Today is Tuesday, May 19, the 139th day of 2026. There are 226 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 19, 1920, 10 people were killed in a gunbattle between coal miners, who were led by a local police chief, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, West Virginia.

There are primary elections Tuesday in Kentucky, Alabama, Idaho, Oregon and Pennsylvania. These contests will be a further test of President Donald Trump’s grip on Republican voters. Massie angered Trump by voting against his signature tax legislation over concerns of adding to the national debt.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The International Criminal Court heard on Tuesday how the former senior commander of a Libyan prison murdered and raped inmates, sometimes in front of their children, earning the nickname “Angel of Death.”

BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO’s top military officer said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect any more drawdowns of American troops from Europe – at least not anytime soon – beyond the 5,000 that U.S. President Donald Trump announced would leave the continent.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – A joint operation against Islamic State fighters by Nigeria and the United States has killed 175 of the fighters over the past few days, the Nigerian military said Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia’s government said Tuesday that it was seeking $251 million in compensation from Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS after Norway abruptly revoked an export permit that scuttled a naval missile defense deal for Malaysia’s combat ships.

CAIRO (AP) – A drone strike on a bustling market in central Sudan on Tuesday killed 28 people and wounded dozens more, a local rights group said, part of the war that has devastated the country since 2023.

LONDON (AP) – Broadcaster Channel 4 has pulled all episodes of “Married at First Sight UK” from its platforms after three contestants claimed they were sexually assaulted by on-screen partners on the matchmaking reality show.