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Sunday, May 14th, 2023 

The United Kingdom’s Defence Ministry confirms that it has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles. (BBC News) 

The Russian Ministry of Defence announces the deaths of two of their commanders in Bakhmut and the village of Sontsivka west of Donetsk. (Novaya Gazeta Europe) 

Bangladesh and Myanmar order massive evacuations as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in both countries’ coastal areas. Six people are killed in Myanmar, with about 90% of the city of Sittwe being destroyed. (BBC News) 

At least 26 people are killed when a van crashes into a truck in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (AP) 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany. (BBC News) 

Turks head to the polls to elect a president for a term of five years as well as the members of the Grand National Assembly. (Al Jazeera) 

Thais head to the polls to elect the members of the House of Representatives. (Los Angeles Times) 

Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko addresses the nation on the anniversary of the 1995 Belarusian referendum, one day after it was reported that President Alexander Lukashenko had been hospitalised. (BBC News) 

Saturday, May 13th, 2023 

Airstrikes on the Gaza Strip destroy two neighborhoods. Meanwhile, a Palestinian worker is killed and another is injured by rocket shrapnel in the Negev. (Al Jazeera) 

Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesman Dawoud Shehab announces that the group accepted a ceasefire agreement mediated by Egypt, while the IDF says they will tentatively support it. (Al Jazeera) 

Russia launches cruise missiles at the city of Ternopil in Western Ukraine, injuring two civilians. (BBC News) 

Two Russian Mi-8 helicopters and two fighter jets, an Su-34 and an Su-35, are reportedly shot down in Bryansk Oblast. (Reuters via MSN) 

Ethiopia reports large numbers of Sudanese refugees entering its territory, mainly in the city of Metemma, where nearly 20,000 Sudanese are reported to have entered in a single day. (Addis Standard) 

Loreen, representing Sweden, wins the Grand Final in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with the song “Tattoo“. It is Sweden’s 7th win, and Loreen’s 2nd, making her the first woman to win the contest more than once. (The Guardian) 

South Africa says that it maintains a neutral and non-aligned stance in regards to the Russo-Ukrainian War after U.S. ambassador Reuben Brigety accused South Africa of loading a sanctioned Russian ship with weapons in December 2022, causing a diplomatic crisis between the United States and South Africa. (Reuters) 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Francis during a private audience in the Vatican. (BBC News) 

Moetai Brotherson of the pro-independence Tāvini Huiraʻatira party is elected President of French Polynesia by the Assembly. (RNZ) 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is reportedly hospitalised at the Presidential Clinic in Drazdy, amidst non-attendance at public appearances and apparent ill health during the 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

Friday,  May 12th, 2023 

Six soldiers and a civilian are killed, and six others are wounded, when gunmen storm a security facility in Muslim Bagh, Balochistan, Pakistan. All six attackers are killed. (Al Jazeera) 

Elon Musk announces that he has selected NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO for X Corp., the owner of Twitter. (Reuters) 

Tens of thousands of demonstrators peacefully march in Belgrade, Serbia, protesting against President Aleksandar Vučić and blaming him for indirectly causing the two recent mass shootings in Serbia by “creating an atmosphere of hopelessness and division”. (The Guardian) 

An inmate died in late April and another at the beginning of May in the prison of Augusta, Sicily, Italy, after both started a hunger strike. (Open) 

A court in the Philippines dismisses the second of three drug charges against former senator Leila de Lima in connection with accusations that de Lima benefited financially from the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. (GMA News Online) (Al Jazeera) 

A suspension imposed in November 2022 by the International Paralympic Committee on athletes from Belarus and Russia is overturned. However, athletes will continue to be banned from world championship events. (BBC News) 

Israel launches an airstrike against a multi-story building in Gaza City, killing two people, including a commander of Islamic Jihad. Rockets are also fired by Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip, striking the West Bank near Jerusalem for the first time. The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza rises to 31 as Egypt mediates for a ceasefire between the two sides. (BBC News) 

A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concludes that the Malian Armed Forces and foreign fighters massacred at least 500 people in the town of Moura, Mopti Region, in March 2022. At least 58 women and girls were also raped by the military during the operation against jihadist groups. (France 24) 

A Russian Air Force helicopter crashes in Crimea, killing both pilots. (Al Arabiya) 

Iran frees two French citizens on humanitarian grounds. (Tasnim) 

A court in the Philippines dismisses the second of three drug charges against former senator Leila de Lima in connection with accusations of benefiting financially from the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. (GMA News Online) (Al Jazeera) 

Thursday, May 11th, 2023 

An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip kills two commanders of Islamic Jihad. Additionally, the total death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza over the past two days increases to 26. A rocket is also launched from Gaza to Rehovot, killing one person and injuring five others. (Al Jazeera) 

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin confirms that Ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast from his forces. (Reuters)