UAE secretly attacked Iran in April https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-has-been-secretly-carrying-out-attacks-iran-wsj-reports-2026-05-11/
Pakistan allowed Iran to park aircraft during war https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/
US California, former mayor charged with being agent for China https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/12/california-ex-mayor-admits-acting-as-agent-of-china-us-authorities-say
Mexico cancelled plans to shorten school year for the World Cup https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/5/12/mexico-cancels-plan-to-cut-school-year-for-world-cup-after-backlash
US president getting another medical exam this month https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-doctor-medical-exam-8a3e9599e94ef81a9f904716bb7d0275
US Florida police officers suing Matt Damon and Ben Affleck over movie The Rip for being too detailed and realistic https://apnews.com/article/rip-lawsuit-ben-affleck-matt-damon-98647a282521fe01ce73d8a7afeb4400
Venezuela rejects US idea to become 51 state https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-guyana-essequibo-court-trump-oil-89f55dc0049617e81bfbad49c4bed777
Japan record number of bears sighted and killed since this time last year https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/05/12/japan-bear-sightings-double-in-year-to-march
US public schools continue to remove books related to segregation, trans rights, and extreme groups in the US https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkTAR9aJ/ and https://pen.org/press-release/banned-nonfiction-books-double-in-public-schools-erasing-authentic-stories-histories/
Israel deployed iron dome to uae during height of Iran conflict https://aje.news/p6a948?update=4565000
Iran, folks believe US will nuke them when US president talks about mass destruction, and one of many reasons why US hasn’t is because it would give Iran permission to do the same https://aje.news/p6a948?update=4564878
Israel still striking Lebanon https://aje.news/p6a948?update=4564846
Iran parliament leader says if they are attacked again, they could enrich to 90% https://aje.news/p6a948?update=4564781
Pakistan denies allegations of shielding Iranian aircraft https://aje.news/p6a948?update=4564612
Greenland, US might open more bases https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21669452lo
UK MP resigned over PM https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt
Egypt, EU supporting efforts to enhance wheat production https://www.egyptindependent.com/eu-supports-egyptian-efforts-to-enhance-local-wheat-production/
