Lai Ching-te Lai Ching-te is sworn in as President of Taiwan, with Hsiao Bi-khim as his Vice President.
First vice president of Iran First vice president of Iran Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi.
2024 South African general election The Constitutional Court of South Africa rules that former President Jacob Zuma is ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his 2021 jail sentence.
19th Congress of the Philippines Migz Zubiri resigns as President of the Senate of the Philippines and is replaced by Francis Escudero.
Julian Assange Judges grant Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition order from the United Kingdom to the United States.
Russian military commissariats attacks A court in Novosibirsk, Russia, sentences a 24-year-old man to 25 years in prison for allegedly plotting an arson attack on a military recruitment office with alleged directions from Ukraine.
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse The container ship "Dali" is freed from bridge debris since its initial collision on March 26 and is escorted by tugboats back to the port of Baltimore.
Haitian crisis Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, reopens after being closed for three months due to gang violence, as the US military flies in supplies and civilian contractors to help the police in order to pave a way for an intervention.
Israel–Hamas War Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, requests arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas political leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, and Al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Al-Masri for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.