Portal:Asia/News
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- 24 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- In Jabalia, North Gaza Governorate, the army recovers the bodies of three civilians who were murdered and taken to Gaza by Palestinian militants in the October 7 attacks. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 Cannes Film Festival
- Norah becomes the first film from Saudi Arabia to screen as part of the official calendar at the Cannes Film Festival. (Arab News)
- Black Dog, a Chinese film directed by Guan Hu, wins the Un Certain Regard prize for international films at the Cannes Film Festival. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 –
- Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured in a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 Bishkek riots
- Hundreds of international students from Pakistan and other Asian countries leave Kyrgyzstan following attacks by Kyrgyz nationalist mobs on student hostels in Bishkek earlier this month. (Reuters)