Portal:Current events/2024 June 13 - Wikipedia

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine, Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine–United States relations
  • Leaders of G7 agree to loan Ukraine USD$50 billion and use interest from Russia’s frozen central bank assets as collateral for the loan. (AP)
• Suspected Islamist rebels kill over 20 people in Mayikengo village, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Times of India)
• Six Nigerien soldiers are killed in an attack on the Niger-Benin oil pipeline between the villages of Salkam and Tibiri, in Niger's southeastern Dosso region. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• The general secretary of the miners' confederation in Mali announces that at least 22 miners died in southern Mali five days ago. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• A heatwave forces Greek authorities to close the Acropolis for visits during the afternoon. (AP)

Law and crime

• The European Union’s top court fines Hungary 200 million euros and imposes a daily one-million-euro penalty for failing to follow the bloc’s asylum laws and for illegally deporting migrants. (Al Jazeera)
• The Supreme Court of the United States rules against efforts to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone, due to a lack of standing by the plaintiffs. (NBC News)