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) 

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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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Cinco de Mayo, 2025 

In the wake of the Signalgate scandal, Mike Waltz and Alex Nelson Wong resign as U.S. National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor respectively, marking the first resignations during the second Trump administration. U.S. President Donald Trump later nominates Waltz as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. (CBS News) 

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) 

U.S. president Donald Trump announces he will introduce 100% tariffs on foreign films. (The Guardian) 

Rust is released theatrically in the United States, three and a half years after a fatal on-set shooting accident occurred involving members of the cast and crew, including cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, director Joel Souza, and lead actor Alec Baldwin. (The New York Times) 

Two people are arrested after planning to carry out attacks with improvised explosive devices at Lady Gaga‘s concert with more than two million attendees on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to gain notoriety on social media. The suspects spread hate speech, mainly against children, adolescents and the LGBTQIA+ community. (BBC News) 

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) 

Marine salvage experts begin operations to recover the superyacht Bayesian which sank in August 2024 killing seven people, including British billionaire tech magnate Mike Lynch and members of his family, while fifteen others were rescued. (CTV News) 

A hypersonic missile launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen hits near Ben Gurion International Airport in Central District, Israel, injuring eight people. (Reuters) (The Telegraph) 

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) 

The world’s oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, dies at the age of 116 years and 326 days. The new oldest living person is British supercentenarian Ethel Caterham, who is the last person born in the 1900s decade, the last living subject of King Edward VII, and the oldest British person ever. (The Telegraph) 

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) 

Sunday, May 4th, 2025 

The casualty figure from the explosion at the Port of Shahid Rajaee in Hormozgan province, Iran, is revised by the judiciary of Iran to 57 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries. Two people, including a government official, are arrested in connection with the explosion. (Arab News) 

The Rapid Support Forces launch drone attacks on Port Sudan’s international civilian and military airport. Drones also hit an ammunition depot at Osman Digna Air Base, causing damage but no casualties. (Al Jazeera) 

Ten people are killed and 70 others are hospitalized after two passenger boats carrying 84 people capsize on the Wu River near Qianxi, Guizhou, China. (SCMP) 

At least three people are killed, fifteen others are injured, including children, and several apartments are destroyed in a gas explosion at an apartment block in Moscow, Russia. (UNN)

Two people are killed and four others are injured after a car crashes into an entrance of Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila, Philippines. The driver of the car is in police custody. (Reuters)

Thirteen gold mine security guards that were abducted in an ambush last month in Pataz province, Peru, are found dead. (CTV News) 

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) 

Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 

Hamas releases a video allegedly showing Israeli hostage Maxim Hirkin, who was abducted during the Nova music festival massacre in 2023, alive. (Reuters) (Haaretz) 

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett announces that he will step down as CEO by the end of the year at the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Greg Abel will take over as CEO, pending board approval. (CNN) 

The Ukrainian intelligence directorate claims it has shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet using a MAGURA naval drone over the Black Sea. (The Kyiv Independent) 

Four people are injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone strike that struck an apartment building on Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The mayor of Novorossiysk declares a state of emergency following the strikes. (Ukrainska Pravda) (Al Arabiya) 

At least seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in an airstrike on a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Old Fangak, Fangak County, South Sudan. (BBC News) 

Six people are killed and about 80 others are injured, including five critically, in a crowd crush during a Hindu temple festival in North Goa district, Goa, India. (Al Jazeera English) 

Brazilian social security minister Carlos Lupi resigns after police announce a corruption scandal which alleges he defrauded pensioners of $1.1 billion. Federal police say that the National Social Security Institute made unauthorised deductions from payments made to millions of pensioners over the past decade. (BBC) 

A woman is killed in Thessaloniki, Greece, after a bomb she was carrying explodes in her hands, also damaging several nearby storefronts and vehicles. The bomb was possibly intended to be placed outside a nearby bank. (AP News) 

The Australian Labor Party under current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese increases its majority in the House of Representatives, winning a second term. (ABC News Australia). 

