Kazakhstan Launches First Driverless Light Rail System After 10-Year Delays
Kazakhstan's capital city Astana has launched its long-awaited Light Rail Transit (LRT) system after a decade of construction delays, featuring fully driverless overground trains serving 18 stations across the city's spr...
Bahamas Holds Snap Election as Affordability and Housing Dominate Campaign
Voters in the Bahamas headed to the polls on May 12 for a snap election that will determine control of 41 parliamentary seats. The high-stakes election centers on voter concerns about affordability, wage growth, and hous...
Auschwitz Survivor Albrecht Weinberg Dies at 101 After Decades Teaching Holocaust History
Albrecht Weinberg, an Auschwitz survivor who returned to live in Germany and spent decades educating students about Nazi atrocities, died on May 12 at age 101. Weinberg survived multiple Nazi concentration and death camp...
UAE Secret Attack on Iran Escalates Gulf Tensions, Risks Broader Conflict
The United Arab Emirates has conducted a secret military attack on Iran, significantly raising the risk of direct conflict between Tehran and Gulf states and threatening to unravel a precarious US-Iran ceasefire. The ope...
US Customs Finalizes $35.5 Billion in Refunds for Illegal Trump Tariffs
The United States Customs and Border Protection agency has processed refunds totaling $35.46 billion as of May 11 for tariffs that were determined to be illegal and imposed by the Trump administration last year. Accordin...
Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh to Federal Reserve Board Amid Three-Year High Inflation
The United States Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kevin Warsh as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board in a narrow 51-45 vote, with the confirmation largely breaking along party lines. Warsh will take the reins of the cent...
UN Official Warns Bosnia Faces Collapse Amid US-Russia Policy Clash
Christian Schmidt, the United Nations high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, is resigning from his post after a significant policy dispute with the United States, warning that the multi-ethnic nation faces poten...
South Africa's Constitutional Court Bars Repeat Asylum Applications, Home Affairs Hails Victory
South Africa's highest court issued a significant ruling on May 12, 2026, barring repeat asylum applications and effectively closing a legal pathway that asylum seekers had used to remain in the country through repeated ...
Microsoft's Israel Executive Resigns Amid Inquiry Into Military Surveillance Tech
The head of Microsoft's Israeli subsidiary is stepping down following an internal company inquiry into the subsidiary's business dealings with the Israeli military. The inquiry was initiated after The Guardian revealed t...
Nigeria Airstrike Kills 100 at Market; Military Denies Civilian Casualties
A Nigerian military airstrike struck a market on May 12, killing approximately 100 people, according to Amnesty International's assessment. The strike represents the latest in a series of deadly civilian casualties from ...
Tens of Thousands March in Brussels During Belgian National Strike Over Fiscal Reforms
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Brussels as Belgian labor unions staged a national strike against the government's proposed fiscal reforms. The large-scale demonstration reflected significa...
More Than 100 Peacocks Take Over Northern Italian Coastal Town
The seaside town of Punta Marina in northern Italy faces an unexpected wildlife challenge as more than 100 peacocks now roam freely throughout the community, leaving residents searching for humane solutions to manage the...
Australia's 2026 Budget Allocates $600m for Security and Tax Reforms
Australia's federal government released its 2026 budget on May 12, featuring significant allocations for security responses and tax reforms. The budget earmarks more than $600 million for response measures related to the...
Tech Writer Spends Year With AI as Digital Assistant, Documents Mixed Results
Technology writer Joanna Stern completed a year-long experiment using artificial intelligence to handle numerous daily tasks, from reading medical results and responding to text messages to serving as a personal therapis...
Uganda's President Museveni Sworn in for Record Seventh Term
Yoweri Museveni, aged 81, was sworn in for a record seventh consecutive presidential term on May 12, 2026, extending his 40-year reign over Uganda following January's disputed presidential election. The inauguration ceme...
Sicily Police Investigate Illegal Horse Race with Kalashnikovs
Italian police in Sicily are investigating an illegal horse race that took place along country roads, following a viral video showing spectators firing pistols into the air and brandishing Kalashnikov rifles. The footage...
Zelensky's Ex-Chief of Staff Suspected in $10.5 Million Money-Laundering Scheme
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have named Andriy Yermak, former chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, as an official suspect in a major corruption ...
Immigration Crackdown Disrupts Local Economies, Research Finds
A new study has found that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies and reduced work among undocumented immigrants. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) analyzed data from 2017...
At Least Nine Killed in Pakistan Bombing
Multiple sources reported a bombing at a market in north Pakistan that resulted in the deaths of at least nine people. The incident occurred on May 12, 2026, when a rickshaw rigged with explosives detonated. This marks o...
Iran Warns of Uranium Enrichment if Attacked
A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned that the country could enrich its uranium stocks to weapons-grade levels if attacked. Ebrahim Rezaei made the statement on social media, saying that Iran would review such a move in p...