Portal:Current events/2019 May 12
May 12, 2019 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
- Gunmen burn down a Catholic church during mass and kill six people, including a priest, in Dablo, Burkina Faso. (BBC News)
- Gulf of Oman incident, Iran–United States relations, Iran–Saudi Arabia relations
- The United Arab Emirates reports four commercial vessels were subject to "sabotage operations" just outside its territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman and two of the vessels suffer "significant damage" to their structure off the coast of Fujairah. One of the vessels was en route to the United Arab Emirates to be loaded with Saudi Arabia crude oil and sent to the United States. (Reuters) (Associated Press) (CNN)
- Syrian Civil War
- Memos sent to Syria's head of military intelligence, and obtained by the New York Times, report that President Bashar al-Assad's government has been running a network of secret torture facilities across Syria, crushing opposition via routine torture in secret prisons. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Argentine lawmaker Héctor Enrique Olivares, who was seriously injured in a shooting attack near the Congress on May 9, dies in hospital as result of the gunshot injuries. (TN.com.ar) (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Lithuanian presidential election
- Lithuanians are called to the polls to elect the new President. Ingrida Šimonytė wins the first round and will dispute the second round with Gitanas Nausėda. Prime Minister and presidential candidate, Saulius Skvernelis is about to resign after the bad results of his candidature. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC News)
- 2019 North Macedonian presidential election
- Stevo Pendarovski is sworn in as the President of North Macedonia after winning the election, the first after the Prespa agreement. (Euronews)
Sports
- England's 2018–19 Premier League
- Manchester City F.C. win England's 2018–19 Premier League for the second year in a row with 98 points, while Liverpool F.C. come in second with 97 points, continuing their 29-year title drought. (English Premier League)