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May 14

Law and crime

Philippine presidential communications undersecretary Claire Castro and senate president Alan Peter Cayetano separately announce that senator Ronald dela Rosa, who has an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity related to a drug war, has left the Senate building at early morning, hours after gunshots were heard in the area the previous day.
Source: UPI external link
Warsaw registers its first same-sex marriage following a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court demanding officials to recognize the marriage of two Polish men in Germany.
Source: AP external link
Somali pirates increase their ransom demands to US$10 million for the release of the Togo-registered tanker hijacked off Somali waters.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
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Disasters and accidents

Five Italian tourists are found dead after diving in the waters of Alimathaa, Vaavu Atoll, Maldives.
Source: The Mirror external link

Arts and culture

It is announced that South Korean band BTS, American singer Madonna and Colombian singer Shakira will headline the ​first-ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show at the ‌MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, United States, on July 19, 2026.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa between Somali federal government forces and troops loyal to former South West State president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed, following disputes over regional elections and the end of president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term tomorrow. Multiple sources confirm two senior Somali military officers from the 60th Division have been killed in a roadside ambush.
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Fars News Agency reports that Iran has allowed vessels from China to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Roya News external link
Russian forces launch overnight strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine including a residential building in eastern Darnytskyi district. Two people have been killed and children are among dozens wounded.
Source: CBC external link

Politics and elections

Wes Streeting resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, saying he has "lost confidence" in prime minister Keir Starmer following the recent local elections.
Source: CNN external link
Josh Simons steps down as MP for Makerfield to trigger a by-election for Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to run for a seat in parliament. Burnham is widely considered the favourite candidate to replace Starmer in the event of a Labour Party leadership election.
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Burnham confirms he has requested the permission of the National Executive Committee to stand in the upcoming Makerfield by-election.
Source: BBC News external link
A report authorized by Pope Leo XIV written by a Vatican working group gives detailed testimonies from gay Catholics for the first time, while condemning conversion therapy and calls for deeper understanding of same-sex marriages to overcome internal church polarization.
Source: Church Times external link
Latvian prime minister Evika Siliņa resigns one day after losing her majority in the Saeima.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. president Donald Trump, along with business leaders from both countries, meet in Beijing, China.
Source: The Guardian external link
Xi warns Trump that there could be conflict if the issue on Taiwan is mishandled.
Source: Nikkei Asia external link
A Russian senior security official says that Russia will establish a "full-fledged partnership" with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, urging other countries to do the same.
Source: Reuters external link
Hungary summons the Russian ambassador to the country in response to a massive Russian drone attack on Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, which is home to a large Hungarian community.
Source: AP external link

May 13

Business and economy

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that the oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to 30% in the first quarter of 2026 as compared to the previous quarter.
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Germany approves reforms to its heating law and adopts new electricity supply legislation that enables support for 9 GW of new gas-fired power plants.
Source: S&P Global external link
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Disasters and accidents

Over 104 people are killed and 59 others are injured from a powerful storm and heavy rain across about a dozen districts of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: Reuters external link
Four people are killed in a two-story house fire in North Jakarta, Indonesia.
Source: Xinhua external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Chinese supertanker , which carries 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude, crosses the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the Gulf for two months following the Iran war.
Source: Jerusalem Post external link
Four other vessels from China cross the Strait of Hormuz within the past 24 hours, including vehicle carrier and oil chemical tanker .
Source: AA external link
At least 12 people, including two children, are killed by Israeli drone strikes on cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon.
Source: AFP via RTÉ external link
ACLED reports that April was the deadliest month in Gaza this year, with more than 120 reported fatalities related to Israeli violence.
Source: Reuters external link
Nine people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in the latest Russian drone strikes across Ukraine.
Source: BBC News external link
At least two people are killed and several others were injured in a drone strike in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

International relations

Ghanaian foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announces plans to evacuate about 300 citizens from South Africa following attacks targeting sub-Saharan African migrants.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Gunshots are reported at the Philippine senate building amid tensions surrounding a possible arrest of senator Ronald dela Rosa under an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity.
Source: Reuters external link
Sussex Police say they have recovered the bodies of three women off a beach in Brighton, England, and are working to identify the women.
Source: The Guardian external link
The U.S. Senate blocks a War Powers Resolution to curtail U.S. president Donald Trump's war powers in the Iran War for a 7th time in a 49-50 vote, with Democrat John Fetterman being the lone Democrat to vote against it.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

United Kingdom and United States-mediated talks at Mogadishu's Halane Compound between president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the opposition led by regional president Said Abdullahi Deni have broken down without an agreement. The deadlock centres on bitter disputes over the country's upcoming electoral framework, technical delays, and regional vote-rigging accusations in South West State of Somalia.
Source: Somali Guardian external link
Niuean prime minister Dalton Tagelagi is reappointed for a third term in office.
Source: Pacific Media Network external link
King Charles III makes the speech from the throne opening the new parliamentary session.
Source: BBC News external link
Latvian prime minister Evika Siliņa loses her parliamentary majority after the Progressives withdraw support from the governing coalition and calls for talks on forming a new government.
Source: Reuters external link

