Portal:Current events/2026 June 28

June 28, 2026 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
  - 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
    - Islamabad Memorandum
      - Axios reports from American officials that Iran and the United States have agreed to halt strikes near the Strait of Hormuz and will hold a Qatar-mediated meeting in Doha on Tuesday. (Axios) (The Kenya Times)
      - Iran cancels its participation in technical talks scheduled for today due to recent strikes against the country and unfulfilled conditions of ⁠the memorandum of understanding ceasefire agreement. (Reuters)
  - 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
      - The Bahraini Army says on X that Bahrain has successfully intercepted and destroyed "a number" of Iranian missiles and drone attacks on the country. (AA) (AFP via The Times of Israel)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
      - Kuwait's Chief of the General Staff says that his forces have activated air defense systems to intercept missiles and drones. (Times Kuwait)
    - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has carried out retaliatory strikes against United States military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, including the Ali Al Salem Air Base and U.S. Fifth Fleet naval base. (The New Region)
  - 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    - South Korea's ocean ministry says that two more vessels have transited through the Strait of Hormuz, bringing the total amount of ships to do so to 23 after weeks of disruption caused by the war. The ocean ministry also says that only three more South Korean-operated ships are remaining in the Persian Gulf, including the Panama–flagged HMM Namu, which was damaged in an explosion on May 4. (The Korea Herald)
  - Iraq in the 2026 Iran war, Iran–Iraq relations, Reactions to the assassination of Ali Khamenei
    - Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, for talks with Iraqi authorities on arrangements for the funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei. (AA) (Kurdistan24)
- Gaza war
  - Gaza war ceasefire violations
    - Israel reports that it has killed three Palestinian police officers in a latest violation of the ceasefire. (MENAFN)
  - Israel says its military has killed Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, a Hamas naval police commander who ran the Central Camps and took part in the October 7 attacks, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
- 2026 Lebanon war
  - Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon
    - Israel says its military has destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, after notifying the United States. Israeli officials state that the 200-metre (660 ft) tunnel contained weapons and rocket launcher shafts. (AFP via Daily Sun) (Reuters)
Mali War
- 2026 Mali offensives
  - The Human Rights Watch reports abuses committed against civilians in Mali by the Al-Qaeda-backed Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Tuareg fighters of the Azawad Liberation Front, the Malian Army, and Russia's Africa Corps since fighting escalated in April 2026. (AFP via RFI) (HRW)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
  - Ukrainian forces launch FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles at strategic targets in Russia, striking the Titan-Barrikady complex in Volgograd, which produces launchers for Russia's Yars and Iskander missile systems. Authorities say ten people have been wounded in the strikes. A separate missile strike destroys a Pantsir missile system in occupied Crimea. (The Telegraph)

Disasters and accidents

2026 Saudi Aramco AW139 crash
- Fourteen people are killed as a helicopter belonging to the Saudi Aramco oil company crashes in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)
2026 Tomblaine Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash
- Ten passengers and the pilot are killed in a plane crash during a skydiving trip in Tomblaine, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. The passengers are identified as five instructors and five students. (Al Jazeera) (CNN)

Health and environment

2026 European heatwaves
- France records an additional 1,000 deaths as the country grapples with a severe heat wave. (AP)
- Poland records a provisional national high temperature of 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) in Słubice, Lubusz Voivodeship, exceeding a 1921 record. (AA) (BBC News)

International relations

Armenia–Israel relations, Armenian genocide recognition
- Israel's government unanimously approves recognition of the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman empire as genocide, pending parliamentary ratification. (AFP via Le Monde) (AP)

Law and crime

Crime in Israel
- Five people are killed and a child is injured in car bombing attacks and murders in Tel Aviv, Holon, and Arab-Israeli communities in Israel. The attacks are linked to organized crime or criminal violence. (DPA via Yahoo News)
Iraqi forces raid the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, reportedly arresting at least 47 officials suspected of corruption, including lawmakers and senior government officials. Videos on social media appear to show Iraqi Army tanks entering the diplomatic district. The military also begins arresting officials in Salahuddin, Al Anbar, and Nineveh. (i24 News) (Kurdistan24) (Middle East Eye)

Politics and elections

2026 Bangkok gubernatorial election
- Chadchart Sittipunt is reelected to a second term as governor of Bangkok, Thailand. (The Diplomat) (Thai PBS)
2026 New Caledonian legislative election
- New Caledonians vote to elect 54 seats of Congress for the first time since 2019, after the vote was delayed three times following unrest in 2024 and the Bougival Accord in 2025. Preliminary results indicate the loyalist bloc taking 24 seats and the separatist bloc taking 26 seats, with Oceanian Awakening taking a crossbench position with four seats. (RNZ) (France Info)
Mass media in Uganda
- Uganda's military surrounds the offices of Nation Media Group outlets in Kampala after army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba orders the shutdown of the company's newspapers, television station, and radio networks. (AFP via The Daily Star)
The British government announces that it will scrap the 202-year-old Vagrancy Act that criminalizes rough sleeping in England and Wales, saying that a new law will aim at "preventing homelessness" rather than "punishing" it. (The Independent)

Sports

2026 FIFA World Cup
- Canada at the FIFA World Cup
  - In association football, World Cup co-hosts Canada advance to the round of 16 of the tournament for the first time after defeating South Africa 1–0 in the round of 32. (Al Jazeera) (Star News)