Memorial Day 2025
Hamas-led groups execute four men for looting and causing the death of members of a force tasked with securing aid trucks entering Gaza. (Reuters)
German chancellor Friedrich Merz announces that Germany and several other NATO allies have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weaponry inside Russia, saying “Ukraine can now defend itself” and strike Russian military facilities deep inside Russia. (Euronews)
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov describes the decision as potentially dangerous and states that it is contrary to Russia’s aspirations for reaching a political settlement. (TASS)
U.S. president Donald Trump says the implementation of 50% tariffs on all goods imported from European Union countries will be postponed until July 9. (CNN)
A vehicle ploughs into crowds of Liverpool F.C. fans celebrating their Premier League title win in the city centre of Liverpool, England. At least 47 people are injured, 27 of whom are hospitalised, and a suspect is detained by Merseyside Police. (BBC News)
A Sharia court in Kano State, Nigeria, sentences a 38-year-old man to death and 150 strokes of the cane for setting a mosque on fire and killing 23 people inside in May 2024. (Vanguard Nigeria)
A court in Ica, Peru opens a criminal investigation into an Israeli soldier who is on vacation in Peru, after being accused of war crimes. The Public Ministry referred the case to the local court to localize the man. (La República)
The XX Games of the Small States of Europe are inaugurated in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. (Diari d’Andorra)
(bdc052625) Israeli strikes kill at least 52 Palestinians in Gaza, including 36 in a school-turned shelter. (AP)
Sunday, May 25th, 2025
In Formula 1, British driver Lando Norris wins the Monaco Grand Prix for McLaren. It is McLaren’s first victory at the event since 2008. (ABC News)
Three-time Indycar champion Álex Palou of Spain wins the 109th Indianapolis 500, giving Chip Ganassi Racing its sixth victory in the event. (FOX News)
Five people are found dead near the ski resort of Zermatt in Valais, Switzerland following an avalanche. (Reuters)
At least four people are injured, including one seriously, in a mass stabbing attack with a machete and fight between gangs at the Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (Australian Broadcasting Company)
Russian forces launch their largest air attack on Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, since the start of the war, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more. At least 298 Iranian Shahed drones and 69 missiles are launched at Ukrainian cities during the overnight attack. (Reuters)
Ten people are killed, including Humboldt University students and professors, and eleven others are injured in a car accident near Armenia, Colombia, when a bus loses control and crashes into a barrier. (WBBM-TV) (Daily Sabah)
Parliamentary elections in Venezuela are held amidst heightened government repression and opposition boycott. (AP)
The Venezuelan government holds an election for the Essequibo region of Guyana, which Venezuela claims as part of its territory. In response, Guyana military chief Omar Khan visits border towns to reinforce its military presence. (The New York Times) (Stabroek News)
Citizens of Suriname vote to elect 51 seats of the National Assembly. (France 24)
In the gold medal final, the United States men’s national ice hockey team team defeats Switzerland 1–0 in overtime to win their first World Men’s Championship since 1960.[1] (NHL)
Saturday, May 24th, 2025
Russia fires two ballistic missiles at the seaport in Odesa, Ukraine, for the second time in 24 hours, killing two people and injuring seven others. (The Kyiv Independent)
Fifteen civilians are injured in a nighttime Russian drone and missile attack. (The Guardian)
Police in Jharkand, India, confirm the deaths of two top Naxal-Maoist militants in an operation in Latehar amid intensified efforts by the Indian government to end the decades-long Naxal insurgency in the country. (Times of India)
Three people are killed and another survives after a Bell 212 police helicopter crashes and gets engulfed in flames in Nong Kok village, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
Daniel Noboa is sworn-in for his second consecutive term as President of Ecuador. (Infobae in Spanish)
Families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago hold a rally in Tokyo to call on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to return their relatives to Japan. (The Mainichi)
A power outage occurs during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, which French police later claim it was due to suspected arson. (AP)
(bdc052425) At least 79 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, including nine of a doctor’s ten children. (AP)
Friday, May 23rd, 2025
The suspect in the killing of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington, D.C. two days ago, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder along with other charges, both federally and locally. (NPR)
United States district judge Allison D. Burroughs from the District of Massachusetts blocks homeland security secretary Kristi Noem‘s order to disallow Harvard University from enrolling international students. (AP)
British Minister of State for the Armed Forces Luke Pollard says that the UK “does not recognize” the comments made by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, where he accused British prime minister Keir Starmer, along with French president Emmanuel Macron and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, of “siding with Hamas” and being on “the wrong side of humanity”. (Sky News)
A group of U.S. senators visit Ottawa, Canada, to meet with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney in an effort to maintain the relationship between the two countries amidst Trump’s tariffs on the country and calls to make it the 51st state. (The New York Times)
Authorities from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. announce a joint operation to crack down on malware around the world, which took down over 300 servers, neutralized 650 domains, and seized over €3.5 million (US$3.9 million) of cryptocurrency. (DW)
After the capture of Omdurman and the consequent end of the battle of Khartoum, Sudanese Armed Forces found a mass grave with around 465 bodies located in Omdurman. (The North Africa Post)
Russia and Ukraine begin the largest prisoner exchange since the war began in February 2022, consisting of three days and 1,000 prisoners of war from each side. (NPR)
U.S. president Donald Trump announces the implementation of 50% tariffs on all goods imported from European Union countries starting June 1. European stock exchanges including the German DAX, the French CAC 40, and the British FTSE 100 report losses afterwards. (DW)
At least 260 miners are trapped after a collapse at the KDC gold mine near Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa. (ABC News)
Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Todd says that Guyana will defend its sovereignty in the face of Venezuela’s referendum next Sunday, passing a motion in parliament and reaffirming warnings that Venezuelans voting in the referendum in Guyana will be deported. (News Room Guyana)
A court in Georgia places opposition figure Zurab Japaridze, a leader in the country’s largest opposition group Coalition for Change, in pre-trial detention for failure to appear before a parliamentary inquiry, after the group led protests against the current government and the ruling party Georgian Dream. (DW)
Seventeen people are injured, including four critically, in a mass stabbing at the main train station in Hamburg, Germany. A woman is arrested at the scene, and four platforms are closed, according to Deutsche Bahn. (The Guardian)
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