President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Friday, May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP WASHINGTON — U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S.
Delta Goodrem from Australia performs the song "Eclipse" during the dress rehearsal for the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, Friday, May 15, 2026.
Palestinians gather around a vehicle struck by an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Friday, May 15, 2026. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP JERUSALEM — Israel says it has killed the leader of Hamas' military wing, one of the architects of the Oct, 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the war in Gaza.
The U.S. Supreme Court Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday to allow Virginia to use a new congressional map that favored Democrats in all but one of the state's U.S. House seats.
Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial on March 3, 2023. Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP/Pool hide caption toggle caption Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP/Pool DENVER — Colorado Democratic Gov.
Skip next section Antarctic research ship 'Polarstern' returns from 6-month mission May 15, 2026 Antarctic research ship 'Polarstern' returns from 6-month mission Image: Jörn Hüneke/dpa/picture alliance The more than 40-year-old German research vessel Polarstern — Polaris or Pole Star in English — has completed its last half-year mission to Antarctica.
Usually, it tends to be Muslim men who go to pray on Fridays in the mosques of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As is customary in Islam, women are not required to go to the mosque to pray on the holiest day of the week.
Thirty-four European countries plus Australia, Costa Rica and the European Union as an entity on Friday signed up to a future special tribunal that will seek to prosecute Russia for crimes committed during its invasion of Ukraine.