## [2026-05-9](/feed/2026/05/9/index.md)

##### 2026 Farrer by-election
### [Farrer MP David Farley becomes the first One Nation candidate elected to the Australian House of Representatives. ](/feed/2026/05/9/farrer-mp-david-farley-becomes-the-first-one-nation-candidate-elected-to-the-australian-house-of-representatives.md)
##### 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election
### [The National Assembly of Hungary reconvenes for the first time since the election as elected members are sworn in. Ágnes Forsthoffer is elected as speaker. ](/feed/2026/05/9/the-national-assembly-of-hungary-reconvenes-for-the-first-time-since-the-election-as-elected-members-are-sworn-in-agnes.md)
### [Péter Magyar of the Tisza Party is sworn in as the prime minister of Hungary, ending the 16-year tenure of Fidesz's Viktor Orbán. ](/feed/2026/05/9/peter-magyar-of-the-tisza-party-is-sworn-in-as-the-prime-minister-of-hungary-ending-the-16-year-tenure-of-fidesz-s-vikt.md)
##### Bahrain
### [Bahrain arrests 41 individuals in connection with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Shia clerics. ](/feed/2026/05/9/bahrain-arrests-41-individuals-in-connection-with-iran-s-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-including-shia-clerics.md)
##### Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro
### [Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes suspends the implementation of a law that could reduce prison sentences for individuals convicted over the 2022–2023 coup plot, including former president Jair Bolsonaro, pending a constitutional review by the full court. ](/feed/2026/05/9/brazilian-supreme-federal-court-justice-alexandre-de-moraes-suspends-the-implementation-of-a-law-that-could-reduce-priso.md)
##### 2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade
### [Russia marks the Victory Day with a scaled-down military parade in Moscow. ](/feed/2026/05/9/russia-marks-the-victory-day-with-a-scaled-down-military-parade-in-moscow.md)
##### 61st Venice Biennale
### [Exhibits from over 100 countries are shown on display including Belgium. ](/feed/2026/05/9/exhibits-from-over-100-countries-are-shown-on-display-including-belgium.md)
### [The 61st Venice Biennale in Italy opens to the public without a jury after the jury quit in protest of Israel's and Russia's participation and loud protests outside their pavilions. ](/feed/2026/05/9/the-61st-venice-biennale-in-italy-opens-to-the-public-without-a-jury-after-the-jury-quit-in-protest-of-israel-s-and-russ.md)
##### Ituri conflict
### [The DR Congolese military reports that at least 69 people were killed in an attack by CODECO in Ituri Province in April. ](/feed/2026/05/9/the-dr-congolese-military-reports-that-at-least-69-people-were-killed-in-an-attack-by-codeco-in-ituri-province-in-april.md)
##### Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
### [At least 12 police officers are killed and five others are injured after militants detonated a car bomb and attacked a police checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. ](/feed/2026/05/9/at-least-12-police-officers-are-killed-and-five-others-are-injured-after-militants-detonated-a-car-bomb-and-attacked-a-p.md)
##### Sudanese civil war
### [The Sudanese Army announces that it has seized control of the Al-Kili area in the Blue Nile State from Rapid Support Forces and SPLM–N. ](/feed/2026/05/9/the-sudanese-army-announces-that-it-has-seized-control-of-the-al-kili-area-in-the-blue-nile-state-from-rapid-support-for.md)
##### Russo-Ukrainian war
### [Kharkiv Oblast governor Oleh Syniehubov says that a Russian drone has struck a residential building in Kharkiv during the beginning of the 3-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. ](/feed/2026/05/9/kharkiv-oblast-governor-oleh-syniehubov-says-that-a-russian-drone-has-struck-a-residential-building-in-kharkiv-during-th.md)
### [Russian president Vladimir Putin says that he thinks the Russo-Ukrainian war may come to an end soon after previously vowing victory over Ukraine during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow. ](/feed/2026/05/9/russian-president-vladimir-putin-says-that-he-thinks-the-russo-ukrainian-war-may-come-to-an-end-soon-after-previously-vo.md)
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