Nigeria restricts inbound flights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda amidst the spread of Ebola.
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The Guardian 
May 29
Health and environment
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
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.
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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.
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BBC News
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.
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AP
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
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio designates Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho, the two biggest drug trafficking-related criminal organizations in Brazil, as foreign terrorist groups.
Source:
The Washington Post
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
The European Union receives a shipment of the Favipiravir for potential use against hantavirus infections.
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Brussels Times
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.
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New York Times
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
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
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
Sixteen students are killed and 79 others injured in a fire in a dormitory at a girls school in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya.
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BBC News
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.
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Reuters
Six people are killed and four others are trapped when an under-construction bridge collapses during a storm in Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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NDTV
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
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
Armed conflicts and attacks
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will halt Iran airlines’ access to landing spots until a deal is signed.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
Source:
Time of Israel
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
The Kuwaiti military says that they have activated air defenses to intercept a missile along with drones.
Source:
AP
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
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.
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BBC News
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli forces to illegally seize 70% of the Gaza Strip.
Source:
Financial Times
An Israeli military air raid kills ten people, including four children, in northern Gaza.
Source:
Al Jazeera
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
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
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
May 27
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.
Source:
AFP via CNA
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.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisisUnited States sanctions against Iran
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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.
Source:
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.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warCanada and the 2026 Iran warCanada–United States relations
Source:
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
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 on May 26 near Gaza City along with his wife and three children.
Source:
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Al-Ahram
The World Health Organization reports that the number of cases of hantavirus linked to MV has increased to 13.
Source:
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 in the United States.
Source:
NBC News
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
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
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
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
May 26
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Xinhua
Three people are killed and three others are injured after an overpass collapses in Seoul, South Korea.
Source:
Xinhua
One person is killed and eleven others are injured after a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan.
Source:
Pakistan Today
Business and economy
BP chairperson Albert Manifold is removed with immediate effect over "serious" conduct concerns.
Source:
BBC News
Uzbekistan resumes the export of gold in April with an export of US$1.5 billion following a six-month pause.
Source:
Zamin
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Sudan Tribune
Law and crime
Mexico arrests Isai Martínez Zepeda, identified by authorities as a nephew of imprisoned former Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo, in Sonora.
Source:
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.
Source:
RTÉ
Source:
Reuters
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Reuters
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Barron's