## [2025-05-12](/feed/2025/05/12/index.md)

##### 2025 Philippine general election
### [Filipinos vote to elect all 317 members of the House of Representatives and 12 members of the Senate, in addition to local elections. ](/feed/2025/05/12/filipinos-vote-to-elect-all-317-members-of-the-house-of-representatives-and-12-members-of-the-senate-in-addition-to-loc.md)
##### Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration
### [The first group of Afrikaners arrive in the United States after U.S. president Donald Trump grants refugee status to the white minority group, who Trump says face a "genocide" in the South African farm attacks. The government of South Africa rejects the claims. ](/feed/2025/05/12/the-first-group-of-afrikaners-arrive-in-the-united-states-after-us-president-donald-trump-grants-refugee-status-to-the.md)
##### China–United States trade war
### [The U.S. and China agree to a trade deal in which, for 90 days, U.S. tariffs on most Chinese goods will drop from 145% to 30%, while China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods will drop from 125% to 10%. ](/feed/2025/05/12/the-us-and-china-agree-to-a-trade-deal-in-which-for-90-days-us-tariffs-on-most-chinese-goods-will-drop-from-145-t.md)
##### Garut Regency
### [Thirteen people are killed by an expired ammunition explosion in Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia. ](/feed/2025/05/12/thirteen-people-are-killed-by-an-expired-ammunition-explosion-in-garut-regency-west-java-indonesia.md)
##### Artisanal
### [Unknown gunmen attack a Chinese artisanal gold mine in Narena, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing one Malian and two others from Ghana, and abducting two Chinese nationals. ](/feed/2025/05/12/unknown-gunmen-attack-a-chinese-artisanal-gold-mine-in-narena-koulikoro-region-mali-killing-one-malian-and-two-others.md)
##### Syrian civil war
### [The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by Islamic State militants are found in a search by Qatar and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in the remote town of Dabiq, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. ](/feed/2025/05/12/the-remains-of-30-people-believed-to-have-been-killed-by-islamic-state-militants-are-found-in-a-search-by-qatar-and-the.md)
##### Myanmar civil war
### [The National Unity Government of Myanmar says that an airstrike by junta forces killed 17 students and injured 20 others at a school in Tabayin, Sagaing Region. ](/feed/2025/05/12/the-national-unity-government-of-myanmar-says-that-an-airstrike-by-junta-forces-killed-17-students-and-injured-20-others.md)
##### Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
### [At its 12th Congress, the Kurdistan Workers' Party announces an immediate halt to its insurgent activities in Turkey and plans for its formal dissolution. ](/feed/2025/05/12/at-its-12th-congress-the-kurdistan-workers-party-announces-an-immediate-halt-to-its-insurgent-activities-in-turkey-and.md)
##### Libyan crisis
### [Clashes erupt between rival militia gunmen from the 444th Brigade and the Stability Support Apparatus in Tripoli, Libya, after the assassination of Commander Abdel Ghani al-Kikli. Six people are injured, and a state of emergency is declared by authorities. ](/feed/2025/05/12/clashes-erupt-between-rival-militia-gunmen-from-the-444th-brigade-and-the-stability-support-apparatus-in-tripoli-libya.md)
##### Gaza war
### [Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander is released by Hamas after being kept in captivity in Gaza for 19 months since the October 7 attack. ](/feed/2025/05/12/israeli-american-hostage-edan-alexander-is-released-by-hamas-after-being-kept-in-captivity-in-gaza-for-19-months-since-t.md)
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