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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153760" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war" target="_blank">Gaza war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 84 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> attacks on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/19/live-israel-kills-144-palestinians-targets-north-gaza-hospital?update=3720832" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Somali Civil War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Over 70 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29" target="_blank">Al-Shabaab</a> militants are killed along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiran%2C_Somalia" target="_blank">Hiran</a>–<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Shabelle" target="_blank">Middle Shabelle</a> border in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" target="_blank">Somalia</a> in an overnight military operation by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_National_Army" target="_blank">Somali National Army</a> and local defense fighters from Hiran. <a href="https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/May/201565/somali_army_kills_over_70_al_shabaab_militants_in_major_counter_offensive.aspx" target="_blank">(Hiiraan Online)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" target="_blank">Iran–United Kingdom relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iranian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Iran%29" target="_blank">foreign ministry</a> summons the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_Kingdom%2C_Tehran" target="_blank">British</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charg%C3%A9_d%27affaires" target="_blank">chargé d'affaires</a> to protest the arrest of seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_nationality_law" target="_blank">Iranian nationals</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" target="_blank">London</a> earlier this month. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/iran-summons-british-diplomat-over-arrest-of-nationals/a-72587364" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" target="_blank">United Kingdom–European Union relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a> concludes a deal on travel, food and steels exports, fishing access, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_control" target="_blank">border security</a>. The deal will allow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_citizens" target="_blank">UK citizens</a> to access <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_border_control_system" target="_blank">e-gates</a> at EU airports along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_citizenship" target="_blank">EU citizens</a> and grants European fishing vessels access to UK <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters" target="_blank">territorial waters</a> until 2038. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2jkz3d0drt" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" target="_blank">International Court of Justice</a> rules 13–2 that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" target="_blank">Equatorial Guinea</a> wins sovereignty of the islands of Conga, Mbanié, and Cocoteros in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_dispute" target="_blank">territorial dispute</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon" target="_blank">Gabon</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgq204n1vxo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a> <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/icj-backs-equatorial-guinea-in-gabon-islands-dispute/a-72600756" target="_blank">(DW)</a> <a href="https://worldoil.com/news/2025/5/19/equatorial-guinea-wins-rights-to-islands-following-long-dispute-with-gabon/" target="_blank">(Bloomberg via WorldOil)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania" target="_blank">Lithuania</a> files a lawsuit against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" target="_blank">Belarusian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko" target="_blank">Alexander Lukashenko</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" target="_blank">International Court of Justice</a>, accusing his regime of orchestrating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93European_Union_border_crisis" target="_blank">migrant crisis</a> and violating international law. <a href="https://www.baltictimes.com/lithuania_takes_belarus_to_hague_court_over_migrant_crisis_triggered_by_lukashenko_regime/" target="_blank">(Baltic Times)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> bans <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International" target="_blank">Amnesty International</a> as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_undesirable_organizations_law" target="_blank">undesirable organisation</a>, accusing the group of openly supporting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> in its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" target="_blank">war with Russia</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-bans-amnesty-international-undesirable-organisation-ifax-says-2025-05-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The trial against former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_President" target="_blank">Brazilian President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro" target="_blank">Jair Bolsonaro</a> and 80 other officials begins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" target="_blank">Brasília</a>. Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_January_Bras%C3%ADlia_attacks" target="_blank">8 January Brasília attacks</a>, faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250519-bolsonaro-s-trial-on-coup-charges-to-begin-in-brazil" target="_blank">(France 24)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_general_election" target="_blank">2025 Philippine general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The nominees of the winning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party-list_representation_in_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" target="_blank">party-lists</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections%23Party-list_election_2" target="_blank">election</a> held on May 12 are proclaimed. However, the proclamation of party-lists <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duterte_Youth" target="_blank">Duterte Youth</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagong_Henerasyon" target="_blank">Bagong Henerasyon</a> are suspended due to pending disqualification cases, leaving four seats unresolved. <a href="https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/946634/52-party-list-groups-proclaimed-as-eleksyon-2025-winners/story/" target="_blank">(GMA News)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_19" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153760, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip']Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 84 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] attacks on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/19/live-israel-kills-144-palestinians-targets-north-gaza-hospital?update=3720832'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29']Somali Civil War[/URL] [LIST] [*]Over 70 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29']Al-Shabaab[/URL] militants are killed along the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiran%2C_Somalia']Hiran[/URL]–[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Shabelle']Middle Shabelle[/URL] border in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia']Somalia[/URL] in an overnight military operation by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_National_Army']Somali National Army[/URL] and local defense fighters from Hiran. [URL='https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/May/201565/somali_army_kills_over_70_al_shabaab_militants_in_major_counter_offensive.aspx'](Hiiraan Online)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations']Iran–United Kingdom relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iranian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Iran%29']foreign ministry[/URL] summons the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_Kingdom%2C_Tehran']British[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charg%C3%A9_d%27affaires']chargé d'affaires[/URL] to protest the arrest of seven [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_nationality_law']Iranian nationals[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London']London[/URL] earlier this month. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/iran-summons-british-diplomat-over-arrest-of-nationals/a-72587364'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93European_Union_relations']United Kingdom–European Union relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']European Union[/URL] concludes a deal on travel, food and steels exports, fishing access, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_control']border security[/URL]. The deal will allow [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_citizens']UK citizens[/URL] to access [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_border_control_system']e-gates[/URL] at EU airports along with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_citizenship']EU citizens[/URL] and grants European fishing vessels access to UK [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters']territorial waters[/URL] until 2038. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2jkz3d0drt'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice']International Court of Justice[/URL] rules 13–2 that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea']Equatorial Guinea[/URL] wins sovereignty of the islands of Conga, Mbanié, and Cocoteros in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_dispute']territorial dispute[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon']Gabon[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgq204n1vxo'](BBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/icj-backs-equatorial-guinea-in-gabon-islands-dispute/a-72600756'](DW)[/URL] [URL='https://worldoil.com/news/2025/5/19/equatorial-guinea-wins-rights-to-islands-following-long-dispute-with-gabon/'](Bloomberg via WorldOil)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania']Lithuania[/URL] files a lawsuit against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus']Belarusian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko']Alexander Lukashenko[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice']International Court of Justice[/URL], accusing his regime of orchestrating the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93European_Union_border_crisis']migrant crisis[/URL] and violating international law. [URL='https://www.baltictimes.com/lithuania_takes_belarus_to_hague_court_over_migrant_crisis_triggered_by_lukashenko_regime/']([I]Baltic Times[/I])[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] bans [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International']Amnesty International[/URL] as an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_undesirable_organizations_law']undesirable organisation[/URL], accusing the group of openly supporting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] in its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War']war with Russia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-bans-amnesty-international-undesirable-organisation-ifax-says-2025-05-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]The trial against former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_President']Brazilian President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro']Jair Bolsonaro[/URL] and 80 other officials begins in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia']Brasília[/URL]. Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_January_Bras%C3%ADlia_attacks']8 January Brasília attacks[/URL], faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250519-bolsonaro-s-trial-on-coup-charges-to-begin-in-brazil'](France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_general_election']2025 Philippine general election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The nominees of the winning [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party-list_representation_in_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines']party-lists[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections%23Party-list_election_2']election[/URL] held on May 12 are proclaimed. However, the proclamation of party-lists [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duterte_Youth']Duterte Youth[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagong_Henerasyon']Bagong Henerasyon[/URL] are suspended due to pending disqualification cases, leaving four seats unresolved. [URL='https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/946634/52-party-list-groups-proclaimed-as-eleksyon-2025-winners/story/'](GMA News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_19"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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