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2025 May 23

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • After the capture of Omdurman and the consequent end of the battle of Khartoum, Sudanese Armed Forces find a mass grave with around 465 bodies located in Omdurman. (The North Africa Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 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) (CNN)

Business and economy

• European Union–United States relations, Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 260 miners are trapped after a collapse at the KDC gold mine near Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa. (ABC News)

International relations

• Canada–United States relations
  • 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)
• Israel–United Kingdom relations
  • 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)
• Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute
  • 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)

Law and crime

• 2024–2025 Georgian protests
  • 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)
• 2025 Hamburg stabbing attack
  • 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. (Tagesschau) (The Guardian)
• 2025 killing of Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C.
  • 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)
• 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)

Politics and elections

• 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)

Sports

• 2024–25 Jamaica Premier League
  • In association football, Cavalier F.C. win their second consecutive and fourth ever Jamaican Premier League title after defeating Mount Pleasant F.A. 6–5 in a penalty shoot-out after a 0–0 draw in the play-off final. (Jamaica Observer) (Radio Jamaica News)
• 2024–25 Serie A
  • In association football, SSC Napoli win their fourth Serie A title and second title in three seasons after defeating Cagliari 2–0 on the final matchday. (BBC Sport)

2025 May 22

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 80 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 San Diego Cessna Citation II crash
  • Six people are presumed dead (including Daniel Williams, former drummer of metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada), eight others are injured, about 100 people are displaced, and damage to houses and vehicles are reported when a Cessna Citation II aircraft crashes on approach to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in the military neighborhood of Murphy Canyon in San Diego, California, United States. (AP) (KNSD-TV)
• 2025 New South Wales floods
  • At least four people are killed in major flooding in various Mid North Coast areas of New South Wales, Australia. (Nine News Australia)
• Four people are killed and 17 more are missing after heavy rains triggered landslides in Guizhou, China. (Reuters)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Venezuelan interior minister Diosdado Cabello announces the arrest of several foreign citizens on “conspiracy” charges. The government of Argentina acknowledged the arrest of an Argentine citizen and warned Argentines against travelling to Venezuela, accusing the Venezuelan government of “taking hostages”. (MercoPress)
• Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute, Mauritius–United Kingdom relations
  • British prime minister Keir Starmer signs a deal formally handing over sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Archipelago in its entirety to Mauritius. The UK and United States will retain control of the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia for 99 years as part of the deal. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Prosecutors in Sweden announce that they will charge a Swedish citizen with “aggravated war crimes and terrorist crimes committed in Syria” for the 2015 murder of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh. (DW)
• United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem orders the termination of Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, removing the institution’s ability to enroll new international students and requiring current international students to transfer or lose their legal status. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Philippine general election, 2025 Philippine cabinet reshuffle
  • Philippine president Bongbong Marcos reshuffles the entire Cabinet, with all Cabinet secretaries ordered to submit their courtesy resignations in the wake of the results of the midterm elections. (Rappler) (Reuters)

2025 May 21

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Donald Trump’s Gaza Strip proposal
    • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that the implementation of U.S. president Donald Trump’s plan to forcibly displace Gazan civilians is a condition for his government to end the war. (The Times of Israel) (Middle East Eye)
  • May 2025 Gaza offensive, Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 82 Palestinians are killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip. (AP)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 2025 Khuzdar school bus bombing
    • At least six people are killed, including four children, and 38 others are injured, in an improvised explosive device bombing targeting an army-operated school bus in Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Six Ukrainian National Guard personnel are killed in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (BBC News)
• Syrian civil war
  • Two soldiers are killed in a shooting against the Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia, Syria. Both the perpetrators, who are also killed, were foreign nationals who had worked as military trainers at a naval college. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• During the launching of the Choe Hyon 2, the second ship of the North Korean Choe Hyon-class destroyer, a “serious accident” occurs and damages the hull in the process. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• NHS England announces the country will start rolling out a vaccination programme for gonorrhea, using the 4CMenB vaccine, starting in August. This will be the world’s first vaccination programme for gonorrhea. (BBC News) (The Week) (NHS England)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Israel
  • More than a dozen governments condemn the Israeli military firing in the direction of a diplomatic delegation with representatives from 31 countries including Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
  • Canada, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and Uruguay summon their Israeli ambassadors over the incident in the occupied West Bank. Canada, the EU, and Turkey call for the launch of an official investigation. (BBC News) (CNN) (Middle East Eye) (Turkish Minute)
  • Israel’s Foreign Ministry releases a statement saying that after the delegation “deviated from the approved route”, Israeli soldiers fired “warning shots” to distance them away. (Time)
• Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute
  • Guyana Defence Force brigadier general Omar Khan warns Venezuelans living in Guyana against participating in the May 25 referendum on the Essequibo proposed by the Venezuelan government, with Khan saying that they will risk arrest for “treason and other felonies” as well as deportation. (AP)
• Kenya–Uganda relations
  • Kenya admits that it assisted Uganda in the kidnapping of opposition politician Kizza Besigye in Nairobi in November 2024. Besigye was later taken to Uganda, where he is currently on trial. (Barron’s)
• South Africa–United States relations, White genocide conspiracy theory
  • U.S. president Donald Trump confronts South African president Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House during a state visit by Ramaphosa, claiming that there is a genocide against Afrikaners in South Africa, which Ramaphosa strongly denied. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war
  • 2025 killing of Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C.
    • Two Israeli Embassy staffers are shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., after attending an American Jewish Committee event at the museum. The suspect is arrested at the scene. (NBC News)
• Andriy Portnov, former People’s Deputy of Ukraine and aide to former president Viktor Yanukovych, is assassinated in Madrid, Spain, by unidentified gunmen. (Sky News)
• Argentine president Javier Milei issues a decree limiting the right to strike for several services, banning some trade unions from further suspending operations as a method of protest. (ABC)

