Iran's judiciary announced Friday, May 19, it executed three men convicted of killing security force members during protests last year triggered by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody, drawing condemnation from rights groups, and cries of protest in the capital, Tehran.
The United States (US) space agency NASA announced Friday it has awarded the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company Blue Origin a contract to build a second lunar lander for the Artemis V moon mission, aiming to land a crew on the moon by 2029.
Heavy fighting continues in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, with Ukraine on Friday. May 19, claiming incremental advances against Yevgeny Prigozhin's Russian paramilitary forces there.
Members of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies will act at this year's G-7 summit to pile more sanctions on Russia and crack down on those helping it evade them — a move aimed at hampering Moscow's ability to fund its war in Ukraine.
