May 26, 2023 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Russian missile strike on Dnipro damages a medical facility, killing two people and injuring 23 others.

(Ukrainska Pravda), (The Guardian)

2022–2023 Dnipro missile strikesRussian invasion of Ukraine

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Germany's Bundestag votes 375–263, with one abstention, to approve the Bundeswehr's deployment in Mali as part of the UN's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission until May 31, 2024.

(DW)

Mali War

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Seventeen civilians are killed by Allied Democratic Forces members in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

(AP)

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict

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International relations

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs swaps Asadollah Asadi for Belgian prisoner Olivier Vandecasteele.

(CNN)

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Politics and elections

The Constitutional Court of Guatemala blocks the candidacy of frontrunner Carlos Pineda in the 2023 Guatemalan general election due to alleged violations of electoral law.

(AP)

2023 Guatemalan general election

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