Wed 13 May 2026: The UN human rights chief is calling for independent investigations into reports that separate airstrikes by Nigerian and Chadian forces in northern Nigeria killed over 100 civilians. Nigeria’s military has been fighting armed groups in the northwest, which it often labels “terrorists,” and has also been battling an insurgency in the […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: US President Donald Trump is on his way to Beijing to meet China’s President Xi Jinping and says he’ll have a “long talk” about Iran but trade will be the main focus. United States President Donald Trump has departed for Beijing ahead of a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, after weeks of […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: Columnist says there was ‘no evidence that Israeli leaders order rapes,’ but argued Israeli authorities had built ‘security apparatus where sexual violence has become,’ citing UN report, one of Israel’s ‘standard operating procedures’ A New York Times opinion columnist has alleged that Palestinian detainees have been subjected to widespread sexual violence […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: Nearly 50,000 people have been displaced across Sudan’s Blue Nile state since the beginning of 2026 amid ongoing clashes in the region, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the organization said an estimated 49,512 people, or 9,899 families, were displaced across the southeastern state between Jan. […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: The United Kingdom says it will contribute a large arsenal of weaponry to the multinational mission aimed at securing the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, the government said the weaponry would include drones, Typhoon fighter jets, a warship, an autonomous mine-hunting kit, Typhoon jets and the warship HMS Dragon. The […]
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Wed 13 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ ‘The world is watching’: “However, repeated images of violence against foreign nationals risk eroding that equity and creating a perception of hostility, instability and contradiction between the country’s constitutional values and events on the ground.” Brand reputation strategist Solly Moeng said: “While […]
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Tue 12 May 2026: The US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, says Israel sent Iron Dome missile defence batteries and Israeli troops to the United Arab Emirates to help it defend against Iranian attacks. Waltz first made the comment on Monday and was quoted by Israel Hayom newspaper as saying, “We saw the UAE […]
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Tue 12 May 2026: When my husband and I purchased a new home last year, the house we ultimately bought was one we had at first ruled out. While the house had many positives, including being affordable, it also had several negatives, so we’d kept looking. A few months later, we thought we’d found the […]
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Tue 12 May 2026: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak of the rare virus, for which no vaccines or […]
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Tue 12 May 2026: Venezuela will continue defending its independence, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said Monday after US President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” making the country the 51st US state. “We just heard statements of Donald Trump saying that he will consider to make Venezuela the 51st state,” Rodriguez told reporters at […]
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