United Kingdom

• 22 killed, 60 injured by suicide bomber at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester
• British police stop sharing intelligence with U.S. after leaks
• Police arrest 14th person in connection with Manchester attacks
• Two British jets dispatched after incursion by Russian jets
• Theresa May’s lead narrows in polls after Manchester attack

Egypt

• Egypt refers 48 ISIL suspects to military court over church bombings
• Egypt bans 21 websites for “terrorism” and “fake news”, including Al-Jazeera
• 4 members of Egypt’s security forces killed in Sinai attacks
• Militants attack Coptic Christians on bus, killing at least 28
• Egyptian fighter jets carry out strikes on Libya in retaliation for attack on Christians 

Iraq

• 105 civilians killed in Mosul by U.S. airstrike

Palestine

• Palestinian killed attacking police as Trump visited
• Palestinian and Israeli police clash at Jerusalem Old City gate
• Hamas executes 3 men accused of killing senior member
• Palestinian prisoners end mass hunger strike after reaching compromise with Israel for additional family visits

Italy

• Mafia boss shot dead while riding bicycle in Sicily 
• At least 20 migrants found dead after their vessel capsized off Libya’s coast
• Rescuers save 2,300 migrants in Mediterranean, 2 found dead

Tunisia

• 1 killed as Tunisian forces clash with protesters, police stations burned

Iran

• Rouhani says Iran’s ballistic missile program will continue
• Iran says it has built third underground ballistic missile factory
• Rouhani says Iran is ready to reach agreement towards peace with Arab states
• Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard killed fighting ISIL in Iraq

Turkey

• Turkey puts 200 suspected military coup plotters on trial
• Kurdish militants kill 5 Turkish security force members
• E.U. raises human rights in talks with Erdogan
• Turkish security forces kill 29 Kurdish militants
• Turkish military kills 13 Kurdish militants in Northern Iraq

Indonesia

• Police detain 141 in gay club raid
• Suicide bomber kills policemen, injures 9 in Jakarta

Thailand

• Bomb at hospital in Bangkok wounds 24

China

• China detains 6 Japanese on suspicion of illegal activities
• China protests U.S. Navy patrol through the South China Sea
• Chinese jets intercept U.S. surveillance plane
• China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with G7 statement on East, South China Sea

Mexico

• 17 people killed, 31 injured in bus accident near the Guatemalan border
• 5 decapitated bodies with apparent signs of torture found in Veracruz

Syria

• ISIL bomb attack kills 20 Syrians in Idlib province
• Car bomb in Homs kills 4, injures 32
• U.S. led airstrikes kill at least 35 civilians in eastern Syria
• Airstrikes kill 17 in de-facto ISIL capital Raqqa

Vatican

• Pope Francis names 5 new cardinals, all from outside Italy and the Vatican

South Korea

• South Korea fires warning shots at North Korea after object crosses border

Lebanon

• Tensions rise as Israeli drone crashes in Southern Lebanon
• Suicide bomber injures several soldiers near the Syrian border

Philippines

• Duterte declares martial law on Southern Island in response to fighting between the army and ISIL militants
• Death toll from six days of fighting near 100
• Government aircrafts unleash rocket fire on Marawi prompting villagers to wave white flags

Yemen

• 7 Al-Qaeda militants killed in Special Forces raid

Somalia

• Somali pirates hijack Iranian fishing vessel
• Al Shabaab car bomb kills at least 8 in Mogadishu
• Suicide bomber kills 4 at military checkpoint in Puntland

Ivory Coast

• 3 dead in clashes between police and ex-rebel fighters

India

• India says it attacked Pakistan army posts in Kashmir
• Indian police arrest 150 people protesting on behalf of Modi’s party
• 1 civilian killed after massive anti-India protests in Kashmir

Afghanistan

• Militants kill 10 Afghan soldiers in army base attack
• At least 13 soldiers killed in South Afghanistan
• 18 killed in suicide car bomb in Eastern Afghanistan

Czech Republic

• Czech President fires Finance Minister Babis to end political crisis

Taiwan

• Taiwan becomes 1st in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage

Bahrain

• Raid on Shiite cleric’s town leaves 5 dead, 286 arrested
• Court sentences 17 men to jail on terrorism charges

