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Gunshots ring out at Philippine Senate where lawmaker is holed up
13 May 2026News|ICC More than a dozen gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate as police and marines moved in to arrest a senator...
UN urges independent probes into deadly Nigeria, Chad air attacks
13 May 2026News|Boko Haram The United Nations human rights chief has demanded independent investigations into reports that separate...
Trump faces slew of ‘bad options’ on Iran as diplomacy falters
13 May 2026Optimism surrounding another set of peace proposals aimed at shaping a peace deal between Iran and the United States qui...
Maldives jails two journalists for reporting on president’s alleged affair
13 May 2026Groups advocating for freedom of the news media have called for the release of two journalists who have been jailed in t...
Iran war day 75: Trump-Xi talks loom in Beijing as tensions rise in Gulf
13 May 2026EXPLAINER News|US-Israel war on Iran United States President Donald Trump departed for Beijing on Tuesday for a high-sta...
Series of tremors near Tehran renews concerns over major quake risk
13 May 2026News|Earthquakes A series of nine small earthquakes struck the Pardis area east of Tehran overnight, Iran’s Mehr news ...
At least eight killed in Israeli drone strikes on highway south of Beirut
13 May 2026Three Israeli drone strikes on cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon have killed at least eight peo...
China’s Xi to press Trump on Taiwan, tariffs during summit
13 May 2026Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to seek concessions on Taiwan and US tariffs when he meets U...
US-China head-to-head: Explained in 11 maps and charts
13 May 2026US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14 and 15, following weeks of delays ...
UK PM Starmer set to meet rival Streeting amid pledge to carry on governing
13 May 2026British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, fighting for his political survival after dozens of his own MPs called for him to r...
