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16.05.2026 17:11 On Friday in Vilnius, President Gitanas Nausėda, together with President Alexander Stubb of Finland, opened the Lithuania-Finland Business Forum dedicated to strengthening cooperation in the fields of the defense industry, security, and resilience.

16.05.2026 17:11 On Thursday, May 14th, the Minister of National Defence, Radu Miruță, had a series of meetings with representatives of the defence industry and participated in several conferences and round tables organized in the context of Black Sea Defense, Aerospace and Security 2026 international exhibition.

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16.05.2026 17:11 Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar have threatened to sue the New York Times over the publication of an article detailing rape and sexual torture of Palestinian women, men and children in Israeli detention.

16.05.2026 17:11 Israeli far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced that the Tel Aviv regime intends to establish illegal settlements in southern Lebanon while encouraging the mass displacement of Palestinians from the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.

16.05.2026 17:11 The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by 45 days to enable further progress in the negotiations, US State Department Spokesperson Thomas Pigott said on Friday.

16.05.2026 17:11 Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad have reaffirmed their adherence to resistance against Israel until Palestine is liberated, urging the international community to stop the regime's "terrorism' which poses a "real threat" to the security and stability of the region and the world.

16.05.2026 17:11 Civilians across Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon continue to face mounting hardship as conflict, displacement and ongoing military operations deepen humanitarian needs and strain already limited aid efforts, according to the latest updates from UN agencies.

16.05.2026 17:11 The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned, in the strongest terms, the storming of the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque by the extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, a minister in the Israeli occupation government, at the head of groups of extremist settlers, raising the Israeli occupation flag and performing provocative rituals inside its courtyards, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, considering this a blatant aggression and deliberate provocation of the feelings of Muslims all over the world.

16.05.2026 17:11 The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation commemorates, on May 15 of each year, the Nakba that befell the Palestinian people in 1948 as a result of the declaration of the establishment of Israel, the occupying power, and the crimes of organized terrorism, genocide, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, and the deliberate destruction of hundreds of Palestinian villages and cities, as well as the confiscation of the lands and properties of the indigenous Palestinian people.

16.05.2026 17:11 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condemnation of the repeated provocative practices carried out by officials of the Israeli occupation authorities against Al-Aqsa Mosque, most recently the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by an official from the Israeli occupation authorities under the protection of occupation police, as well as another official raising the flag of the occupation authorities within the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque

16.05.2026 17:11 At Security Council, UN relief chief calls Syria 'a country on the precipice of promise'

16.05.2026 17:11 Afghanistan's deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as mass returns from neighbouring countries and severe funding shortfalls overwhelm already strained humanitarian operations.

16.05.2026 17:11 The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation welcomed the agreement on the exchange of detainees in Yemen, which was signed on Thursday, 14 May 2026, in the Jordanian capital, Amman.