May 12

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.
Source: RNZ external link
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.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Business and economy

American autonomous driving technology company Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis over risks that they could enter flooded areas.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed and two others are injured after a fire at a residential building in Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Source: Xinhua external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

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It is reported that Saudi Arabia launched retaliatory strikes against Iran in response to Iranian strikes on the country during the war.
Source: Reuters external link
U.S. president Donald Trump says he backs Pakistan as a mediator in ceasefire talks amidst reports that the country allowed Iran to station aircraft at the PAF Base Nur Khan.
Source: Arab News PK external link
British defence secretary John Healey announces that the United Kingdom has deployed Typhoon fighter jets and the Royal Navy destroyer HMS as part of a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
Lebanese health minister Rakan Nassereddine says that Israeli attacks have killed at least 108 medics and health workers since the war began on March 2, and at least 380 people have been killed and 1,122 have been injured since the ceasefire began on April 17.
Source: AA external link
A new 300-page report by the Israeli non-profit organization Civil Commission claims that Hamas engaged in sexual violence and rape during the October 7 attacks on Israel.
Source: The New York Times external link
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy states that the military has attacked several gas facilities in Orenburg Oblast, Russia.
Source: Reuters external link
Six people are killed and seven others, including a nine-month-old child, are injured in Russian drone strikes in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: Reuters external link
Russian president Vladimir Putin says Russia will deploy new Sarmat nuclear missiles this year.
Source: Reuters external link
The International Organization for Migration reports that 50,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the Blue Nile region.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Drone strike hits a local market and civilian vehicles in Karnoi, North Darfur, Sudan, destroying property and causing casualties.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
A bomb explodes inside a bazaar in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding over 30 others.
Source: Reuters external link

Arts and culture

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Law and crime

Bahrain sentences three people to life imprisonment and more than 20 others to prison terms over charges linked to collaboration with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Source: The Manila Times external link
New Zealand justice minister Paul Goldsmith announces plans to amend the country's law to prevent courts from holding companies liable for climate change-related harm linked to greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: The Times of India external link

Politics and elections

British prime minister Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he has "no intention" of resigning after several ministers and more than 90 Labour Party MPs call on him to resign or set a timetable for a new party leader to be elected later this year.
Source: BBC News external link
Four ministers resign following Starmer's refusal to resign, namely Zubir Ahmed, Alex Davies-Jones, Miatta Fahnbulleh, and Jess Phillips.
Source: UPI external link
The Republican-led South Carolina Senate rejects redistricting efforts to redraw the congressional districts in the U.S. state of South Carolina, including efforts to eliminate the seat represented by U.S. congressman Jim Clyburn.
Source: NBC News external link
Bahamians vote to elect 41 seats of the House of Assembly. Incumbent prime minister Philip Davis becomes the first prime minister to be re-elected for a second consecutive term in office since 1997.
Source: Reuters external link
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is re-inaugurated for a 7th term.
Source: Reuters external link
The Cambodian National Assembly approves the extension of military conscription to two years and increases penalties for draft evasion amid border clashes with Thailand.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
Nauru announces plans to hold a referendum on changing the country's official name to "Naoero", a move that would require a constitutional amendment.
Source: The Manila Times external link
Brazilian president Lula da Silva announces the formal creation of the Ministry of Public Security after its previous iteration was folded into the Ministry of Justice in 2019.
Source: Agencia Brasil external link

International relations

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen confirms that expanding U.S. military presence in Greenland is part of talks between the United States and Denmark amidst efforts to resolve a crisis caused by Trump's desire to purchase the island.
Source: Reuters external link

May 11

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.
Source: Jamaica Observer external link
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.
Source: Sweden Herald external link
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.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
The U.S. government issues sanctions against three people and nine companies accused of aiding shipping of Iranian oil to China.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed as a speeding motorcycle crashes into a car in Mahabubnagar, Telangana, India.
Source: NDTV external link
A boat carrying undocumented migrants sinks off Pangkor Island, Malaysia, leaving 14 people missing and 23 others rescued.
Source: Daily Tribune external link
At least one person is killed, three others are injured and others are possibly trapped after a pipeline explosion damages at least 35 properties during construction by Sabesp in Jaguaré, São Paulo, Brazil.
Source: BNO News external link

Arts and culture

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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.
Source: AFP via Al Arabiya external link

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 child deaths since the outbreak began in March.
Source: Bernama external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: Reuters external link
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is released from prison on parole after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for corruption.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
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.
Source: The Guardian external link
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.
Source: Entrevue external link
The Israeli parliament passes a law that allows military trials for Palestinian suspects involved in the October 7 attacks by Hamas.
Source: The New York Times external link

Politics and elections

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.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
Thirteen Philippine senators vote to install minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano as senate president, ousting Tito Sotto in a surprise move.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Christian Schmidt announces his resignation as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He will stay in office until a replacement is found.
Source: BBC News external link
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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.
Source: Arab News external link
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.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
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.
Source: Euronews external link
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.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
At least 40 people are reported injured following gang violence in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Source: AP external link

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.
Source: CNBC external link