Washington described its May 27 attack on a drone facility near Bandar Abbas as defensive, while Tehran announced a retaliatory strike and both sides accused the other of breaching a fragile truce.
The country exported $1.5 billion in non-monetary gold in the first four months of the year, with most of the sales apparently landing in April after an export freeze.
BP has ousted chairman Albert Manifold with immediate effect after what the company described as serious governance, oversight and conduct concerns, prompting a rapid board reshuffle and a sharp market reaction.
On May 26, 2026, Israel said a strike in Gaza killed Mohammed Odeh, who had reportedly been appointed only days earlier as the new commander of Hamas’s armed wing.
Kyiv says its forces struck the Vtorovo oil pumping and dispatching station in Vladimir Oblast, a facility that helps supply fuel to Moscow and nearby airports.
Lebanon’s health ministry says an Israeli strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh killed 11 people, including six women and a child, despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
The Netherlands said it will ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories and examine whether the restrictions can later reach services and investments.
Mexico and the European Union plan to sign an updated trade agreement that cuts tariffs and opens more room for investment as both sides seek to lessen reliance on the United States.
Moscow blamed Ukraine and threatened retaliation; in subsequent reporting, Kyiv said it had targeted a drone command unit and called Russia's account manipulation.
A drone strike in Dilling, South Kordofan, injured six people and destroyed medical supplies, according to the Sudan Doctors Network as reported by Anadolu.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s SBU Alpha unit struck an FSB headquarters in occupied Kherson oblast, killing and wounding about 100 Russian troops and destroying a Pantsir-S1 system.
The Jerusalem Post says an early U.S.-Israeli idea after the killing of Ali Khamenei was to reinstall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader, though the plan ultimately failed.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered several shareholders to exit Northern Minerals, part of Canberra’s effort to keep control of a rare-earths company targeted by foreign investors.
President Donald Trump said he halted a planned U.S. military strike on Iran after calls from Gulf leaders and amid what he described as serious negotiations, but he offered few details about the target or timing.
US Africa Command said it carried out additional air strikes with Nigeria against Islamic State fighters in the northeast, days after the two countries announced the killing of a senior ISIL figure.
Five unions representing more than 3,500 workers walked off the job on May 16 as talks with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over a new deal broke down.
Sri Lanka imposed a 50% customs surcharge on imported cars, framing the move as a response to Middle East turmoil, oil prices and pressure on the rupee.