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News As Facts
05-20-2026 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 +1.08% $7,432 BTC +0.73% $77,358 OIL (WTI) +0.64% $98
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Two supertankers from China carrying four million barrels of Middle East
crude oil exit the Strait of Hormuz after staying in the Persian Gulf
for two months since the war started on February 28. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinese-tankers-exit-strait-
hormuz-with-4-million-barrels-crude-oil-data-shows-2026-05-20/
Israeli airstrikes kill at least eight people in Ad-Doueir, Tibnin, Burj
el-Shamali, and Shebaa in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/at-least-eight-killed-in-
israels-air-attacks-on-southern-lebanon
A South Korean-flagged oil tanker safely transits the Strait of Hormuz,
marking the first passage by a South Korean vessel through the waterway
since the war started. (AFP via The Star)
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/05/20/south-
korean-oil-tanker-transits-strait-of-hormuz
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says that Iran has
received and is reviewing a new proposal from the United States
regarding talks to end the war, while Pakistani interior minister Mohsin
Naqvi visits Tehran to facilitate exchanges between the two sides. (AFP
via Al-Ahram), (Arab News PK)
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/569382/World/Region/Iran-
says-examining-new-US-proposal-as-Pakistani-m.aspx
== Disasters and accidents ==
The 1,200-year-old Reikado Hall in the Daishō-in temple complex in
Itsukushima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, burns down completely. (NHK in
Japanese), (Nippon.com) https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/nb-4000034232
== Health and environment ==
The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola virus outbreak in
the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo likely began two months ago
due to a superspreading event, and initially went undetected. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-
says-139-suspected-ebola-deaths-congo-outbreak-numbers-expected-
rise-2026-05-20/
== International relations ==
Lithuania issues an air raid alert in Vilnius after the military
detected a drone signal near the Belarusian border, marking the first
time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022
that an EU and NATO member state has ordered the general population to
take shelter. (AFP via RFI), (AP) https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-
news/20260520-lithuanians-briefly-head-to-bunkers-over-drone-alert
== Law and crime ==
Two U.S. Capitol Police officers who helped defend the Capitol building
in Washington, D.C. during the January 6, 2021 riot file a lawsuit to
block January 6 rioters from receiving payouts from a new $1.8 billion
settlement fund. (AP), (Reuters) https://apnews.com/article/irs-trump-
settlement-tax-returns-police-capitol-riot-
fc73eb5f35481bb6d8892ac1e14e98bd
The U.S. Department of Justice announces that a grand jury in Miami,
Florida, has indicted former first secretary of the Communist Party of
Cuba Raúl Castro and five others on murder charges in connection with
the 1996 shootdown of an aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue.
(AFP via RFI), (AP), (Reuters) https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-
news/20260520-1996-cuban-downing-of-two-us-planes-behind-raul-castro-
indictment
The Philippine supreme court rejects an injunction sought by senator
Ronald dela Rosa against his arrest on an International Criminal Court
warrant for crimes against humanity related to the Philippine drug war.
(Al Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/philippines-top-
court-rejects-bid-to-block-arrest-of-senator-wanted-by-icc
The German public prosecutor general arrests a Chinese couple in Munich
who are accused of spying for a Chinese intelligence agency. (DW)
https://www.dw.com/en/german-authorities-arrest-2-on-china-high-tech-
espionage-allegations/a-77228979
== Sports ==
In association football, Aston Villa defeat SC Freiburg 3–0 at Beşiktaş
Stadium, Istanbul, to win their first UEFA Europa League title, and
second European title after the 1982 European Cup final. Emiliano
Buendía, who scored Villa's second goal, is named player of the match.
(Sky News) https://news.sky.com/story/aston-villa-win-europa-league-to-
claim-first-major-trophy-in-30-years-13546420
== End News As Facts 05-20-2026 22:30 UTC ==
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