Portal:Current events/2024 May 19
Appearance
May 19, 2024
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
- The FARDC says that it foiled a coup by armed men that left two police officers and Christian Malanga, opposition leader of the United Congolese Party, dead in Kinshasa, DR Congo. The perpetrators, which included Malanga's 20-year-old son and a US citizen from Maryland, were arrested. (AP) (News24)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- At least five people are killed and 16 others are injured in a Russian double tap missile strike on a recreation area near Kharkiv. Separately, another five people are killed and nine others are injured when Russia hit two villages in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, with a multiple rocket launcher. (Reuters)
- 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- France sends police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road lost to protesters. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash
- A helicopter carrying Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashes in Iran's East Azerbaijan province. Rescue workers are attempting to locate the crash site. (AP News) (The National)
- Two people die and five people are missing after a suspected boat collision on the Danube, in Hungary. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Dominican Republic general election
- Dominicans vote for president and other officials. (Reuters)