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May 29, 2026 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Three people, including two children, are killed and fifteen others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Choueifat, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.
Iranian state media claims that Iran shot down an American aircraft near the Jam area in the Bushehr province. However, the U.S. Central Command denies any such claim, stating that no U.S. aircraft has been shot down.
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.
Health and environment
The Nigerian government restricts inbound flights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan amidst the spread of ebola.
Law and crime
The fire at Utumishi Girls Academy 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.
May 28, 2026 (Thursday)
2.8 minutes to read
Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
The Kuwaiti military says that they have activated air defenses to intercept a missile along with drones.
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.
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.
Clashes between FARC dissidents kill at least 48 people in Guaviare, Colombia, amid ongoing disputes over territorial and criminal control.
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.
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.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli forces to illegally seize 70% of the Gaza Strip.
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will halt Iran airlines’ access to landing spots until a deal is signed.
Disasters and accidents
Sixteen students are killed and 79 others injured in a fire in a dormitory at a girls school in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya.
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.
The death toll from the implosion of a white liquor paper mill in Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, U.S., rises to eight.
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.
Six people are killed and four others are trapped when an under-construction bridge collapses during a storm in Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Five people are killed while 22 others are injured after a truck overturns on Cong. Andres Acop Cosalan Road in Kabayan, Benguet, Philippines.
Health and environment
The European Union receives a shipment of the Favipiravir for potential use against hantavirus infections.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo and states that the Ebola outbreak can still be contained.
International relations
Israel announces it will cut ties with UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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