Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since late February following the airstrike that killed his father, Ali Khamenei. As The Wall Street Journal writes , citing American and Iranian officials, the lack of rakhbar is becoming a problem for the Iranian authorities amid negotiations with the United States to end the war. According to the publication, Mojtaba Khamenei was seriously injured in the attack on February 28, which also killed his wife and son.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a bill on ratification of the treaty on deepening allied cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia. The document was posted in the electronic database of the lower house of parliament on May 10. According to the document, South Ossetia undertakes to gradually synchronize its legislation with Russian legislation, including civil, tax, labor and social law.

In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, at least 14 police officers were killed in an attack on a police post in the city of Bannu on May 9. This was reported by Reuters with reference to local police. According to the agency, first a car filled with explosives crashed into the post building, after which armed militants opened fire on the surviving police officers. When reinforcements arrived, the attackers set up an ambush.

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa dismissed his brother Maher Al-Sharaa from the post of head of the presidential administration, SANA reported . Abdulrahman Badridin al-Ama became the new head of the presidential administration. He previously served as governor of Homs province. The president also made other changes in the country's leadership: he appointed new ministers of information, agriculture and new governors of a number of provinces, including Homs and Latakia.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, sentenced in the United States to 45 years in prison and then pardoned by Trump. Photo: CNN The Hondurasgate project, together with Canal Red, published 37 audio recordings, which, according to the authors of the investigation, indicate the preparation of an operation against the leftist governments of Latin America - primarily Mexico and Colombia.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to save fuel, use public transport more often, combine trips and return to remote work amid rising global energy prices. Reuters reports this. The Indian TV channel Aaj Tak clarifies that Modi made this call at a rally in Hyderabad.

The Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, on board of which there was an outbreak of hantavirus, arrived at the port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife on Sunday morning, Reuters reports . Passengers and part of the crew will be evacuated. Spanish authorities said health officials would check the passengers before they were taken to shore in small boats. According to the agency, so far none of the passengers have shown signs of illness.

Defense Minister Andris Spruds announced his resignation after a series of incidents with drones in Latvian airspace. LSM reports this. According to Spruds, he is leaving his post to “protect the Latvian army from being drawn into a political campaign.” On the night of May 7, several drones entered Latvian airspace from Russia, two of them fell, the country's National Armed Forces reported. Pro-Russian Telegram channels claimed that these were Ukrainian drones.

The war with Iran and Chinese restrictions on sulfur exports have sent prices soaring for sulfuric acid, one of the world's most sought-after chemicals used in the production of fertilizers, metals, semiconductors and water purification systems. The Wall Street Journal writes about this. Sulfuric acid is produced during the processing of non-ferrous metals and oil.

Law enforcement agencies of the Novosibirsk region did not initiate a criminal case into the death of the head of the department for organizing anti-epizootic and quarantine measures of the veterinary department of the Novosibirsk region, Sergei Tur, the regional prosecutor's office reported this to TASS. “The death is not criminal in nature. It was decided not to initiate a criminal case,” the department said. Reports of the death of the 43-year-old official appeared on April 29.

Former Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro, who received political asylum in Hungary in 2025, flew to the United States. This was announced by the Minister of Justice of Poland Waldemar Zurek on the air of the Polish TV channel TVP. According to Zurek, Zobro “landed in the United States,” but Polish authorities have yet to determine whether the country was the final destination or just a transit.