June 13, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sign a ten-year security agreement to strengthen Ukraine's defensive capabilities. (AP)
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Hezbollah launches more than 200 rockets at northern Israel. In response, Israeli artillery strikes targets in Yaroun, Hanine, and Yater in southern Lebanon. (The New York Times)
- The Israel Defense Forces launch incendiary devices across the Lebanese border with a trebuchet in order to prevent infiltration from the border. (Newsweek)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Suspected Islamist rebels kill more than 20 people in Mayikengo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Times of India)
- Jihadist insurgency in Niger
- Six Nigerien soldiers are killed in an attack on the Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline in Dosso region, Niger. (Reuters)
- A Russian warship and a nuclear-powered submarine conduct military drills in the Caribbean Sea simulating a missile strike on enemy ships after passing near the coast of Florida in order to reach Havana, Cuba. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- The general secretary of the miners' confederation in Mali announces that at least 22 miners have died in Kalana, Mali, following the collapse of a mine tunnel five days ago. (Reuters)
Health and environment
International relations
- Sudanese civil war
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736
- The United Nations Security Council votes 14–0, with Russia abstaining, to demand that the Rapid Support Forces stop their siege of Al-Fashir, Sudan, and that all parties maintain humanitarian access and protection for civilians under International Humanitarian Law. (AP)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736
Law and crime
- FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
- The Supreme Court of the United States rules against efforts to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, due to a lack of standing by the plaintiffs. (NBC News)
- The European Court of Justice fines Hungary €200 million and imposes a daily €1 million penalty for failing to follow the European Union's asylum laws and for illegally deporting migrants. (Al Jazeera)