Saturday, June 7, 2025

Gaza war hostage crisis

Israeli forces in Gaza recover the body of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai national abducted by the Mujahideen Brigades during the October 7 attacks.

Gaza war

Israeli airstrikes kill 55 people in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza war

Israel announces that it killed Asaad Abu Sharia, leader of the Mujahideen Brigades which was responsible for the abductions of several hostages during the October 7 attacks, including Shiri Bibas and her two young sons.

Kharkiv strikes

A Russian air attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, involving Shahed drones, cruise missiles and glide bombs kills four people and wounds at least 60 others, according to local officials.

Politics

Afghan prime minister Hasan Akhund announces that no Afghan refugees who left the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 will be prosecuted if they return to Afghanistan.

Politics

Municipal elections are held in Latvia. Preliminary results indicate the far-right populist party Latvia First leading with 18.2% of the votes, followed by the centre-left Progressives with 16.64% and the conservative National Alliance with 14.13% of the votes.

Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay

Colombian senator and pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot during a campaign event in Bogotá, leaving him in serious condition. Police arrest a 15-year-old suspect at the scene. He died from his injuries while hospitalized two months later on August 11.

Disasters

Six people are killed and two seriously injured after a gas cylinder exploded in Mardan District, India.

Decommunization

Kyrgyzstan takes down a 23-meter-tall statue of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, thought to be the tallest statue of Lenin in Central Asia.

2025 French Open

In tennis, American player Coco Gauff defeats Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka 65–77, 6–2, 6–4 in the women's singles final to win her first French Open title.