Portal:Current events/2020 May 10
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May 10, 2020 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Second Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar, carries out massive artillery bombardment of Tripoli, Libya's capital, in a push to capture the city from Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) forces. Turkey says Haftar's forces are now "legitimate targets" if attacks on its interests continue. (Reuters)
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- Mali War
- A roadside bomb strikes a United Nations vehicle in Aguelhok, Kidal, Mali, killing three Chadian peacekeepers. (Voice of America)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Coronavirus recession
- Colombian airline carrier Avianca files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and liquidates its Peruvian subsidiary as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Financial Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Iran says an anti-ship missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck its naval support ship Konarak, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others onboard the vessel. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Iran–United States relations
- Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei says that Iran is prepared for a full prisoner exchange with the United States but that the American authorities had not yet responded. The swap could include Iranian university professor Sirous Asgari who is in U.S. custody and Michael R. White, a U.S. Navy veteran in Iranian custody. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- An altercation between Indian and Chinese soldiers near the Naku La sector in Sikkim, India, leaves eleven soldiers wounded. (BBC News)