Monday

June 1, 2020

Armed conflicts and attacks

ISIL-linked militants attack a police station in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, killing an officer. One of the militants is shot dead as he tries to attack other policemen. (Jakarta Globe)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, his wife and their four children test positive for COVID-19. (Reuters)

COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong

The annual Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong is banned for the first time since 1990 citing health concerns due to COVID-19. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, who organize the vigil, say the ban signals the end of Hong Kong's "one country, two systems". (BBC News)

Kivu Ebola epidemic

The World Health Organization reports six new cases of ebola, and UNICEF reports five deaths, in a renewed outbreak of the disease in Mbandaka, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (CNN)