The Sudanese Emergency Lawyers reports that 28 people have been killed in a drone strike on a market in West Kordofan, Sudan.
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May 19, 2026 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israeli Navy intercepts a flotilla boat taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla that was to be headed for the Gaza Strip in a effort to break the blockade.
U.S. African Command says that U.S. and Nigerian forces have launched airstrikes on a ISIS camp in Nigeria.
Israeli airstrikes kill 19 people and injure 34 in the Nabatieh District and the Tyre District, Lebanon.
Israel has seized control of approximately 1,000 square kilometers of territory across the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria, an area equivalent to roughly 5 percent of Israel's landmass.
Iran confirms that it has sent a proposal to the United States for ceasefire talks including a withdrawal of American troops from areas close to Iran, an end to all conflicts in the region, and compensation for damages caused by the war.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance says that progress has been make in talks with Iran. However, he also stated that the United States is ready to resume strikes if talks fail.
U.S Admiral and U.S Central Command head Brad Cooper says that the U.S. military probe into the February 28 airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab is nearing conclusion.
The New York Times reports that the early goal of the United States and Israel following the assassination of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was to install former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who reportedly survived a strike on his home himself, despite making inflammatory comments about Israel.
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from a pickup truck crash in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Guangxi, China, rises to ten after the bodies of nine missing people were recovered.
At least 10,000 homes are evacuated amid spreading wildfires in Santa Rosa Island and Simi Valley, California, United States.
Health and environment
Thailand reports two cases of mpox, prompting the Department of Disease Control to increase surveillance of the disease.
The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to 131.
Sudan begins implementing Ebola measures, including screening passengers at the international airport in Port Sudan.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says that Canada is not banning travel to Uganda or DR Congo despite Ebola concerns.
The Taiwan CDC reports its first case of the transmissible mpox clade Ib variant in a man in his 20s in northern Taiwan.
International relations
The cabinet of Thailand approves plans to reduce the length of visa-free stays for travelers from more than 90 countries as part of measures targeting crimes involving foreign nationals.
Somaliland announces that the country will open an embassy in Jerusalem to strengthen its ties with Israel, for now the only country to recognize Somaliland as an independent nation. Israel announces that it will reciprocrate by opening an embassy in Hargeisa.
Law and crime
Former Spanish prime minister JosĂ© Luis RodrĂguez Zapatero is charged with money laundering and membership of a criminal organisation in connection with an investigation into the alleged laundering of the €53 million public bailout that incumbent prime minister Pedro Sánchez's second government provided to the airline Plus Ultra and La Liga Airlines in 2021.
Catalonian police arrest Jonathan Andic, the son of Mango founder Isak Andic, as part of an investigation into Isak's death during a hiking trip to CollbatĂł in 2024.
Vietnamese police arrest five Chinese nationals and a local accused of operating a gold smuggling network in Hanoi that allegedly traded more than US$45 million worth of gold.
Politics and elections
Opposition coalition Somali Future Council says Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud can no longer perform key presidential functions, including military oversight or dismissing government officials. They propose that parliamentary speaker Aden Madobe serve as acting president until elections scheduled for 30 June. The president has lost full executive authority following the expiry of his mandate on 15 May.
The War Powers Resolution, requiring a halt to hostilities in Iran not approved by the United States Congress, passes a preliminary vote in the U.S. Senate by 50–47 after the defection of Louisiana Republican senator Bill Cassidy. The vote comes after previous attempts failed.
Several banks close in La Paz as protests intensify across the country, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz. The US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expresses solidarity with Paz, calling the protests a "coup".
Sports
Hosts United States will allow the DR Congo soccer team to participate in the upcoming World Cup despite ebola concerns.
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