On 25th of May, Ireland voted in a referendum to overturn a constitutional ban on aborting the unborn fetus. The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, celebrated the result saying that the Irish public "trust and respect women to make their own decision and choices."

The US federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn't account for nearly 1,500 of them. Steven Wagner, a top official with the Department of Health and Human Services,

With an unprecedented 82% turnout in voting, the opposition alliance, Pakatan Harapan (PH), ousted the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) in a historic victory at the 14th General Elections of Malaysia. The victory also brought about another historic event – the swearing in of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed as the 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia at the age of 93.

On 20 May 2018, President Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Turkey might consider imposing a ban on imports of some “Israeli” goods over the killing of Palestinian protesters by “Israeli” forces in Gaza just before Ramadan.