Armed conflicts and attacks
Twenty-nine people are killed and several structures are destroyed by Islamic State gunmen during a mass shooting in Guyaku, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
Middle Eastern crisis
Fourteen people are killed and 37 more injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
Israel gives evacuation orders for seven towns north of the Litani River. (Al Jazeera)
Hezbollah and Israel both accuse the other of violating the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
A Lebanese soldier and his brother are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Bint Jbeil. (Reuters)
Israel carries out a series of airstrikes across multiple locations in Lebanon, killing at least 32 people. (Middle East Eye)
2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
Hezbollah secretary-general Naim Qassem says that he "categorically rejects" negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, and that "the resistance" will continue. (MENA via The New Arab)
Three paramedics are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Majdal Zoun, Lebanon, while responding to the scene of a previous airstrike against a building, which killed two more people. (Al Jazeera)
The Associated Press and Axios report that Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the United States lifts its blockade and if the war ends. (AP) (CNBC) (Axios)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio states that Iran's position on access to the strait does not meet U.S. requirements, while U.S. president Donald Trump discusses a reported Iranian proposal on reopening the route with his national security advisers. (AFP via CNA)
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi confirms that the Japan-flagged crude oil tanker Idemitsu Maru has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first direct passage of a Japanese oil tanker to cross the waterway since the war began on February 28. (AFP via AA) (The Chosun Ilbo) (Newsweek)
2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign, Lithuania–United States relations
Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda says that his country may consider joining a U.S. campaign to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, he also states that it will need approval by the government and parliament. (RBC-Ukraine)
Iran and the U.S. dispute at a review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations, amid disagreement over Iran's election as a vice president of the meeting and its compliance with treaty obligations. (AP)
Antisemitism during the 2026 Iran war
2026 London antisemitic attacks
The United Kingdom raises its national terrorism threat level to "severe" following a series of antisemitic attacks in London, with the most recent being a stabbing attack that injured two Jews in Golders Green yesterday. (CBS News)
Two Jewish men are injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green, London, England, which police describe as a terrorist attack. A 45-year-old man is arrested, and a political motive is being investigated. (The Guardian)
The Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia takes responsibility for the attack. (i24NEWS TV)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
United States president Donald Trump says that he rejected an Iranian offer to end the Strait of Hormuz closure in exchange for lifting the naval blockade of Iran, and that the blockade will continue until an agreement is reached on Iran's nuclear program. (Axios)
Anadolu Agency reports that Pakistan is working silently to break the ongoing deadlock between the Iran and the United States in ceasefire talks, including finding a new "formula" for an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's nuclear program. (Pakistan Today)
2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
The Washington Post reports that the USS Gerald R. Ford will exit the Middle East and return to the U.S. state of Virginia in the coming days around mid-May after spending 10 months at sea. (The Washington Post) (The Times of Israel) (WTKR)
Communal conflicts in Nigeria
Gunmen kill at least 29 people in an attack on a community in Adamawa State, Nigeria, with authorities attributing the violence to Boko Haram. (AFP via The Guardian)
Twenty-three people are kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on an orphanage in Kogi State, Nigeria. Fifteen are rescued, while eight children remain missing. (BBC News)
Mali War
Al Qaeda-linked insurgents call for Malians to rise up against the Mali military junta and transition to Sharia law. (Reuters)
Tuareg rebels reach an agreement that allows the Russian African Corps to withdraw from Kidal, Mali. (France 24)
Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal after yesterday’s attacks. (AP)
Flights resume at the Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako following yesterday's attacks. (Seneweb)
Islamist militant group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) says the Malian military has begun to withdraw from Tessalit, Kidal Region, with the soldiers agreeing to hand over their weapons in exchange for a safe passage from the town. (Reuters)
Malian president and military leader Assimi Goïta meets with Russian ambassador to the nation, Igor Gromyko, marking the former's first public appearance since a rebel offensive began three days ago. (Al Jazeera)
