Armed conflicts and attacks

Casualties are possible and about a dozen people are injured in a vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. (ModenaToday in Italian)

• https://www.modenatoday.it/cronaca/strage-via-emilia-modena-16-maggio-2026.html

Disasters and accidents

Two people are killed and another is injured when a North American T-28 Trojan reportedly explodes mid-air and crashes into a residential area in Limburgerhof, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. (Tagesschau in German) (AA)

• https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/rheinlandpfalz/rheinland-pfalz-absturz-kleinflugzeug-100.html
• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/2-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-in-southwestern-germany/3939569

Politics and elections

International representatives, excluding the United Kingdom and the United States, meet in Mogadishu and deem the administration of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the de facto Somali government. Operational Policy 7.30, a framework typically applied to countries that have lost statehood or where a government assumes power outside the country’s constitutional framework, will be utilized. (Idil News)

• https://www.idilnews.com/somalia-federal-government-faces-western-backlash-over-term-extension-claims-as-diplomatic-tensions-escalate/

Sports

In association football, Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley Stadium, through a 72nd minute goal from Antoine Semenyo, to win their 8th FA Cup title. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/16/chelsea-v-manchester-city-fa-cup-final-live

Disasters and accidents

At least eight people are killed and 25 others are injured after a train hits and sparks a fire on a bus in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/least-eight-dead-25-injured-train-collision-that-sparks-bus-fire-thailand-2026-05-16/