FACTFLOW
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
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Global Edition
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Updated 15:25 CST
World
Seville, Spain's Holy Week blends faith, tradition and spectacle
Even as religious belief declines in Spain, the processions at Seville's Semana Santa — the Holy Week lead-up to Easter — draw crowds moved by music, tradition and powerful emotion.
World
Drone footage shows a factory in Israel damaged by Iranian missile debris
Drone footage from Israel shows damage to a factory in Petah Tikva from debris from an intercepted Iranian missile.
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Trump seeks historic $1.5 trillion for military in Congress budget request
The request for defence spending is the largest in decades and accompanies cuts to domestic programmes.
World
Ukraine slows enemy advances, liberates land, drains Russia’s war chest
Ukraine achieves significant victories on the battlefield thanks to burgeoning drone production.
World
Iranian forces launch search for crew of downed US fighter jet
The Fars news agency reports Iranian military launched a search operation to locate the crew of the aircraft.
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Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iran
Despite weeks long Iranian blockade on Strait of Hormuz, US president claims Washington can 'easily' reopen waterway.
World
Panama Papers: 10 years on
It’s been 10 years since the Panama Papers leak exposed how the world’s richest hide their wealth.
World
Red Crescent supply warehouse attacked in southwest Iran
A video published by the Iranian Red Crescent shows the aftermath of a strike on a storage site in Bushehr.
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Iran release videos of US aircraft searching for pilots shot down in Iran
Iran's media is screening videos said to show US aircraft searching for the pilots of a US fighter jet shot down in Iran
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Israel threatens to destroy more Lebanon bridges as crisis mounts
Threat comes as Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon expands, spurring more fear, displacement and deadly attacks.
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What’s happening to Christians in their Holy Land?
Access to key Christian holy sites in Jerusalem has been restricted this Easter holiday.
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A U.S. jet goes down over Iran, a U.S. official confirms
A U.S. official confirmed the Iranian state media report and added that a search is underway by U.S. forces.
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Iran downs a U.S. F-15 jet and hits Gulf refineries as the war rounds its 5th week
Iran said one of the longest bridges linking Tehran to the city of Karaj was destroyed overnight, while Iranian missiles and drones hit Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
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Gattuso out as Italy’s coach after failure to qualify for 2026 World Cup
The Azzurri's failure to reach a third consecutive World Cup continues to send shockwaves through Italian football.
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How the US and Israel are waging war on Iran’s medicines, vaccines
The Pasteur Institute of Iran is one of several healthcare facilities in the country to be targeted.