Current events: 2026-05-12

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
      • Israel–United Arab Emirates relations, 2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
        • United States ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says that Israel has deployed Iron Dome air defense systems and military personnel to the United Arab Emirates amid the Iranian strikes. (AFP via The Hindu)
      • 2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia
        • It is reported that Saudi Arabia launched retaliatory strikes against Iran in response to Iranian strikes on the country during the war. (Reuters) (Strait Times)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • Secretary of State for Defence John Healey announces that the United Kingdom has deployed Typhoon fighter jets and the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon as part of a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz. (BBC) (Middle East Monitor)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Lebanese health minister Rakan Nassereddine says that Israeli attacks have killed at least 108 medics and health workers since the war began on March 2, and at least 380 people have been killed and 1,122 have been injured since the ceasefire began on April 17. (AA)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Six people are killed and seven others, including a nine-month-old child, are injured in Russian drone strikes in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy states that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have attacked several gas facilities in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 2026 Blue Nile campaign
    • The International Organization for Migration reports that 50,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the Blue Nile region. (Sudan Tribune)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • A bomb explodes inside a bazaar in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding over 30 others. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 2026 Georgian patriarchal election
  • Shio III is enthroned as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia at the Svetitskhoveli cathedral. (Georgian Public Broadcaster)

Business and economy

• American autonomous driving technology company Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis over risks that they could enter flooded areas. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed and two others are injured after a fire at a residential building in Hengyang, Hunan, China. (Xinhua)

Health and environment

• MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak
  • An American traveller, suspected of potential contact with the hantavirus, is quarantined upon arrival in the Pitcairn Islands after transiting through French Polynesia. (RNZ)
  • The Spanish health ministry confirms the country's first case of hantavirus in a Spanish passenger from the MV Hondius who has been in isolation at a hospital in Madrid since 11 May. (ABC.es)

Politics and elections

• 2026 United Kingdom government crisis
  • British prime minister Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he has "no intention" of resigning after several ministers and more than 90 Labour Party MPs call on him to resign or set a timetable for a new party leader to be elected later this year. (AP) (BBC News)
  • Four ministers resign following Starmer's refusal to resign, including Jess Phillips, Alex Davies-Jones, Miatta Fahnbulleh and Zubir Ahmed. (BBC News)
• 2026 Bahamian general election
  • Bahamians vote to elect 41 seats of the House of Assembly. Incumbent prime minister Philip Davis seeks a second consecutive term in office. (Reuters)
• Cambodian–Thai border dispute
  • The Cambodian National Assembly approves the extension of military conscription to two years and increases penalties for draft evasion amid border clashes with Thailand. (AFP via CNA)
• Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is re-inaugurated for a 7th term. (Africanews)

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