The Yemeni Army says that scores of Houthi militiamen were killed in clashes and that scores of others were wounded in the central Al Bayda Governorate.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
The U.S. Department of Justice drops its prosecution of Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI. He previously pleaded guilty to the charges during the investigation led by Robert Mueller.
The death toll from a styrene gas leak in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, rises to 13.
Huge swarms of desert locusts destroy crops in central and western India prompting authorities to step up their response to the country's worst plague in nearly three decades.
Eleven people die and over 5,000 fall ill from a styrene gas leak from an LG Polymers chemical plant in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India.
A government spokesperson says the Taliban also suffered casualties.
independent city in Missouri, United States
The U.S. removes four Patriot missile batteries, two jet fighter squadrons and dozens of military personnel from Saudi Arabia while considering a reduction in the U.S. Navy presence in the Persian Gulf.
A roadside bomb strikes a United Nations vehicle in Aguelhok, Kidal, Mali, killing three Chadian peacekeepers.
At least six civilians are killed when a minibus hits a roadside bomb near Mogadishu. There has been no claim of responsibility.
Taiwan decriminalises adultery in what is considered a landmark ruling.
At least three civilians are killed and several others are injured in Tripoli when a park comes under shelling from suspected Libyan National Army forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
government, codenamed "Operation Gideon".
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
Date: Oakland shooting: May 29, 2020 Santa Cruz County shootout: June 6, 2020
transnational Sunni Islamist organization
Fifteen pro-democracy activists are released on a HK$1000 bail. Notable political figures, including Benny Tai, University of Hong Kong academic and one of the Occupy Central founders; Civil Human Rights Front convener Jimmy Sham; former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau; and others, flock to the court to show support for the activists.
The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 300,000 worldwide.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Western Australian-based teams Fremantle and West Coast have plans to temporarily relocate to Gold Coast, Queensland.
American retail chain J. C. Penney files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating $4.2 billion in debt. It will also close an unspecified number of stores.
extramarital sex without the consent of the married participant's spouse
Major League Baseball team owners approve a proposal by Commissioner Rob Manfred to start the season in early July. It still needs to be approved by the Major League Baseball Players Association.
cargo ships built in the United States during World War II
A roadside bombing in Kech, Pakistan, struck a patrol vehicle, killing six soldiers, including an army major. The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
Horn of Africa, Western Asia and South Asia
Date: May 27, 1964 – present (58 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
Live sports returned as UFC 249 occurred. In the Co-main event Henry Cejudo defeated Dominick Cruz to retain his Bantamweight Championship and retired after the win. In the main event Justin Gaethje defeated Tony Ferguson to win the Interim UFC lightweight title. This set up a fight with undisputed UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Rioting and looting take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, following the death of African-American man George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis Police Department officers.
India expels two officials at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, accusing them of being involved in espionage activities. Pakistan condemns the expulsion and alleges that the two were detained and tortured by Indian authorities.
15-1 Inaba, Momoyama-chō, Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Finance minister Moeketsi Majoro replaces him as interim Prime Minister.
The shooter is later identified as a Syria-born man who expressed support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
2020 California's 25th congressional district special election
Sham argues that not recognizing same-sex marriages violates the Basic Law.
Montenegro becomes the first European country to declare itself "coronavirus free".
10th Commissioner of Major League Baseball
The party's parliament leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, said the decision will not be appealed.
Several other protests against police brutality and systemic racism take place in large cities across the United States, some of which included arson, vandalism, and looting.
Bolivian Minister of Health Marcelo Navajas is dismissed and arrested in graft probe over ventilators bought in a Spanish company.
diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
The U.S. Department of Justice drops its prosecution of Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI.
The executive of Ukraine, consisting of the prime minister and cabinet ministers.
Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall in the Philippines.
custody and Michael R. White, a U.S. Navy veteran in Iranian custody.
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 60 miles (97 km) west of Wellington, New Zealand. No injuries are reported.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto admits blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara, Western Australia, on May 24.
capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia
federally recognized polity in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó accepts the resignations of his aides JJ Rendón and Sergio Vergara, over their roles in "Operation Gideon". Rendón and Vergara admitted signing a contract with Jordan Goudreau's Silvercorp USA in October 2019 to help remove Nicolás Maduro from office, and install Guaidó as President.
Gregory and Travis McMichael are arrested for murder and aggravated assault in relation to the February shooting of an African American man in Brunswick, Georgia.
Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei says that Iran is prepared for a full prisoner exchange with the United States but that the American authorities had not yet responded. The swap could include Iranian university professor Sirous Asgari who is in U.S. custody and Michael R. White, a U.S. Navy veteran in Iranian custody.
In a hearing conducted over Zoom, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a court in Singapore sentences a 37-year-old Malaysian man to death for a 2011 heroin transaction. It is the first time that a death sentence has been imposed via teleconferencing in Singapore.
A fly-in fly-out worker from Perth attacks seven people in South Hedland, Western Australia. None were killed, though five were hospitalised. Police shot the attacker dead.
Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul
The Governor of Somalia's Mudug region, Ahmed Muse Nur, and three of his bodyguards are killed in a suicide car bombing.
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
124th season of the elite Australian rules football competition
Bundesliga becomes the first major sports league to resume its season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
Taiwan decriminalises adultery in what is considered a landmark ruling. Marital infidelity was a crime with a maximum sentence of a year in prison.
An air force raid kills a senior National Liberation Army (ELN) commander and three others in a rural area of Bolívar.
ethnic group native to the Great Lakes region of Africa
Gunmen kill 60 to 74 people in villages in the Nigerian state of Sokoto, where similar attacks had occurred on Monday.
Reuters wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for its coverage of the protests in Hong Kong.
In response, President Ashraf Ghani orders that the armed forces switch to the "offensive" and to "start operations against the enemy".
In Detroit, police use tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters and make several arrests, including one person who drove their car at a police officer.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
Air Canada announces it will lay off 20,000 employees starting June 7.
In Kabul, gunmen wearing police uniforms open fire, killing at least 24 people, including two newborns, in the maternity ward of a hospital.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells Congress that Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous from China" following Beijing's plans to impose a new security law on the territory, and no longer meets its special designation for trade under U.S. law that was established in the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act.
Saudi Arabia withdraws its troops from the Yemeni island of Socotra amid separatist unrest.
Zambian police arrest three people suspected of murdering three Chinese nationals three days prior and burning their bodies.
FBI officials determine the incident to be terrorism-related and say a second person of interest may be at large.
Kuwait announces a total curfew lasting from May 10–30, as part of new measures to prevent the spread of the virus. This comes after the Health Ministry confirmed 641 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase to date.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Wagner Group fighters withdraw from the frontline near Tripoli, after the Libyan National Army suffers a series of defeats. The mayor of Bani Walid says the Russians, who are allied to Khalifa Haftar, retreated to his town then left Bani Walid Airport on three military planes to Al Jufra Airbase, while their heavy equipment were driven there.
Indonesian e-commerce site Tokopedia launches a security investigation after a hacker said they stole the information of 91 million users and plans to release it on the dark web.
Lesotho's Appeal Court revokes former First Lady Maesiah Thabane's bail. Thabane and her husband, former Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, are accused of ordering the murder of his first wife, Lipolelo. Both deny involvement in the crime.
unit of length used to express astronomical distances, defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year
Brazil reports a record 33,274 new cases of COVID-19 and 956 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 498,440 and 28,834 deaths, the fourth highest in the world.
observation of an election by one or more independent parties
Save the Children reports a surge in deaths of people with coronavirus-like symptoms in Aden, with at least 380 in the last week. Officially, Yemen has only reported 13 COVID-19 deaths.
In New Caledonia, the largest pro-independence party Caledonian Union agrees to postpone the referendum on independence from France due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Anti-independence parties welcome the decision.
A protester in St. Louis dies after being accidentally struck by a truck during the protests.
In Atlanta, the CNN Center is vandalized and police vehicles are attacked and set on fire as protests spread. Seven people are reportedly arrested.
legislative, executive and judiciary powers of Iran
Former U.S. Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, who took part in the failed 2019 Venezuelan uprising attempt to oust Nicolás Maduro, releases a video claiming responsibility for an incursion in Venezuela, announcing the start of an effort to capture senior Venezuelan officials wanted by the U.S. government, codenamed "Operation Gideon". Goudreau claims 60 troops have successfully entered Venezuela by "land and sea" and fighting is underway.
At least 15 people are killed in northern Burkina Faso after a convoy transporting traders is targeted by an unidentified armed group. Burkina Faso has been fighting Islamist terrorists amid a resurgence of attacks in the Sahel.
The number of worldwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpasses six million. The United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 29% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world.
most populous city in the United States of America
head of state of the Republic of Burundi
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Turkish-backed GNA forces capture the strategic al-Watiya airbase from forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, and seize a Russian Pantsir missile system.
Indian Army troops kill Riyaz Naikoo, a commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist group, after launching an offensive that resulted in the death of at least three other militants in Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 80,000.
National People's Congress decision on Hong Kong national security legislation
The Toronto Police declares a machete attack that occurred at an erotic massage parlor in February to be an act of terrorism driven by incel ideology.
Ethiopia admits shooting down a Kenyan private aircraft, killing all six on board. The Ethiopian National Defense Force says it believed the plane was on a "potential suicide mission".
Greece, a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "Muslim Brotherhood government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance.
county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska, United States
Earth-crossing asteroid that has an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth (> 1 AU) but perihelion distance less than the Earth's aphelion distance (q < 1.017 AU)
All five crew members declared missing after the crash of a Canadian CH-148 Cyclone helicopter two days earlier are now presumed dead.
An Airbus A320 carrying 99 people crashes in a residential area near Karachi Airport, Pakistan.
Russian professional mixed martial artist
criminal action involving throwing rocks
military tactics to attack the enemy by surprise
The National Oil Corporation of Libya reports that LNA forces loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar fired multiple rockets toward Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli's only functioning airport. The rockets hit jet fuel tanks and damaged a plane.
SpaceX space launch site in Boca Chica Village, Texas, United States
The firm issues an apology to Aboriginal Australians who are the traditional owners of the site, saying "We are sorry for the distress we have caused".
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 strikes near Tonopah, Nevada, with several aftershocks reported, though no injuries are reported.
A woman is facing four counts of attempted murder, as well as counts of attempted arson, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon, and assault for throwing a Molotov cocktail at an occupied NYPD van during a riot in Brooklyn.
person involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime
Several buildings are looted and burned down, and riot police have been deployed.
law enforcement agency in Atlanta, Georgia
national flag of the United States of America
capital city of Western Australia, Australia
Ugandan police arrest Stella Nyanzi, a prominent academic and vocal critic of President Yoweri Museveni, for inciting violence as she protested against lockdown measures taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
A 20-year-old Kurdish man was stabbed multiple times by three men in Ankara, Turkey, killing him. The attack, described as a xenophobic murder, was carried out as the victim was playing Kurdish music.
He is also stripped of his Communist Party credentials.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
details regarding the COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products
city in and county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
In Chicago, 108 people are arrested after several police vehicles are vandalized.
Activist Joshua Wong also condemns the law and calls it a law "to silence Hongkongers".
