Kuwait Armed Forces says that they have activated air defenses to intercept a missile along with drones.
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AP 
May 28
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says that it targeted an American base in Kuwait in retaliation for the recent U.S. strikes near Bandar Abbas including yesterday’s.
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AA
An IDF air raid kills 10 people, including four children, in northern Gaza.
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Al Jazeera
The IDF announces that it has eliminated Ihab Khrizim, a leader of a central Hamas funds transfer network, in a strike in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
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The Jerusalem Post
Disasters and accidents
At least sixteen students are killed and 79 others injured after a fire breaks out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya, with seven students admitted to hospital for further treatment.
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BBC
Law and crime
A 34-year old Islamic State bride who returned to Australia is charged in Melbourne seven months after returning from Syria after previously traveling there in 2013 or 2014 to join ISIS. She faces the Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
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ABC Net
May 27
Law and crime
Following an order from the National Court of Spain, the ruling PSOE party's headquarters are raided by the Civil Guard. The party’s manager, two former senior officials, and a businessman are charged as part of an investigation into possible illegal funding of a possible operation to target the judicial police, judges, and prosecutors investigating corruption cases involving the party itself.
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Politico
The trial of former Northern Irish MP Jeffrey Donaldson for sexual offences begins at the Newry Crown Court. Two women allege Donaldson abused them as children. His wife Eleanor is facing a separate trial of the facts because she has been found to be unfit to stand trial because of mental health issues.
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RTÉ
Business and economy
Trade union members at Samsung Electronics in South Korea approve a long-term bonus agreement tied to semiconductor profits, averting a planned strike amid increased global demand for artificial intelligence-related memory chips.
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DW
Armed conflicts and attacks
The United States Office of Foreign Assets Control announces under Executive Order 13224 that it has imposed sanctions against Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the newly-created body used for managing the Strait of Hormuz.
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Reuters
Tasnim News Agency reports that the IRGC Navy has forced a U.S. oil tanker to turn back as it attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran International
Global Affairs Canada confirms a report from that Canadian officials in the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates, helped American citizens escape the region during the early stages of the war.
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Semafor
Reuters and reports that the U.S. military has launched new defensive strikes against a military site at the Strait of Hormuz that officials say posed a threat to American forces and commercial traffic.
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Reuters
The U.S. military says that it intercepted four Iranian drones and struck an Iranian drone station in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province. However, the U.S says that the ceasefire remains in place despite the strikes.
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Air and Space Forces
Both Hamas and Israeli defense minister Israel Katz confirm that Al-Qassam Brigades commander and leader in the Gaza Strip Mohammed Odeh was killed by an Israeli airstrike yesterday near Gaza City along with his wife and three children.
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Middle East Eye
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says that several chemical weapons from the Assad regime have been found in Syria over the past weeks.
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AP
Health and environment
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns that the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could worsen the outbreak in the country.
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The Guardian
Uganda temporarily closes its border with the DRC and imposes quarantine and health screening measures following the spread of Ebola cases in central Africa linked to the outbreak in the DRC.
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Al-Ahram
The World Health Organization reports that the number of cases of hantavirus linked to MV has increased to 13.
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Reuters
The American Cancer Society announces that the Guardant Health Shield blood test, which was approved by the U.S FDA in 2024, will be included as an option for colorectal cancer screenings amidst a rise in colon cancer cases in young adults.
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Reuters
International relations
The South African foreign ministry denies United States president Donald Trump's assertions that Afrikaners face a humanitarian emergency in South Africa. The statement comes as the U.S. increased the number of permits for Afrikaner refugees.
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Euronews
Disasters and accidents
Rescuers locate five of seven villagers alive after they become trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos, while search operations continue for the remaining two people.
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AFP via CNA
May 26
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli airstrikes across eastern and southern Lebanon kill at least 31 people and injure dozens more, as Hezbollah and Israel report intensified ground operations and cross-border attacks despite an existing ceasefire.
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AFP via France 24
Israel says that it has killed the new military chief of Hamas, Mohamed Odeh, just 11 days after his predecessor was killed.
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Ynet
Sudanese Armed Forces announce that they have recaptured four more towns in the Blue Nile region following clashes with the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North.
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Sudan Tribune
Health and environment
The Bahamas announces enhanced health screening and possible quarantine measures for travelers who recently visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, and Uganda following the Ebola epidemic in central Africa.
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Reuters
Russian health minister Mikhail Murashko says that Russia has developed a breakthrough vaccine for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain of the disease.
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Health and Me
The United States announces plans to send health officers to Kenya to open a potential quarantine facility amidst the Ebola epidemic.
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Reuters
Business and economy
BP chairperson Albert Manifold is removed with immediate effect over "serious" conduct concerns.
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BBC News
Uzbekistan resumes the export of gold in April with an export of US$1.5 billion following a six-month pause.
