All news: Thursday 28 May 2026

2026 Iran war ceasefire

Axios reports that American and Iranian negotiators have agreed to a deal to extend the ceasefire.

2026 Iran war ceasefire

U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will halt Iranian airlines’ access to landing spots until a deal is signed.

2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis

U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent says that Oman will not participate in imposing tolls on ships and vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz after previously threatening to impose sanctions against them earlier in the day if it were to join Iran in doing so.

Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war

The Kuwaiti military says that they have activated air defenses to intercept a missile along with drones.

Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says that it targeted an American base in Kuwait in retaliation for the recent U.S. strikes near Bandar Abbas including yesterday's.

2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire

At least 19 people, including two children, are killed from Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, as Israel intensifies its assault and issues mass displacement orders across the region. The Israeli military alleges that it is a targeted attack.

Gaza war

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli forces to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip.

Gaza war

An Israeli military air raid kills ten people, including four children, in northern Gaza.

Gaza war

The Israeli military announces that it has assassinated Ihab Khrizim, a leader of a central Hamas funds transfer network, in a strike in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip in Palestine.

Colombian conflict

Clashes between FARC dissidents kill at least 48 people in Guaviare, Colombia, amid ongoing disputes over territorial and criminal control.

2026 Winterthur stabbing attack

Three people are injured in a mass stabbing at a train station in Winterthur, Switzerland. The perpetrator is arrested and authorities declare the attack as an act of terrorism.

2026 Longview

The death toll from the implosion of a white liquor paper mill in Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, U.S., rises to eight.

2026 Gilgil school burning

Sixteen students are killed and 79 others injured in a fire in a dormitory at a girls school in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya.

Thirteen people are killed and three others are injured when an overloaded passenger bus crashes into a large truck on G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway in Nanyang, Henan, China.

Six people are killed and four others are trapped when an under-construction bridge collapses during a storm in Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Five people are killed while 22 others are injured after a truck overturns on Cong. Andres Acop Cosalan Road in Kabayan, Benguet, Philippines.

At least three people are killed, four others are injured, and 11 more are reported missing in an explosion at an apartment building in Dallas, Texas, United States.

Israel and the United Nations

Israel announces it will cut ties with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his office in response to the United Nations adding the country to its blacklist of countries and organizations that employ wartime sexual violence.

International reactions to the Gaza war

The Council of the European Union sanctions four Israeli settler organizations and three settler leaders for their roles in the increasing settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Simultaneously, they expand existing sanctions for members of the Hamas's Political Bureau.

Japan–Philippines relations

Japan and Philippines agree to elevate ties to new level amid China concerns.

The Latvian Saeima approves a four-party coalition government led by prime minister Andris Kulbergs after Evika Siliņa's administration collapsed following disputes over the handling of suspected Ukrainian drones entering Latvian airspace.

Deportation in the second Trump administration

The United States transfers another group of West African deportees to Ghana under third-country deportation arrangements, including at least one individual reported to hold protection from removal under U.S. immigration law.

Terrorism in Australia

The Melbourne Magistrates' Court in Victoria, Australia, charges 34-year-old Islamic State bride Rayann El Houli, who recently returned from Syria, for being a member of a terrorist organization after joining the Islamic State after traveling there in the early 2010s.

Terrorism in Brazil

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio designates Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho, the two biggest drug trafficking-related criminal organizations in Brazil, as foreign terrorist groups.

2026 Ebola epidemic

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo and states that the Ebola outbreak can still be contained.

MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak

The European Union receives a shipment of the Favipiravir for potential use against hantavirus infections.

2026 FIFA World Cup

Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce coordinated travel health measures for travelers arriving from Ebola-affected areas in central and eastern Africa ahead of the FIFA World Cup.