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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) 

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) 

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

The Bank of England‘s Monetary Policy Committee raises interest rates to 4.5%, the highest level in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis. (AP) 

Elon Musk announces that he has selected a new CEO for X Corp., the owner of Twitter. (Reuters) 

Twenty-four people are injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapses in Espoo, Finland. (AP) (Yle) 

The World Health Organization says that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency, but that it continues to remain a threat in Africa. (France24) 

Two people are killed in a shooting at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. (AP) 

Twelve people are injured in an explosion at an apartment complex in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A 57-year-old man is arrested. (AP) 

Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem İnce withdraws three days before the election. (BBC News) 

The world’s first micro-modular reactor is announced to be built at Chalk River Laboratories in Canada by Global First Power. (CTV) 

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Tuesday,  May 9th, 2023 

The Israeli Air Force launches the “Operation Shield and Arrow” launching multiple airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing three senior Islamic Jihad Movement leaders and at least ten civilians, including four children. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declares a “special situation” in the home front with border crossings and schools closed, and gatherings of over 10 people banned in open places.  (Reuters) 

The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Shield and Arrow with multiple attacks in Gaza underway. (Times of Israel) 

Two Palestinians are killed in an Israeli air attack on a car in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) 

The Government of Canada expels Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei following allegations that he targeted Canadian lawmaker Cheechan Chong. China has denied the allegations and stated that the action would undermine bilateral relations. (CNN) 

China expels Canadian diplomat Jennifer Lynn Lalonde in a tit-for-tat decision following the Canadian expulsion of a Chinese diplomat. (ABC News) 

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is arrested on alleged corruption charges during a court appearance in Islamabad. (Al Jazeera) 

The death toll from the ethnic clashes in Manipur, India, between Metei Hindus and Kuki Christians, increases to 60. At least 230 others are injured. (Times Now) 

Vietnam records its highest ever temperature of 44.2 °C (111.56 °F) in the Tương Dương district, Nghệ An province, while Laos records its highest ever temperature of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) in Luang Prabang amid a heat wave. (The Guardian) 

Monday,  May 8th, 2023 

The head of the Prosperity Party in Haruka Woreda, in Ethiopia’s Afar Region, is shot and killed alongside his brother by unknown gunmen while coming back from the city of Adama. It is the third assassination targeting the party’s members in a month. (Addis Standard). 

Three women are killed and many other people are injured when a MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashes into a house in Rajasthan, India. The pilot ejected and is safe. (The Times of India) 

Iran executes two men for blasphemy. (DW) 

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Sunday, May 7th, 2023 

Russian writer and pro-war nationalist Zakhar Prilepin is injured and his driver is killed when their vehicle is hit by a car bomb in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) 

The Arab League re-admits Syria as a member, after being suspended 12 years ago due to the Syrian civil war. (Al Arabiya) 

Ekrem İmamoğlu is attacked during a rally in Erzurum, with the rally being interrupted due to stones thrown from the crowd. (Gazete DuvaR) 

At least 12 people are killed and 31 others are injured in a multi-automobile crash in Hatay Province, Turkey. (AP) 

A court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences a former police officer to death for the murder of prominent academic Hisham al-Hashimi in July 2020, although the sentence can be appealed. (AFP via France 24) 

Eritrea is accused of forced deportation and repatriating of 3,500 Eritreans from Sudan to Teseney and other towns near the Sudanese–Eritrean border. (The Guardian) 

The death toll from the May 6 floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 401 people. (Al Jazeera) 

Eight people are killed and nine others are injured when a driver crashes into a group of pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, United States, in what is believed to be an intentional act. (KVEO-TV) 

Chileans head to the polls to elect the 50 members of the Constitutional Council. (Morning Express) 

The government of Chile announces that 115 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight, after being stranded at the border with Peru, raising tensions between Peru and Chile. (Reuters) 

Saturday, May 6th, 2023 

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are crowned in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. (The Guardian) 

Eight people are killed and seven injured during a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas, United States. The perpetrator is killed by police. (CNN) 

Farajollah Chaab, a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, is executed by hanging in Iran after being convicted of masterminding a 2018 mass shooting on a military parade in Ahvaz that killed 25 people. (AP) 

Two Palestinian men, members of the Tul Karm Battalion, are killed during a raid by the Israeli Defense Forces in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Haaretz) 

Two People’s Anti-Fascist Front militants are killed and another is injured during two raids by Indian soldiers in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, after five soldiers were killed yesterday. (AP) 

At least 30 people are killed in ethnic clashes in Manipur, India, after a rally by indigenous communities against moves to grant tribal status to the main ethnic group in the state. (BBC News) 

At least 27 people are killed after a fire breaks out in a gold mine in Yanaquihua District, Condesuyos Province, Peru. (Reuters) 

Mage wins the Kentucky Derby. (Reuters) 

Friday,  May 5th, 2023 

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin announces that, due to a lack of ammunition, his fighters will leave Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, on May 10 and hand over their positions to units of the Russian Defense Ministry. (CBC News) 

The Iranian government expels four Azerbaijani diplomats in response to recent expulsions of Iranian diplomats by the Azerbaijani government. (Tasnim) 

Belgian authorities arrest an Iraqi al-Qaeda member and charge him with murder, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, for his role in the killings of at least 376 people and the injuring of over 2,300 others more than a decade ago in Iraq. (AP) 

Five Indian soldiers are killed by People’s Anti-Fascist Front militants during an encounter in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. (The Economic Times) 

The Senate of Bolivia approves legislation aimed at monetizing gold reserves for international trade amid concerns of a shortage of dollars. (Reuters) 

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, killing one person and injuring 22 others. (AP) 

At least 176 people are killed by floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera) 

The World Health Organization announces that it no longer considers COVID-19 to be a global health emergency, instead classifying it as global health threat. (ABC News) 

Myanmar’s military junta commutes 38 death sentences to life imprisonment as part of a wider amnesty. (Al Jazeera) 

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