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May 12

International relations

The U.S. and China agree to a trade deal in which, for 90 days, U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods will drop from 145% to 30%, while China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods will drop from 125% to 10%.
Source: BBC News external link
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The first group of Afrikaners arrive in the United States after US President Donald Trump grants refugee status to the white minority group, who Trump says face a "genocide" in South Africa. The government of South Africa rejects the claims.
Source: The Guardian external link
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Disasters and accidents

Thirteen people are killed after an expired ammunition explosion in Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia.
Source: Jakarta Globe external link

Politics and elections

Filipinos vote to elect all 317 members of the House of Representatives and 12 members of the Senate, in addition to local elections.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander is released by Hamas after being kept in captivity in Gaza for 19 months since the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Source: Reuters external link
The 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Workers' Party announces an immediate ceasefire of insurgency activities in Turkey and plans for a formal disbandment.
Source: Reuters external link
The National Unity Government of Myanmar says that an airstrike by junta forces killed 17 students and injured 20 others at a school in Tabayin, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
Source: Reuters external link
Six people are injured after heavy fire and clashes are reported as rival militia gunmen from the 444th Brigade and the Stability Support exchange fire after the assassination of Stability Support Apparatus (SAA) Commander Abdel Ghani al-Kikli in Tripoli, Libya. A state of emergency has been declared by authorities.
Source: Al Jazeera English external link
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The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by Islamic State militants have been found in a search by Qatar and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the remote town of Dabiq, Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
Source: CTV News external link
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An unknown armed group attacks a Chinese artisanal gold mine in Narena, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing one Malian and two others from Ghana, and abducting two Chinese nationals.
Source: AP external link
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May 11

Disasters and accidents

Three people are found dead, including two children, on a dinghy crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy. German NGO RESQSHIP intercepts the boat and brings the remaining 59 survivors to Lampedusa.
Source: DW external link
A bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims in Kotmale, Sri Lanka, swerves off a cliff, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others.
Source: CTV News external link
Five people are killed, dozens are injured including three critically, and hundreds are displaced in a fire at a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Source: CNN external link
A runner collapses and later dies near the finish line during running event Loop Leeuwarden in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, causing the organizers to cancel the event.
Source: NOS external link

Politics and elections

Albanians vote to elect the 140 members of the Parliament, as Prime Minister Edi Rama seeks reelection for a fourth term.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

The Taliban bans chess in Afghanistan, with a Taliban spokesman saying that chess is considered a form of gambling under Sharia law.
Source: BBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Fifteen Palestinians, mostly women and children, are killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.
Source: CTV News external link
Hamas agrees to release Edan Alexander, a dual American-Israeli citizen hostage, tomorrow.
Source: Reuters external link
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes holding direct negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 15 after the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland threatened further sanctions if it does not agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire beginning on May 12.
Source: Reuters external link
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on Russia to confirm an unconditional ceasefire before any direct negotiations between the two nations.
Source: Reuters external link
At least two police officers are killed and three others are injured in a roadside bombing targeting a police vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Source: CTV News external link
The body of Israel Defense Forces soldier Zvi Feldman, missing since the 1982 Lebanon War, is repatriated to Israel from "deep inside Syria" in a joint Mossad–IDF operation.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Polish authorities confirm evidences of Russian sabotage behind the arson attack that destroyed most of the Marywilska 44 marketplace in Warsaw in 2024. As a reaction, the Russian consulate general in Kraków is ordered to close down.
Source: AP external link
In his first Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, the release of all war prisoners and the return of abducted Ukrainian children to their families, an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the allowance of humanitarian aid in Gaza, as well as a permanent ceasefire to the India–Pakistan conflict.
Source: The Guardian external link

May 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 23 Palestinians are killed, including three children, in overnight Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Palestine.
Source: CTV News external link
Pakistan announces Operation Bunyanun Marsoos, the start of large-scale military action against India.
Source: Samaa.tv external link
Pakistan Air Force warplanes failed to launch airstrikes throughout India with missile strikes targeting Udhampur, Pathankot Airport and a BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas City, Punjab.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A Pakistani Fatah-II missile is intercepted over the city of Sirsa in the Indian state of Haryana.
Source: News18 external link
India announces the temporary closure of its airspace over the northern and western regions of the country until May 14.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
United States President Donald Trump and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announce a full and immediate ceasefire between India and Pakistan, mediated by the U.S. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri later confirms the ceasefire as well.
Source: BBC News external link
Violations of the ceasefire and new clashes are reported shortly after the announcement of the agreement.
Source: Reuters external link
Ecuador announces a three-day mourning period after eleven soldiers are killed in an ambush by guerrillas.
Source: News Express external link
At least 19 prisoners are killed and 45 others are injured in an airstrike by the Rapid Support Forces on a prison in Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: CTV News external link

Politics and elections

The government of Bangladesh bans the Awami League party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year during mass protests, before her flight to India.
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

At least seven people die and others are injured over two districts in Mogadishu, Somalia, after a flood triggered by severe rainfall sweeps infrastructure including Aden Adde Airport. The rain also collapses nine houses and floods over 200 others.
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Four people are injured and 150,000 people are issued health warnings and stay-indoors orders when a chemical plant catches fire in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, Spain.
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Science and technology

Kosmos 482, a failed Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, re-enters Earth's atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia, according to Roscosmos.
Source: CNN external link