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Portal:Current events/2018 May 15

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May 15, 2018 (2018-05-15) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2018 Gaza border protests
- TheIsraeli Army reports some 4,000 Palestinians hold violent protests in five locations along the Gaza border, throwingMolotov cocktails at troops and burning tires. The Israeli Army kills two protesters and injures more than 100 others using live fire andtear gas.(The Jerusalem Post)

International relations

Iran–United States relations
- Sanctions against Iran
  - TheUnited States Treasury Department announces new sanctions onIran central bank governorValiollah Seif and assistant director Ali Tarzali for allegedly helping theIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps andQuds Force supportHezbollah.(Bloomberg)
  - The United States and sixArab states of the Persian Gulf add more sanctions on Hezbollah leadersHassan Nasrallah andNaim Qassem.(Arab News)
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
- Russian President Vladimir Putin opens the auto part of the 19-kilometre (12 mi)-long road-and-railKerch Strait Bridge connectingCrimea withRussia.(Reuters)

Law and crime

Censorship in Germany
- AHamburg court upholds a 2017 ban on passages ofJan Böhmermann's poemSchmähkritik.(Reuters)
FormerPresident of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou is sentenced to four months in prison on charges he leaked classified information from a wiretap.(The Los Angeles Times)

Politics and elections

2018 elections in India,Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2018
- The ruling party ofIndia, theBharatiya Janata Party, wins plurality in state assembly elections inKarnataka.(Business Standard)
Politics of Hungary
- George Soros'Open Society Foundations announces that it is moving its operations inBudapest toGermany.(CNN)

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