Armed conflicts and attacks

A bomb explodes inside a bazaar in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding over 30 others. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/seven-killed-blast-northwest-pakistan-market-police-say-2026-05-12/

Health and environment

A United States citizen, suspected of potential contact with the hantavirus, is quarantined upon arrival in the Pitcairn Islands after transiting through French Polynesia. (RNZ)

• https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/594933/hantavirus-contact-case-quarantined-in-pitcairn-after-short-transit-in-tahiti

Health and environment

The Spanish Ministry of Health confirms the country's first case of hantavirus in a Spanish passenger from the MV Hondius who has been in isolation at a hospital in Madrid since 11 May. (ABC.es)

• https://www.abc.es/sociedad/segunda-pcr-confirma-pasajero-espanol-positivo-hantavirus-20260512114447-nt.html

Politics and elections

British prime minister Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he has "no intention" of resigning after several ministers and more than 80 Labour Party MPs call on him to resign or set a timetable for a new party leader to be elected later this year. (BBC News) (AP)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt
• https://apnews.com/article/starmer-resign-fahnbulleh-politics-britain-1454415a831ae3af31b10dff29d04d13