123 vultures are killed, more than 80 others are rescued, and an elephant is also poisoned in a mass poisoning at Kruger National Park in South Africa. South African National Parks and the Endangered Wildlife Trust says it was one of the largest vulture poisoning events in the country. (CTV News) 

Sunday, May 11th, 2025 

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States is elected to the papacy on the fourth ballot and takes the name Leo XIV. He is the first pope from North America and the second from the Americas, after Pope Francis. A dual citizen of the United States and Peru, he also becomes the second South American pope. (The Guardian) 

In his first Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, the release of all war prisoners and the return of abducted Ukrainian children to their families; an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the allowance of humanitarian aid in Gaza; as well as a permanent ceasefire to the India–Pakistan conflict. (The Guardian) 

Kosmos 482, a failed Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, re-enters Earth’s atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia, according to Roscosmos. (The Guardian) (

Fifteen Palestinians, mostly women and children, are killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. (CTV News) 

Hamas agrees to release Edan Alexander, a dual American-Israeli citizen hostage; the release is expected to take place in the coming days. (Reuters) 

At least two police officers are killed and three others are injured in a roadside bombing targeting a police vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (CTV News) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes holding direct negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 15 after the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland threatened further sanctions if it does not agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire beginning on May 12. (Reuters) 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asks Russia to confirm an unconditional ceasefire before any direct negotiations between the two nations. (Reuters) 

The body of Israel Defense Forces soldier Zvi Feldman, missing since the 1982 Lebanon War in 1982, is repatriated to Israel from “deep inside Syria” in a joint Mossad–IDF operation. (The Times of Israel)

A bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims in Kotmale, Sri Lanka, swerves off a cliff, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others. (CTV News) 

Four people are killed, dozens are injured including four critically, and hundreds are displaced in a fire at a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. (CNN) 

During the running event Loop Leeuwarden [nl] in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a participant dies after finishing. (NOS) 

Albanians vote to elect the 140 members of the Parliament, as Prime Minister Edi Rama seeks reelection for a fourth term. (Reuters) 

Saturday, May 10th, 2025 

At least 23 Palestinians are killed, including three children, in overnight Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Palestine. (CTV News) 

Pakistan announces Operation Bunyanun Marsoos, the start of large-scale military action against India. (Samaa.tv) 

Pakistan Air Force warplanes launch airstrikes throughout India with missile strikes targeting Udhampur, Pathankot Airport and a BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas City, Punjab. (Al Jazeera) 

A Pakistani Fatah-II missile is intercepted over the city of Sirsa in the Indian state of Haryana. (News18) 

India announces the temporary closure of its airspace over the northern and western regions of the country until May 14. (Al Jazeera) 

United States President Donald Trump and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announce a full and immediate ceasefire between India and Pakistan, mediated by the U.S. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri later confirms the ceasefire as well. (BBC News) 

Violations of the ceasefire and new clashes are reported shortly after the announcement of the agreement. (Reuters) 

Ecuador announces a three-day mourning period after eleven soldiers are killed in an ambush by guerrillas. (News Express) 

At least 19 prisoners are killed and 45 others are injured in an airstrike by the Rapid Support Forces on a prison in Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan. (CTV News) 

At least seven people die and others are injured over two districts in Mogadishu, Somalia, after a flood triggered by severe rainfall sweeps infrastructure including Aden Adde Airport. The rain also collapses nine houses and floods over 200 others. (Reuters) 

Four people are injured and 150,000 people are issued health warnings and stay-indoors orders when a chemical plant catches fire in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, Spain. (CTV News) 

The government of Bangladesh bans the Awami League party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year during mass protests, before her flight to India. (AP) 

Friday,  May 9th, 2025 

Sinking of the Bayesian yacht A 39-year-old Dutch diver dies during preparations for the salvage operation of the Bayesian yacht which sunk in 2024. (NOS) 

The Indian Air Force strikes Pakistan Air Force Base Nur Khan in Punjab, Pakistan, with cruise missiles with reports of multiple explosions. The Pakistan Armed Forces says the airbase has come under attack from air-to-surface missiles and that air defences are engaging hostile targets over Pakistani airspace. (News18) 

Pakistan closes its airspace to all non-military flights saying the Indian Armed Forces has launched ballistic missiles at the country. (The Times of India) 

Nine soldiers are injured in an improvised explosive device explosion in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, Palestine. (CTV News) 

Six people are killed and six others are injured when a Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter crashes into the Maduru Oya river in Sri Lanka. (CNA) 

French president Emmanuel Macron and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk signs a treaty committing both sides to mutual assistance. (Reuters) 

The Security Service of Ukraine arrests two people on suspicion of spying for Hungary in Zakarpattia Oblast, which is home to an ethnic minority of over 150,000 Hungarians. The Hungarian foreign ministry expels two Ukrainian diplomats in response to the allegations, characterizing them as anti-Hungarian. (AP) 

In cricket, the 2025 Pakistan Super League is suspended indefinitely due to the ongoing military action between India and Pakistan. (Sky Sports) 

Thursday, May 8th, 2025 

A member of the MS-13 gang is sentenced to 55 years imprisonment for the mass stabbing murders of five people, including a teenager and three young men at a park in Long Island, New York, United States, in April 2017. (Toronto Sun) 

The father of Natalie Rupnow, the perpetrator of the shooting that killed three people, including herself, and injured six others at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, in December 2024, is charged with felonies in connection with the shooting. (CTV News) 

Jack Brearley and Brodie Lee Palmer are found guilty of the murder of Aboriginal Australian schoolboy Cassius Turvey in Middle Swan, Western Australia, in 2022, while Mitchell Forth is convicted of manslaughter. (BBC) 

At least thirty travellers are killed and more than twenty vehicles are set ablaze in an arson and mass shooting attack by gunmen suspected to be from the Eastern Security Network along the Okigwe-Owerri highway in Southeastern Nigeria, Nigeria. (CTV News) 

Six people are reportedly killed when a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne air ambulance crashes between Tiltil and Curacaví in Chile. (El Morrocotudo) 

Five tourists and a pilot are killed, and one other person is injured, when a Bell 407 helicopter crashes and falls into a deep gorge near Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand, India. (The Hindu) (NDTV) 

The End