Monday

May 18, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

Simultaneous explosions occur at local offices of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party headquarters in the southern Turkish cities of Adana and Mersin. (RT)

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

The Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes against the Houthi rebels resume after a five-day ceasefire. (BBC)

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

The Governor of Iraq's Anbar Governorate estimates that 500 people were killed and 8000 fled as ISIS captured the strategically important city of Ramadi. (Al Arabiya)

Business and economy

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 end at record levels. (CNBC)