Five people are killed and two others injured after a fire at a residential building in Hunan Province, China.
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Xinhua 
May 12
Disasters and accidents
Politics and elections
British prime minister Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he has "no intention" of resigning after several ministers and more than 80 Labour Party MPs call on him to resign or set a timetable for a new party leader to be elected later this year.
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BBC News
Four ministers resign following Starmer's refusal to resign, including Jess Phillips, Alex Davies-Jones, Miatta Fahnbulleh and Zubir Ahmed.
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BBC News
Bahamians vote to elect 41 seats of the House of Assembly. Incumbent prime minister Philip Davis seeks a second consecutive term in office.
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Reuters
The Cambodian National Assembly approves the extension of military conscription to two years and increases penalties for draft evasion amid border clashes with Thailand.
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AFP via CNA
Armed conflicts and attacks
United States ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says that Israel has deployed Iron Dome air defense systems and military personnel to the United Arab Emirates amid the Iranian strikes.
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The Hindu
A bomb explodes inside a bazaar in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding over 30 others.
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Reuters
Arts and culture
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Georgian Public Broadcaster
Health and environment
An American traveller, suspected of potential contact with the hantavirus, is quarantined upon arrival in the Pitcairn Islands after transiting through French Polynesia.
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RNZ
The Spanish health ministry confirms the country's first case of hantavirus in a Spanish passenger from the MV who has been in isolation at a hospital in Madrid since 11 May.
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ABC.es
May 11
Arts and culture
Shio III is elected Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, becoming head of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
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Reuters
Public broadcasters in Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain announce that they will not air the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in protest over Israel's participation amid the Gaza war.
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AFP via Al Arabiya
International relations
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum announces a new shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba in response to the island's worsening economic and humanitarian conditions linked to the U.S. oil blockade.
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Jamaica Observer
Italy evacuates 72 Palestinian students in Gaza under the "university corridor" initiative that allows them to continue studying at universities in Italy and San Marino.
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Middle East Monitor
Denmark and the United States hold high-level talks for the U.S. to open three military bases and expand military presence in Greenland in an effort to resolve the crisis there.
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Sweden Herald
The U.S. government issues sanctions against three people and nine companies accused of aiding shipping of Iranian oil to China.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
Pakistani deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar meets with United States chargé d'affaires Natalie A. Baker in Islamabad to discuss efforts to secure a ceasefire and broader agreement between Iran and the U.S. to end the war.
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Arab News
reports that the United Arab Emirates has secretly joined Israel and the U.S. in carrying out airstrikes on Iran during the war. Additionally, Emirati forces have reportedly struck a oil refinery on Lavan Island in April.
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Middle East Eye
The United Nations reports that 880 civilians in Sudan had been killed in drone strikes by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) between January and April, mostly in the Darfur and Kordofan regions in the first three months of 2026.
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Euronews
RSF field commander Ali Rizq announces that he will defect from the paramilitary group, making it the second high-profile departure from the paramilitary group in less than two months.
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Sudan Tribune
At least 40 people are reported injured following gang violence in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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AP
Health and environment
The Bangladeshi Directorate General of Health Services reports eleven children have died of measles in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 344 deaths since the outbreak began in March.
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Bernama
Law and crime
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is released from prison on parole after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for corruption.
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AFP via France 24
The Philippine senate is placed under lockdown after an altercation involving the National Bureau of Investigation and senator Ronald dela Rosa during an attempt to serve the arrest order from the International Criminal Court against dela Rosa.
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Reuters
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood bans seven foreign far-right activists, including American influencer Valentina Gomez, from entering the UK, who were planning to attend a far-right rally in London, England, led by Tommy Robinson. Prime minister Keir Starmer says "agitators" will be blocked from entering the country ahead of the rally on May 16.
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The Guardian
A lawsuit is filed against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, accusing it of helping the suspected perpetrator plan the mass shooting at Florida State University in the United States.
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Reuters
Three people are killed and five others are injured in a suspected arson attack on a seven-story building in Décines-Charpieu, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
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Entrevue
Israel's parliament passes a law that allows military trials for Palestinian suspects involved in the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas.
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The New York Times
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed in Mahabubnagar, Telangana, India as a speeding Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle crashes into a car.
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NDTV
Business and economy
Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser says that the oil market will not normalize until 2027 if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed beyond mid-June.
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CNBC
Politics and elections
Thirteen Philippine senators vote to install minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano as senate president, ousting Tito Sotto in a surprise ouster move.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine vice president Sara Duterte is impeached by the House of Representatives for the second time.
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BBC News
Christian Schmidt announces his resignation as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He will stay in office until a replacement is found.
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BBC News
Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education reverses a proposal to shorten the academic year ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup following criticism from parents, local authorities, and education groups.
