May 12, 2024 (Sunday)

The Russian Defence Ministry states that its forces have captured several villages in Kharkiv Oblast.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin reassigns Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to the National Security Council and replaces him with Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov.

At least thirteen civilians are killed and 20 others are injured when pieces of a downed Ukrainian Tochka missile hit an apartment block in Belgorod, Russia.

Fighting during RSF attacks on eastern El Fasher, over the weekend, kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 others amid fears of an all out RSF assault on the city.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Israel lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians.

The death toll from the ongoing flooding in northern Afghanistan increases to 315, with more than 1,600 people injured, and more than 1,000 houses destroyed.

The death toll from the ongoing flooding in southern Brazil increases to 143, with 125 people still missing. The Brazilian government has announced R$12.1 billion in emergency spending in response to the crisis.

Wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, force thousands to evacuate.

The Marywilska 44 shopping mall in Białołęka district, Warsaw, Poland, is destroyed in a suspected arson attack. Many of the venues were Vietnamese-owned.

Egypt announces it will intervene on South Africa's side in the South Africa v Israel case in response to Israel's growing assault on Rafah.

Forty-nine Vatican Museums employees start an unprecedented labor dispute over unfair and poor working conditions against the Vatican's Pontifical Commission.

Hundreds of protesters march in Tunis, Tunisia, to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures.

The Socialists' Party of Catalonia wins the regional election with its best result since 2003. Pro-independence parties lose their absolute majority in the Parliament.

Lithuanians elect the President of Lithuania and vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow dual citizenship.

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is sworn in as the first female President of North Macedonia.

Bayer Leverkusen extend their record unbeaten streak in European association football to fifty matches.