Ethiopians vote to elect the House of Peoples' Representatives amid continued tensions in Tigray and the ongoing Fano insurgency.
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AP 
June 1
Politics and elections
Business and economy
Oil prices increase by nearly 8% on the announcement of the peace talks ending, with West Texas Intermediate rising to US$94.20 per barrel and Brent Crude to US$97.23 per barrel.
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CNBC
Canadian hotel operator Blue Diamond Resorts ends its operations in Cuba, citing reduced air service and operational challenges after managing 62 properties on the island.
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AFP via Indo Premier
Health and environment
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises citizens and residents against traveling to South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo amidst the Ebola outbreak in these African countries.
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Sudans Post
Moderna announces that it will partner with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to develop a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus.
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The Hill
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Telegraph
Law and crime
Philippine senator Jinggoy Estrada and former public works secretary Manuel Bonoan surrender to police after an anti-graft court orders their arrest on plunder charges related to an alleged ₱573-million (US$9.3-million) corruption scheme involving flood control projects.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh man, is sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 21 years, for murdering 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak in Southampton, England, on 3 December 2025. Digwa's mother is also found guilty of assisting an offender by hiding the murder weapon, a kirpan.
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The Guardian
A ban on children aged under 16 using social media formally enters force in Malaysia. Companies that fail to comply with the new rules could face penalties of up to 10 million ringgit ($2.5 million).
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AP
Multiple people are reportedly shot in an active shooter situation at a clinic in Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan, Canada. The shooter fled on foot and is at large.
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BNO News
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces that Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AI-chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the chatbot of putting profit over safety. This lawsuit is the first to be filed by a U.S. state against ChatGPT.
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NPR
Disasters and accidents
Five employees are killed and two others are injured after an explosion at an aerospace plant owned by Hanwha Group in Daejeon, South Korea.
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Reuters
A British Army soldier is killed in an accident during a military training exercise in northern Iraq, according to the UK defence ministry.
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BBC News
Two people are hospitalized, livestock are killed and serious property damage is reported after a massive explosion at a fireworks factory in Magħtab, Malta.
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The Jerusalem Post
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran announces a pause on peace talks with the United States, and, alongside the Axis of Resistance, announces plans to "completely block" the Strait of Hormuz and threatens to close the Strait of Mandeb, ruling out any further talks until Israel ends its military operations in Lebanon and Gaza.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsRed Sea crisis2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
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CNBC
Iranian parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that the U.S. naval blockade of Iran and the Israeli attacks on Lebanon are violations of the Iran–U.S. ceasefire agreement.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsRed Sea crisis2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
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Al Jazeera
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi asks Pakistani foreign minister and deputy prime minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar to help facilitate de-escalation and express concern about Israel's violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsPakistan in the 2026 Iran warIran–Pakistan relations
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Radio Pakistan
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will allow ships from Japan to pass the Strait of Hormuz.
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Dawn
Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran and Oman are the only two countries with the right to "exercise sovereignty" over the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran implemented a new process for controlling maritime traffic in coordination with Oman.
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Al Jazeera
United States president Donald Trump says that Iran's pause on peace talks does not mean the U.S. will resume airstrikes, but the naval blockade will continue.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
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Al Jazeera
The U.S. Central Command intercepts two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the U.S. military base in Kuwait that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says was used for on attack on Bandar Sirik, Iran.
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Al Jazeera
U.S. president Donald Trump says that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back on fighting after holding a call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
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PBS
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut confirms that Hezbollah has accepted a proposal by the United States for a “mutual cessation of attacks" after Israel threatened Beirut with strikes on the eve of a fourth round of peace talks.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
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The Guardian
The Lebanese government receives confirmation about Hezbollah’s agreement to a new ceasefire with Israel.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
Source:
Times of Israel
The Iranian military command warns residents of northern Israel to evacuate if the Israeli military strikes the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, in response to an Israeli evacuation order.
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Al Jazeera
International relations
The French military, with military assistance from a Royal Navy warship, seizes a Russian shadow fleet tanker in international waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Russia says the "illegal" seizure was "bordering on international piracy".