Nepal

• 4 climbers found dead in tents on Mount Everest

Pakistan

• 2 Chinese language teachers kidnapped in Quetta
• Taliban leader blamed for 3 bombings arrested by Pakistani authorities
• Pakistan reopens Afghanistan border crossing after deadly clash
• Iranian mortar attack kills 1 civilian near Pakistani/Iranian border

Congo

• Christian sect members attack Congo prison, free leader
• Congo militiamen free 1 French, 3 Congolese mine workers

United States

• Pope Francis asks Trump to be peacemaker, gives him environmental letter
• American service member dies in Northern Syria
• 2 killed on Portland train after defending Muslims
• 8 people killed including police officer in shooting in Mississippi

Kenya

• 3 police officers killed in landmine attack claimed by Al Shabaab
• Roadside bomb planted by Somali Islamists kill 2 Kenyan police officers

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian court convicts journalist for incitement of violence

Brazil

• Brazilian President orders soldiers to restore order in Brazilia

The Central African Republic

• Over 300 people killed in the past week by militias 

Japan

• Last Japanese troops leave U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan

Slovakia

• Prosecutors push to ban Slovak far-right party claiming it poses a threat to democracy 

Libya

• East Libyan forces claim control of disputed Southern air-base
• At least 28 killed in Tripoli as ISIL attacks U.N. backed government forces

Equatorial Guinea

• Equatorial Guinea approves as latest OPEC member

Estonia

• Estonia to expel 2 Russian diplomats

Sri Lanka

• 151 killed, 111 missing in floods, mudslides

South Africa

• South African opposition leader barred from entering Zambia

Morocco

• Authorities arrest 20 people after violent clashes between police and protesters in Al-Hoceima

Germany

• Lead for Merkel’s conservative party widens in latest polls
• After G7 and NATO summit, Merkel says Europe must take fate into their own hands, cannot completely count on others

Spain

• Spain saves 157 migrants near Gibraltar

Russia

• At least 8,000 protests against Moscow housing resettlement 

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Iran

• Moderate Rouhani re-elected President of Iran with 57% of the vote

Venezuela

• More killed, hundreds injured in anti-government protests
• 8 Judges on Supreme Court hit with U.S. sanctions

North Korea

• North Korea launches medium-range missile, flies 500km

Syria

• At least 32 civilians killed in airstrikes
• 7 people killed by ISIL shelling Eastern Syria
• Two car bombs kill at least 6 people in Syrian camp near Jordan border
• ISIL attacks several villages, kill 52 including many women and children
• ISIL kills 20 villagers near Hama
• ISIL militants kill nearly 20 people including two children in Deir al-Zor
• Bomb attack on Syrian Islamist rebel group kills 14

The Central African Republic

• 30 civilians killed in attacks by Christian militias
• U.N. forces retake strategic areas of country
• 20,000 flee fighting in the town of Bria
• Fighting between rival Christian and Muslim militants kill 22 people, including 17 civilians

Afghanistan

• Roadside bomb kills 11 Afghans headed to wedding
• Gunmen attacks bank in Kabul, kills 3, injures 30
• Taliban launch three-prong assault on Ghazni city
• At least 20 Afghan policemen killed in Taliban ambushes in South Central Afghanistan
• German aid worker killed, Finnish national kidnapped in Kabul

China

• China installs rocket launchers on disputed South China Sea island
• Pair of Chinese fighter jets intercept U.S. planes over the East China Sea

United States

• Trump meets Turkey’s Erdogan in White House
• U.S. says it has evidence that Assad built crematorium at prison to dispose of bodies
• U.S. carries out air strike against militia’s supported by the Syrian government 
• In Saudi Arabia, Trump urges Muslim leaders to fight extremism

France

• Macron names center-right Edouard Philippe as Prime Minister
• Macron visits Germany’s Merkel, pledges to save European unity
• Macron picks Cabinet, includes equal number of men and women
• French troops to stay in Mali, wants more German support
• French troops will remain in Sahel until militants eradicated

Yemen

• Cholera outbreak kills 180
• Yemen fires ballistic missile towards Saudi capital

Germany

• 13 injured in factory explosion in Bavaria

Turkey

• Turkey blocks German lawmaker from visiting soldier at air base
• Police kill 2 suspected ISIL militants in Ankara
• Dozens of ministry staff detained in more post-coup investigations

Ivory Coast

• Heavy gunfire erupts in Ivory Coast’s two largest cities
• Soldiers reject Government deal to end mutiny
• Soldiers block main border crossing with Burkina Faso
• Soldiers accept Government proposal on bonus payments and agree to end protests

