World roundup: May 21 2026

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You’re reading the web version of Foreign Exchanges. If you’d like to get it delivered straight to your inbox, sign up today:Subscribe nowREMINDER: I’m taking the next few days off for Memorial Day here in the US. We will return to our regular schedule on Tuesday.GiveDirectly is raising funds to help families affected by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If you’re able to contribute, please do so!TODAY IN HISTORYMay 21, 878: The Aghlabid Emirate captures the Sicilian city of Syracuse after a roughly nine month siege.The Siege of Syracuse, taken from a manuscript of the Synopsis of Histories by 11th century Byzantine chronicler John Skylitzes (Wikimedia Commons)May 21, 1799: Napoleon lifts his failed siege of Acre and withdraws to Egypt (and, not long after that, to France).May 21, 2006: Montenegro holds a referendum on leaving what remains of Yugoslavia and becoming an independent state. Amid allegations of irregularities, 55.5 percent voted in favor of independence, which was just over the 55 percent needed to pass the referendum. May 21 is now annually commemorated as Independence Day in Montenegro.MIDDLE EASTTURKEYA Turkish court ruled on Thursday that the opposition Republican People’s Party’s 2023 leadership election was fraudulent, stripping current party boss Özgür Özel of his position and reinstating former CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. This is the product of another lawfare campaign against the party by the Turkish government, which has already imprisoned its presidential nominee Ekrem İmamoğlu. Kılıçdaroğlu, who lost the 2023 presidentia…