Somali forces kill 50 al-Shabaab terrorists in Baidoa ambush.

Ukraine strikes Russian targets including Ryazan refinery, Kaspiysk missile boat, ammo depots

According to a tweet from NOELREPORTS, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck multiple Russian military targets on May 14 and overnight into May 15, 2026, including the Ryazan oil refinery, a missile boat and minesweeper at Kaspiysk, ammo depots near Yepifanivka and Rovenky, and logistics and EW depots in occupied Luhansk.

BBC identifies 219,356 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war, Bashkortostan passes 10,000 dead. Experts say total Russian losses may top 400,000.

BBC and volunteers have identified 219,356 Russian military personnel killed in the full‑scale invasion of Ukraine, with 57% joining the army after the war began. Bashkortostan became the first Russian region to surpass 10,000 confirmed deaths, and experts say total Russian losses could exceed 400,000.

Israeli airstrikes hit residential buildings in Tyre, Lebanon; a young girl was rescued from the rubble.

A young girl was rescued from under the rubble following a series of Israeli airstrikes which targeted residential buildings in Tyre, southern Lebanon.

Israeli settlers, led by Minister Bezalel Smotrich, storm Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, West Bank, vowing permanent presence.

Hundreds of Israeli settlers, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, stormed Joseph’s Tomb in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. Smotrich vowed to make the Israeli presence at the site permanent, despite it being located in the heart of a Palestinian city administered by the Palestinian Authority.