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News As Facts
05-14-2026 22:00 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 +0.77% $7,501 BTC +2.41% $81,423 OIL (WTI) +0.99% $102
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Fars News Agency reports that Iran has allowed vessels from China to
cross the Strait of Hormuz. (Roya News)
https://en.royanews.tv/news/69827/Tehran-grants-passage-to-Chinese-
vessels-in-Hormuz#google_vignette
Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa between Somali federal government forces
and troops loyal to former South West State president Abdiaziz Hassan
Mohamed, following disputes over regional elections and the end of
president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term tomorrow. Multiple sources
confirm two senior Somali military officers from the 60th Division have
been killed in a roadside ambush. (Garowe Online), (Shabelle Media)
https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-senior-military-
commanders-killed-outside-baidoa-amid-election-dispute
The internationally-recognized Yemeni government and the rival Supreme
Political Council, which includes the Houthis, sign a deal in Amman,
Jordan, following 14 weeks of negotations to release over 1,600
detainees in the largest prisoner swap in the civil war's history since
2014. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/yemen-civil-war-detainees-
swap-c8fbb495ba32f5b547fc1ae112a2fac2
Russian forces launch overnight strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, hitting among
other targets, a residential building in eastern Darnytskyi district,
killing two people and wounding 31 others, including several children.
(BBC News), (CBC), (NPR) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5p8yygq94o
== Arts and culture ==
It is announced that South Korean band BTS, American singer Madonna and
Colombian singer Shakira will headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup
final halftime show at the ?MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, United
States, on July 19, 2026. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/madonna-bts-shakira-headline-
first-world-cup-final-halftime-show-2026-05-14/
== Disasters and accidents ==
Five Italian tourists are found dead after diving in the waters of
Alimathaa, Vaavu Atoll, Maldives. (Ansa), (The Mirror)
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2026/05/14/five-italians-die-in-the-
maldives-during-a-dive_77108f71-f6b1-443e-ac61-abb82c3c9fd8.html
A medical plane operated by Trans Aero MedEvac loses radio contact and
crashes near Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States, killing all four
passengers on board. (AP), (Primera Hora in Spanish)
https://apnews.com/article/plane-crash-new-mexico-
deaths-3556b511a0286bad19a503bb52bc288e
Seven people are killed and one critically injured after a speeding
vehicle collided with a tree near Gardabani, Georgia. (Front News
Georgia) https://www.frontnews.ge/en/news/gardabanshi-avtosagzao-
shemtkhvevas-7-adamianis-sitsotskhle-emskhverpla
One person is killed and 19 others are injured after a truck collided
with a bus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Xinhua)
https://english.news.cn/20260514/7a2ce220a2394a78a65f519d31c22be3/c.html
== International relations ==
A Russian senior security official says that Russia will establish a
"full-fledged partnership" with the Taliban government in Afghanistan,
urging other countries to do the same. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/russia-says-its-establishing-
full-partnership-with-afghan-taliban-2026-05-14/
Xi warns Trump that there could be conflict if the issue on Taiwan is
mishandled. (Nikkei Asia) https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/trump-xi-
summit/xi-warns-trump-that-handling-taiwan-issue-poorly-risks-a-clash
Hungary summons the Russian ambassador to the country in response to a
massive Russian drone attack on Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, which is
home to a large Hungarian community. (AP)
https://apnews.com/article/hungary-russia-zbigniew-ziobro-
transcarpathia-magyar-orban-ffeff47d606bd87609dbd527bd9ac0de
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. president Donald Trump, along with
business leaders from both countries, meet in Beijing, China. (CNN),
(The Guardian) https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-china-
visit-xi-meeting-hnk
== Law and crime ==
Warsaw registers its first same-sex marriage following a ruling by the
Supreme Administrative Court demanding officials to recognize the
marriage of two Polish men in Germany. (AP)
https://apnews.com/article/poland-eu-same-sex-
marriage-4e8b65dec73a1b17e5c751661d5f90ee
Philippine presidential communications undersecretary Claire Castro and
senate president Alan Peter Cayetano separately announce that senator
Ronald dela Rosa, who has an arrest warrant from the International
Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity related to a drug
war, has left the Senate building at early morning, hours after gunshots
were heard in the area the previous day. (Reuters), (The Philippine
Star), (UPI) https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippine-
president-calls-emergency-meeting-after-chaos-shooting-
senate-2026-05-14/
Somali pirates increase their ransom demands to US$10 million for the
release of the Togo-registered MV Eureka tanker hijacked off Somali
waters. (Garowe Online), (Hiiraan Online), (Middle East Monitor)
https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somali-pirates-hike-ransom-
demand-to-10-million-for-hijacked-cargo-ship
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that Israel plans to
sue The New York Times for running a column by Nicholas Kristof
discussing the use of sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners by
the Israeli military. (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/media-
telecom/israel-sue-new-york-times-over-article-rape-palestinian-
detainees-netanyahu-says-2026-05-14/
== Politics and elections ==
Josh Simons steps down as MP for Makerfield to trigger a by-election for
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to run for a seat in parliament.
Burnham is widely considered the favourite candidate to replace Starmer
in the event of a Labour Party leadership election. (ITV News)
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2026-05-14/mp-stands-down-so-andy-
burnham-can-fight-to-re-enter-parliament
Wes Streeting resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for
Health and Social Care, saying he has "lost confidence" in prime
minister Keir Starmer following the recent local elections. (Al
Jazeera), (BBC News), (CNN) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/uk-
health-secretary-wes-streeting-resigns-from-government
Burnham confirms he has requested the permission of the National
Executive Committee to stand in the upcoming Makerfield by-election.
(Bloomberg), (BBC News)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/burnham-s-path-to-
challenge-starmer-opens-as-mp-to-quit
A report authorized by Pope Leo XIV written by a Vatican working group
gives detailed testimonies from gay Catholics for the first time, while
condemning conversion therapy and calls for deeper understanding of
same-sex marriages to overcome internal church polarization. (Church
Times)
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/15-may/news/world/vatican-
report-gives-voice-to-gay-roman-catholics
Latvian prime minister Evika Silina resigns one day after losing her
majority in the Saeima over the handling of Ukrainian drone incursions
into Latvia's airspace. (AP), (DW) https://apnews.com/article/latvia-
prime-minister-silina-resigns-93be2f98695cebe4f5d559cfb35c9322
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is unanimously re-elected Chairman
of the Fatah movement. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/palestinian-president-abbas-
pledges-elections-reform-at-fatah-conference
== Science and technology ==
Researchers from Thailand publish the discovery of the Nagatitan
chaiyaphumensis in Chaiyaphum province, the largest dinosaur species
ever discovered in Southeast Asia. (NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5819740/dinosaur-thailand-sauropod-
giant-asia-paleontology
== End News As Facts 05-14-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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