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News As Facts
05-19-2026 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 -0.67% $7,353 BTC +0.26% $76,940 OIL (WTI) + $104
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
The Sudanese Emergency Lawyers reports that 28 people have been killed
in a drone strike on a market in West Kordofan, Sudan. (Toronto Star)
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/28-killed-in-a-drone-strike-
on-a-market-in-sudans-west-kordofan-rights-group-
says/article_9ac35c9c-3271-50ae-adb6-751c8240e15a.html
The Israeli Navy intercepts a flotilla boat taking part in the Global
Sumud Flotilla that was to be headed for the Gaza Strip in a effort to
break the blockade. (The Jerusalem Post) https://www.jpost.com/middle-
east/article-896663
A Syrian soldier is killed and at least twelve others are injured in a
car bomb explosion in Damascus. (The New Region)
https://thenewregion.com/posts/5410
U.S. African Command says that U.S. and Nigerian forces have launched
airstrikes on a ISIS camp in Nigeria. (Peoples Gazette)
https://gazettengr.com/u-s-nigerian-forces-launch-third-attack-on-isis-
camp-in-north-east/
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters confirms that around 175 ISIS, ISWAP,
and Boko Haram militants have been killed since the joint operation
launched by the United States and Nigeria, including second-in-command
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki. (The Guardian Nigeria)
https://guardian.ng/news/175-boko-haram-iswap-fighters-eliminate-in-
nigeria-us-joint-operations-dhq/
== Disasters and accidents ==
The death toll from a pickup truck crash in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous
County, Guangxi, China, rises to ten after the bodies of nine missing
people were recovered. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/least-10-killed-heavy-
rains-drench-southern-central-china-2026-05-19/
At least 10,000 homes are evacuated amid spreading wildfires in Santa
Rosa Island and Simi Valley, California, United States. (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4pn0e2yp6o
Ten people are killed in torrential rain and flooding in Guizhou, Hubei,
and Hunan provinces, China. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/least-10-killed-heavy-
rains-drench-southern-central-china-2026-05-19/
== Health and environment ==
Thailand reports two cases of mpox, prompting the Department of Disease
Control to increase surveillance of the disease. (Nation Thailand)
https://www.nationthailand.com/health-wellness/40066396
The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of
the Congo rises to 131. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/ebola-
deaths-eastern-congo-rise-131-outbreak-spreads-2026-05-19/
Sudan begins implementing Ebola measures, including screening passengers
at the international airport in Port Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
https://sudantribune.com/article/314157
== International relations ==
The cabinet of Thailand approves plans to reduce the length of visa-free
stays for travelers from more than 90 countries as part of measures
targeting crimes involving foreign nationals. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/5/19/thailand-cuts-visa-free-
stays-citing-crime-by-foreigners-1816
== Law and crime ==
Former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is charged
with money laundering and membership of a criminal organisation in
connection with an investigation into the alleged laundering of the €53
million public bailout that incumbent prime minister Pedro Sánchez's
second government provided to the airline Plus Ultra and La Liga
Airlines in 2021. (Politico) https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-
court-charges-key-pedro-sanchez-ally-with-money-laundering/
Catalonian police arrest Jonathan Andic, the son of Mango founder Isak
Andic, as part of an investigation into Isak's death during a hiking
trip to Collbató in 2024. (AFP via Cebu Daily News)
https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/729786/breaking-mango-founders-son-
arrested-in-spain-over-fathers-death
Vietnamese police arrest five Chinese nationals and a local accused of
operating a gold smuggling network in Hanoi that allegedly traded more
than US$45 million worth of gold. (AFP via New Straits Times)
https://www.nst.com.my/amp/world/region/2026/05/1443654/five-chinese-
nationals-nabbed-alleged-us45mil-gold-smuggling-ring
== Politics and elections ==
Opposition coalition Somali Future Council says Somali president Hassan
Sheikh Mohamud can no longer perform key presidential functions,
including military oversight or dismissing government officials. They
propose that parliamentary speaker Aden Madobe serve as acting president
until elections scheduled for 30 June. The president has lost full
executive authority following the expiry of his mandate on 15 May. (Idil
News) https://www.idilnews.com/hsm-stripped-of-executive-power-as-term-
expired-on-15-may/
== End News As Facts 05-19-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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