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BBC News
The British Home Office announces that the United Kingdom has banned co-creator Cenk Uygur and American Twitch streamer Hasan Piker from entering the country.
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BBC News
May 31
Business and economy
Sri Lanka increases fuel prices by up to six percent as part of economic reforms linked to its International Monetary Fund assistance program, which includes plans to phase out fuel subsidies and achieve cost recovery in the energy sector.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war2026 Iran war fuel crisisSri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund
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The Hindu
Armed conflicts and attacks
A U.S. official says that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a effort to push for a new ceasefire in Lebanon, including an ending of Hezbollah attacks on Israel with Israel refraining from escelation in Beirut in return.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
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Al-Monitor
Israeli forces capture the Beaufort medieval castle in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, during a ground offensive despite a temporary ceasefire.
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BBC News
Eight people are killed and 19 others are injured in an Israeli strike on Deir ez-Zahrani, Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
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The Times of Israel
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The Jerusalem Post
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Reuters
Two teenage girls are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack at a bus stop in Gush Etzion Junction, West Bank. The perpetrator, identified as a Palestinian, is shot dead by Israeli troops.
Source:
The Times of Israel
reports that the U.S. Central Command has guided 70 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the last three weeks, using routes closer to the Omani coast.
Source:
The New York Times
At least eight villagers are killed and 15 others were injured after more than a hundred Fulani bandits carried out a shooting in Plateau State
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Daily Post
Two policemen are killed after unidentified gunmen attacked them on a road in Anambra State.
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Daily Post
The National Umma Party says that ten people, including eight children, have been killed in a drone strike on two civilian vehicles driving on the Abu Zabad–Al-Fula road in West Kordofan state, Sudan.
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Sudan Tribune
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the collapse of an under construction nine-story building in Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines, on May 24, rises to twelve.
Source:
The Philippine Star
More than 55 people are killed, including six children, and 74 others are injured in an explosion at a building storing explosives for mining in Namhkam Township, Shan State, Myanmar.
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BBC News
Five people are killed, at least 19 others are injured and three are reported missing after a suspected shell from World War II explodes under a stilt house in Papua, Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
Source:
CBS News
Five people are killed and another is injured when an illegal mine collapses in Huize County, Yunnan, China.
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Reuters
Politics and elections
The National Salvation Movement's candidate Abelardo de la Espriella wins the election and will face Iván Cepeda from Historic Pact in the runoff on 21 June.
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AP
President Gustavo Petro announces that it does not recognize the results due to doubts about the computerised vote-counting system.
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NBC News
Guineans vote to elect 147 members of the National Assembly.
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AFP via Free Malaysia Today
Preliminary results from yesterday's election revealed that the Labour Party, currently led by incumbent prime minister Robert Abela, won a record fourth consecutive term in government.
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Reuters
May 30
Health and environment
Uganda's health ministry reports two more cases of ebola in Kampala, bringing the total number of cases in the country to nine.
Source:
AFP via Channel Africa
The MV Hondius cruise ship, which was at center of hantavirus infections including the Andes strain during the outbreak, is cleared to sail again after undergoing cleaning and disinfection.
Source:
The Straits Times
Politics and elections
Maltese citizens vote to elect the members of the House of Representatives.
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AFP with France 24
Disasters and accidents
A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan overturns on a highway in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, killing 22 people and injuring 36 others.
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AP
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when a four-story commercial building collapses in Saidul Ajaib, Delhi, India.
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Hindustan Times
Four more men trapped in a flooded cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos, are rescued after 10 days, bringing the total number of survivors recovered to five, while search operations continue for two missing persons.
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Reuters
The driver is killed and 23 people are wounded when a bus crashes in Baranya County, Hungary.
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AP
A meteor lands off the coast of Massachusetts, United States, causing an explosion and a loud sonic boom. The explosion occurred at 2:11 p.m. local time, causing major disruption. The remnants of the meteor are presumed to be located in Cape Cod Bay.