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AFP via RFI
May 10
Business and economy
Sri Lanka raises electricity tariffs by up to 18% for high-consumption users to offset increased power generation costs linked to the Iran war.
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The Daily Star
Law and crime
Officials say that six people have been found dead inside a boxcar on a Union Pacific freight train in Laredo, Texas, U.S.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Seven suspected immigrants reportedly being smuggled are found dead in a train boxcar and near train tracks in Laredo and San Antonio, Texas, United States.
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NBC News
Four people are killed and 10 injured after a jeepney carrying 20 people collides into a tree in Oriental Mindoro province, Philippines.
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Xinhua
Politics and elections
Protests organized by exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi are held globally against the regime’s crackdown of mass arrests, executions, and internet blackout, which has lasted 70 days.
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Jerusalem Post
Andris Sprūds resigns as Latvian defence minister after Ukrainian drones violated Latvian airspace during an attack on Russia.
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Politico EU
One civilian killed and another injured after Somali armed forces opened gunfire to disperse an opposition‑led protest in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, this tensions comes after just days before President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term begins to end.
Constitutional crisis in Somalia2026 Somali presidential electionControversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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Africa News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian state TV says that Iran has sent its response to the latest ceasefire proposal from the United States via Pakistan. Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif confirms that his country received the response.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefirePakistan in the 2026 Iran war
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Arab News PK
United States president Donald Trump calls the Iranian response "totally unacceptable" and says he would reject it.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefirePakistan in the 2026 Iran war
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Axios
The Qatar-linked LNG tanker , managed by Nakilat, crosses the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first oil tanker or vessel from Qatar to transit the waterway since the war began on February 28. The ship is expected to head to Pakistan.
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Financial Times
A joint investigation by South Korea concludes that two unidentified airborne projectiles struck the HMM cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, causing a fire and damaging the vessel, while authorities continue investigating the type of weapon and the party responsible.
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The Chosun Ilbo
Dozens of Nigerian fishermen are reportedly killed in Chadian airstrikes targeting suspected Boko Haram positions by Lake Chad.
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The New Indian Express
At least 30 people are killed after gunmen ambushed travelers on a highway in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
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The Korea Times
Health and environment
MV arrives on Tenerife, Spain, after being anchored at the Canary Islands. Passengers on the ship evacuate after previously being exposed to the hantavirus.
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AP
International relations
Israel deports activists Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek, both of whom were detained after the interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters near Greece.
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AFP via RFI
The remains of an American soldier who went missing during a military exercise in Morocco are found on the country's Atlantic coastline by the Moroccan military.
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AP
May 9
Politics and elections
Péter Magyar of the Tisza Party is sworn in as the prime minister of Hungary, ending the 16-year tenure of Fidesz's Viktor Orbán.
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Reuters
The National Assembly of Hungary reconvenes for the first time since the election as elected members are sworn in. Ágnes Forsthoffer is elected as speaker.
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Budapest Business Journal
Farrer MP David Farley becomes the first One Nation candidate elected to the Australian House of Representatives.
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ABC News Australia
Arts and culture
The 61st Venice Biennale in Italy opens to the public without a jury after the jury quit in protest of Israel's and Russia's participation and loud protests outside their pavilions.
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AP
Exhibits from over 100 countries are shown on display including Belgium.
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Brussels Times
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Sky News
Disasters and accidents
Four miners are found dead following an explosion at a coal mine in Cucunubá, Ubaté Province, Colombia.
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AFP via Citizen Digital
Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian president Vladimir Putin says that he thinks the Russo-Ukrainian war may come to an end soon after previously vowing victory over Ukraine during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow. '
Kharkiv Oblast governor Oleh Syniehubov says that a Russian drone has struck a residential building in Kharkiv during the beginning of the 3-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
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Kyiv Independent
Sources say that 70 people were killed in a new wave of attacks in central Mali the previous day. Al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin claims responsibility.
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Times of India
Supporters of the Mali military junta gather in Bamako gather to reaffirm their support of Transitional Council authorities.
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Africanews
At least 21 police officers are killed and three others are injured in a car bomb, followed by gunfire and other explosions, at a checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Al Jazeera
The Sudanese Army announces that it has seized control of the Al-Kili area in the Blue Nile State from Rapid Support Forces and SPLM–N.
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AA
The DR Congolese military reports that at least 69 people were killed in an attack by CODECO in Ituri Province in April.
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Arab News
Law and crime
Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes suspends the implementation of a law that could reduce prison sentences for individuals convicted over the 2022–2023 coup plot, including former president Jair Bolsonaro, pending a constitutional review by the full court.
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AFP via France 24
Bahrain arrests 41 individuals in connection with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Shia clerics.
Source:
The New Arab
Health and environment
British Army medics are parachuted from an RAF A400M onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to deliver vital supplies to a British national with suspected hantavirus.
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BBC News