The US president says he wants Beijing and Taipei to "cool down" tensions over the self-governing island.

Russian troops launched a massive attack on the southern part of the Odesa region overnight using combat drones, resulting in damage to residential and port infrastructure, with casualties reported.

Total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to May 16, 2026, amount to approximately 1,347,620 personnel, including 1,230 over the past 24 hours.

Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers launched 850 strikes on 53 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. As a result of the enemy’s attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia district, and Polohy district, one person was killed, and 21 were wounded.

The Security Service of Ukraine has noted a rise in fraudulent schemes in which criminals pose as law enforcement officers.

Africa’s top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported - a case has also been reported in Uganda.

The capital’s community has provided soldiers of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with another 3,100 drones of various types, bringing the total for this year to over 50,000.

A Russian drone hit a road in the central part of Kharkiv.

Ukrainian helicopter pilots are undergoing training in the United Kingdom as part of the multinational Interstorm Operation.

Ukrainian authorities on Friday held negotiations regarding a humanitarian evacuation from several settlements in the temporarily occupied areas of the Kherson region currently controlled by Russian forces.