Portal:Current events/2022 June 15

June 15, 2022 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  - Indian security forces kill two suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Operation Claw-Lock
  - Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a Turkish military action against the Sinjar Resistance Units in Sinjar District, Iraq. A 12-year-old child is reported to be among the deceased. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
Russo-Ukrainian War
- List of foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  - The United States announces a new $1 billion military aid package to Ukraine that includes 18 howitzers, artillery rockets, night vision devices, and for the first time, two Harpoon anti-ship missile units. (Reuters)
Yemeni Civil War
- A Yemeni journalist is assassinated after a bomb explodes inside his car in Aden. (AP)
Israel–Palestine conflict
- Mohammad El Halabi, a Palestinian aid worker at the center of an international controversy over his six-year detention in Israel, was convicted on the basis of 'secret evidence'. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

2021–2022 inflation surge
- The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.75% to a target range of between 1.5% and 1.75% amid surging inflation. It is the largest interest rate increase in the United States since 1994. (BBC News)

International relations

Politics and elections

Opposition parties in Thailand file a no-confidence motion in prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and 10 of his ministers, accusing them of "graft, economic mismanagement and of undermining democracy and clinging to power". (Reuters)

Sports

2026 FIFA World Cup
- FIFA announces the names of the cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States that will host the FIFA World Cup in 2026. (ESPN)

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