It is the first election after Suriname's president Dési Bouterse was convicted of murder for the December murders in 1982.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Michigan
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of New York
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England–Wales border
A jet from the Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds crashes into a house in Kamloops, British Columbia, killing one pilot and injuring another.
The Trump administration announces it will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty within six months, alleging continuous violations by Russia.
Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Turkish-backed GNA forces seize the towns of Badr and Tiji near the Tunisian border.
He was moved from the hospital and charged for an arson attack at an animation center in July 2019, which killed 36 people.
violent public disturbance against authority, property or people
In Houston, at least 137 people are arrested, eight police officers are hospitalized, and 16 police vehicles are vandalized in a riot.
Abdullah Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, which leads peace efforts with the Taliban, says that his team is ready to start discussions with the armed group "at any moment".
Inmates take seven guards hostage at a prison in Manaus, Brazil, during an attempted escape.
Colombian Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Health meet with their Brazilian counterparts to coordinate a joint response to the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the border region between both countries.
A Colorado man who organized planned armed protests against the state’s stay-at-home orders is arrested after pipe bombs were discovered at his house.
activities linked to handling oil products
Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell says U.S. economic recovery from the recession could take until the end of 2021.
2019 coronavirus pandemic in mainland China
computing term with a variety of meanings
The Taliban claims responsibility for an attack on Sunday on an Afghan military centre in southern Helmand where they say that "dozens were killed or wounded".
Hundreds of Minnesota National Guard are deployed in Minneapolis to enforce a night curfew, after Mayor Jacob Frey declared a state of local emergency amid civil unrest, but rioting and arson fires continue.
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, who was recorded on video kneeling on George Floyd's neck for several minutes and eventually causing his death, is taken into custody by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and charged with third-degree murder and second degree manslaughter.
In the first execution since the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States began, a Missouri man is put to death by lethal injection for murdering an elderly woman in 1991.
theme resort by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
NASCAR becomes the first major American sports league to resume its season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
A truck bomb explodes near a court in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan, killing five civilians. The Taliban claims responsibility, calling it a retaliation to statements by President Ashraf Ghani blaming the group for an attack on a maternity hospital two days ago.
spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Poland in during the 2020 pandemic
roads & transportation authority in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Colombia)
American car rental company Hertz files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to accumulating nearly $19 billion in debt.
A Minneapolis Police Department station is abandoned by police after being overran by protesters and is then looted and set on fire. An MPD spokesman confirmed the Third Precinct building had been evacuated "in the interest of the safety of our personnel".
A motorist opens fire and attempts to breach the perimeter of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, injuring a security guard, before being shot and killed. FBI officials determine the incident to be terrorism-related and say a second person of interest may be at large. The shooter is later identified as a Syria-born man who expressed support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Brazil's Ministry of Health reports 6,935 new cases of COVID-19 and 600 more deaths, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 7,921 and 114,715 total cases.
A train kills 16 migrant workers who were sleeping on the tracks in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
largest Christian church, led by the pope
Russian politician and diplomat (born 1967)
In another attack, a soldier is shot dead by separatists.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 100,000.
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issues a 10-day injunction against President Jair Bolsonaro's demand that all 30 members of Venezuela's diplomatic team leave the country.
Ghanaian police names Coronation Street actor Philip Middlemiss as one of the four suspects in a £5 million bribery scandal over the sale of military planes, and asks he be turned over for questioning.
At least six civilians are killed when a minibus hits a roadside bomb near Mogadishu.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
A fly-in fly-out worker from Perth attacks seven people in South Hedland, Western Australia.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating the country's relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the WHO has become a "puppet of China" and that American funding will be redirected to "other global public health needs".
In the first attack since the end of a truce declared by the Taliban, and despite a petition of the government for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire, at least 14 security forces members are killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Parwan.
smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake
bilateral relations between India and Pakistan
island country in the South Pacific Ocean
A cellphone video of the shooting of an African-American man jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, surfaces. The two men who killed him claim that they believed he was a burglar and then got into a fight with him when he was fatally shot. The case is subsequently taken to a grand jury.
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardons 3,157 prisoners to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.
government agency of the People's Republic of China
Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut John Glenn and disability rights advocate, dies of COVID-19 in a nursing home in Minnesota.
President Donald Trump announces his plans to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization after saying they were responsible for the looting and arson occurring during the protests. Various government and non-government officials claim that designating domestic terrorist groups is prohibited by the First Amendment.
President of Palau Thomas Remengesau Jr.
Gunmen opened fire against two social workers delivering aid for people amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Van Province, Turkey, killing them at the scene.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announces that the stay-at-home order will be lifted on May 15, except for Prince George's and Montgomery counties. Groups of over ten will remain forbidden.
ISWAP militants kill two soldiers and wound five others in Soueram, Far North, Cameroon. Five militants also die in the attack.
ISIL claims responsibility via its Amaq News Agency for a bombing that killed and wounded several Egyptian Army personnel near the city of Bir al-Abd in North Sinai Governorate.
In Kabul, gunmen wearing police uniforms open fire, killing at least 24 people, including two newborns, in the maternity ward of a hospital. Security forces kill the attackers. In Kuz Kunar, a suicide bomber kills at least 32 people at a funeral.
standard unit of mass in astronomy which is equal to 1.98892 × 10³⁰ kg
The United States Navy sends three warships in support of Malaysian oil exploration against diplomatic pressure from China in the South China Sea.
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Various locations in the U.S. state of Minnesota
The mayor of the county's administrative centre says scores of others are unaccounted for and feared dead.
American U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Iran
flag-carrier and largest airline of Canada
Pro-democracy and LGBT rights activist Jimmy Sham files a petition to the High Court to recognize his same-sex marriage, which was registered in New York City in 2014. Sham argues that not recognizing same-sex marriages violates the Basic Law.
A car bombing at an intelligence agency installation in the central province of Ghazni kills at least seven people and wounds another 40. The Taliban claims responsibility.
Wuhan plans to test all 11 million of their residents for the coronavirus.
President Edgar Lungu pardons a gay couple jailed for 15 years due to consensual homosexual acts amid a mass wave of pardons of nearly 3,000 inmates to celebrate Africa Freedom Day.
The Bulgarian captain of Portuguese-flagged cargo ship the Tommi Ritscher, who was kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, is freed. The captain was kidnapped at the port of Cotonou in the Gulf of Guinea on April 19.
The Toronto Police declares a machete attack that occurred at an erotic massage parlor in February to be an act of terrorism driven by incel ideology. The attack left one woman dead and another injured.
Afghan troops repel a Taliban attack on the northern city of Kunduz, killing up to 40 insurgents.
Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, denies all charges of embezzling more than $50 million in public funds. Kamerhe, who appeared before a court for two hours wearing prison fatigues and a surgical mask, could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
civil unrest in Chicago following the death of George Floyd
The Army of Ivory Coast and the military of Burkina Faso report that they conducted a joint operation against jihadists at the border between the two countries, killing eight suspected militants and arresting fourteen more.
Lesotho's Appeal Court revokes former First Lady Maesiah Thabane's bail.
The media is revealed to have been the target of violence and harassment at least 50 times on Friday and Saturday.
Russia reports a record 10,633 new cases of COVID-19 and 58 more deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total cases to 134,686 and 1,280 deaths.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
The Houthis-controlled area of Yemen reports its first case of COVID-19 and first death; that of a Somali man who had liver and kidney conditions. The government in the south reports nine new infections.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer extends her state's stay-at-home order until June 12 and its state of emergency until June 19.
Indonesian police says an armed group had shot two health workers affiliated with the local COVID-19 task force in Wandai district, Intan Jaya, Papua.
Date: May-June 2020 July 2020-present, as part of the larger Black Lives Matter movement
Michigan becomes the fourth state in the U.S. to pass 5,000 deaths from COVID-19. The state has 5,017 reported deaths and 52,350 total cases.
The Social Democratic Liberal Party, the main opposition party in Fiji's parliament, is suspended from parliament for 60 days amid a political feud which has caused its appointments to be declared null and void.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says "13 terrorists", including two U.S. citizens working for Jordan Goudreau's private security company Silvercorp USA, have been detained after foiling a plot to assassinate him, accusing them of "playing Rambo". State television broadcasts footage of captured mercenaries in Aragua.
The government of Mozambique announces that 50 Islamist insurgents have been killed in recent operations in Cabo Delgado Province.
government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malaysian authorities detains hundreds of foreign workers in a major raid in areas around the Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market. It is the second major raid on the country's biggest wholesale wet market by the authorities amid the movement control order.
Investigators launch a criminal probe into yesterday's fire and subsequent explosion at a hash oil manufacturing building in downtown Los Angeles, which injured a dozen responding firefighters.
Amid growing disillusionment with Puerto Rico's territorial status, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announces a referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should be made a U.S. state.
Israel's new unity government is sworn in, after 18 months of rule by a caretaker government.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
Germany's Bundestag votes to make the burning of the EU flag or that of another country a hate crime equivalent to that of burning the German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison. The only major party that opposed the move was the Alternative for Germany.
During protests in Indianapolis, two people are shot dead and two others injured after unidentified assailants open fire against protesters.
The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission issues a cease and desist order to the broadcasting operations of ABS-CBN, the country's largest media network, as Congress fails to renew its franchise granted in 1995. The network signed off at 7:52 PM, Philippine Standard Time. The last time the network was shut down was upon the declaration of martial law by the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
A previously undetected Apollo group asteroid 2020 JJ passes 4,350 miles (7,000 kilometres) away from Earth.
President Ashraf Ghani pledges to speed up the release of more Taliban prisoners, and asks that the Taliban release more government prisoners in return.
No claims of responsibility have been reported.
Europe's largest coach operator Shearings collapses into administration with 2,460 immediate job losses and thousands of holidays cancelled.
The Gaza Strip reports the first death from COVID-19, a 77-year-old woman.
While acknowledging they need to understand how the microbe spreads and how it blocks the disease, the team believes it has potential to be used in malaria control.
taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will
Burkina Faso has been fighting Islamist terrorists amid a resurgence of attacks in the Sahel.
The Taliban ambush a group of soldiers in Khan Abad, Kunduz, killing three of them. Five Taliban insurgents are killed in the clash.
Criminal charges brought in the Mueller special counsel investigation
Australian rules football club in Western Australia
Plans to restart the 2020 AFL season on June 11 have been halted after the South Australian government announced it would not allow the Adelaide and Port Adelaide clubs to be exempt from the 14-day mandatory quarantine. Western Australian-based teams Fremantle and West Coast have plans to temporarily relocate to Gold Coast, Queensland.
At least 10 members of the Popular Mobilization Forces are killed by ISIL militants in attacks in the town of Mekeeshfa and the city of Balad. Iraq and the paramilitary forces' official media report that scores of others were wounded.
Taliban militants attack a checkpoint in Logar, Afghanistan, killing eight security personnel and wounding five others.
A massive fire breaks out at the 48-storey residential skyscraper Abbco Tower in Al Nahda, Sharjah, UAE. At least 12 people are injured.
