, Hungary, to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his government's conduct and alleged corruption relating to the ruling Fidesz party. (AP)
- The Parliament of Greece expels three lawmakers, including far-right politician Vasilis Stigkas, leader of the political party Spartans, due to their connection with and allegedly serving as proxies for the neo-Nazi criminal organization Golden Dawn. (AP)
June 9, 2025 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- According to the Gaza Health Ministry, fourteen Palestinians are killed and 150 others are injured by Israeli gunfire at an aid distribution site near Rafah, Gaza. The total death toll from shootings at aid distribution sites increases to 136 with hundreds others wounded. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- A convoy of 300 buses and cars departs from Tunis, Tunisia to Gaza to spotlight Israel's blockade on humanitarian aid. The group, organized independently, includes 7,000 lawyers, medical professionals and activists from North Africa. (Euronews) (The Jerusalem Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Gerik bus crash
- Fifteen people are killed and 33 others are injured in a traffic collision when a bus carrying students loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. (France 24)
- Five people are killed, including an on duty railway police constable, and seven others are injured when passengers get thrown off two overcrowded local trains at the Mumbra railway station near Mumbra in Thane, Maharashtra, India. (The Indian Express)
- The Indian Coast Guard rescues 18 crew members from a Singaporean-flagged container ship after it catches fire following an explosion 144 km (89 mi) off the coast of Kerala, India. Search operations are underway for the missing four crew members. (DW)
International relations
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- The Israeli Navy seizes the June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla's flagship vessel, the United Kingdom-flagged Madleen, and takes its occupants (including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and MEP Rima Hassan) to Israel. The humanitarian aid the ship was carrying en route to Gaza will still be sent into Gaza. (The Times of Israel)(CNN) (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Protests against Donald Trump
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of roughly 500 Marines to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings amid the ongoing riots in Los Angeles, California. (The Wall Street Journal)
- The U.S. state of California sues the Donald Trump administration for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles. (CBS News)
- The city of Glendale ends a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house federal immigration detainees. (The Guardian)
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- 2025 Ballymena riots
- Two police cars and multiple properties are damaged in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, with 15 police officers being injured and one rioter arrested amid riots which broke out after two Romanian teenagers were charged for the attempted rape of a teenage girl. (BBC News)
- A court in Prague, Czech Republic, sentences a Colombian national to eight years in prison over a 2024 arson attack on public buses and for planning another similar attack. Czech prime minister Petr Fiala says the arson attack is part of Russia's hybrid war against his country. (AP)
- The U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and his brother Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, El Chapo's sons who are believed to be in Mexico and leading factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. (AP)
June 8, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- At least twelve Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured by Israeli fire near two aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military says they fired warning shots at people who had advanced toward its forces and ignored warnings to turn away but claimed they did not see any casualties. (CTV News)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution incidents
- Israeli invasion of Syria
- One person is killed and two others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on Mazraat Beit Jinn, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. The Israeli military claims the person killed was a Hamas member. (Al Jazeera)
- June 2025 Los Angeles protests
- U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of the National Guard to quell anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, California. (CNN)
Arts and culture
- 78th Tony Awards
- The 78th Tony Awards take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, United States, with South Korean musical Maybe Happy Ending winning the most awards (six), including Best Musical. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Cundinamarca earthquake
- A Mw 6.3 earthquake strikes near Bogotá, Colombia, resulting in over 25 injuries. (Boyacá 7 Días)
- 2025 San Diego Cessna 414 crash
- All six occupants are killed after a Cessna 414 crashed into the ocean off the coast of Point Loma after takeoff from San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, United States. (CBS News)
- A derecho and tornado outbreak begins in the eastern United States, with three tornado warnings and 22 severe thunderstorm warnings. (Fox News)
International relations
- Rwanda announces its withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States following a diplomatic row with other members over its military involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's conflict with M23 rebels. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2025 French Open
- In tennis, Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz wins his second men's singles title at the French Open and his fifth Grand Slam overall after defeating Italian Jannik Sinner 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(10–2) in the longest-ever French Open final at five hours and 29 minutes. (BBC Sport)
- 2025 UEFA Nations League final
- In association football, Portugal defeats Spain 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time, to win its second UEFA Nations League title. Nuno Mendes is named man of the match. (BBC Sport)
June 7, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli forces in Gaza recover the body of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai national abducted by the Mujahideen Brigades during the October 7 attacks. (BBC News)
- Israeli airstrikes kill 55 people in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israel announces that it killed Asaad Abu Sharia, leader of the Mujahideen Brigades which was responsible for the abductions of several hostages during the October 7 attacks, including Shiri Bibas and her two young sons. (The Times of Israel)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian air attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, involving Shahed drones, cruise missiles and glide bombs kills four people and wounds at least 60 others, according to local officials. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
Arts and culture
- Decommunization
- Kyrgyzstan takes down a 23-meter-tall statue of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, thought to be the tallest statue of Lenin in Central Asia. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Attempted assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
- Colombian senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot during a campaign event in Bogotá, leaving him in serious condition. Police arrest a 15-year-old suspect at the scene. (Infobae) (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- Afghan prime minister Hasan Akhund announces that no Afghan refugees who left the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 will be prosecuted if they return to Afghanistan. (Arab News)
- Municipal elections are held in Latvia. Preliminary results indicate the far-right populist party Latvia First leading with 18.2% of the votes, followed by the centre-left Progressives with 16.64% and the conservative National Alliance with 14.13% of the votes. (Euractiv)
Sports
- 2025 French Open
- In tennis, American player Coco Gauff defeats Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka 65–77, 6–2, 6–4 in the women's singles final to win her first French Open title. (ESPN) (The Guardian)
June 6, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes
- An overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, kills three people, injures 49 others and causes fires across the capital with multiple districts targeted. At least 2,000 homes lose power, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. At least 407 drones and 45 missiles are launched in total. (Reuters) (AP)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Widespread power outages are reported in Ternopil after several cruise missiles hit energy infrastructure supplying the city. (Ukrinform)
- Kyiv strikes
Law and crime
- Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the United States, two months after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador and spending time at the CECOT prison. He now faces criminal charges in Tennessee for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants. (ABC News)
Science and technology
- Radar on the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Australian Navy HMAS Canberra (L02) accidentally blocks wireless internet and radio services in New Zealand before the incident is resolved. (The Guardian)
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