Vietnam

• Police arrest dissident for “abusing Democracy rights”

Mexico

• Another journalist assassinated in Sinaloa

Israel

• Israeli navy kills Gaza fisherman after boat strayed towards Israel

Italy

• 20 migrants die in Mediterranean
• 2,100 migrants rescued in Mediterranean while heading to Italy

Nigeria

• Armed herdsmen kill 20 farmers and injure 8 others in Mosque
• Three female suicide bombers kill 2, injure 6 in Northeast Nigeria

Congo

• Christian sect attacks prison, free’s leader and 50 others
• Number of suspected Ebola cases now up to 29
• Nearly 4,200 inmates flee in biggest prison break ever in Congo

Kenya

• Al Shabaab gunmen kills government official in Northern Kenya
• Police shoot political protesters during President Kenyatta’s rally

Saudia Arabia

• Saudi soldier killed, 5 wounded in fighting with militants
• U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign weapons deal worth $110 billion

Indonesia

• Shariah court sentences 2 gay men to public caning
• 4 killed, 8 wounded in military training incident in the South China Sea

Sweden

• 3 fires aimed at refugees cause 300 migrants to evacuate

Macedonia

• Opposition leader given mandate to form government

Somalia

• 3 bomb disposal experts killed trying to dismantle car bomb in Mogadishu

Greece

• Protests turn violent after 12,000 march against austerity in Athens

United Kingdom

• Police arrest 4 men on suspicion of terrorism
• In latest polls, Labour party gaining ground on Theresa May

Uganda

• President Museveni orders security chiefs to stop using torture

Hungary

• E.U. parliament condemns Hungary on fundamental rights and rule of law, begins process to remove E.U. voting rights

Burundi

• Grenade attack kills 3 members of ruling political party

Brazil

• President Temer taped discussing payments to silence testimony, will not resign

South Africa

• 25 illegal miners found dead in gold mine shaft

Palestine

• Protester and AP photographer killed by Israeli civilian
• Hundreds of protesters clash with Israeli forces in the West Bank

Austria

• Austrian legislators ban full veils in public

Ireland

• Prime Minister Kenny announces he will resign

South Sudan

• U.N. report shows government forces killed 114 civilians in a single town

Libya

• Prominent tribal elder and 5 others killed by car bomb south of Benghazi
• At least 60 people killed in clashes between Libyan factions

Pakistan

• Suspected Pakistani militants gun down 3 workers on China ‘Silk Road’ project

Haiti

• 5 dead, 19 missing after massive flooding

Niger

• Opposition leader to be tried on incitement and sedition charges

Qatar

• Indian migrant worker dies after leaving World Cup venue

Iraq

• Two suicide car bombs explode on highway near oilfields in Southern Iraq
• Suicide car bombs kill 10 at Baghdad checkpoint

Spain

• Thousands rally in Madrid to support no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Rajoy

Romania

• 1,000 people march for gay pride in Bucharest

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Global Threat

• Cyber attack hits 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries, numbers may grow as people return to work on Monday

North Korea

• North Korea launches ballistic missile that lands in sea near Russia
• North Korea open to meet with Trump administration

Iran

• Former President Khatami urges voters to re-elect President Rouhani
• Guide to Iranian Presidential election on May 19
• Rouhani leads in latest Iranian Election polls

Somalia

• Al Shabaab roadside bomb kills 3 Somali soldiers at checkpoint
• Al Shabaab suicide bomber kills 8 in central Mogadishu
• Al Shabaab fighters attack army base in Mogadishu killing 7 Somali fighters

Venezuela

• Protesters fling feces at soldiers as 2 more protesters are killed
• 1 killed, dozens injured in another day of protests

Libya

• More than 200 migrants feared dead off coast of Libya
• Coastguards turn back 500 migrants attempting to reach Europe

Mali

• Militants kill 7 soldiers in attack in Northern Mali

Nigeria

• 54 people on trial for celebrating gay wedding
• Boko Haram fighters says group plans to bomb Nigerian capital

South Korea

• Liberal Moon Jae-elected President with 41% of the vote
• Moon Jae-in says he is open to visiting North Korea
• Moon Jae-in abolishes predecessors government issued history books

