Armed conflicts and attacks

Between 47 and 52 people are killed in an Israeli airstrike and subsequent fire in a tent camp for displaced civilians in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. (AP) (Reuters)

• https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-05-26-2024-eb25eb70d2c7b9e6bcd0497060eccbca
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-attack-rafah-tent-camp-draws-global-condemnation-2024-05-27/

Armed conflicts and attacks

A spokesperson for Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades claim that they captured IDF soldiers in Jabalia yesterday. However, the IDF denies this claim. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-armed-wing-says-fighters-captured-israeli-soldiers-gaza-fighting-israeli-2024-05-25/

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Al-Qassam Brigades fire rockets towards Tel Aviv, Israel, for the first time in four months. (BBC News) (El Confidencial)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckrr0e3y29po
• https://www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2024-05-26/guerra-israel-hamas-gaza-directo-hoy_3890338/

Armed conflicts and attacks

More than twenty civilians are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in a village in Mopti region, Mali. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/over-20-killed-attack-central-mali-village-2024-05-26/

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Houthis, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, free more than 100 detainees in Sana'a, Yemen, in a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and return them to their families. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-free-more-than-100-prisoners-2024-05-26/

Disasters and accidents

The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 670 people were killed in the landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on Friday. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/papua-new-guinea-landslide-yambali-enga-642d9e8e0c913efa25ed2d67df318393

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas increases to 15. (The Virginian-Pilot) (AP)

• https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/05/26/at-least-11-dead-in-texas-oklahoma-and-arkansas-after-severe-weather-roars-across-region/
• https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-weather-texas-oklahoma-93001e1d81f120d0d55c8dfa24938250

Disasters and accidents

Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured in a collision between a bus and three other vehicles on a highway near Mersin, Turkey. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ten-dead-39-injured-southern-turkey-highway-collision-2024-05-26/

Politics and elections

Gitanas Nausėda wins the Lithuanian presidential run-off with 75.57% of the vote. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lithuanians-vote-presidential-election-overshadowed-by-russia-2024-05-26/