Current events: 2026-05-29

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • Iranian state media says that Iran shot down an American aircraft near the city of Jam, Bushehr province. However, the U.S. Central Command denies any such claim, stating that no U.S. aircraft has been shot down. (Middle East Eye) (Reuters)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Three people, including two children, are killed and fifteen others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Choueifat, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. (Naharnet)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia–NATO relations
    • A Russian drone enters Romanian airspace during an attack on Ukraine and crashes into an apartment building in Galați, causing a fire and injuring two people. (AFP and CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed and 34 others are injured when a bus collides with six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, United States. (AP) (BBC News)

Law and crime

• The fire at a girls school in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya yesterday is investigated as an arson attack. Eight students of the academy are arrested as suspects. Separately, the school's board of management is dissolved amidst suspicions of negligence in fire safety measures. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• 2026 Central Africa Ebola epidemic
  • Nigeria restricts inbound flights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda amidst the spread of Ebola. (The Guardian)

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