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News As Facts
05-15-2026 23:30 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 -1.24% $7,408 BTC -2.94% $79,060 OIL (WTI) +4.44% $105
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Israeli airstrikes kill at least seven people across Nabatieh, Tibnin,
and Harouf, and injure 37 people in Tyre, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/lebanon-talks-israel-attack
The United States announces that Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend
their ceasefire for 45 days, and that more specific political and
security negotiations will began on May 29 and June 2, respectively. (Al
Jazeera), (PBS) https://aje.news/2nji40?update=4575986
Russia and Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each following a violated
three-day ceasefire. (Euronews) https://www.euronews.com/my-
europe/2026/05/15/ukraine-and-russia-swap-205-prisoners-of-war-each-in-
us-brokered-exchange
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a commander of the IRGC-aligned
Shia Iraqi militia group Kata'ib Hezbollah, is arrested by the U.S.
Justice Department after allegedly planning attacks on Jewish sites in
the United States, including a synagogue in New York City, along with
attacks in Europe as part of a broader campaign of retaliation by Iran
over the war. (The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/nyregion/hezbollah-arrest-nyc-jewish-
targets.html
Israel reports it has targeted Hamas military leader Izz al-Din al-
Haddad with an airstrike. (ynetnews)
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1nidcvjfe
== Arts and culture ==
The Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, which organizes Milan Fashion
Week in Italy, announces guidelines encouraging participating brands not
to display fur products during fashion shows following pressure from
animal rights groups. (AFP via RFI) https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-
news/20260515-milan-fashion-week-says-will-ask-brands-not-to-show-fur
== Disasters and accidents ==
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warns that 19.5
million people in Sudan are facing hunger amidst the three-year civil
war. (Middle East Monitor)
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260515-monitoring-group-
says-19-5-million-people-face-severe-hunger-in-sudan/
All UN agencies warn that the Somalian hunger and malnutrition crisis is
rapidly worsening, with a growing risk of famine. More than 6 million
people, approximatley 31% of the population, face critical levels of
food insecurity, while nearly 1.9 million children are suffering from
acute malnutrition. Of those children, approximately 493,000 are facing
severe acute malnutrition. (AA), (Relief Web), (UN News)
https://v.aa.com.tr/3938671
== Health and environment ==
An ebola outbreak is confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's
Ituri Province by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention,
killing 65 people. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/ebola-congo-ituri-
africa-virus-d59a194e6032e1783b6085b56d84b0f0
== International relations ==
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi says that China and the United States
have agreed to continue implementing previous trade agreements and to
establish trade and investment councils following talks between Chinese
leader Xi Jinping and U.S. president Donald Trump in Beijing. (AFP via
Al Arabiya) https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2026/05/15/china-
says-agrees-with-us-to-implement-all-existing-trade-agreements
Thirty-six countries and the European Union join the Special Tribunal
for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. (Euronews)
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/15/point-of-no-
return-36-countries-join-special-tribunal-to-prosecute-vladimir-putin
== Law and crime ==
Two Mexican officials sought for extradition by the U.S. government in
April on charges of alleged collusion with organized crime are
reportedly detained in the United States and Europe. (Tribuna de México
in Spanish) https://tribunademexico.com/detenidos-funcionarios-sinaloa/
== Politics and elections ==
Matthew Wale is appointed as the prime minister of Solomon Islands after
Jeremiah Manele was ousted in a no-confidence vote. (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/matthew-wale-elected-
solomon-islands-prime-minister
Third day talks mediated by UK and US between Somali federal government
and opposition Somali Future Council is collapsing over their legal
future and the electoral process. After Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is
breaking his constitutional presidential term limit. His four-year
constitutional term is formally expiring on 15 May, but it is ending
with no plan for an upcoming election. (Garowe Online), (Horseed Media),
(Addis Standard) https://garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/collapse-of-
halane-talks-pushes-somalia-into-a-new-political-crisis-over-elections
== Sports ==
The United World Wrestling lifts restrictions on wrestlers from Russia
and Belarus that was imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
and will allow them to compete under their respective national flags.
(Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/sports/russian-belarusian-wrestlers-
can-compete-under-their-national-flags-uww-says-2026-05-15/
== End News As Facts 05-15-2026 23:30 UTC ==
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