May 30, 2020 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghan peace process; War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- Abdullah Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, which leads peace efforts with the Taliban, says on Saturday that his team is ready to start discussions with the armed group "at any moment". The group has not commented on Abdullah's remarks. (Al Jazeera)
- A journalist and a technician are killed and seven others wounded when a private bus carrying network employees is bombed in Kabul. ISIL claim responsibility. (Reuters)
International relations
- Ethiopia–Sudan relations
- Sudan summons Ethiopian ambassador regarding an attack in the border between the two countries that killed military personnel and civilians, including children. A Sudanese military spokesman blamed militias "supported by Ethiopia". There was no response from the Ethiopian government. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- George Floyd protests
- A Federal Protective Service officer is killed and another injured in an overnight drive-by shooting outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, California, amid protests over the death of George Floyd five days prior. (NBC News)
Science and technology
- NASA launched Crew Dragon Demo-2 at 3:22 pm Eastern US time. (CNN)
- Crew Dragon's mission is to check the ship's systems and the crew's readiness to work with it.
- Crew Dragon is heading to the ISS. Delivery of people to the ISS exists since July 2011, when NASA made its final flight under the Space Shuttle Program.(wsj)