Politics

Cambodia's Deputy PM arrives in Azerbaijan to attend WUF13

16 May 2026-13:12
Israeli airstrike hits Beit Siyad in southern Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike has targeted the town of Beit Siyad in southern Lebanon as cross-border attacks continue amid a fragile ceasefire environment.

16 May 2026-11:50
Georgia cites “risks” as it declines to join Ukraine tribunal governing committee

Georgia has declined to join an agreement establishing the governing committee of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, an initiative supported on 15 May at a meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in Chisinau by 36 countries, alongside the European Union.

16 May 2026-11:15
Iran says alleged Mossad-linked network dismantled in Ardabil

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that it had dismantled an alleged espionage network linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service in the northwestern province of Ardabil.

16 May 2026-10:50
Trump says Iran missile launchers ‘largely gone’

Donald Trump has claimed that Iran’s missile launchers have been “largely gone,” dismissing reports suggesting that a significant portion of Iran’s launch capability remains intact as “fake news.”

15 May 2026-16:10
Iranian President congratulates Iraqi PM on government formation

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has congratulated Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi after Iraq’s parliament approved his government, expressing hopes for a “new chapter of strategic cooperation” between Tehran and Baghdad.

15 May 2026-16:05
Georgia fines supermarket chain after cat filmed feasting in deli section

Georgia’s National Food Agency has fined the owner of the Libre supermarket chain after a viral video showed a cat helping itself to a feast inside a store’s deli section.

15 May 2026-15:50
Ukraine and Azerbaijan deepen strategic defence cooperation after Zelenskyy visit

A recent visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation to Azerbaijan has strengthened the strategic partnership between the two countries, Ukrainian officials said.

15 May 2026-15:31
Louisiana Senate passes bill to scrap majority-Black congressional district

The Louisiana State Senate has voted 27–10 to pass a controversial new congressional map that eliminates one of the state's two majority-Black House districts. If the redrawn boundaries clear the State House, the map is highly anticipated to secure a dominant 5–1 congressional majority for Louisiana Republicans.

15 May 2026-14:45
Russia and Ukraine begin major prisoner swap after Trump announcement

Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war each on Friday as part of a larger 1,000-for-1,000 exchange agreement announced earlier by US President Donald Trump.

15 May 2026-14:37