Amid heavy flooding in the Tittabawassee River caused by three straight days of heavy rainfall, the Edenville Dam in central Michigan partially collapses, prompting evacuations downstream. Governor Gretchen Whitmer declares a state of emergency for Midland County and the Michigan Army National Guard has been called in to assist.
Democrat Christy Smith concedes defeat to Republican Mike Garcia in yesterday's special election for California's 25th congressional district after vote returns showed Garcia in the lead. The results are the first time since 1998 that Republicans flipped a Democratic-held House seat in California.
Rioting and looting continue overnight in cities all over the United States as 12 states activate the national guard to defuse the situation.
Governor Phil Murphy announces that their beaches will reopen for Memorial Day, but with restrictions.
bilateral relations between China and India
capital and largest municipality of Spain
social movement to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities
It is not known if the attacks were carried out by the same assailant.
One of these called on Equinor to stop oil exploration in ecologically sensitive areas.
A journalist and a technician are killed and seven others wounded when a private bus carrying network employees is bombed in Kabul.
A gunman kills seven people in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast after a drunken quarrel during a fishing trip. The perpetrator is arrested afterwards.
American politician, mayor of Minneapolis
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili pardons two opposition politicians in a move to reduce political tension ahead of a parliamentary election. The pardoned are the former mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava and ex-defense minister Irakli Okruashvili.
national government of the United States
A motorist opens fire and attempts to breach the perimeter of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, injuring a security guard, before being shot and killed.
a social movement for Pashtun human rights
Gunmen abduct multiple healthcare workers in Balad, Middle Shabelle, before killing seven of them and another civilian.
Rwanda reports its first death from COVID-19, a 65-year-old who had severe respiratory complications and was being treated at a specialised center.
head of the United States Department of State
A gunman opens fire near the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, Arizona. Three people are injured, one of them seriously. The gunman is then taken into custody.
ongoing viral pandemic in New York state, United States
The United States Africa Command accuses Russia of deploying fighter jets to eastern Libya to provide air support to Russian mercenaries allied to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who is locked in a civil war with the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
Jordanian King Abdullah II warns Israel of a "massive conflict" if it annexes parts of the West Bank.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
trend towards democratic norms in a society
marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
In Niue, Sir Toke Talagi loses his seat at the Common Roll and is now leaving his position as Premier of Niue.
highest organ of state power and legislature of the People's Republic of China
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada says his group is "committed to a landmark deal with the U.S." despite carrying out hundreds of attacks against Afghan forces since February. Akhundzada also urged the U.S. "to not afford anyone the opportunity to obstruct, delay and ultimately derail this internationally recognised bilateral agreement".
Filipino media company Largest Entertainment media and conglomerate in the Philippines
Israeli troops kill a 15-year-old boy and wound four others at a refugee camp near Hebron, where they are looking for the rock thrower who killed a soldier yesterday.
government agency responsible for the collection, analysis or exploitation of information and intelligence
Candidate for the ruling party, National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy, and retired general Evariste Ndayishimiye wins the election with 68.72% of votes cast amid an election preceded by political violence including the arrest, torture and murder of opposition activists, according to a local human rights group.
UK Trade Minister Conor Burns resigns after a watchdog group recommended suspending him from parliament for making "veiled threats" towards a company his father had financial disputes with.
2020 East African Express Airways Brasilia crash
Venezuelan Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab formally requests the extradition of U.S.
Though little is known about the classified program, the spacecraft is expected to deploy a satellite into orbit, and test the "power-beaming technology".
Shanghai Disney Resort, Pudong, Shanghai, China
California's 25th congressional district
U.S. House district north of Los Angeles, CA
political division that is directly overseen by the United States federal government
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the adoption of a new package of measures to support the economy and citizens in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. This payment does not cancel but supplements the previously introduced support measures. Additionally, Putin proposed to establish a monthly payment of five thousand rubles for families with children under three years of age.
Chinese ambassador to Israel Du Wei is found dead in his home in Tel Aviv, aged 57.
city in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe extends the national state of emergency to May 31.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
President of Palau Thomas Remengesau Jr. condemns the exclusion of Taiwan from the World Health Organization, saying that it "endangers, not only Taiwanese people, but people everywhere". Palau remains one of Taiwan's few political allies in the Pacific.
regency in Central Papua Province, Indonesia
In Detroit, police use tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters and make several arrests, including one person who drove their car at a police officer. A man was killed during an altercation during the protests.
collective behaviour of a large number of (usually) self-propelled entities of similar size
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó denies any involvement with the Silvercorp USA operation. Jordan Goudreau claims his company signed a contract with Guaidó to remove Nicolás Maduro from power by force, but says he has only been paid "a tiny share of the amount agreed upon."
measures taken in care units to prevent contagious diseases from being spread among patients, health care workers, and visitors
The shooting is carried out by the owner of the shop.
type of business industry usually conducted over the Internet
Sudan summons its Ethiopian ambassador regarding an attack at the border between the two countries that killed military personnel and civilians, including children.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docks with the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Douglas Hurley joining the existing crew aboard the space station.
A 43-year-old protester is shot dead outside a pawnshop.
city in and county seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, United States and the capital of Utah
act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners
low-intensity asymmetric war, beginning in 1964, between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrillas (FARC, ELN, etc.)
port city and temporary capital of Yemen
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Japan
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
The Taliban declares a three-day Eid ceasefire starting on Sunday.
island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, close to the town of Oban
city district in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada says his group is "committed to a landmark deal with the U.S." despite carrying out hundreds of attacks against Afghan forces since February.
disputed boundary between China and India
annual race in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
act of murdering a large number of people
A fire at a hospital kills five patients being treated for COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Amid heavy flooding in the Tittabawassee River caused by three straight days of heavy rainfall, the Edenville Dam in central Michigan partially collapses, prompting evacuations downstream.
A gunman kills seven people in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast after a drunken quarrel during a fishing trip.
At least 27 Afghan soldiers have been killed during a Taliban attack at a convoy in the Alishing District of Laghman Province, Afghanistan.
global international and intergovernmental organization
Gunmen storm a mosque in Afghanistan's central Parwan Province, killing seven people and wounding 12 others.
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
citizens working for Jordan Goudreau's private security company Silvercorp USA, have been detained after foiling a plot to assassinate him, accusing them of "playing Rambo".
At least two miners are killed in a mine collapse in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. The mayor of the county's administrative centre says scores of others are unaccounted for and feared dead.
U.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
Date: 1 August 2014 – 9 November 2022 (8 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
In an unprecedented move, the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings.
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology publishes the result of radiocarbon and DNA analysis from the fossils that has been found in the Bacho Kiro cave, Bulgaria. The result, showing that the fossils belong to Homo sapiens instead of Neanderthal, indicates that modern humans may have arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
American professional wrestler, actor and basketball player (1981-2020)
Date: 9 December 2017 – present (5 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Hundreds of men on motorcycles, some armed with assault rifles, kill at least 18 people, including a local official in Sabon Gari, and steal thousands of livestock in Katsina State, Nigeria.
space warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces
political movement for Hong Kong to be independent from China
This comes after the Health Ministry confirmed 641 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase to date.
intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
Following accusations by former Justice Minister Sérgio Moro and a judicial order, footage from a controversial Brazilian Cabinet meeting is released to the media. The profanity-laden footage shows President Jair Bolsonaro calling for political interference in security organs to protect his family; Bolsonaro alleges this was a reference to his private security team, while Moro says that Bolsonaro was referring to Federal Police investigations.
Three people are injured, one of them seriously.
LATAM Airlines, the largest air carrier in Latin America, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Reactions to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation
ecoclimatic and biogeographic transition zone in Africa
Thousands of protesters, mostly supporters of the far-right party Vox, participate in car protests in Madrid, Seville, Barcelona and other cities against the continuing lockdown and the national government.
In Kyoto, Japan, Shinji Aoba is arrested. He was moved from the hospital and charged for an arson attack at an animation center in July 2019, which killed 36 people. Aoba had been unable to be arrested due to the severe injuries he sustained during the attack.
The Supreme Court of Malawi rejects a bid from President Peter Mutharika and upholds a lower court ruling that annulled last year's elections, paving the way for a new election that will be held on July 2.
Canada's military flight demonstration squadron
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
crewed demonstration flight operated by SpaceX on behalf of NASA
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells Congress that Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous from China" following Beijing's plans to impose a new security law on the territory, and no longer meets its special designation for trade under U.S.
series of shootings in Nova Scotia, Canada
The Allied Democratic Forces kill at least 17 people in a village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of three massacres by the ADF this week.
CEO Elon Musk announces he will reopen the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, United States, in defiance of an Alameda County shutdown order.
North American professional baseball league
Rioting and looting take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, following the death of African-American man George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis Police Department officers. Several buildings are looted and burned down, and riot police have been deployed.
At least two miners are killed in a mine collapse in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia.
train used for transportation of freight
The Taliban ambush a group of soldiers in Khan Abad, Kunduz, killing three of them.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the United States
Midst of Somali sea–Arabian Sea-Gulf of Aden
The Social Democratic Liberal Party, the main opposition party in Fiji's parliament, is suspended from parliament for 60 days amid a political feud which has caused its appointments to be declared null and void. The party's parliament leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, said the decision will not be appealed.
A Federal Protective Service officer is killed and another injured in an overnight drive-by shooting outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, California, amid protests over the killing of George Floyd five days prior.
A man is killed and five others are injured in four shootings at protests in Chicago, Illinois.
states of emergency and regimes of exception decreed by COVID-19
Date: 15 March 2020 – 5 December 2022 (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
set of ideologies holding that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life
May 2020 New Zealand National Party leadership election
The U.S. Senate unanimously passes a bill placing visa and property sanctions on Chinese officials involved in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Three women are killed in a stampede in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during an US$8 cash handout at a businessman's warehouse.
extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago
In New Caledonia, the largest pro-independence party Caledonian Union agrees to postpone the referendum on independence from France due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.
A manhunt is launched after hundreds of people, some with COVID-19, escape from quarantine centers in Zimbabwe and Malawi, with authorities worried that they will spread COVID-19 in countries whose health systems can be rapidly overwhelmed.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns China that the expulsion of 13 U.S. journalists could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kong’s status.
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny (who acts as defense minister) test positive for COVID-19 and self-isolate.
A plane crash near St. Louis, Missouri kills four people.
The New York Stock Exchange is expected to partially reopen following Memorial Day.
the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to property
individual who seeks refuge, esp. political asylum, in a foreign country
A car bombing at an intelligence agency installation in the central province of Ghazni kills at least seven people and wounds another 40.
1987 jet airliner family by Airbus including the A318, A319, A320, A321 and ACJ series
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on The Walt Disney Company
efforts to make change in society toward a perceived greater good
capital and most populous city of France
The Vatican announces that Pope Francis is sending a donation to Lebanon for 400 scholarships in an expression of his concern for the country’s young people. Lebanon is experiencing a “severe crisis” that is robbing younger generations of hope.