France

• 141 people arrested in Paris after post-election protests
• French centrist reach accord with Macron on parliament candidates
• Coalition of African nations assist France in seizing weapons from terrorist group in Africa
• Macron officially takes over as President, vows to heal division and restore global status

Indonesia

• Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against Islam
• Indonesian Islamist leader lays out plan to target wealthy Chinese

Mexico

• 14 people killed in accidental fireworks explosion
• Gunmen kills activist who searched for missing persons 

South Sudan

• Gunmen attacks the Vice President, wounds 3 bodyguards 
• South Sudan President replaces army chief
• Opposition groups agree to work together against government

Thailand

• Muslim militants carry out car-bomb attack outside a supermarket, wounds 60 people

United States

• Trump advisors call for 5,000 more troops in Afghanistan
• Trump approves plan to arm Syrian Kurds
• Trump fires Director of the FBI
• U.S. Congressional delegation visits the Dalai Lama in India
• Trump meets with Russian officials in Oval Office
• U.S. to enhance surveillance ability in the Baltic Sea to observe Russian military exercise
• Trump orders emergency meeting after global cyber attack

Egypt

• Egyptian forces kill 8 members of the Muslim Brotherhood before they carried out terrorist acts
• Islamic extremists kill 10 local tribesmen in Sinai
• Egypt calls on the international community to lift arms embargo on Libya
• Egyptian colonel killed in bomb attack in armored vehicle

Italy

• Arson attack on gypsies kill 3 sisters
• Libyan suspected of migrant murder arrested
• Explosive device explodes in Rome but causes no injuries
• Rescuers save 484 migrants in Mediterranean, find 7 bodies

Kosovo

• Kosovo government collapses after losing a no-confidence vote setting the scene for an early election
• Kosovo’s President calls parliamentary election on June 11

The Central African Republic

• Christian rebel group kills 4 U.N. peacekeepers
• Christian militias attack U.N. bases for the second consecutive night

Saudi Arabia

• 2 people killed, several injured, as Saudi security forces raid Shi’ite district
• U.S. nears $100 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia
• Gunmen kills Saudi child and Pakistani man during attack on workers in eastern Saudi Arabia 

Tunisia

• Tunisian President orders army to protect oil and gas fields
• 5,000 Tunisians march against corruption amnesty law

Syria

• U.S. led airstrikes kill 11, including 4 children, in Raqqa
• Syrian army regains control of airport in Northern Syria

Yemen

• 115 people killed in Cholera outbreak
• Southern Yemen leaders form council seeking secession from Yemen

Ghana

• Explosion at factory injures at least 80

Germany

• German soldier held in anti-migrant murder plot
• Merkel’s Conservative party wins state election in rival’s heartland

Argentina

• Tens of thousands protest Supreme Court ruling that could decrease jail time for human rights abusers

South Africa

• Protesters seeking jobs and better housing clash with police in Pretoria
• South Africa to sign new nuclear power plant deal after court blocked deal with Russia

Jordan

• Jordanian air force brings down drone near border with Syria

Czech Republic

• Thousands protest in Prague against Finance Minister Babis refusal to resign after questions over his past tax arrangements

Russia

• Russian police detain 5 activists delivering petition on gay rights
• 60,000 protest in Moscow against housing resettlement plan

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka rejects Chinese request for submarine visit

Japan

• Dozens of detainees at Japanese immigration center on hunger strike

India

• 23 people killed, 30 injured as wall collapses on crowd celebrating a wedding
• 2 Indians killed in Kashmir border firing

Austria

• Court jails Syrian for life for killing Assad soldiers 
• Austria heads for snap election as coalition shatters

Bangladesh

• 6 killed as police raid militant hideout

Turkey

• Turkey threatens to step up attacks on Syrian Kurdish fighters after the U.S. moved to arm Kurds combatting ISIL
• Turkish police detains 53 former employees of the Istanbul stock exchange accusing them of orchestrating last year’s coup
• Bus crash kills 17 in southwest Turkey tourist town

Israel

• Israeli government shuts down popular nightly news show
• Jordanian stabs Israeli police officer 

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico debt crisis causes 179 schools to close

China

• 8 dead, 20 injured in earthquake in Western China
• President Xi offers indebted Greece strong support

Pakistan

• ISIL carries out suicide attack killing 25, including prominent lawmaker
• 10 Pakistani gunned down while working on Chinese projects

