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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 15

Xinhua
| May 15, 2026
2026-05-15

TEHRAN -- The United States has rejected Iran's 14-point peace proposal to end the war and "has once again reiterated its coercive stance, particularly regarding the nuclear issue," Iranian daily newspaper Tehran Times reported on Friday.

Iran proposed a two-stage negotiation process, the paper said. (Iran-US-Truce)

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BEIJING -- U.S. President Donald Trump left Beijing on Friday afternoon, concluding his state visit to China.

Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and minister of foreign affairs, saw Trump off at the airport. (China-Trump)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least nine security personnel were killed and 21 others injured after a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a scouts camp in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday night, police sources said.

The explosion occurred at around 7:55 p.m. local time (1455 GMT) at the headquarters of the scouts in Bajaur district, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Pakistan-Suicide-Attack)

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KIEV/MOSCOW -- A total of 24 people, including three children, were killed on Thursday after a Russian strike hit a nine-story apartment building in Kiev during a massive drone and missile attack, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said Friday.

According to the agency, 48 others were injured in the attack, which caused a section of the residential building in the Darnytskyi district to collapse. (Russia-Ukraine-Attack) Enditem

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