Notable political figures, including Benny Tai, University of Hong Kong academic and one of the Occupy Central founders; Civil Human Rights Front convener Jimmy Sham; former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau; and others, flock to the court to show support for the activists.
bicameral legislature of the United States
Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast
federal government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, established by the Constitution of Pakistan
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
Major League Baseball Players Association
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
The Seychelles bans cruise ships until the end of 2021 effective immediately, amid fears over COVID-19.
easternmost coast of the United States, located near the North Atlantic Ocean
The United States Navy's Naval Safety Center discloses "hazard reports" of Navy pilot encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena, including an incident in March 2014, in which a fighter jet pilot encountered an "unknown aircraft", which was "approximately the size of a suitcase, and silver in colour."
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
Process of ending the War in Afghanistan
municipal police department of Los Angeles, California, United States
judicial institution with the authority to resolve legal disputes
long term medical condition with elevated arterial blood pressure
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Russia
A four-alarm fire destroys a warehouse at Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California. More than 150 firefighters are able to contain the blaze and save both the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a World War II Liberty ship that saw action on D-Day at Normandy Beach in northwest France; and the USS Pampanito submarine, which had six war patrols from March 1944 through early 1945 in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
A court in Rwanda sentences former Mayor of Nyakizu Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life imprisonment for his role in orchestrating the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in the 1994 genocide. His lawyer is planning to appeal the ruling.
United States Space Force facility in Brevard County, Florida
Colombian airline carrier Avianca files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and liquidates its Peruvian subsidiary as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
China marks a month without announcing new deaths.
Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
In Los Angeles, more than 500 people are arrested as the city declares the protest an "unlawful assembly".
ISWAP militants kill two soldiers and wound five others in Soueram, Far North, Cameroon.
It is the closest near-Earth object since 2019 UN13.
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
public health emergency of international concern
The Central Bank of Venezuela launches a legal claim against the Bank of England, to try to force the British bank to release €930m ($1bn; £820m) worth of Venezuelan gold it claims it holds.
A court in Iran sentences French–Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison for breaching national security laws. Her lawyer said he would appeal against the verdict.
Hong Kong executive says that the newly-proposed security law will not hamper judicial independence. Many activists condemn the move; the organizer of many of last year's protests and convener of the Civil Human Rights Front Jimmy Sham says that the law is a "nuclear bomb" dropped by "the Chinese Communist Party" and calls for mass protests. Activist Joshua Wong also condemns the law and calls it a law "to silence Hongkongers".
office of the head of state of Afghanistan
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
An altercation between Indian and Chinese soldiers near the Naku La sector in Sikkim, India, leaves eleven soldiers wounded.
overview of gun violence in the United States
two attacks on law enforcement officers in California
proposed application of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley
generally refers to an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters
A man is killed and five others are injured in four shootings at protests in Chicago, Illinois. It is not known if the attacks were carried out by the same assailant.
Burundi expels the country's top World Health Organization representative and three other experts coordinating the COVID-19 response.
passenger ship used for pleasure voyages
A tractor-trailer and a truck carrying passengers crash head-on on a highway in Darfur, Sudan, causing 57 deaths and 20 injuries.
2020 civil unrest after the murder of George Floyd
The first tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is presently off the United States eastern coast. Arthur has sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h), is moving north-northeast at 13 mph (20 km/h), and will move near or east of the North Carolina coast on Monday. The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season is June 1.
bicameral legislature of the Republic of the Philippines
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology publishes the result of radiocarbon and DNA analysis from the fossils that has been found in the Bacho Kiro cave, Bulgaria.
56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021
medical care subspecialty, treating critically ill
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani welcomes the ceasefire and orders the armed forces of Afghanistan to "comply with the three-days truce and to defend only if attacked".
Live sports returned as UFC 249 occurred.
archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland
foreign person whose entering or remaining in a particular country is prohibited by that country's government
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announces that the stay-at-home order will be lifted on May 15, except for Prince George's and Montgomery counties.
Chinese journalist and politician in Hong Kong
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
An Airbus A320 carrying 99 people crashes in a residential area near Karachi Airport, Pakistan. Ninety-seven people onboard are killed; the other two survive with injuries. Another person died on the ground. Some people on the ground were also injured when the plane crashed near houses.
French police arrest Félicien Kabuga in Paris. He is suspected of funding militias that massacred around 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Kabuga had been on the run for 26 years and was living under a false identity.
Three Katyusha rockets, fired from the Bakriya neighborhood, land in the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport but cause no damage or casualties.
Six Pakistani soldiers are killed when their vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb in Balochistan. In another attack, a soldier is shot dead by separatists.
US government public–private partnership to facilitate development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics
First Vice President of Afghanistan from 2020 to 2021
physiological process of expelling a fetus from the pregnant human mother's uterus
city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Inmates take seven guards hostage at a prison in Manaus, Brazil, during an attempted escape. A raid later frees the guards and ends the prisoners' rebellion.
census designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States
census-designated place in and county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States
A United States Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter crashes outside of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the pilot safely ejects.
Fifteen pro-democracy activists are released on a HK$1000 bail.
The Dubai Road Transport Authority announces that the elevators on the Dubai Metro will be restricted to two people at a time.
The European Court of Justice rules that Hungarian authorities circumvented EU law by holding Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers in unlawful detention at a camp near the Serbian border.
aerial warfare mission directly supporting friendly ground forces
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
China suspends imports of beef from four Australian abattoirs, saying that its customs agency "continuously" found violations of inspection and quarantine requirements.
aircraft class designed or used for military duties
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah sign a power-sharing deal to end a months long political turmoil that hampered the peace process.
part of the World Wide Web that is only reachable over darknets
The United States House passes a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package. The bill will head to the United States Senate.
In Sweden, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 strikes near Kiruna. No injuries are reported.
Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, denies all charges of embezzling more than $50 million in public funds.
The Government of National Accord reports that seven civilians are killed, including a child, after Khalifa Haftar's forces fire heavy artillery on a shelter in Tripoli.
gun and missile anti-aircraft weapon system
USA-related events during the year of 2011
strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz
They accused them of "interfering with the government response to the pandemic".
Many major cities around the United States implement curfews meant to prevent a second night of riots, including Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rochester, Salt Lake City, and Seattle.
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places
ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials onboard from one port to another
series of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan
aerial warfare branch of Venezuela's armed forces
city in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
Governor Gretchen Whitmer declares a state of emergency for Midland County and the Michigan Army National Guard has been called in to assist.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul in Sheffield, England, suffers damage due to a fire. There were no injuries. A 40-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with arson, burglary and assault of an emergency worker.
A romantic or sexual relationship between people of the same sex
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifts the state of emergency in all remaining parts of the country, including Tokyo.
COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine
Poland extends its ban on foreigners entering the country until June 12 due to COVID-19.
head of the state and government of California
type of provisional or temporary government
respiratory syndrome and infectious disease in humans, caused by SARS coronavirus 2
The new election date will be announced later.
Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto admits blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara, Western Australia, on May 24. The firm issues an apology to Aboriginal Australians who are the traditional owners of the site, saying "We are sorry for the distress we have caused".
3rd closest non-impacting Earth approach
Todd Muller defeats Simon Bridges to become the new leader of the National Party, and the Leader of the Opposition.
He had allegedly been planning a mass shooting at Honeymoon Island State Park in support of ISIS.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
citizen Jordan Goudreau and two dissident Venezuelans, JJ Rendón and Sergio Vergara, over their involvement in the armed incursion earlier this week, known as "Operation Gideon".
global system of connected computer networks based on IP addressing and routing protocols
American retail chain J. C. Penney files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating $4.2 billion in debt.
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov is hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.
At least five people are killed and twenty others injured by a car bomb during an Eid festival in Baidoa, Bay.
Arif Wazir, a prominent PTM leader, dies of injuries from an attack that was carried out in a drive-by shooting in Wanna, Pakistan, a day earlier.
military forces of the Russian Federation
China moves thousands of People's Liberation Army troops to its Himalayan border with India, bringing vehicles and heavy machinery to what India says is its territory.
Citizens of Burundi head to the polls to elect their president and the members of the National Assembly.
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency reports that leader Kim Jong-un attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a fertilizer plant today, in his first official appearance since his disappearance from public focus last month.
Date: May 26, 2020 – present (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei says that Iran is prepared for a full prisoner exchange with the United States but that the American authorities had not yet responded.
The number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 surpasses five million.
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Crew Dragon's mission is to check the ship's systems and the crew's readiness to work with it. Crew Dragon is heading to the ISS. It is the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 that American astronauts have been launched into orbit from the United States, and is the first ever crewed commercial space flight.
A gunman opens fire near the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, Arizona.
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 4 days)
Regional and international election observers have been blocked from monitoring the election, raising doubts about its fairness.
The government in the south reports nine new infections.
crime, motivated by prejudice and usually violent
hospital that is reserved for the use of military personnel, their dependents and other authorized users
U.S. authorities in Massachusetts arrest a father and son, aged 59 and 27, who have been charged in Japan with helping Carlos Ghosn, former Chairman of Nissan, to escape from Japan to Lebanon last year.
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
In Atlanta, the CNN Center is vandalized and police vehicles are attacked and set on fire as protests spread.
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
Americans of ancestry from black ethnic groups of Africa
In Kyoto, Japan, Shinji Aoba is arrested.
protests in Michigan caused by the killing of George Floyd
Russia reports a record 10,633 new cases of COVID-19 and 58 more deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total cases to 134,686 and 1,280 deaths. Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin says the peak has still not been reached, warning residents to remain indoors.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
Gunmen kill three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members near the Kurdish-majority city of Divandarreh, in the Kurdistan Province, while "several counterrevolutionaries" are reportedly killed in the fighting, according to Iranian media.
unintended escape of gas from a pipeline or other containment
An Israel Defense Forces soldier dies after being struck on the head by a thrown stone in the West Bank town of Ya'bad.
A cellphone video of the shooting of an African-American man jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, surfaces.
county in Florida, United States of America
Rendón and Vergara admitted signing a contract with Jordan Goudreau's Silvercorp USA in October 2019 to help remove Nicolás Maduro from office, and install Guaidó as President.
Indonesia announces that it is imposing a value added tax on the digital services provided by internet companies. The tax will take effect in July.
dislike of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange
A man dies after being restrained by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, subsequently triggering public outrage.
Judicial authorities in Belgium and France announce the arrest of 26 suspects, followed 16 simultaneous early morning raids on 26 May in Brussels and Paris, which targeted the “notably suspected” organization believed to be responsible for the tragedy in the U.K.
Iran says an anti-ship missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck its naval support ship Konarak, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others onboard the vessel.
A SpaceX Starship prototype (SN4) is destroyed in a large explosion during static fire testing at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site.
India extends its lockdown, which was set to expire today, until May 31.
A riot over food shortages at the overcrowded Los Llanos prison in Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela, leaves at least 46 people dead and dozens more injured, including the prison's director, according to the military.
List of George Floyd protests outside the United States
worldwide protests against racism and police brutality based on or inspired by seeking justice for George Floyd
incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
The first of five Iranian tankers en route to Venezuela to deliver fuel enters Venezuelan territorial waters, after being escorted by the Venezuelan Air Force and Navy. Both Iran and Venezuela warned the United States not to interfere with the delivery.
