Today in News History

On June 27, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1928, The Rovaniemi township decree is promulgated, as a result of which Rovaniemi secedes from the old rural municipality as its own market town on January 1, 1929. In 1939, Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023) was born. In 1941, World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa. In 1948, Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (born 1873) passed away. In 1950, The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War. In 1976, Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. In 1991, Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War. In 2007, The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre. In 2008, In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters. In 2015, Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (born 1926) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Africa Matters: South Sudan Decides

TRT World

June 26, 2026

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South Sudan has set its first election as an independent nation for December 22. But the country has delayed several elections in the past due to civil war and political tensions. So can it hold a credible poll in six months? As Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo surge to their highest total in a single month, the only hospital in the eastern town of Mongbwalu is overwhelmed with patients. And as a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Botswana hurts beef exports and farmers, it is also forcing more people to change their diets.

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