Former Labor Minister Kim Moon Soo wins the presidential nomination of South Korea‘s main conservative party, People Power. (AP News) 

Singaporeans vote to elect 92 out of 97 members of the Parliament of Singapore across 32 of the 33 constituencies in the general election. (The Straits Times) 

The People’s Action Party wins the election, receiving 65.57% of the vote. (CNN) 

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé is sworn-in as President of the Council of Ministers. Following constitutional reform that introduced a parliamentary system, this new post becomes the highest office in the government’s executive branch. (BBC) 

Over 20,000 Hefazat-e-Islam protesters rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to denounce proposed legislation that would provide equal rights for Muslim women such as inheritance law, a ban on polygamy, and recognition of sex workers as laborers, which they allege oppose Sharia law. (DW) 

In thoroughbred racing, Sovereignty ridden by Junior Alvarado wins the 151st Kentucky Derby in a upset over Journalism ridden by Umberto Rispoli. (Courier Journal) 

Friday,  May 2nd, 2025 

The United States and Ukraine sign the Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement to share profits from the future sales of Ukraine’s mineral and energy reserves. (BBC News) 

A Gaza-bound activist humanitarian aid ship, part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, catches fire and issues an SOS after what its organizers alleged was an Israeli drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters. (CNN) 

The Trump administration terminates the de minimis tariff exemption for some imports shipped directly to consumers. Online shops such as Shein and Temu adjust prices, while Temu also announces a shipping pause to the United States. (The New York Times) (BBC) 

Seven people, including six Italian and Chinese nationals, are killed and at least sixteen others are injured, some severely, when a truck and a van collide and catch fire on U.S. Route 20 near Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, United States. (NBC News)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 216 children have died this flu season in the United States, making it the deadliest since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. (CNN) 

The United States Department of Defense designates a second area on the Mexico–United States border, attached to the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, Texas, as a military zone to enforce immigration laws. (AP News) 

The United States Department of State designates the Viv Ansanm coalition and the Gran Grif gang as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. (NBC News) 

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop directly funding NPR and PBS, and for government agencies to stop indirectly funding these public broadcasters. (CNN) 

The German Constitution protection office designates the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a right-wing extremist organization. The AfD came second in the 2025 German federal election after winning 20.8% of the vote for a record 152 seats in the Bundestag. (BBC News) 

Thursday, May 1st, 2025 

A U.S. district judge finds that Apple willfully violated an injunction in a case brought by Epic Games. The injunction was supposed to block Apple from anti-competitive conduct and pricing, opening the App Store up to outside payment options. (BBC News) 

An American citizen detained in Belarus after being accused of being part of a US-backed coup to oust Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is released from the country. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the release. (KCRA) 

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reports that nine field executions were conducted against members of the Syrian Druze community amid an outbreak of sectarian clashes. Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri characterizes the killings as part of a “genocidal campaign”. (Arab News)

Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif appeals to Israel to intervene against ongoing massacres. (The Jerusalem Post) 

An overnight Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 15 others. High-rise apartments, residential homes, a supermarket and a school were among those targeted, according to Governor of Odesa Oblast Oleh Kiper. (Reuters) 

At least ten people are killed while 37 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision at a toll plaza of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in Tarlac City, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

The bodies of three South African police officers who had been missing for six days are found in the Hennops River. (BBC News) 

The prosecutors of South Korea indict former president Yoon Suk-yeol of abuse of authority after he declared martial law in December 2024. (DW) 

Kenyan parliament member Charles Ong’ondo is shot to death in Nairobi by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle in an apparent assassination. (BBC News) 

The Supreme Court of Korea overturns the acquittal judgement of Democratic Party presidential candidate and former leader Lee Jae-myung over violation of election law. The court orders the case to be sent back to Seoul High Court. (NBC News) 

United States District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. rules that US President Donald Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, deeming the previous use of this power as having been improperly invoked. (BBC News) 

Acting South Korean President Han Duck-soo resigns, indicating a possible run in the upcoming presidential election. (Yonhap) 

Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok, the next person in the presidential line of succession, resigns a few hours later. (Yonhap) 

The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election in the Runcorn and Helsby constituency. (BBC News) 

The Football Association bans transgender women from women’s football in England starting 1 June after amending its eligibility criteria. (BBC Sport) 

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