Congo

• Congo announces Ebola outbreak, 3 dead

Palestine

• Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers during hunger strike protests
• Palestinians hold local elections in West Bank but not Gaza

Portugal

• Pope Francis visits Portugal

Ivory Coast

• Soldiers revolt in protest over bonus pay dispute
• Mutinous soldiers shoot 3 in Bouake
• 5 people shot during protests against army mutiny
• Large military convoy advances towards Bouake as protests continue 

Rwanda

• Rwandan police arrest prominent gay rights activist

Australia

• Defense department claims China is conducting extensive espionage against Australia
• Government considering NATO request to send more troops to Afghanistan

United Kingdom

• Extensive cyber attack hits hospitals
• Latest poll gives Conservatives big lead ahead of June election

Ukraine

• 4 civilians killed by pro-Russian separatists in artillery shelling in Eastern Ukraine

Bahrain

• 3 Activists detained after U.K. horse show protest

Bosnia

• 5 people, including 3 children, killed in plane crash

Iraq

• Iraqi forces attack ISIL in Mosul as battle nears end

Greece

• 3 dead, 10 injured in train derailment

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France

• Centrist Emmanuel Macron elected President in landslide
• Police injured in clashes with protesters
• 5 detained, weapons seized in Anti-Terrorism raids
• Radicalized man arrested near military base

Mexico

• Soldiers kill 7 suspected gang members
• Gunmen open fire on Mexican army investigating fuel pipeline thefts, killing 10 including four soldiers

Palestine

• Hamas softens stance on Israel in policy document
• Israeli Police kill Palestinian girl in Jerusalem, claimed she was trying to attack police
• Hamas elects former deputy Haniyeh as new political chief

Syria

• ISIL attack on civilians kills at least 37 people
• Bomb in Northern Syria kills 5 outside opposition headquarters
• Syrian forces used nerve gas in four recent attacks

Mali

• 8 Soldiers killed in ambush by suspected Islamic militants

Egypt

• Militants kill 5, including 3 policemen, in shooting in Cairo
• ISIL leader in Egypt tells Muslims to avoid Christian gatherings calling them “legitimate targets”
• 2 suspected bomb makers killed in shootout

Central African Republic

• 45 civilians killed over the past 3 months by various armed groups

Denmark

• 5 Islamic clerics and 1 American Evangelical banned from entering the country, labeled “hate preachers”

India

• India accuses Pakistani troops of killing two if its soldiers before mutilating their bodies for revenge

Iraq

• ISIL kills 7 Iraqi soldiers in attack near Syrian border
• ISIL kills 2 at Iraqi military base where U.S. advisors stationed

Russia

• 20 Gay rights protesters detained
• Russia proposes safe zones in Syria

Venezuela

• Maduro calls for constitutional changes
• Chavez statue torn down as death toll reaches 37

Iran

• Coal mine explosion kills 35

Kenya

• Kenya charges 62 people after party primaries marred by violence and fraud

Afghanistan

• Suicide bombing of U.S. military convoy kills 8 Afghans
• Head of ISIL in Afghanistan killed

Saudi Arabia

• Deputy Crown Prince refuses dialogue with Iran

United States

• House of Representatives approves additional sanctions on North Korea (419 to 1)
• U.S. test fires Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
• Trump meets with Palestinian Abbas

Hungary

• Hungary charges 11 over deaths of 71 migrants

United Kingdom

• Prince Philip to retire from active public life

Puerto Rico

• Thousands of protesters strike as debt deadline nears
• Puerto Rico to close 179 public schools amid crisis

Pakistan

• Child killed as mob attacks police station
• 15 killed as Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire along their border

Somalia

• Minister killed near Presidential palace
• Somali government says it killed senior Al Shabaab chief
• U.S. Navy Seal killed by Al Shabaab militants

Japan

• Abe announces plan to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution

Turkey

• Government fires 107 more judges, over 145,000 civil servants dismissed in total

North Korea

• North Korea accuses the U.S. and South Korea of assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un
• North Korea detains another U.S. citizen

Indonesia

• About 200 prisoners break out of an overcrowded jail

Tanzania

• 35 killed, including 32 children, in school minibus crash

Chad

• 9 Chadian Soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack on military camp

Nigeria

• 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects

Italy

• 3,000 migrants rescued near Italy’s coast

Sudan

• Frenchman kidnapped for 2 months rescued

Germany

• Merkel’s conservative party wins big in local elections

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