Portal:Current events/2024 July 28

July 28, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Majdal Shams attack
  - IDF launches strikes on multiple villages and towns in southern and eastern Lebanon in retaliation.[(Al Jazeera)
  - Several nations, including the United States, Australia and multiple European nations, release travel advisories urging all their citizens not to travel to Lebanon, and for those residing there to leave as soon as possible in anticipation of an Israeli attack against Hezbollah. (Anadolu Ajansı)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Gaemi
  - Fifteen people are killed and six others are injured by a landslide caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hengyang, Hunan, China. (AP)
2024 California wildfires
- The Park Fire in California, United States, spreads to more than 350,000 acres, with at least 134 structures being destroyed by the wildfires. (NBC News)
2024 Manila Bay oil spill
- The Philippine Coast Guard finds and seals diesel fuel cargo leaks from MTKR Jason Bradley, the second vessel to sink in Manila Bay in one week, following MT Terra Nova's sinking. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
2024 Sudan floods, Sudanese refugee crisis
- At least twelve people are killed by extensive flooding throughout Kassala State in eastern Sudan that submerged several internal displacement camps. (ILKHA)

International relations

Russia–United States relations, Germany–Russia relations
- Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to position long-range missiles that could strike throughout Europe following the United States's announcement of plans to set up long-range missiles in Germany beginning in 2026. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- Venezuelans vote to elect their president. Incumbent Nicolás Maduro is standing for reelection for a third consecutive term. (BBC News)
- Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro is declared the winner of the Venezuelan 2024 presidential election by the National Electoral Council. Opposition parties claim that there are irregularities in the election results. (AP)
- The National Electoral Council announces that, with 80% of the ballots counted, Maduro's lead of exactly 51.20000% to González' 44.20000% is "striking and irreversible".(BBC) (Infobae)

Sports