Thursday 15 May 2025

According to the Vietnamese foreign ministry, more than 650 Vietnamese nationals are detained for immigration violations in Myanmar. The Vietnamese public security ministry has repatriated 450 people, most are victims of scam centers, with 200 still in Myanmar.

Islamist militant group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin claims it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a military base on Sunday in Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso. They also claimed responsibility for the Diapaga attack this week at a military post in Loroum Province that killed 60 soldiers.

U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. and Iran have "sort of" agreed on the terms of a deal on Iran's nuclear program, which reportedly includes Iran agreeing to give up highly enriched uranium while keeping lower-grade uranium needed for civilian nuclear power, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.

At the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry announces it will allow nationals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to enter the country without a travel visa starting June 1.

Five people are killed and three others are injured after a van drives into the back of a truck on the national road 2 in Konotopa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

Three people, including two firefighters, are killed and two other firefighters are seriously injured in a fire at a former Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, England.

Two people are killed and more than 1,000 others evacuate after wildfires spread across central Manitoba, Canada.

Six people are killed and three injured after an auto-rickshaw and a truck collided head-on in Hardoi District, Uttar Pradesh, India.