US President Donald Trump has said that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was killed in Nigeria during a joint mission involving US and Nigerian forces. In a post on his Truth Social platform early Saturday, Trump said al-Minuki was the second in command of the "Islamic State" (IS) terror organization globally.
The Pentagon said it is halting the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland, according to US officials, after President Donald Trump's administration said it would pull out thousands of soldiers in Germany. The 4,000 troops in question belong to the Army's 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. What did US officials say about the decision?
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A bull male elephant is seen meticulously dismantling an electric fence inside Yala National Park in Sri Lanka.
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.
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.
Pakistan has taken on a leading role in the peace efforts between the US and Iran, hosting talks and serving as an intermediary for backchannel diplomacy between the warring parties. For Islamabad, the stakes are high. Officials view stability in the Gulf as closely tied to the country's own economic and security interests.
The high-profile Beijing summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ended with bombastic, positive statements — especially from the Trump White House, which called the US president "the dealmaker-in-chief" — but with little info known about concrete deals between the two rival superpowers.
As Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Tuesday, observers and political leaders across East Africa reflected on the trajectory of a man who in 1986 emerged from military fatigues, and a country wracked by civil war, to then rule for 40 years.