One tests positive for hantavirus, Canadian national health agency confirms

Canada’s national health agency confirms that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91

Felicien Kabuga (91) was accused of encouraging and bankrolling the mass killing of Rwanda’s Tutsi minority

Security forces kill five terrorists in northwest Pakistan

The operations were conducted late on Saturday (May 16, 2026) in the Bannu district of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to police

Palestinian leader’s son wins role in Abbas’ party, official says

Yasser Abbas won a seat in elections for the Fatah Central Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body, ‌at its first general conference in almost a decade. Mahmoud Abbas, 90, will remain chairman, it decided

Taiwan won’t be sacrificed, U.S. arms sales a commitment: President responds to Trump

Mr. Lai’s comments were his first direct response to the summit last week in Beijing between U.S. President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that raised concerns in democratically governed Taiwan about U.S. backing for the island

Iran-Israel war LIVE: UAE reports drone strike at nuclear power plant as Iran war deadlock endures

Pakistan’s Interior Minister arrived in Tehran on Saturday “to facilitate” Iran-U.S. peace talks

Trump administration promote program to check voter eligibility; critics fear a midterm purge

The scanning of state voter rolls at the national level is part of a broader effort by Republican President Donald Trump to federalise certain election functions and promote his messaging that elections are marred by noncitizen voting, even though instances of that are rare.

Iran-Israel war LIVE: Fire breaks out after drone strike on UAE nuclear power plant: authorities

Pakistan’s Interior Minister arrived in Tehran on Saturday “to facilitate” Iran-U.S. peace talks

Israel strikes Lebanon while Hezbollah calls talks ‘dead end’

The latest strikes came after Envoys from Israel and Lebanon held a third round of negotiations in Washington and agreed to extend the ceasefire

SriLankan Airlines accuses Indian employees of ₹22 million fraud

It said that Indian law enforcement has been contacted, and investigations are currently ongoing to recover the loss.