Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz faces road blockades paralyzing La Paz, draining over $50 million from the economy daily and blocking emergency vehicles from hospitals, six months after his historic election.
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Peru’s Fujimori and Sánchez head to June 7 runoff after fractured first round
Peru confirmed a Fujimori-Sánchez presidential runoff for June 7, with over 70% of April’s first-round voters having backed neither candidate.
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Drone strikes Barakah nuclear plant perimeter in first Gulf reactor attack
A drone breached UAE air defenses on May 17 to strike Barakah nuclear plant’s outer perimeter, causing no radiation leak but prompting IAEA alarm.
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Ukraine hits Moscow with largest drone strike in over a year
Ukraine launched roughly 500 drones overnight on May 17, killing four people including three in the Moscow region and striking debris near Sheremetyevo Airport.
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Latvia’s coalition collapses after Russian-redirected drone incursion
Latvia’s PM Evika Siliņa and Defence Minister Andris Sprūds both resigned after Russian-redirected drones crashed in Latgale, exposing security failures that brought down the governing coalition.
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Pope Leo XIV warns AI warfare is driving a spiral of annihilation
At Rome’s La Sapienza University, Pope Leo XIV condemned surging military AI investment and warned that autonomous weapons are eroding human accountability for war.
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Dust storms and lightning kill 96 across Uttar Pradesh
Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning swept Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night, killing at least 96 people and injuring more than 50 across a dozen districts.
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The UAE quits OPEC after 59 years and sets course for five million barrels
Abu Dhabi’s exit from the oil cartel on May 1 removes OPEC’s third-largest producer and a member since 1967, freeing the UAE to exploit a capacity gap that has cost it roughly 1.35 million barrels of daily production under quota constraints.
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Starmer faces rebellion as Labour loses 1,500 council seats to Reform
The UK’s local elections on May 8 delivered Labour its worst council result in decades, with the party losing 1,496 seats and control of 38 councils, and 72 MPs now demanding Starmer resign or set a departure timetable.
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Myanmar’s generals move Suu Kyi before ASEAN summit, but doubts linger
Myanmar’s military government announced the transfer of Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest on April 30, a move analysts read as diplomatic staging ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit rather than a genuine political opening.