Gladwin and Midland counties, Michigan, United States
2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
In Niue, Sir Toke Talagi loses his seat at the Common Roll and is now leaving his position as Premier of Niue. Former Secretary to Government Richard Hipa, a first-time candidate, topped the Common Roll votes with 440 and now looks to be a contender for the premiership.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
Various government and non-government officials claim that designating domestic terrorist groups is prohibited by the First Amendment.
Venezuelan Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab formally requests the extradition of U.S. citizen Jordan Goudreau and two dissident Venezuelans, JJ Rendón and Sergio Vergara, over their involvement in the armed incursion earlier this week, known as "Operation Gideon".
formally combined military forces of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan from 1997–2001
Five Taliban insurgents are killed in the clash.
A collision between a train and agricultural vehicle on a level crossing in Hooghalen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. The machinist died.
United States President Donald Trump announces the officials for Operation Warp Speed in an effort to develop a vaccine by the end of 2020.
preserved remains or traces of organisms from a past geological age
principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States
At least 15 people are killed in northern Burkina Faso after a convoy transporting traders is targeted by an unidentified armed group.
bilateral relations between Afghanistan and United States
2020 pandemic in Michigan, United States
At least five people are killed and twenty others injured by a car bomb during an Eid festival in Baidoa, Bay. No claims of responsibility have been reported.
American former police officer who murdered George Floyd
consist of the ministers, who lead the Brazilian government
A military court in Vietnam sentences former deputy defense minister Nguyễn Văn Hiến to four years in prison for allowing three plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred from the Navy to private investors. He is also stripped of his Communist Party credentials.
The Los Angeles Police Department is still searching for him.
There has been no claim of responsibility.
Prime Minister of Fiji from 1992 to 1999 and from 2022-
A team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria.
The group has not commented on Abdullah's remarks.
minor planet of the inner Solar System; not a comet
New coronavirus clusters are reported in Wuhan—where the virus first emerged—and the north-eastern province of Jilin, after confirming its first case since April 3.
persistent floods from torrential raining in East Africa
Anti-fascist protesters gather in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte in response to police brutality and President Bolsonaro's defence of unconstitutional measures.
A journalist and a technician are killed and seven others wounded when a private bus carrying network employees is bombed in Kabul. ISIL – Khorasan Province claims responsibility.
male religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church
SpaceX super heavy-lift reusable launch vehicle
act of giving up or quitting an office or position
The European Southern Observatory announces the discovery of Earth's closest-known black hole (HR 6819).
media under financial and/or editorial control of a government
census designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States
He previously pleaded guilty to the charges during the investigation led by Robert Mueller.
More than 150 firefighters are able to contain the blaze and save both the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a World War II Liberty ship that saw action on D-Day at Normandy Beach in northwest France; and the USS Pampanito submarine, which had six war patrols from March 1944 through early 1945 in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
In the Co-main event Henry Cejudo defeated Dominick Cruz to retain his Bantamweight Championship and retired after the win.
The state has 5,017 reported deaths and 52,350 total cases.
Lebanon is experiencing a “severe crisis” that is robbing younger generations of hope.
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the assassination.
person who commands, pilots, or serves as a crew member of a spacecraft
Ninety-seven people onboard are killed; the other two survive with injuries.
US military ship from World War II, today on display in San Francisco
ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019
head of state and head of government of Suriname
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
convener of the Civil Human Rights Front
Between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea
police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots
Burundi expels the country's top World Health Organization representative and three other experts coordinating the COVID-19 response. The government says they are persona non grata and must leave Burundi. They accused them of "interfering with the government response to the pandemic".
reserve force of the United States Army and Air Force
Brazil's Ministry of Health reports 881 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 12,400 and 177,589 total cases.
municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Seville and the autonomous community of Andalusia in Spain
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar, carries out massive artillery bombardment of Tripoli, Libya's capital, in a push to capture the city from Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) forces. Turkey says Haftar's forces are now "legitimate targets" if attacks on its interests continue.
consolidated city and county in California, United States
government consisting of two or more parties
Anglo-Australian multinational mining company
A fire at a hospital kills five patients being treated for COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. No cause for the fire has been determined.
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
Equinor, a multinational oil company two-thirds owned by the government of Norway, rejected a group of environmental and climate change-related resolutions at its shareholders meeting. One of these called on Equinor to stop oil exploration in ecologically sensitive areas.
At least two people are killed and two others seriously injured after a plane carrying vital medical supplies crashes near Esquel Airport in Esquel, Argentina.
broad blade used either as an implement like an axe, or in combat like a short sword
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces the termination of all agreements, including security ones, with Israel and the United States in response to Israel's plans to annex the Jordan Valley.
One day after former WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard disappeared near the Marina Del Rey beach in Venice Beach, California while swimming, the United States Coast Guard calls off the search. The Los Angeles Police Department is still searching for him.
Four civilians are killed in Ghor, Afghanistan, when police open fire on protesters who grew angry at the local distribution of food, which they said favored those with political connections. Two policemen also are killed. Police say they responded when protesters tried to enter the governor's house.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health reports 17,408 new confirmed cases and 1,179 more deaths from COVID-19, their highest daily death toll to date, bringing Brazil's death toll to 17,971 and 271,628 total cases.
special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
Tom Thabane steps down as Prime Minister of Lesotho following investigations into his third wife's alleged murder of his second wife, Lipolelo Thabane.
Unidentified forces attack two fishing vessels near the Gabonese capital of Libreville and abduct six crewmen (3 Indonesian, 2 Senegalese, and a South Korean). It is the second pirate attack reported this year off the coast of Gabon.
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Equinor, a multinational oil company two-thirds owned by the government of Norway, rejected a group of environmental and climate change-related resolutions at its shareholders meeting.
A man and woman are arrested in the Forest of Dean in connection with the discovery of the remains of a woman found in two suitcases.
head of state and of the executive branch of government of the State of Maryland, United States
2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo massacres
New York City goes 58 consecutive days without a fatal pedestrian traffic collision, the most since tracking began in 1983.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer declares states of emergency in Gladwin, Saginaw and Arenac counties due to the Edenville Dam failure and subsequent flooding of the Tittabawassee River earlier this week.
Microsoft announces a $1.5 billion investment in Italy, as part of its expansion of cloud computing services around the world.
The mayor of Bani Walid says the Russians, who are allied to Khalifa Haftar, retreated to his town then left Bani Walid Airport on three military planes to Al Jufra Airbase, while their heavy equipment were driven there.
canyons of the Andaka and Dryanovo River, near Dryanovo town
2020 New Caledonian independence referendum
At least five COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Vyborgsky District, St. Petersburg, Russia, die after a ventilator caught fire in the intensive care ward they are treated in.
Forces of the international-recognized Libyan government retake two military camps, Hamza and Yarmuk, from forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar south of Tripoli.
German men's association football top league
The Polish governing coalition announces the presidential election, scheduled for May 10, is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new election date will be announced later.
world headquarters of CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents
capital and largest city of Colorado, United States
Six Pakistani soldiers are killed when their vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb in Balochistan.
A militia kills 20 villagers in an overnight attack in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pro-democracy and LGBT rights activist Jimmy Sham files a petition to the High Court to recognize his same-sex marriage, which was registered in New York City in 2014.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
diplomatic relations between Hong Kong and the United States of America
Surinamese parliamentary elections of 2020
American mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
astronomical object so massive, that anything falling into it, including light, cannot escape its gravity
India sends several battalions of its Army from nearby Leh to the border in response.
individual or organization that owns part of a corporation through shares of its stock
combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight
Police investigate the overnight shooting death of a protester, James Scurlock, by a bar owner in Omaha, Nebraska. Eyewitness video indicates the shooter was attacked by a group of people, one of whom was apparently Scurlock, before the fatal shots were fired.
island sovereign state off the eastern coast of Africa
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
No cause for the fire has been determined.
The bill will head to the United States Senate.
The rockets hit jet fuel tanks and damaged a plane.
theft of assets entrusted to another person by the person that the assets were entrusted to
This comes after the Australian government last month called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus.
alliance between different states with the purpose to cooperate militarily
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says that the two captured American mercenaries accused of organizing an armed incursion into Venezuela will be tried in the country by its civil courts.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
Date: First phase: 4 April 2019 – 25 March 2020 (11 months and 3 weeks) Second phase: 26 March – 5 June 2020 (2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Former Secretary to Government Richard Hipa, a first-time candidate, topped the Common Roll votes with 440 and now looks to be a contender for the premiership.
The office of Minister of State announces that Serge Telle will leave the Headship of the Monegasque government on 31 August.
international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities
Lebanon's banking association rejects a plan proposed by the government to secure emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund, saying they were not consulted and the plan will "further destroy confidence" in the country's financial system.
geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
A train kills 16 migrant workers who were sleeping on the tracks in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. According to initial inquiries, the engineer tried to stop the freight train when he saw the workers.
Egypt's military says that 15 of its members were killed or wounded in recent operations in Sinai and that 126 suspected militants had been killed.
domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor
organized force, possibly armed, other than the regular military
type of jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought
use of excessive force by a police officer in the United States
Nelson Teich resigns as Brazil's Minister of Health less than a month into office amid disagreements with President Jair Bolsonaro over the federal government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
municipal police force in the United States
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Canada
long-ranged guns for land and sea warfare
U.S. President Donald Trump approves Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration in Midland County which experienced mass flooding after the Edenville Dam failed two days ago.
It is the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 that American astronauts have been launched into orbit from the United States, and is the first ever crewed commercial space flight.
Federal Protective Service (United States)
federal law enforcement agency of the United States
direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal
Hong Kong Other cities worldwide in solidarity
Lesothan King Letsie III approves a law barring Prime Minister Tom Thabane from dissolving parliament and calling an election in the event of a vote of no confidence.
first vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan
Michigan passes 50,000 cases of COVID-19, the seventh state in the U.S. to do so. As of this date, this state has 50,079 reported cases, causing 4,825 deaths.
As of this date, this state has 50,079 reported cases, causing 4,825 deaths.
It is the second pirate attack reported this year off the coast of Gabon.
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
The network signed off at 7:52 PM, Philippine Standard Time.
U.S. President Donald Trump approves Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration in Midland County which experienced mass flooding after the Edenville Dam failed two days ago. The order authorizes FEMA to assist state and local officials with the emergency response.
The attack, described as a xenophobic murder, was carried out as the victim was playing Kurdish music.
law that was established in the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act.
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Section of the United States Bankruptcy Code
It also announces the government will release 900 Taliban prisoners today.
capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia
2020 civil unrest after the death of George Floyd
Governor Gavin Newsom voiced his support for the reopening of the factory.
State television broadcasts images it says are captured high-calibre weapons, Peruvian documents, and uniforms emblazoned with an American flag.
legislative, executive and judiciary authority of India
A roadside bombing in Kech, Pakistan, struck a patrol vehicle, killing six soldiers, including an army major.
The pardoned are the former mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava and ex-defense minister Irakli Okruashvili.
central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States
African American man who was a victim of police violence in the United States, killed by Derek Chauvin
interim body that administers the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, established in 2003 by the Ituri Pacification Commission and supported by the UN mission in the DRC
Former Ethiopian minister of communication Bereket Simon is sentenced to six years in prison for corruption and mismanagement of public funds.
