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The World Health Organization reported 11 hantavirus cases, three of them fatal, among people who were aboard the Dutch expedition vessel MV Hondius. Nine cases are laboratory-confirmed and two are considered probable. The ship sailed from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, 2026, with about 150 people from multiple countries aboard. WHO expects additi…
Islamic State asserted responsibility for an ambush in the Hasakah countryside that Syrian state media said killed two soldiers and wounded others. The claim, made via the group's Amaq News Agency, follows a February announcement of renewed operations and adds to concerns about the enduring threat IS poses to President Ahmed al-Sharaa's efforts to …
Hezbollah’s expanding use of inexpensive, fiber-optic-controlled First Person View (FPV) kamikaze drones against Israeli positions in southern Lebanon has introduced a new tactical dimension to the broader Iran-Israel confrontation. The recorded strikes, many released publicly, have occurred during a fragile ceasefire and are influencing both cease…
Ukrainian officials say Russia launched a sustained drone assault overnight immediately after a U.S.-mediated temporary ceasefire ended. Kyiv reports more than 200 unmanned aerial vehicles were deployed, with most intercepted, while strikes damaged energy and transport networks and hit residential and civilian targets.
Two aircraft transporting 28 passengers from the MV Hondius, which experienced a hantavirus outbreak, landed in the Netherlands shortly after midnight. Radboudumc hospital in Nijmegen placed 12 staff members into a six-week preventive quarantine after blood and urine samples were handled without recently updated protocols. The Hondius has sailed to…
Israel's parliament has approved legislation creating a special military tribunal in Jerusalem to try hundreds of Palestinian militants captured in connection with the October 7, 2023 attack. Backed by 93 of 120 lawmakers, the court will be led by a three-judge panel and may try fighters detained during the assault or later in Gaza, including those…
Diplomatic momentum toward a lasting ceasefire with Iran has weakened after U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed Tehran’s written response to a U.S. proposal. Iran reiterated wide-ranging demands - including a halt to hostilities across multiple fronts, sovereignty claims over the Strait of Hormuz, compensation for wartime damages and an end to a …
On May 12, U.S. President Donald Trump is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, a meeting expected to include discussion of Taiwan - a self-governed island claimed by China but independent in practice. The relationship between Washington, Beijing and Taipei has been defined by a series of crises, policy shifts and high-profile intera…
The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony for acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government by running a website that prosecutors say distributed pro-China content under direction from Beijing. Wang resigned from the city council and the rotating mayoralty; a plea agreement filed April…
Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist who took part in the second Global Sumud Flotilla that departed Spain on April 12, arrived in Sao Paulo after being detained and deported from Israel. Avila and a Spanish activist, Abu Keshek, say they were subjected to torture and witnessed harsher abuse of Palestinian detainees during a 10-day detention. Israel …
The White House announced that U.S. President Donald Trump will undergo his routine annual physical on May 26 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. At 79, his health remains closely observed by the public. The visit will also include meetings with service members and hospital staff. Recent public attention has focused on a prior CT scan …
A suspected liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) explosion sparked a blaze in the Jaguare neighborhood of Sao Paulo on May 11, killing one person, injuring three and damaging roughly 10 homes, authorities said. The Sao Paulo state fire department dispatched 12 engines to control the fire and is investigating the LPG blast as the probable cause.
The U.S. government has requested that a trade court delay the effect of its May 8 ruling against the administration's 10% global tariff while the federal government pursues an appeal. The tariffs, imposed in February under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 after most earlier tariffs were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025, remain set…
President Donald Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to serve as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), returning a former acting director to the post a year after he was ousted. The White House confirmed the nomination has been transmitted to the U.S. Senate. Hamilton's earlier removal followed public disagreements with Trump and…
More than 2,000 scientists have written to Congress requesting the reinstatement of over 20 terminated National Science Board members, saying the abrupt dismissals weaken U.S. prospects in basic and applied research and hinder competition with rivals such as China. A White House official responds that the board’s statutory authorities may need upda…
The U.S. Treasury on Monday designated three individuals and nine companies for their roles in assisting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to sell and ship oil to China using front companies in permissive jurisdictions. The businesses sanctioned are located in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. The move follows related measures ta…
European Union foreign ministers approved a package of sanctions targeting violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and top Hamas figures, ending months of delay caused by a previous Hungarian government. The measures name three settlers and four settler organisations, whose identities have not been made public. The decision drew sharp cr…
The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert to banks and other financial institutions flagging methods used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to evade American sanctions, including front companies and digital asset infrastructure. The notice arrives amid heightened concern over the prospect of renewed hostilities after Pres…
President Cyril Ramaphosa will make a televised address following a Constitutional Court decision that revived impeachment procedures over a cash theft from his Phala Phala game farm. The ruling compels parliament to establish an impeachment committee to examine allegations tied to the 2020 theft, a scandal that has shadowed the president since 202…
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival opens with a lineup dominated by independent filmmakers as major studios hold back large-scale premieres and red-carpet rollouts. Twenty-two films compete for the Palme d’Or, including entries by Pedro Almodovar, Laszlo Nemes, Asghar Farhadi, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda. Stars and industry …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the United Arab Emirates and four European nations between May 15 and May 20. The foreign ministry said the trip comes amid pressure on India’s foreign currency reserves from rising global oil prices. Modi is expected to discuss energy cooperation with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and addres…
President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he will address U.S. arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their talks in Beijing this week. He noted Xi's preference that such transfers not occur, reiterated U.S. legal obligations to assist Taiwan's defense, and expressed confidence that a confrontation over th…
Haiti’s prime minister told a national broadcaster that the country’s security environment is not adequate to hold presidential elections in August. He expressed a preference for a vote before the end of the year and reiterated that an elected president should be in place by February 7, while preparations remain hampered by gang violence, delayed v…
Eighteen passengers who were aboard the MV Hondius expedition cruise ship have been flown to the United States and placed under quarantine and medical monitoring after an outbreak involving the Andes hantavirus. Sixteen are at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, two are in Atlanta, and one confirmed positive patient is in a Nebraska bioconta…
A small team of British paratroopers and military clinicians parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha carrying oxygen and medical supplies after a suspected case of hantavirus was confirmed. The long-range operation, staged from RAF Brize Norton and refuelled en route, aimed to provide urgent care for a British cruise-ship passenger who reported symptoms c…
