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May 7, 2019
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2019-05-07
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Second Libyan Civil War
,
2019 Western Libya offensive
The
Libyan National Army
shoots down a pro-
GNA
Mirage F1
fighter jet over
Tripoli
, capturing its pilot, who claimed to be
Portuguese
, though the
Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
couldn't confirm his identity. Pictures released by the LNA's media office show the wounded pilot flanked by LNA officials.
(
The Independent
)
(
The Telegraph
)
Health and environment
Multiple environmentalists groups file a lawsuit to stop the
US Forest Service
from opening up large tracts of the
Tongass National Forest
to logging, allegedly without a proper
study of the environmental impact
.
(Reuters)
International relations
Iraq–United States relations
United States Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo
, who originally expected to be in
Berlin
today, makes an emergency trip to
Iraq
amid escalating tensions with
Iran
. Earlier this week, the U.S. deployed a bomber task force and the
USS
Abraham Lincoln
Carrier Strike Group to the region. In today's meeting with
Iraqi Prime Minister
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
and
President
Barham Salih
, Pompeo reaffirmed the longstanding U.S. policy to ensure nobody interferes in their country.
(BBC News)
(CNN)
Law and crime
Myanmar
President
Win Myint
pardons two
Reuters
journalists,
Wa Lone
and
Kyaw Soe Oo
, who had been imprisoned at
Insein Prison
for more than 500 days after being charged with possession of classified documents under the
Official Secrets Act
. The pair were arrested in December 2017 as they were investigating the
Inn Din massacre
.
(Reuters)
List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
Michael Behenna
, an American soldier convicted of killing an Iraqi prisoner in 2008, is pardoned by
U.S. President
Donald Trump
and invited to dinner.
(NPR)
2019 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting
At least one person is killed and eight people are injured in a
school shooting
in Douglas County, Colorado. Two suspects are in custody.
(KKTV)
(ABC News via MSN.com)
At least seven people are killed and another 20 injured in a shooting at
Pavón Prison
near
Guatemala City
. The injured have been taken to hospital. Security forces have regained control of the facility.
(BBC News)
Politics and elections
2019 Danish general election
Danish prime minister
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
calls general elections for
Grundlovsdag
on 5 June, only a little more than a week after
Danish elections for the European Parliament
.
(The Local)
2019 Istanbul mayoral election
The
European Union
and leading member states such as Belgium, France and Germany, criticize the
Turkish
government's decision to re-run
Istanbul
's mayoral election, which was won by underdog
Ekrem İmamoğlu
of the opposition multi-party
Nation Alliance
.
(BBC News)
(Reuters)
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