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment limiting government restriction of civil rights
Lesotho reports its first case, an asymptomatic person who returned from Saudi Arabia. Eighty others test negative.
The Army of Ivory Coast and the military of Burkina Faso report that they conducted a joint operation against jihadists at the border between the two countries, killing eight suspected militants and arresting fourteen more. The operation is ongoing.
Arthur has sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h), is moving north-northeast at 13 mph (20 km/h), and will move near or east of the North Carolina coast on Monday.
Capital and the second biggest city in Turkey
Thabane and her husband, former Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, are accused of ordering the murder of his first wife, Lipolelo.
Federal territory and capital city of Malaysia
The only major party that opposed the move was the Alternative for Germany.
lower house of the United States Congress
city and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States
Marital infidelity was a crime with a maximum sentence of a year in prison.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns China that the expulsion of 13 U.S.
series of civil disturbances in the Twin Cities area following the death of George Floyd
Police say they responded when protesters tried to enter the governor's house.
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
fatal shooting in Omaha, Nebraska in 2020
The National Oil Corporation of Libya reports that LNA forces loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar fired multiple rockets toward Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli's only functioning airport.
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
resinous matrix of cannabinoids derived from cannabis
explanation of unemployment in the United States, presently and historically
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
ISIL – Khorasan Province claims responsibility.
The May 24 arrest of a 23-year-old man in Tampa, Florida, is announced by federal prosecutors. He had allegedly been planning a mass shooting at Honeymoon Island State Park in support of ISIS.
The order authorizes FEMA to assist state and local officials with the emergency response.
Groups of over ten will remain forbidden.
Islamist insurgency in the DR Congo and Uganda
Tesla, Inc. CEO Elon Musk announces he will reopen the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, United States, in defiance of an Alameda County shutdown order. Governor Gavin Newsom voiced his support for the reopening of the factory.
A French Foreign Legion soldier dies at a military hospital in Paris, after being wounded in an IED blast, while conducting an operation against Islamist insurgents in Mali.
In Kuz Kunar, a suicide bomber kills at least 32 people at a funeral.
Aoba had been unable to be arrested due to the severe injuries he sustained during the attack.
American professional stock car racing team
city in and county seat of Marion County, Indiana, United States and the Indiana federated state capital city
land warfare branch of North Korea's military
Officially, Yemen has only reported 13 COVID-19 deaths.
Incidents of American domestic terrorism
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
Land warfare branch of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces
The Department of Health and Social Care reports that the death toll from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom stands at 29,427, which is now the highest in Europe, after surpassing Italy.
sovereign state in northern South America
An MPD spokesman confirmed the Third Precinct building had been evacuated "in the interest of the safety of our personnel".
Kabuga had been on the run for 26 years and was living under a false identity.
American automotive, energy storage and solar power company
crime of killing of a human being by another human being, less serious than murder
main island of Socotra Archipelago in the Guardafui Channel
Due to a spike in cases, the government announces a total lockdown in Santiago.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
A 43-year-old protester is shot dead outside a pawnshop. The shooting is carried out by the owner of the shop. He is arrested.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi summons Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian to express concerns about the alleged human rights violation of Indonesian workers aboard Chinese fishing vessels.
The activity of deliberately damaging or defacing an object or structure
head of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico
American politician, 62nd governor of Maryland
head of state and head of government of Brazil
The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission issues a cease and desist order to the broadcasting operations of ABS-CBN, the country's largest media network, as Congress fails to renew its franchise granted in 1995.
authorities in Massachusetts arrest a father and son, aged 59 and 27, who have been charged in Japan with helping Carlos Ghosn, former Chairman of Nissan, to escape from Japan to Lebanon last year.
American multinational technology corporation
China suspends imports of beef from four Australian abattoirs, saying that its customs agency "continuously" found violations of inspection and quarantine requirements. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian says the suspension comes to "ensure the safety and health of Chinese consumers". This comes after the Australian government last month called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus.
missile designed to target surface watercraft
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi summons Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian to express concerns about the alleged human rights violation of Indonesian workers aboard Chinese fishing vessels. This comes after a video showing Chinese sailors throwing the body of a dead Indonesian crew member overboard went viral.
air warfare branch of Colombia's military
largest city in California, United States of America
organization that sanctions and governs multiple auto-racing sports events
At least 20 people are killed when a group of gunmen storm villages in Niger. The militants also loot shops, steal cattle and order villagers to flee.
At least 1,383 people have been arrested in 17 cities during the protests since Thursday.
Solar System object whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Missing WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard's body is found on a California beach.
The Taliban declares a three-day Eid ceasefire starting on Sunday. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid orders all attacks to cease and only use force "if any action is taken against you by the enemy". Afghan President Ashraf Ghani welcomes the ceasefire and orders the armed forces of Afghanistan to "comply with the three-days truce and to defend only if attacked".
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 60 miles (97 km) west of Wellington, New Zealand.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the adoption of a new package of measures to support the economy and citizens in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick wins The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway, his 50th career Cup series victory.
modern reincarnation of the grassroots opposition against Hitler and Naziism
rescuer trained to extinguish hazardous fires
insurgency during the War in Afghanistan
Michigan becomes the fourth state in the U.S.
domestic passenger flight crash near Karachi, Pakistan on 22 May 2020
Michigan passes 50,000 cases of COVID-19, the seventh state in the U.S.
The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Montenegro
military dictator (1980–1987) and president (2010–2020) of Suriname
borough of New York City, New York, United States
A modified version of the race, scheduled for September 14, will be run virtually, and runners who complete the marathon track in six hours or less will be eligible for the 2021 Boston Marathon.
The United States House passes a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package.
New Zealand reports no new cases of COVID-19 for the first day in almost two months.
condemns the exclusion of Taiwan from the World Health Organization, saying that it "endangers, not only Taiwanese people, but people everywhere".
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says that the two captured American mercenaries accused of organizing an armed incursion into Venezuela will be tried in the country by its civil courts. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. government will "use every tool that we have available to try to get them back."
crime involving conduct that is wrongful and reckless, and likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person
city in and county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Brazilian carnival float; kind of truck or float equipped with a high-power sound system and a stage for music performance on the top
spacecraft without people on board, used for robotic spaceflight
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
An Israel Defense Forces soldier dies after being struck on the head by a thrown stone in the West Bank town of Ya'bad. The military is seeking a suspect. In a separate incident, Israeli police in Kalandia shoot and wound a Palestinian man attempting to stab officers.
outline of the history and status of same-sex marriage in Costa Rica
Protests against responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Indonesia
SpaceX launches Crew Dragon carrying two NASA astronauts, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, to the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:22 pm Eastern U.S. time.
Turkic ethnic group of Central and East Asia
A previously undetected Apollo group asteroid 2020 JJ passes 4,350 miles (7,000 kilometres) away from Earth. It is the closest near-Earth object since 2019 UN13.
Sudan summons its Ethiopian ambassador regarding an attack at the border between the two countries that killed military personnel and civilians, including children. A Sudanese military spokesman blamed militias "supported by Ethiopia", while there was no response from the Ethiopian government.
None were killed, though five were hospitalised.
Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick wins The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway, his 50th career Cup series victory. The race took place behind closed doors.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extends the stay-at-home order for New York until June 13.
peaceful protest fighting for a democratic electoral system in Hong Kong
Kamerhe, who appeared before a court for two hours wearing prison fatigues and a surgical mask, could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Researchers announce a 2.5cm millipede fossil discovered on the island of Kerrera, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, is the world's oldest-known land animal, which lived 425 million years ago in the Silurian period.
Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The footage also shows Environment Minister Ricardo Salles calling for the deregulation of environmental policies while the press is "distracted" by the COVID-19 pandemic.
3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) of the coast of Western Australia is battered by a "once in a decade" storm.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in the flash floods that hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia.
Unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable
Date: In whole of the United States: May 26, 2020 – May 26, 2021 (1 year)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is "ready to support" the UN-recognized Government of National Accord.
This set up a fight with undisputed UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov.
one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a ban on assault-style weapons, which includes buying, selling, transporting, importing or using the designated weapons. The legislation is said to be motivated by last month's killing spree in Nova Scotia.
constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
cities after an unarmed man, George Floyd, died while being arrested.
geographical, historical and cultural region in Gloucestershire, England
The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season is June 1.
anti-fascist militant groups in the United States
The United States Space Force successfully launches its X-37B robotic spacecraft on a classified mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station via an Atlas V rocket. Though little is known about the classified program, the spacecraft is expected to deploy a satellite into orbit, and test the "power-beaming technology".
The U.S. government announces plans to borrow $3 trillion for the second quarter, five times more than the previous record set during the 2008 financial crisis.
Some of them have escalated into riots, including looting and arson.
shortages of basic goods and others commodities due to the economic crisis in Venezuela
A team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria. While acknowledging they need to understand how the microbe spreads and how it blocks the disease, the team believes it has potential to be used in malaria control.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
the border conflict between the China and India in 2020
Protests continue for a second day in Minneapolis and other U.S.
common name of Homo sapiens, unique extant species of the genus Homo, from embryo to adult
A man was killed during an altercation during the protests.
SpaceX launches Crew Dragon carrying two NASA astronauts, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, to the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:22 pm Eastern U.S.
capital of New Zealand; urban area of the cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Porirua
In the main event Justin Gaethje defeated Tony Ferguson to win the Interim UFC lightweight title.
discovery of, and investigation into, 39 dead bodies found in the container of a chiller lorry in Grays, Essex, England
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in India
ethnic group inhabiting the African Great Lakes region
separatist conflict in the region of West Papua
Murder of 32-year-old autistic Palestinian man by Israeli police officer
At least 11 firefighters, who had gone inside a hash oil manufacturing building in downtown Los Angeles after an initial report of a fire, are injured following an explosion.
system designed to rescue the crew of an aircraft in an emergency
Palestinian village located in the West Bank
A court in Rwanda sentences former Mayor of Nyakizu Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life imprisonment for his role in orchestrating the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in the 1994 genocide.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs confirms that independent member of the Verkhovna Rada Valeriy Davydenko has been found dead in his office in Kiev with a gunshot wound to the head.
relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life
parliamentary position of the Parliament of New Zealand
Some people on the ground were also injured when the plane crashed near houses.
Citizens of Suriname head to the polls in the country's latest general election. It is the first election after Suriname's president Dési Bouterse was convicted of murder for the December murders in 1982.
Mixed-use development in Glendale, Arizona
accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals
The U.S. unemployment rate hits 14.7%, the highest since the Great Depression, mainly due to job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.
South American airline holding company incorporated under Chilean law and headquartered in Santiago, Chile
This comes after a video showing Chinese sailors throwing the body of a dead Indonesian crew member overboard went viral.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 strikes near Tonopah, Nevada, with several aftershocks reported, though no injuries are reported. The earthquake is the largest in the state since 1954.
Palau remains one of Taiwan's few political allies in the Pacific.
