The EU imposed sanctions against 4 more Russian media outlets - Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta - accusing them of propaganda, and banned Russia's funding of European media, NGOs, and political parties.
France declares a state of emergency in New Caledonia amid violence over electoral reform.
Juraj Cintula, the gunman who shot at Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, explained that he disagreed with the government's policies, particularly on freedom of speech and the alleged elimination of the media and attacks on the Slovak TV channel RTVS.
On May 15, Russians fired 37 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, resulting in 183 explosions, killing one civilian woman and injuring another.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot at point-blank range during an assassination attempt, according to a new video that shows him approaching the crowd before shots are fired and his bodyguards detain the attacker.
The Polish Sejm extended the legal stay of Ukrainian refugees until September 30, 2025, and approved amendments providing for further assistance and access to services.
"Vynnykivska Tobacco Factory turned to Danylo Hetmantsev because of the BES searches.
The Cabinet of Ministers should suspend the acting deputy head of the State Tax Service, Yevhen Sokur, from his duties while the criminal case against him is being investigated for abuse of office.
Investors, together with the Kyivmiskbud company's new management, are stubbornly looking for opportunities to resume construction. There are several promising ideas, but all of them, in the opinion of the Kyiv authorities, as the owner of the utility company, are not workable.
The Deposit Guarantee Fund has paid out funds to the creditors of the 9th stage of Concord Bank, including the DobroDiy Charity Exchange.
MP Vasilevska-Smagliuk advised Concord Bank co-founder Olena Sosiedka to sue Danylo Hetmantsev for defamation after he called the bank's shareholders "not Ukrainians".
Israel and Egypt traded accusations over the blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza at the Rafah crossing, with Israel calling on Egypt to reopen the crossing and Egypt condemning Israel's attempts to shift blame for the crisis.
At night, Russian troops attacked Nikopol with a kamikaze drone, but there were no casualties or injuries.
Due to increasing electricity shortages caused by cold weather and shelling from Russia, Ukrenergo extended emergency power outages for industrial and residential consumers across Ukraine on May 15.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 486,940 personnel and 7,510 tanks.
Russians fired 268 times at six localities in Zaporizhzhia region, causing no casualties.
Two explosions occurred at a fuel depot in the Rostov region of Russia due to a drone attack, but there were no fires or casualties.
Poland warns of increased Russian attempts to sabotage, subvert and interfere in European political processes, especially in the run-up to the European Parliament elections.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has resumed the service of ordering individual license plates, which cost from UAH 204 for cars to UAH 92. 4 for motorcycles, plus an additional fee for individual symbols and graphic elements.
Trump's private jet collided with an empty corporate jet while taxiing at West Palm Beach International Airport in Florida on Sunday night, the Federal Aviation Administration reports.
Estonia will auction off the uninhabited Hiralaide Island in the Baltic Sea with the right to build at a starting price of 480,000 euros.
The United States is considering sending another Patriot air defense battery to Ukraine, along with radars, to bolster its air defense against intensified Russian attacks.
Google is introducing AI-powered search with the Gemini model to provide direct answers and planning capabilities, such as meal and vacation plans, as well as visual search with video, which will be rolled out globally by the end of 2024.
Boeing has postponed the launch of the manned Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station for the second time due to a small helium leak detected in the ship's service module.
Nobel laureate and Booker Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, known for her mastery of the short story, has died at the age of 93 in a nursing home in Ontario after suffering from dementia for many years.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people and called for continued military assistance to Ukraine to protect its democracy and territorial integrity from Russia.
Moldova has announced the signing of a security and defense cooperation agreement with the European Union that expands cooperation in areas such as resilience building, cybersecurity, countering disinformation, assistance to the defense sector, participation in EU crisis management missions, and integrated border management.
Turkey is considering legislation to criminalize a new type of foreign espionage called "agents of influence" who conduct anti-Turkish propaganda and undermine the country's economic, social and public order.
The Biden administration is working on a proposal to supply Israel with more than $1 billion worth of new weapons, including $700 million worth of tank ammunition, $500 million worth of tactical vehicles, and $60 million worth of mortar shells to replenish stockpiles used during the war with Hamas.
The US threatens to fundamentally revise bilateral relations with Georgia if the controversial law on foreign agents goes into effect despite protests and a presidential veto.