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DW
Arts and culture
Vanessa Pulgarín from Colombia wins the first MGI All Stars beauty pageant, held in Bangkok, Thailand.
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ABS-CBN
Armed conflicts and attacks
U.S. military aircraft disable The Gambia-flagged bulk carrier and leave it adrift in the Gulf of Oman after it ignored warnings while attempting to reach a port in Iran.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign2026 United States naval blockade of Iran
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Politico
Falling debris from a Fateh-110 missile intercepted by air defenses hit the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, mildly injuring an estimated 5 American servicemen and contractors, and damaging two MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Source:
Stars and Stripes
Israeli Air Force strikes and artillery shelling are reported near Beaufort Castle as Israeli troops approach the outskirts of Nabatieh, Lebanon.
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Al Jazeera
The United States military carries out a strike on a boat accused of drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.
Operation Southern SpearUnited States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
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NPR
At least eight people are killed during clashes between forces loyal to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and ousted South West State president Abdiaziz Laftagareen after they enter the regional capital Baidoa.
Somali Civil War (2009–present)Constitutional crisis in SomaliaControversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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Horseed Media
Law and crime
A court in the Turks and Caicos Islands sentences former premier Michael Misick to over four years in prison for corruption, embezzlement, and accepting bribery.
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AP
International relations
Russia recalls its ambassador to Armenia over Armenia's closer relations with the European Union, citing concerns about its commitments within the Eurasian Economic Union.
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Reuters
Sports
In association football, defending champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) win their second Champions League title after defeating Arsenal 4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time during the final at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.
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CNN
In basketball, the San Antonio Spurs defeat the defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, in seven games to win the Western Conference finals and reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, where they will face the New York Knicks.
Source:
The Chosun Daily
May 29
Sports
In ice hockey, the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens in five games during the Eastern Conference Final to advance to the Stanley Cup Final, making it their first appearance in the Stanley Cup since 2006.
Source:
NHL.com
The International Ice Hockey Federation says that it will decide regarding Russia's participation in the upcoming season on a case-by-case basis, following a January decision that lifted the ban on Russian teams.
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ESPN
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian state media says that Iran shot down an American aircraft near the city of Jam, Bushehr province. However, the U.S. Central Command denies any such claim, stating that no U.S. aircraft has been shot down.
Source:
Reuters
Three people, including two children, are killed and fifteen others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Choueifat, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.
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Naharnet
A Russian drone enters Romanian airspace during an attack on Ukraine and crashes into an apartment building in Galați, causing a fire and injuring two people.
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Russia–NATO relations
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AFP and CBS News
The Sudan Doctors Network accuse the Rapid Support Forces of killing 27 civilians in the Al-Murra village in the Bara area of North Kordofan, Sudan, during the second day of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha.
Source:
AA
A human rights group reports that more than 100 people were killed by Allied Democratic Forces attacks during May in the Mambasa Territory, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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in French
Health and environment
Mexican airlines Aeroméxico, Viva, and Volaris restrict travel to Mexico for passengers who have been in the DRC, South Sudan, or Uganda within the previous 21 days, citing the ongoing Ebola outbreak in central Africa.
Source:
The Straits Times
Nigeria restricts inbound flights from the DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda amidst the spread of Ebola.
Source:
The Guardian
Science and technology
International Atomic Energy Agency director Rafael Grossi says that Kazakhstan is open to taking custody of Iran's enriched uranium if a deal is reached on their nuclear program.
Source:
Middle East Eye
Law and crime
The fire at a girls school in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya yesterday is investigated as an arson attack. Eight students of the academy are arrested as suspects. Separately, the school's board of management is dissolved amidst suspicions of negligence in fire safety measures.
Source:
BBC News
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed and 34 others are injured when a bus collides with six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, United States.
Source:
BBC News
Politics and elections
The Ghanaian parliament approves legislation that criminalizes same-sex relations and the promotion or support of LGBTQ activities, with penalties including imprisonment.
Source:
Reuters