Portal:Current events/2019 May 10
May 10, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
- Four hostages, who were being held in northern Burkina Faso, are rescued by French forces, with two French soldiers killed during the operation. Those freed include two Frenchmen who had been kidnapped in Benin on May 1 and a pair of women, one an American and the other a South Korean. (BBC)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- About 900 children are released from the Civilian Joint Task Force, a militia formed in Nigeria to counter Boko Haram. (CNN)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Suspected Baloch nationalist gunmen storm a coal mine in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least five people. (Al Jazeera)
- War in Afghanistan
- One day after peace talks between the Taliban and the United States ended with no resolution, Taliban militants attack government outposts in northwestern Afghanistan, killing at least twelve Afghan soldiers. (NY Times)
International relations
- China–United States trade war, China–United States relations
- United States increases tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of imports from China after no deal materialized prior to the midnight deadline. (CNBC) (The Wall Street Journal) (BBC)