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Zamin
Disasters and accidents
One person is killed, ten people are injured, and nine others are missing in a major chemical explosion at a paper mill in Longview, Washington, United States.
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BBC News
Four people, including two children, are killed, and five more are injured in a collision between a train and a school bus in Buggenhout, Belgium.
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CNN
Six people are killed after a house fire in the village of Yuryevka, Omsk Oblast, Russia.
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Xinhua
Six people are killed after entering an under-construction septic tank in Kalahandi District, India.
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Xinhua
Three people are killed and three others are injured after an overpass collapses in Seoul, South Korea.
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Xinhua
One person is killed and eleven others are injured after a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Pakistan Today
Politics and elections
The South Carolina Senate rejects a redistricting effort to change the congressional districts in the U.S. state of South Carolina before the upcoming U.S. midterm elections.
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NPR
The Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia approves legislation allowing president Rodrigo Paz to declare a state of emergency and deploy the military amid anti-government protests over economic conditions in the country.
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Barron's
Law and crime
Mexico arrests Isai Martínez Zepeda, identified by authorities as a nephew of imprisoned former Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo, in Sonora.
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Vanguard
A jury is sworn in for the criminal trial of former Northern Irish MP Jeffrey Donaldson for sexual offences, which is to begin at 10:30 the following day. His wife Eleanor is undergoing a separate trial of the facts as she was deemed to be unfit to stand trial by medical experts.
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RTÉ
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Reuters
May 25
Disasters and accidents
The death toll of the building collapse in Angeles, Philippines, rises to four, while search operations are ongoing for 17 people still missing.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
The search for those unaccounted after a landslide at a gold mine in Canacassala, Angola, three days ago, has ended with 28 people killed in total and four rescued.
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Reuters
A truck overturns on a highway in Tangail District, Bangladesh, killing 15 people and wounding ten more.
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AP
One person is killed and 17 more injured when a train collides with a truck at a railway crossing in Rogoźno, Poland.
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in Polish
Health and environment
The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is outpacing response efforts, with at least 220 suspected deaths reported.
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AFP via France 24
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NBC News
Law and crime
Around 20 people are injured at the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo, Japan, after a man sprays an unidentified substance near an ATM, prompting reports of a strong odor inside the building.
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The Japan Times
Sports
In basketball, the New York Knicks eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games with a 130–93 victory to win the NBA Eastern Conference and advance to the 2026 NBA Finals, their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999. They will face the winner of the Western Conference finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs.
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Sportsnet
Business and economy
Oil prices decrease by 5% in Asia early trading amidst hopes of a Iran–U.S. ceasefire deal to end the war.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX 60 Composite Index climbs to 0.7% at 34,778.98 points, a record high, amidst hopes for a US-Iran deal.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
Pakistani military chief Asim Munir and prime minister Shehbaz Sharif visit Beijing for talks with Chinese officials as part of mediation efforts related to the war.
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AFP via LBCI
Several United States officials report that U.S. president Donald Trump had asked Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey to join the Abraham Accords en masse to normalize relations with Israel as he tries to negotiate an agreement to end the war with Iran, while Pakistan rejected the proposal.
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Reuters
An Iranian delegation led by parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in Doha, Qatar, for peace talks aimed at ending the war.
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Al Jazeera
Crude oil tanker arrives in Japan after previously becoming the first Japanese-owned ship to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the war started on February 28.
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The Japan Times
The U.S. Central Command announces that it launched "self-defense" airstrikes in southern Iran, including strikes on surface-to-air missile launch sites in Bandar Abbas and on IRGC Navy boats attempting to lay mines. However, two sources state that the ceasefire remains intact. Additionally, Mehr News Agency reports that the situation is calm.
Source:
The Hill
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he has ordered the military to intensify strikes against Hezbollah.
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The Times of Israel
Human Rights Watch accuses the United Arab Emirates of training Colombian mercenaries near Abu Dhabi, including a military base in Al Dhafra, to fight alongside the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's civil war.
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AP
Around 21 civilians have been killed over the last two days in drone strikes conducted by the RSF at markets in the North Darfur towns of Al-Tina and Kornoi.
Sudanese civil war (2023–present)Darfur campaign (2023–present)Colombia–United Arab Emirates relations
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Sudan Tribune
Politics and elections
Cambodian senate president and acting head of state Hun Sen grants a pardon to opposition leader Kem Sokha, ending his 27-year treason sentence while maintaining restrictions on his political rights and international travel.
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BBC News
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is re-elected as speaker of the Iranian parliament for a seventh consecutive year.
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IRNA
Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye appoints Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo as prime minister, replacing Ousmane Sonko, whom Faye dismissed on 22 May.
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The Korea Herald
Science and technology
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian orders the Internet in Iran to be restored, bringing an end to a 87-day blackout in the wake of the Iran war that started three months ago.
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Reuters