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Portal:Current events/2019 May 26

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;Armed conflict and attacks

  • May 2019 Kathmandu bombings
  • Four people are killed and seven others are injured in three blasts in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. Police believe a Maoist splinter group may have been responsible. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-blasts/four-killed-seven-injured-in-three-explosions-in-nepali-capital-police-idUSKCN1SW0EN?il=0 (Reuters)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48415620 (BBC News)]
  • Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)
  • Iraq sentences three French militants to death for their involvement in ISIS. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48414670 (BBC News)]
  • A truck bomb explodes at a popular market in the village of Nineveh, Iraq, killing 5 and injuring 8. [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/26/c_138091737.htm (Xinhuanet)]
  • Boko Haram
  • Four soldiers of the Chadian Army and a journalist are killed following a Boko Haram attack near the northern shore of Lake Chad. Boko Haram have reportedly continued their incursion into northern Chad. [https://www.africanews.com/2019/05/26/five-dead-in-boko-haram-attack-on-chadian-army-base/ (Africanews)]
  • Four people are killed in an attack on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso, the latest in a string of assaults on Christian places of worship in the region. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/killed-church-attack-burkina-faso-190526192956228.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Business and economy

  • The initial stage of Sydney Metro, Australia's first automated rapid transit system, opens to the public. [https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-commuters-to-hop-aboard-high-tech-railway-future-20190524-p51qpg.html (The Sydney Morning Herald)]
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announces, two days before their scheduled trial, it has agreed to pay $85 million to the U.S. state of Oklahoma in connection with allegations that it helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-opioids-litigation-oklahoma/teva-pharm-to-pay-oklahoma-85-million-to-settle-opioid-claims-idUSKCN1SW0MS (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • 2019 Peru earthquake
  • A strong earthquake measuring {{M|w|link=y}} 8.0 strikes northeastern Peru, causing one death and several injuries. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/26/americas/peru-earthquake-may-intl/index.html (CNN)]

;Politics and elections

;Sports

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