Lesotho reports its first case, an asymptomatic person who returned from Saudi Arabia.
city in Alameda County, California, United States
The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo announce that 12 soldiers were killed in an attack by militants in Ituri Province over the weekend.
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Costa Rica
The race took place behind closed doors.
Additionally, Putin proposed to establish a monthly payment of five thousand rubles for families with children under three years of age.
Protests against the government resume in Santiago due to food shortages in the poorest neighborhoods of the city created by the lockdown to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
decision of the PRC National People's Congress approved on 28 May 2020
The Taliban previously denied the accusation and labeled the attack as "heinous".
details of ongoing viral pandemic in New Jersey
expulsion of the people from a place or country
Lesotho's Prime Minister Tom Thabane's coalition government collapses in parliament. He is due to resign on May 22 amid accusations that he and his wife are involved in his ex-wife's murder.
Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Néstor Reverol says the country's security forces have foiled a "marine incursion" by "terrorist mercenaries" from Colombia, killing at least eight gunmen and capturing two others. The foreign group reportedly landed on a beach in the city of La Guaira on speedboats.
aircraft which use stealth technology to avoid detection
Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (July–December 2017)
In his first appearance in three weeks, leader Kim Jong-un meets with state officials to discuss improving nuclear war deterrence measures, including increased artillery firepower.
China reports no new cases for the first time since the pandemic began, according to the National Health Commission.
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
Date: May 28, 2020 – October 2, 2020 (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Israeli coalition government from 2020 to 2021
clandestine acquisition of confidential information
Former U.S. Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, who took part in the failed 2019 Venezuelan uprising attempt to oust Nicolás Maduro, releases a video claiming responsibility for an incursion in Venezuela, announcing the start of an effort to capture senior Venezuelan officials wanted by the U.S.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
A military court in Vietnam sentences former deputy defense minister Nguyễn Văn Hiến to four years in prison for allowing three plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred from the Navy to private investors.
land warfare branch of South Korea's military
Major League Baseball team owners approve a proposal by Commissioner Rob Manfred to start the season in early July.
global financial crisis triggered by bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of housing-related securities
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
crime of intentionally lying to a federal investigator in the United States
Governor Phil Murphy announces the New Jersey primary will primarily be conducted via vote-by-mail.
Unidentified forces attack two fishing vessels near the Gabonese capital of Libreville and abduct six crewmen (3 Indonesian, 2 Senegalese, and a South Korean).
The invisible object in the QV Telescopii system has a mass at least four times that of our Sun, and is roughly 1,000 light years (10 quadrillion km) from Earth in the constellation Telescopium.
government in Silvercorp USA's armed incursion into Venezuela on May 3, which left eight people dead and several others captured, including two U.S.
defense and maintenance of a state through use of all powers at the state's disposal
It is the first time that a death sentence has been imposed via teleconferencing in Singapore.
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by topic
The Polish governing coalition announces the presidential election, scheduled for May 10, is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the first attack since the end of a truce declared by the Taliban, and despite a petition of the government for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire, at least 14 security forces members are killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Parwan. A government spokesperson says the Taliban also suffered casualties. The group has not commented on the attack.
Performs diplomatic relations with other states of the Republic of Colombia
The group has not commented on the attack.
Pakistan condemns the expulsion and alleges that the two were detained and tortured by Indian authorities.
It is the first time in the event's 123-year history that the annual running had to be canceled.
ceremonial county in England (use Q21694733 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group
upper house of the United States Congress
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
combined military forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Parliament of Lesotho accepts the resignation of Tom Thabane. Finance minister Moeketsi Majoro replaces him as interim Prime Minister.
use of excessive force by a police officer
Shanghai Disneyland reopens with new social distancing rules.
Plans to restart the 2020 AFL season on June 11 have been halted after the South Australian government announced it would not allow the Adelaide and Port Adelaide clubs to be exempt from the 14-day mandatory quarantine.
Following a campaign marred by violence, the election takes place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and a social media blackout.
A plane crash in Nettuno, Lazio, Italy, kills two Italian competitive swimmers, Fabio Lombini and Gioele Rossetti.
The first of five Iranian tankers en route to Venezuela to deliver fuel enters Venezuelan territorial waters, after being escorted by the Venezuelan Air Force and Navy.
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
Turkey says Haftar's forces are now "legitimate targets" if attacks on its interests continue.
The two men who killed him claim that they believed he was a burglar and then got into a fight with him when he was fatally shot.
police force of the state of Western Australia
Document that proclaimed martial law in the Philippines that lasted from 1972 to 1981
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
At least 20 people are killed when a group of gunmen storm villages in Niger.
groupings of highly centralized criminal enterprises
Protests against restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Kuwait
epidemic of infectious disease that has spread across a large region with global health impact
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean in 2020
national Guard of the US state Minnesota
Kuwait announces a total curfew lasting from May 10–30, as part of new measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
A Minneapolis Police Department station is abandoned by police after being overran by protesters and is then looted and set on fire.
movement to grant Puerto Rico U.S. statehood
rights of LGBT people by country or territory
President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021 (born 1949)
religious persecution inflicted upon followers of the Islamic faith
device which provides mechanical ventilation to a patient's lungs
American professional wrestling and entertainment company
The Coast Guard of Libya stops nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days, according to the office for migrants of the United Nations.
online news outlet associated with the so-called Islamic State
Anti-independence parties welcome the decision.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
A Sudanese military spokesman blamed militias "supported by Ethiopia", while there was no response from the Ethiopian government.
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
Lesotho's Prime Minister Tom Thabane's coalition government collapses in parliament.
capital and most populous city of Russia
official currency of the United Kingdom and other territories
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
Following accusations by former Justice Minister Sérgio Moro and a judicial order, footage from a controversial Brazilian Cabinet meeting is released to the media.
systematic or threatened use of violence to create a general climate of fear
Pakistani politician and human rights activist
A raid later frees the guards and ends the prisoners' rebellion.
R. R. Venkatapuram, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Germany's Bundestag votes to make the burning of the EU flag or that of another country a hate crime equivalent to that of burning the German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison.
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with arson, burglary and assault of an emergency worker.
armed conflict in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
act of mass impulse among herd of animals or a crowd of people
2020 East African Express Airways shootdown
Date: 5 October 2017 – present (5 years, 4 months and 6 days)
security and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters
United States disaster response agency, part of Department of Homeland Security
ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa
North and South Korean soldiers exchange gunfire across the DMZ at a South Korean guard post in Cheorwon, but no injuries are reported. South Korean and U.S. officials suspect the initial shots from the north to be accidental.
ongoing viral outbreak in Massachusetts, United States
constituent political entity of the United States of America
citizens or residents of the United States of America
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
state in the western and central peninsular region of India
supreme court in the European Union, part of the Court of Justice of the European Union
beachfront neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA
Police investigate the overnight shooting death of a protester, James Scurlock, by a bar owner in Omaha, Nebraska.
Her lawyer said he would appeal against the verdict.
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
The Vatican announces that Pope Francis is sending a donation to Lebanon for 400 scholarships in an expression of his concern for the country’s young people.
militant group and branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
head of state and head of government of Zambia
reduction of human social interaction in an effort to prevent the spread of infectious disease
Both Iran and Venezuela warned the United States not to interfere with the delivery.
crewed vehicle or uncrewed machine designed to fly in outer space
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
Save the Children reports a surge in deaths of people with coronavirus-like symptoms in Aden, with at least 380 in the last week.
removes four Patriot missile batteries, two jet fighter squadrons and dozens of military personnel from Saudi Arabia while considering a reduction in the U.S. Navy presence in the Persian Gulf.
He is suspected of funding militias that massacred around 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994.
Abdullah Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, which leads peace efforts with the Taliban, says that his team is ready to start discussions with the armed group "at any moment". The group has not commented on Abdullah's remarks.
The case is subsequently taken to a grand jury.
Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Colorado, United States
34th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary-General of NATO
He is due to resign on May 22 amid accusations that he and his wife are involved in his ex-wife's murder.
district in Paktika Province, Afghanistan
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
North and South Korean soldiers exchange gunfire across the DMZ at a South Korean guard post in Cheorwon, but no injuries are reported.
The number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 surpasses five million. The United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 31% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
ocean strait on the horn of Africa off Puntland coast
The Taliban claims responsibility, calling it a retaliation to statements by President Ashraf Ghani blaming the group for an attack on a maternity hospital two days ago.
malay phrase referring foreigners and immigrants
United States government's manned launch vehicle program, administered by NASA from 1972 to 2011
According to initial inquiries, the engineer tried to stop the freight train when he saw the workers.
assertion that ISIL are responsible for the attack on the maternity hospital this week and instead blames the Taliban.
primary law enforcement agency in Houston
second-largest city in Florida, United States of America
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
It still needs to be approved by the Major League Baseball Players Association.
One day after former WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard disappeared near the Marina Del Rey beach in Venice Beach, California while swimming, the United States Coast Guard calls off the search.
civil aviation that does not include flying for hire
A four-alarm fire destroys a warehouse at Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
Protests continue for a second day in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities after an unarmed man, George Floyd, died while being arrested. Some of them have escalated into riots, including looting and arson.
county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Goudreau claims 60 troops have successfully entered Venezuela by "land and sea" and fighting is underway.
ban on entering public areas such as streets or squares at certain times
region of the Americas where Romance languages are primarily spoken
Date: 30 January 2020 – ongoing (2 years, 11 months and 4 weeks)
Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian says the suspension comes to "ensure the safety and health of Chinese consumers".
auto race held in spring in Darlington, United States
In a separate incident, Israeli police in Kalandia shoot and wound a Palestinian man attempting to stab officers.
urban area in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden
murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler
material that government claims requires confidentiality
The captain was kidnapped at the port of Cotonou in the Gulf of Guinea on April 19.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey
Hong Kong executive says that the newly-proposed security law will not hamper judicial independence.
The result, showing that the fossils belong to Homo sapiens instead of Neanderthal, indicates that modern humans may have arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
spacecraft designed to remain in space for an extended period with a crew
Iraq and the paramilitary forces' official media report that scores of others were wounded.
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
US Air Force base near Valparaiso, Florida, United States
romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender
Indonesia announces that it is imposing a value added tax on the digital services provided by internet companies.
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
French police arrest Félicien Kabuga in Paris.
The militants also loot shops, steal cattle and order villagers to flee.
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2020
district in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
epidemiological intervention of restriction on the movement of people and goods, which is intended to prevent the spread of infectious disease or pests
police department of Minneapolis, Minnesota
person/entity held by a belligerent party to another or seized for carrying out agreement
The Bulgarian captain of Portuguese-flagged cargo ship the Tommi Ritscher, who was kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, is freed.
illicit act of giving or promising money or gifts that alters the behavior of a person in power; illicit act of a person in power deciding based on money or gift received or promised
The European Southern Observatory announces the discovery of Earth's closest-known black hole (HR 6819). The invisible object in the QV Telescopii system has a mass at least four times that of our Sun, and is roughly 1,000 light years (10 quadrillion km) from Earth in the constellation Telescopium.
term used to refer to some groups of Indigenous Australians
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in California, United States
The government urges the Taliban to extend the three-day truce due to expire today. It also announces the government will release 900 Taliban prisoners today.
