Tuesday, May 26, 2026
21 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first
Conflict
2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
Israeli airstrikes across eastern and southern Lebanon kill at least 31 people and injure dozens more, as Hezbollah and Israel report intensified ground operations and cross-border attacks despite an existing ceasefire.
Gaza war
Israel says that it has killed the new military chief of Hamas, Mohamed Odeh, just 11 days after his predecessor was killed.
2026 Blue Nile campaign
Sudanese Armed Forces announce that they have recaptured four more towns in the Blue Nile region following clashes with the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North.
Politics
2025–2026 United States redistricting
The South Carolina Senate rejects a redistricting effort to change the congressional districts in the U.S. state of South Carolina before the upcoming U.S. midterm elections.
2026 Bolivian protests
The Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia approves legislation allowing president Rodrigo Paz to declare a state of emergency and deploy the military amid anti-government protests over economic conditions in the country.
2028 United States presidential election
American television writer Dan Greaney announces that he will run for the Republican nomination to succeed incumbent U.S. president Donald Trump in 2028.
Crime & Justice
Mexican drug war
Mexico arrests Isai Martínez Zepeda, identified by authorities as a nephew of imprisoned former Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo, in Sonora.
Trial of Jeffrey Donaldson
A jury is sworn in for the criminal trial of former Northern Irish MP Jeffrey Donaldson for sexual offences, which is to begin at 10:30 the following day. His wife Eleanor is undergoing a separate trial of the facts as she was deemed to be unfit to stand trial by medical experts.
Justice
American football player Josh Jacobs is arrested in Wisconsin on five charges of domestic violence.
Disasters
2026 Longview
One person is killed, ten people are injured, and nine others are missing in a major chemical explosion at a paper mill in Longview, Washington, United States.
Buggenhout train collision
Four people, including two children, are killed, and five more are injured in a collision between a train and a school bus in Buggenhout, Belgium.
Disasters
Six people are killed after a house fire in the village of Yuryevka, Omsk Oblast, Russia.
Disasters
Six people are killed after entering an under-construction septic tank in Kalahandi District, India.
Disasters
Three people are killed and three others are injured after an overpass collapses in Seoul, South Korea.
Disasters
One person is killed and eleven others are injured after a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan.
Business
Business
BP chairperson Albert Manifold is removed with immediate effect over "serious" conduct concerns.
Business
Uzbekistan resumes the export of gold in April with an export of US$1.5 billion following a six-month pause.
Health
2026 Ebola epidemic
The Bahamas announces enhanced health screening and possible quarantine measures for travelers who recently visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, and Uganda following the Ebola epidemic in central Africa.
2026 Ebola epidemic
Russian health minister Mikhail Murashko says that Russia has developed a breakthrough vaccine for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain of the disease.
2026 Ebola epidemic
The United States announces plans to send health officers to Kenya to open a potential quarantine facility amidst the Ebola epidemic.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for May 26, 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.