Stories from today

2026-05-15

• Armed conflicts and attacks

  Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a commander of the IRGC-aligned Shia Iraqi militia group Kata'ib Hezbollah, is arrested by the U.S. Justice Department after allegedly planning attacks on Jewish sites in the United States, including a synagogue in New York City, along with attacks in Europe as part of a broader campaign of retaliation by Iran over the war. (The New York Times)

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/nyregion/hezbollah-arrest-nyc-jewish-targets.html

• Health and environment

  An ebola outbreak is confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri Province by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, killing 65 people. (AP)

  • https://apnews.com/article/ebola-congo-ituri-africa-virus-d59a194e6032e1783b6085b56d84b0f0

• Law and crime

  Two Mexican officials sought for extradition by the U.S. government in April on charges of alleged collusion with organized crime are reportedly detained in the United States and Europe. (Tribuna de México in Spanish)

  • https://tribunademexico.com/detenidos-funcionarios-sinaloa/

• Politics and elections

  Third day talks mediated by UK and US between Somali federal government and opposition Somali Future Council is collapsing over their legal future and the electoral process. After Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is breaking his constitutional presidential term limit. His four-year constitutional term is formally expiring on 15 May, but it is ending with no plan for an upcoming election. (Garowe Online) (Horseed Media) (Addis Standard)

  • https://garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/collapse-of-halane-talks-pushes-somalia-into-a-new-political-crisis-over-elections
  • https://horseedmedia.net/somalia-talks-end-without-breakthrough-as-election-dispute-deepens/421688/
  • https://addisstandard.com/somalia-government-opposition-hold-talks-amid-deepening-constitutional-crisis/

• Sports

  The United World Wrestling lifts restrictions on wrestlers from Russia and Belarus that was imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and will allow them to compete under their respective national flags. (Reuters)

  • https://www.reuters.com/sports/russian-belarusian-wrestlers-can-compete-under-their-national-flags-uww-says-2026-05-15/

• Armed conflicts and attacks

  Israel reports it has targeted Hamas military leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad with an airstrike. (ynetnews)

  • https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1nidcvjfe

• Disasters and accidents

  All UN agencies warn that the Somalian hunger and malnutrition crisis is rapidly worsening, with a growing risk of famine. More than 6 million people, approximately 31% of the population, face critical levels of food insecurity, while nearly 1.9 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition. Of those children, approximately 493,000 are facing severe acute malnutrition. (AA) (Relief Web) (UN News)

  • https://v.aa.com.tr/3938671
  • https://reliefweb.int/node/4212109
  • https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167516

• Disasters and accidents

  The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warns that 19.5 million people in Sudan are facing hunger amidst the three-year civil war. (Middle East Monitor)

  • https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260515-monitoring-group-says-19-5-million-people-face-severe-hunger-in-sudan/

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