The Parliament of Lesotho accepts the resignation of Tom Thabane.
Madagascar reports its first death from COVID-19; that of a 57-year-old medical worker who suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure.
details of ongoing viral outbreak in Turkey
Controversy over the non-renewal of the congressional franchise of the Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
The government of Cyprus will deport 17 immigrants suspected of having links to extremist groups or involved in acts of terrorism.
The number of worldwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpasses six million.
The Canadian Catholic Jesuit community at Pickering, Ontario mourns the deaths of five members of their community, including four priests, who died of COVID-19 at the religious order’s long-term care facility.
The 2020 Boston Marathon is officially canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first time in the event's 123-year history that the annual running had to be canceled. A modified version of the race, scheduled for September 14, will be run virtually, and runners who complete the marathon track in six hours or less will be eligible for the 2021 Boston Marathon.
details of ongoing viral outbreak in the United Arab Emirates
The Governor of Somalia's Mudug region, Ahmed Muse Nur, and three of his bodyguards are killed in a suicide car bombing. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the assassination.
U.S. President Donald Trump denies any involvement by the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump denies any involvement by the U.S. government in Silvercorp USA's armed incursion into Venezuela on May 3, which left eight people dead and several others captured, including two U.S. citizens.
In Sweden, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 strikes near Kiruna.
flag of Europe at large created by the Council of Europe, then adopted as one of the official symbols of the European Communities and later of the European Union
Israeli police officers open fire in Jerusalem against an unarmed Palestinian 32-year-old man who had autism; the man dies at the scene.
Four civilians are killed in Ghor, Afghanistan, when police open fire on protesters who grew angry at the local distribution of food, which they said favored those with political connections.
United States (sporadic protests in other countries)
details of ongoing pandemic in New York City
city in Glynn County, Georgia, United States
star system in the southern constellation of Telescopium
The earthquake is the largest in the state since 1954.
massage of erogenous zones for sexual arousal or orgasm
The Houthis-controlled area of Yemen reports its first case of COVID-19 and first death; that of a Somali man who had liver and kidney conditions.
a city in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India
State television broadcasts footage of captured mercenaries in Aragua.
In a hearing conducted over Zoom, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a court in Singapore sentences a 37-year-old Malaysian man to death for a 2011 heroin transaction.
city, one of the capitals of Ladakh, India
form of dishonesty or criminal offense undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority, to acquire illicit benefit or abuse power for one's private gain
bilateral relations between Jordan and Israel
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Hong Kong to oppose a controversial national security law expected to be passed by China's National People's Congress.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Néstor Reverol says the country's security forces have foiled a "marine incursion" by "terrorist mercenaries" from Colombia, killing at least eight gunmen and capturing two others.
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
A truck bomb explodes near a court in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan, killing five civilians.
London-based international non-profit organization
Eyewitness video indicates the shooter was attacked by a group of people, one of whom was apparently Scurlock, before the fatal shots were fired.
Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh rejects U.S.
Zari, Balkh Grishk, Helmand Khairkot, Paktika Kandahar Khost Alishing, Laghman Kabul Kuz Kunar, Nangarhar Gardez, Paktia Firozkoh, Ghor Ghazni Mezana, Zabul Kunduz Charikar, Parwan Khwaja Bahauddin, Takhar Farah
federal city in and former capital of Russia
His lawyer is planning to appeal the ruling.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Bolivia
Ambassador of China to Israel, Ambassador of China to Ukraine
Crew Dragon's mission is to check the ship's systems and the crew's readiness to work with it.
bilateral relations between Russia and Libya
echelon II command of the United States Navy
Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh rejects U.S. assertion that ISIL are responsible for the attack on the maternity hospital this week and instead blames the Taliban. The Taliban previously denied the accusation and labeled the attack as "heinous".
The foreign group reportedly landed on a beach in the city of La Guaira on speedboats.
It will also close an unspecified number of stores.
The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar, carries out massive artillery bombardment of Tripoli, Libya's capital, in a push to capture the city from Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) forces.
intergovernmental organization and observatory in Chile
chemical compound; opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects
county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States
A court in Iran sentences French–Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison for breaching national security laws.
ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare
capital city of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
land service branch of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
China moves thousands of People's Liberation Army troops to its Himalayan border with India, bringing vehicles and heavy machinery to what India says is its territory. India sends several battalions of its Army from nearby Leh to the border in response.
Citizens of Burundi head to the polls to elect their president and the members of the National Assembly. Following a campaign marred by violence, the election takes place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and a social media blackout. Regional and international election observers have been blocked from monitoring the election, raising doubts about its fairness.
open resistance against the orders of an established authority that seeks to gain concessions from an oppressive power
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Satilla Shores unincorporated Glynn County, Georgia, U.S.
The United States Space Force successfully launches its X-37B robotic spacecraft on a classified mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station via an Atlas V rocket.
type of assault that typically involves the perpetrator firing a weapon from within a motor vehicle and then fleeing
The swap could include Iranian university professor Sirous Asgari who is in U.S.
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy
Ugandan medical anthropologist, human rights defender, social justice activist, politician, poet and Facebooker
A massive fire breaks out at the 48-storey residential skyscraper Abbco Tower in Al Nahda, Sharjah, UAE.
The profanity-laden footage shows President Jair Bolsonaro calling for political interference in security organs to protect his family; Bolsonaro alleges this was a reference to his private security team, while Moro says that Bolsonaro was referring to Federal Police investigations.
This payment does not cancel but supplements the previously introduced support measures.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili pardons two opposition politicians in a move to reduce political tension ahead of a parliamentary election.
catholic religious community living under solemn vows
Oakland, California, U.S. Ben Lomond, California, U.S.
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
Anti-fascist protesters gather in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte in response to police brutality and President Bolsonaro's defence of unconstitutional measures. A pro-government crowd forms in São Paulo, with police reporting neo-Nazi flags hung from a sound truck.
A collision between a train and agricultural vehicle on a level crossing in Hooghalen, Drenthe, the Netherlands.
members of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one
1998 United States House of Representatives elections
House elections for the 106th U.S. Congress
most populous metropolitan area in the United States
act of one or more inmates leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways
The May 24 arrest of a 23-year-old man in Tampa, Florida, is announced by federal prosecutors.
The last time the network was shut down was upon the declaration of martial law by the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
fictional character in the Rambo franchise
Referendum regarding New Caledonian independence
gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam, India
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó accepts the resignations of his aides JJ Rendón and Sergio Vergara, over their roles in "Operation Gideon".
city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Wagner Group fighters withdraw from the frontline near Tripoli, after the Libyan National Army suffers a series of defeats.
A militant Baloch freedom movement. Balochistan is occupied by Pakistan.
Fisherman's Wharf-Pier 45, San Francisco
Colombian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
first-level administrative territorial entity of Afghanistan
The Ethiopian National Defense Force says it believed the plane was on a "potential suicide mission".
A pro-government crowd forms in São Paulo, with police reporting neo-Nazi flags hung from a sound truck.
The United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 31% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world.
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
New York City, New York, United States New York Metropolitan Area (depending on criteria of study)
Murder and attempted murder with terrorism charges
A 20-year-old Kurdish man was stabbed multiple times by three men in Ankara, Turkey, killing him.
Ongoing coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand
city in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Citizens of Suriname head to the polls in the country's latest general election.
Ethiopia admits shooting down a Kenyan private aircraft, killing all six on board.
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says "13 terrorists", including two U.S.
Malaysian authorities detains hundreds of foreign workers in a major raid in areas around the Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market.
maritime warfare branch of Venezuela's military
President Donald Trump announces his plans to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization after saying they were responsible for the looting and arson occurring during the protests.
war between organized groups within the same sovereign state or republic
2020 police murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
component of the US Army and military of the U.S. state of Michigan
United Kingdom government ministerial department
It is the second major raid on the country's biggest wholesale wet market by the authorities amid the movement control order.
The results are the first time since 1998 that Republicans flipped a Democratic-held House seat in California.
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó denies any involvement with the Silvercorp USA operation.
Date: November 17, 2019 – present (3 years and 2 months)
combined military forces of Burkina Faso
At least 10 members of the Popular Mobilization Forces are killed by ISIL militants in attacks in the town of Mekeeshfa and the city of Balad.
Economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan
the monitoring and observation of peace processes in post-conflict areas
officials suspect the initial shots from the north to be accidental.
form of Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices
aircraft class designed to engage other aircraft in air-to-air combat
The first tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is presently off the United States eastern coast.
oncologist, businessman, health consultant and former Minister of Health of Brazil
The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul in Sheffield, England, suffers damage due to a fire.
bilateral relations between Palestine and Israel
city in Amazonas federated state, Brazil
incident where some group is killed by another
bilateral relations between United states and Palestine
type of security operative or government agent who protects a person or persons
1858–1947 British colonial rule on the Indian subcontinent
overview of the environmental issues in Brazil
right-wing populist, in parts extreme right-wing political party in Germany
severe economic crisis in the USA in the 1930s
"to not afford anyone the opportunity to obstruct, delay and ultimately derail this internationally recognised bilateral agreement".
individual who provides medical treatments and health advice
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Ex President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
2020 proposal by the Trump administration
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid orders all attacks to cease and only use force "if any action is taken against you by the enemy".
The attack left one woman dead and another injured.
Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil)
Period of major social and civil unrest in Chile.
Date: 25 June 1950 – present (72 years, 7 months and 1 day)
Many activists condemn the move; the organizer of many of last year's protests and convener of the Civil Human Rights Front Jimmy Sham says that the law is a "nuclear bomb" dropped by "the Chinese Communist Party" and calls for mass protests.
bilateral relations between Australia and China
divides the territories of Brazil and Colombia
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
primary national police force in Afghanistan
political office of the head of state of Georgia
United States law setting policy with respect to Hong Kong
Democrat Christy Smith concedes defeat to Republican Mike Garcia in yesterday's special election for California's 25th congressional district after vote returns showed Garcia in the lead.
French civil servant, Minister of State of Monaco from 2016 to 2020
censorship of news related to a certain topic
Date: 19 April 2016 - present (6 years, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day)
The United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 29% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world.
Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin says the peak has still not been reached, warning residents to remain indoors.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
The legislation is said to be motivated by last month's killing spree in Nova Scotia.
landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
emergency protocol that prevents people or information from leaving an area, usually only initiated by someone in a position of authority
pro-democracy demonstrations and other civil disobedience sparked by a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong
2020–2022 protests following the police murder of George Floyd
chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79
The 2020 Boston Marathon is officially canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
automobile manufacturing plant in south Fremont, California
naval warfare branch of Vietnam's military
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a ban on assault-style weapons, which includes buying, selling, transporting, importing or using the designated weapons.
India expels two officials at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, accusing them of being involved in espionage activities.
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
The government says they are persona non grata and must leave Burundi.
governing body of the World Health Organization
The government urges the Taliban to extend the three-day truce due to expire today.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
arson attack in Kyoto, Japan on 18 July 2019
Date: 13 July 1989 – present (33 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
Political system of the Republic of Chile
Iraqi insurgency since the defeat of ISIL
A state in the northern part of Nigeria