Ethiopia is currently experiencing water shortages that have resulted in energy deficits, prompting Addis Ababa to implement electricity rationing over the next two months, Utilities Middle East reported May 19.
Bahrain will host a U.S.-led summit on June 25-26 to potentially unveil economic aspects of Washington's regional peace plan for Israel and the Palestinian territories, The National reported May 20.
Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of 2.1 percent in the first quarter of 2019, surpassing forecasts of a 0.2 percent contraction, The Japan Times reported May 20.
Sudan's Transitional Military Council and opposition groups have resumed their negotiations after talks on May 19 did not result in any additional agreements, Al Jazeera reported.
Two of India's key benchmark stock indices have posted their biggest single-day gains in a decade after exit polls suggest another electoral victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Livemint reported May 20.
Western technology companies, such as Google, Intel and Qualcomm have begun substantially reducing their business ties with Huawei after a U.S. Commerce Department decision to place the Chinese company on a blacklist that requires U.S. companies to obtain a specific export license to sell goods to Huawei, Reuters reported May 19.
Saudi King Salman has invited other leaders from Arab states and Gulf Cooperation Council nations to attend two summits in Mecca to address regional stability following the May 12 attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and a May 14 pipeline attack by Houthi rebels, Reuters reported May 18.
Egyptian security forces have killed 12 suspected militants in Cairo after a roadside bomb detonated near the Great Pyramids site in Giza, wounding at least 14 tourists, although Cairo would not specify whether the militants were involved in the attack, Reuters reported May 20.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a riot in a maximum security prison in the Tajik city of Vahdat, roughly 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) outside the capital of the Dushanbe, on May 19 that reportedly killed 32 people, RFE/RL reported May 20.
Political outsider Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been officially sworn in as Ukraine's president, the Kyiv Post reported May 20. In his inauguration speech, Zelenskiy announced that he would dissolve parliament to hold snap elections and called for the dismissal of the prosecutor general and defense minister within the next two months.
