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News As Facts
05-13-2026 22:30 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
and formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
== Financial Markets ==
S&P 500 +0.58% $7,444 BTC -1.83% $79,290 OIL (WTI) -0.24% $100
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
ACLED reports that April was the deadliest month in Gaza this year, with
more than 120 reported fatalities related to Israeli violence. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-steps-up-attacks-gaza-
since-iran-truce-military-says-hamas-rearming-2026-05-13/
Nine people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in the latest
Russian drone strikes across Ukraine. (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3pj85depzo
At least 12 people, including two children, are killed from Israeli
drone strikes on cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern
Lebanon. (AFP via RTÉ) https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-
east/2026/0513/1573202-israel-lebanon/
At least two people are killed and several others were injured in a
drone strike in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
https://sudantribune.com/article/313882
Chinese supertanker Yuan Hua Hu, which carries 2 million barrels of
Iraqi crude, crosses the Strait of Hormuz after previously being
stranded in the Gulf for two months following the Iran war. The crossing
comes ahead of a upcoming meeting between U.S. president Donald Trump
and Chinese president Xi Jinping. (Jerusalem Post)
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-896072
Four other vessels from China cross the Strait of Hormuz within the past
24 hours, including vehicle carrier Xian Jiang Kou and oil chemical
tanker Starway. (AA) https://www.aa.com.tr/en/us-israel-iran-war/china-
linked-vessels-transit-strait-of-hormuz-via-iran-s-safe-corridor-as-
trump-visits-china/3936668
== Business and economy ==
Germany approves reforms to its heating law and adopts new electricity
supply legislation that enables support for 9 GW of new gas-fired power
plants. (S&P Global) https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-
research/latest-news/electric-power/051326-german-cabinet-approves-gas-
plant-tender-heating-reform-draft-laws
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that the oil flow
through the Strait of Hormuz has fell to 30% in the first quarter of
2026 as compared to the previous quarter. (AA)
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/us-israel-iran-war/oil-flows-through-strait-of-
hormuz-fall-nearly-30-in-first-quarter-eia/3936619
== Disasters and accidents ==
According to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a total of 563 people were
killed and 1,279 others injured in accidents on roads, railways and
waterways in Bangladesh in April of this year. (Xinhua) https://english.
news.cn/asiapacific/20260514/d3f66bc1ac6547d7a6c6f297f4134b4d/c.html
Four people are killed in a two-story house fire in North Jakarta,
Indonesia. (Xinhua)
https://english.news.cn/20260513/5364ab7e1cea4aab8ca14acab906d42f/c.html
== International relations ==
Ghanaian foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announces plans to
evacuate about 300 citizens from South Africa following attacks
targeting sub-Saharan African migrants. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana-evacuate-300-citizens-south-
africa-after-xenophobic-attacks-2026-05-13/
== Law and crime ==
Gunshots are reported at the Philippine senate building amid tensions
surrounding a possible arrest of senator Ronald dela Rosa under an
International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against
humanity. (AFP via The Peninsula), (Reuters)
https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/13/05/2026/shots-heard-at-
philippine-senate-as-lawmaker-wanted-by-icc-holds-out-afp
Sussex Police say they have recovered the bodies of three women off a
beach in Brighton, England, and are working to identify the women. (The
Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/13/bodies-of-
three-women-recovered-from-sea-off-brighton
The U.S. Senate blocks a War Powers Resolution to curtail U.S. president
Donald Trump's war powers in the Iran War for a 7th time in a 49-50
vote, with Democrat John Fetterman being the lone Democrat to vote
against it. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-congress-lisa-
murkowski-3efd8b6bc1834a66eca8526a0a9b3ffe
== Politics and elections ==
Latvian prime minister Evika Silina loses her parliamentary majority
after the the Progressives withdraw support from the governing coalition
and calls for talks on forming a new government. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/latvian-government-loses-majority-
parliament-over-handling-ukraine-drone-2026-05-13/
King Charles III makes the speech from the throne opening the new
parliamentary session. (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clypj215wgpo
US and UK mediation High-level negotiated talks at Mogadishu’s Halane
Compound between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and opposition leaded
by regional President Said Abdullahi Deni have broken down without an
agreement. The deadlock centres on bitter disputes over the country's
upcoming electoral framework, technical delays, and regional vote-
rigging accusations in South West State of Somalia. (Garowe Online,
Somali Guardian https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-
mogadishu-talks-collapse-as-election-deadlock-deepens-ahead-of-critical-
deadline
== End News As Facts 05-13-2026 22:30 UTC ==
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