ABSTRACT
Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse is assassinated at his residence by foreign mercenaries. United States President Joe Biden moves forward the deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan to 31 August, due to the increased risk the Taliban pose to US personnel. Mexico files a lawsuit against some of the largest US weapons manufacturers for contributing to illegal arms trafficking. 13 American military personnel are killed in a terrorist suicide bombing during the final effort to withdraw remaining Americans in Afghanistan. Poland imposes a state of emergency at its border with Belarus in response to a surge of migrants engineered by the latter. The order is lifted on 1 July 2022. Iran fires missiles at a site in Erbil, Iraq, claiming it was being used by the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. Sri Lanka’s prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following protests against the economic crisis. Dinesh Gunawardena succeeds him on 22 July 2022.
