Portal:Current events/2019 May 26
May 26, 2019 (Sunday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- 2019 Nebal blasts
- Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)
- Iraq sentences 3 french militiants to death for their involvement in ISIS (BBC)
- A Truck bomb ripped through a popular market in the village of Nineveh, Iraq killing 5 and injuring 8. (Xinhuanet) (Washington Post)
- Boko Haram
- Five were killed in a Boko Haram blast near the shore of Lake Chad. Four soldiers and one journalist were killed in the blast (Africanews)
Business and economy
- The initial stage of Sydney Metro, Australia's first automated rapid transit system opens to the public. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Belgian federal election
- In addition to the European Parliament and regional elections, voters in Belgium head to the polls to vote for the members of the Chamber of Representatives. (Euronews)
- 2019 European Parliament election
- In the final stage of the latest European Parliament election, voters in Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Metropolitan France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden elect their country's representatives. (European Parliament)
- 2019 Lithuanian presidential election
- Lithuanian citizens also are heading to the polls to elect their future president in the second round of the latest presidential election. (Politico)
- Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announces his resignation over disputes of him holding dual citizenship and after weeks of defections from his coalition government. (Radio New Zealand)