Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- At least 84 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Somali Civil War
- Over 70 Al-Shabaab militants are killed along the Hiran–Middle Shabelle border in Somalia in an overnight military operation by the Somali National Army and local defense fighters from Hiran. (Hiiraan Online)
International relations
- Iran–United Kingdom relations
- The Iranian foreign ministry summons the British chargé d'affaires to protest the arrest of seven Iranian nationals in London earlier this month. (DW)
- United Kingdom–European Union relations
- The United Kingdom and European Union concludes a deal on travel, food and steels exports, fishing access, and border security. The deal will allow UK citizens to access e-gates at EU airports along with EU citizens and grants European fishing vessels access to UK territorial waters until 2038. (BBC News)
- The International Court of Justice rules 13–2 that Equatorial Guinea wins sovereignty of the islands of Conga, Mbanié, and Cocoteros in a territorial dispute with Gabon. (BBC News) (DW) (Bloomberg via WorldOil)
Law and crime
- Lithuania files a lawsuit against Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko at the International Court of Justice, accusing his regime of orchestrating the migrant crisis and violating international law. (Baltic Times)
- Russia bans Amnesty International as an undesirable organisation, accusing the group of openly supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia. (Reuters)
- The trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and 80 other officials begins in Brasília. Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting the 8 January Brasília attacks, faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. (France 24)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Philippine general election
- The nominees of the winning party-lists of the election held on May 12 are proclaimed. However, the proclamation of party-lists Duterte Youth and Bagong Henerasyon are suspended due to pending disqualification cases, leaving four seats unresolved. (GMA News)
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