Niger announces that the Alliance of Sahel States conducted airstrikes in Mali against Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists hours after the attacks began. (AFP via Indo Premier)
Jihadist group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin takes over a base outside of Tessalit, Kidal Region, Mali, after it is abandoned by Malian troops and Russia's Africa Corps. (AFP via Barron's)
Russia says that it will continue its military presence in Mali to provide assistance to the Malian government. (Reuters)
Sudanese civil war
A drone attack hits an UNHCR aid truck in North Darfur, Sudan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Colombian conflict
The death toll from a bombing that damaged multiple vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia, rises to 20, with 36 others injured. (AFP via RTHK) (BBC News)
Colombian police arrest José Vitonco, an alleged guerrilla leader linked to FARC dissident leader Iván Mordisco, in connection with a deadly highway bombing in Cauca Department. (AFP via RTHK)
Somali Civil War
Piracy off the coast of Somalia
Somali pirates storm and hijack a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Puntland that was en route to Kenya. Puntland maritime police say nine gunmen boarded the vessel and are currently in control of the vessel and are heading towards Mogadishu. The status of the crew is not known. (AP)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukraine reports intercepting more than 33,000 Russian drones in March, the highest monthly total since the start of the full-scale invasion. (AP)
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
Russia-installed officials at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant say a worker has been killed in a Ukrainian attack. (Al Jazeera)
Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger bus in Voznesenovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (AFP via Al-Arabiya)
A Ukrainian SBU drone strikes an oil refinery near Perm, Perm Krai, Russia, causing a large fire at the facility. (AP)
2026 Tuapse oil terminal disaster
The Tuapse oil terminal fire in Tuapse, Russia, grows larger following the third Ukrainian drone strike on the facility in two weeks. (BBC News)
Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war
During a phone call with U.S. president Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin offers a ceasefire for Victory Day on May 9. (The Moscow Times) (Kyiv Independent)
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
Afghanistan claims seven people are killed and 85 others are injured in Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan, including the Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University. (The Economic Times)
Talks between participants from the Taliban government in Afghanistan and Pakistan are held in Istanbul, Turkey under a Track 1.5 format in an effort to lower tensions between the two countries. (Islamabad Post) (Pakistan Today)
Mexican drug war
A series of clashes between delinquent cells took place in various part of the municipality of Tecoanapa, Guerrero. The balance of the violence is unknown, but is reported the use of drone bombing and attack against civil infrastructure and the reinforcement of government forces in the area. (La Jornada)
Insurgency in Sistan and Balochistan
Three police officers are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting when gunmen open fire on a police patrol in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Al Jazeera)
Boko Haram insurgency
At least 18 militants are killed in operations by Nigerian troops across Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
World War II bomb disposal in Europe
More than 1,000 homes are evacuated in Plymouth, England, following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era German SC250 bomb on a building site. (Sky News)
A World War II-era German SC250 bomb is safely detonated by the British Army in Plymouth, England, following its discovery on a building site that prompted the emergency evacuation of 1,000 homes. (BBC News)
2026 Iran war
U.S. president Donald Trump notifies Congress that it is planning to close the Civil-Military Coordination Center. The Board of Peace denies such reports. (The Times of Israel)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
USS Gerald R. Ford officially exits the Middle East after taking part in operations in Iran during the war, leaving only the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George H. W. Bush in the region. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Myanmar civil war
Six civilians are killed and nine more were injured after the military junta bombed a village in Falam Township, Chin State. (BNI) in Burmese
Terrorism in the United Kingdom, 2026 London antisemitic attacks
2026 Golders Green attack, Antisemitism during the 2026 Iran war
A 45-year-old man is charged with three counts of attempted murder after attacking three people in London, England, on Wednesday. (BBC News)
Dissident Irish republican campaign
A 66-year-old man is charged with several offences, including terrorism, following a car bombing outside of a police station in Dunmurry, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Sky News)