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May 30

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.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: AFP via ABS-CBN News external link

Politics and elections

Maltese citizens vote to elect all members of the House of Representatives.
Source: AFP with France 24 external link

Sports

In association football, defending champions Paris Saint-Germain 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.
Source: CNN external link

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.
Source: Politico external link
Falling debris from a Fateh-110 missile intercepted by air defenses hit the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, injuring Americans and damaging two MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Source: Stars and Stripes external link
Israeli Air Force strikes and artillery shelling are reported near Beaufort Castle as Israeli troops approach the outskirts of Nabatieh, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

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 2026 Stanley Cup Final, making it their first appearance in the Stanley Cup since 2006.
Source: NHL.com external link
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.
Source: ESPN external link

Health and environment

Nigeria restricts inbound flights from the DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda amidst the spread of Ebola.
Source: The Guardian external link

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 external link

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 external link
Three people, including two children, are killed and fifteen others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Choueifat, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.
Source: Naharnet external link
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.
Source: AFP and CBS News external link
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 external link
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).
Source: in French external link

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 external link

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 external link

May 28

Politics and elections

The Latvian Saeima approves a four-party coalition government led by prime minister Andris Kulbergs after Evika Siliņa's administration collapsed following disputes over the handling of suspected Ukrainian drones entering Latvian airspace.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Israel announces it will cut ties with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his office in response to the United Nations adding the country to its blacklist of countries and organizations that employ wartime sexual violence.
Source: New York Times external link
The Council of the European Union sanctions four Israeli settler organizations and three settler leaders for their roles in the increasing settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Simultaneously, they expand existing sanctions for members of the Hamas's Political Bureau.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce coordinated travel health measures for travelers arriving from Ebola-affected areas in central and eastern Africa ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo and states that the Ebola outbreak can still be contained.
Source: DW external link
The European Union receives a shipment of the Favipiravir for potential use against hantavirus infections.
Source: Brussels Times external link

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the implosion of a white liquor paper mill in Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, U.S., rises to eight.
Source: The New York Times external link
Sixteen students are killed and 79 others injured in a fire in a dormitory at a girls school in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya.
Source: BBC News external link
Thirteen people are killed and three others are injured when an overloaded passenger bus crashes into a large truck on G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway in Nanyang, Henan, China.
Source: Reuters external link
Six people are killed and four others are trapped when an under-construction bridge collapses during a storm in Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: NDTV external link
Five people are killed while 22 others are injured after a truck overturns on Cong. Andres Acop Cosalan Road in Kabayan, Benguet, Philippines.
Source: Xinhua external link
At least three people are killed, four others are injured, and 11 more are reported missing in an explosion at an apartment building in Dallas, Texas, United States.
Source: Newsweek external link

Law and crime

The Melbourne Magistrates' Court in Victoria, Australia, charges 34-year-old Islamic State bride Rayann El Houli, who recently returned from Syria, for being a member of a terrorist organization after joining the Islamic State after traveling there in the early 2010s.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Source: The Washington Post external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

reports that American and Iranian negotiators have agreed to a deal to extend the ceasefire.
Source: Reuters external link
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will halt Iranian airlines’ access to landing spots until a deal is signed.
Source: Time of Israel external link
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent says that Oman will not participate in imposing tolls on ships and vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz after previously threatening to impose sanctions against them earlier in the day if it were to join Iran in doing so.
Source: The Straits Times external link
The Kuwaiti military says that they have activated air defenses to intercept a missile along with drones.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: AA external link
At least 19 people, including two children, are killed from Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, as Israel intensifies its assault and issues mass displacement orders across the region. The Israeli military alleges that it is a targeted attack.
Source: BBC News external link
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli forces to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip.
Source: Financial Times external link
An Israeli military air raid kills ten people, including four children, in northern Gaza.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israeli military announces that it has assassinated 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.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
Clashes between FARC dissidents kill at least 48 people in Guaviare, Colombia, amid ongoing disputes over territorial and criminal control.
Source: AFP via Abhiyan News external link
Three people are injured in a mass stabbing at a train station in Winterthur, Switzerland. The perpetrator is arrested and authorities declare the attack as an act of terrorism.
Source: NBC News external link

May 27

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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Iran International external link
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.
Source: Semafor external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Air and Space Forces external link
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 on May 26 near Gaza City along with his wife and three children.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
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.
Source: AP external link

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.
Source: Politico external link
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.
Source: RTÉ external link

Disasters and accidents

Three Latvian climbers are killed and another is critically injured after a fall on Denali in Alaska, U.S., while rescue and recovery operations continue.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: AFP via CNA external link

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.
Source: DW external link

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.
Source: The Guardian external link
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.
Source: Al-Ahram external link
The World Health Organization reports that the number of cases of hantavirus linked to MV has increased to 13.
Source: Reuters external link
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 in the United States.
Source: NBC News external link

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.
Source: Euronews external link