Friday

May 24, 2019

Armed conflict and attacks

Iran–United States relations

U.S. President Donald Trump orders 1,500 troops and several Patriot missile launchers to the Persian Gulf as tensions rise with Iran. (CBS)

2019 Lyon bomb attack

Multiple people are injured in Lyon, France, by a bomb filled with bolts. (CNN)

Insurgency in Balochistan

A bombing at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of the restive province of Balochistan, kills three people, including the prayer leader, and injures at least 28 worshippers. (Al Jazeera)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Three people, including a senior Muslim preacher, are killed and at least 20 injured after an explosion in a mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital, Kabul. (Al Jazeera)

2019 Portuguesa, Venezuela prison uprising

At least 23 prisoners are killed during a prison riot in Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela. (TIME) (Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

2019 Surat fire

Twenty children die in a fire in Surat, India. (India Today)

2017–2019 eruptions of Mount Agung