Thursday, May 8th, 2025 

A woman is decapitated and a security guard is critically injured in a axe mass stabbing attack by a 22-year-old Polish citizen on the campus of University of Warsaw at an auditorium in Warsaw, Poland. A day of mourning is declared. (Reuters) (BBC News) 

One student is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack outside the entrance of Santa Ana High School in Orange County, California, United States. (KTLA) 

The Walt Disney Company announces plans to open its seventh theme park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, their first in the Middle East. (BBC News) 

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British prime minister Keir Starmer and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announce they have signed a bilateral free trade agreement to significantly lower tariffs on 99% of Indian exports into the UK, including textiles, and halve tariffs of British exports into India, including aerospace manufacturing, whiskey, and lamb meat. (DW) 

Five tourists and a pilot are killed, and one other is injured, when a Bell 407 flying from Harsil to Gangotri crashes into a wooded area and falls into a deep gorge near Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand, India. (NDTV) 

The second and third ballots of the papal conclave fail to elect a new pope. (CNN) 

The conclave’s first ballot fails to elect a new pope. (The Washington Post) 

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 

The Real ID requirement takes effect at U.S. airports. (The Guardian) 

Indian airstrikes impact multiple locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least 8 people. (Reuters) 

According to Hamas officials, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 92 Palestinians, including women, children, and two journalists, and wound at least 86 others. (AP) 

U.S. President Donald Trump states that there will be news regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages “probably in the next 24 hours”. (Reuters) 

Four people are injured, at least two seriously, in a drive-by shooting at a car at the Reihan crossing in the West Bank.  (Times of Israel) 

One person is injured in an attempted car ramming and stabbing in Mount Hebron in the West Bank. (YNet) 

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Wednesday,  May 7th, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the United States has reached a ceasefire with the Houthis, with Oman as mediator, and will stop its airstrikes, after they agreed to stop disrupting international shipping. (Reuters) 

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the United States will immediately stop its airstrikes in Yemen because it reached a ceasefire with the Houthis after they agreed to end their attacks on shipping lanes. (Reuters)

Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into India and Indian-administered Kashmir, and claims to have destroyed five Indian fighter jets. Three civilians are killed. (The Express Tribune) 

Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif declares the Indian attacks to be an act of war and vows further retaliation. (ABC News) 

A state of emergency is declared in Pakistan’s Punjab province following the airstrikes, with all schools in the region being closed. Hospitals and emergency services are placed on high alert. (Tribune) 

A total of 133 cardinal electors begin the process of electing a new pope following the death of Pope Francis. (The Guardian) 

Eleven kindergarten teachers are killed in a collision between a minibus and dump truck in Purworejo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. (AP) 

Tuesday,  May 6th, 2025 

Five people, including four Iranian citizens, are arrested for planning to carry out a terrorist attack at a single location in London, United Kingdom. Separately, three other Iranian men are arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation. (CTV News) 

Indian airstrikes hit multiple locations in Pakistan and the Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least 8 people. (Reuters) 

Indian airstrikes hit nine targets in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. No Pakistani military installations were targeted. (Reuters) 

Seven Pakistan Army soldiers are killed and five others are injured when their vehicle in a convoy heading to a security operation is exploded by a Balochistan Liberation Army improvised explosive device in Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera English) 

Four people are killed, including an army trooper, and over 40 others are injured, including 11 critically, when a passenger bus rolls down into a gorge in Poonch District, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Times of India) 

A second U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jet is lost in the Red Sea, due to an equipment failure during its attempted landing on USS Harry Truman. Both of its crew members ejected and were recovered. (CNN) 

Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, and destroy three of Yemenia‘s seven planes. (The Times of Israel) 

The Israel Security Cabinet confirms they plan to control more than 70% of the Gaza Strip indefinitely, alongside moving its civilians southwards. (The Guardian) 

The Bundestag elects Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, as the 10th Chancellor of Germany in the second round of voting, with 325 votes out of the 316 votes necessary. He is the first chancellor of Germany to have been elected only in the second round. (BBC News) 

The government of Peru imposes a curfew and temporarily suspends gold mining in Pataz Province for 30 days after the bodies of thirteen miners who were kidnapped and killed were discovered on Sunday. (DW) 

Monday,  May 5th, 2025 

The Israeli Security Cabinet confirms plans for an indefinite occupation of the Gaza Strip alongside moving its civilians southwards. (The Guardian) 

The Israeli military carry out six airstrikes on Hudaydah Port in Hodeidah, Houthi-controlled Yemen, injuring at least 21 people, in response to yesterday’s attack on Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, which injured eight. (Al Jazeera English) 

A woman is killed and others are wounded after unidentified armed men open fire with automatic weapons inside a nightclub in Damascus, Syria. (CTV News) 

Three people are killed, four others are injured, and nine are missing after a panga boat capsizes near a beach at the Del Mar Fairgrounds near San Diego, California, United States. (ABC News) 

The International Court of Justice dismisses Sudan’s case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) alleging that the UAE violated the Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces and other paramilitary groups in the Darfur region. (PBS) 

Five pro-Palestinian protesters are arrested by police during a World War II anniversary event in Wageningen, Netherlands, after throwing a smoke bomb onto the stage during a speech by Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof while Polish prime minister Donald Tusk was visiting, and holding up banners and flags. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed and five are injured in a mass shooting in Glendale, Arizona, United States. (ABC News) 

Three traffic police officers and two gunmen are killed and at least four others, including a police officer and two other shooters, are injured in a mass shooting and shootout by gunmen in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. One of the attackers fled in a police car. (Reuters) 

The incumbent Australian Labor Party overtakes the Liberal–National Coalition as the largest plurality in the Senate, meaning support will be required only from the Coalition or the Australian Greens to pass legislation. (The Guardian Australia) 

In snooker, Zhao Xintong of China defeats three-time champion Mark Williams of Wales 18–12 at the World Snooker Championship to win his first championship, becoming the first amateur player and the first Chinese player to do so. (Reuters) 

The first round of the Romanian presidential election is held with eleven candidates on the ballot. George Simion leads the first round with 40% of the vote. As no candidate has won over 50% of the vote, a run-off between the first two candidates will be held on May 18. (BBC News) 

First round of voting in the Lebanese municipal elections begin in the Mount Lebanon Governorate and Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate. (NBC News) 

Three traffic police officers and two gunmen are killed and several civilians and a police officer are hospitalized in a mass shooting and shootout by unidentified gunmen in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. One of the attackers fled in a police car. (Baku.ws) 

The Vatican announces that it will be converting and donating the Popemobile into a mobile health clinic for the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in accordance with one of Pope Francis‘ final wishes. (The Sydney Morning Herald) 

U.S. president Donald Trump announces the reopening of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco, which closed in 1963 and operates as a public museum. (AP News) 

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