Sports

• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
  • 2025 UEFA Europa League final
    • In association football, Tottenham Hotspur wins the Europa League, its first trophy since 2008, after defeating Manchester United 1–0 in the final played at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. (CNN)

2025 May 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • Puntland authorities confirm the killing of Ahmed Muse Said, a senior leader of the Islamic State in Somalia who led the recruitment of members from local clans, during a security operation in the Togga Miiraale area of the Bari Region, Puntland. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
  • 2025 Mogadishu military base bombing
    • Al-Shabaab claims at least six rounds of mortar fire caused damage to properties in the Aden Adde International Airport area of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, which includes the Halane base camp. The facility houses United Nations offices, African Union personnel, and diplomatic missions. (Garowe Online)
  • 2025 Shabelle offensive
    • An Al-Shabaab mortar attack kills three Somali army personnel in Hiilweyne military barracks near Bal’ad in Middle Shabelle, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces announces full control of Khartoum State following the withdrawal of the last remaining Rapid Support Forces units from the region. (AP)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli strikes kill at least 85 Palestinians in Gaza. (AP)
• Mexican drug war
  • Seven people are killed, including minors, in a mass shooting by Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel gunmen in San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico. (CBS News)

Arts and culture

• International Booker Prize
  • Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi win the 2025 International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp, a collection of short stories. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed and two others are reported missing amid power outages and widespread damage from flooding in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France. (BBC News) (Sky News)

International relations

• European Union–Russia relations
  • The European Council adopts a 17th sanctions package against Russia, including 189 additional vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet. (European Commission)
• Israel–United Kingdom relations
  • The United Kingdom suspends negotiations on a new free trade agreement with Israel and summons the Israeli ambassador amid the recent Israeli offensive in Gaza. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2025 New Orleans jailbreak
  • A fifth escapee is captured in New Orleans following the largest jailbreak in United States history. Five escapees remain at large. (CBS News)
• An attack in Mexico City, Mexico, kills two of mayor Clara Brugada’s top aides. (BBC News) (NOS)
• Three students are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a school in Pirkkala, Pirkanmaa, Finland. The suspect, a 16-year-old, released a manifesto saying his target was women. (Yle)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Australian federal election
  • The federal wing of the National Party leaves the Liberal-National Coalition for the first time since 1987, citing poor performance in the recent federal election and growing policy differences. (The Guardian Australia)
• 2025 Bolivian general election
  • Former Bolivian president Evo Morales fails to secure his candidacy for the presidential election as the deadline expires amid a court’s decision to uphold his ban to run for a fourth term. Morales announces he will appeal the decision. (Reuters)

Sports

• Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and 143,000 players draw in an online freestyle chess match on Chess.com lasting 46 days. The game sets a new record with the biggest number of opponents. (The Guardian)

2025 May 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 84 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
• Somali Civil War
  • Over 70 Al-Shabaab militants are killed along the Hiran–Middle Shabelle border in Somalia in an overnight military operation by the Somali National Army and local defense fighters from Hiran. (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

• National broadcasters VRT of Belgium and RTVE of Spain call for a debate on Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. (Semana)

Disasters and accidents

• Indian National Highway 66 collapses in Kooriyad, Malappuram district, Kerala. Four cars on the service road are damaged in the collapse and seven passengers are injured. (The Hindu) (CNBC TV18) (The Times of India)

International relations

• Iran–United Kingdom relations
  • The Iranian foreign ministry summons the British chargé d’affaires to protest the arrest of seven Iranian nationals in London earlier this month. (DW)
• Mbanie Island territorial dispute
  • The International Court of Justice rules 13–2 that Equatorial Guinea possesses sovereignty of the islands of Conga, Mbanié, and Cocoteros in a territorial dispute with Gabon. (BBC News) (DW) (Bloomberg via WorldOil)
• Post-Brexit United Kingdom relations with the European Union
  • The United Kingdom and European Union conclude a deal on travel, food and metals exports, fishing access, and border security. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 2025 New Orleans jailbreak
  • A fourth escaped inmate, of a total of 10 escapees, is captured following the mass escape of prisoners in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Six escaped prisoners remain at large. (ABC News)
• Lithuania files a lawsuit against Belarus with the International Court of Justice, accusing it of orchestrating the migrant crisis and violating international law. (Baltic Times)
• Russia bans Amnesty International as an undesirable organisation, accusing the group of openly supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia. (Reuters)
• The trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and 80 other officials begins in Brasília. Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting the 8 January Brasília attacks, faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. (France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Philippine general election
  • The nominees of the winning party-lists of the election held on May 12 are proclaimed. However, the proclamation of party-lists Duterte Youth and Bagong Henerasyon are suspended due to pending disqualification cases, leaving four seats unresolved. (GMA News)

2025 May 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, May 2025 Gaza offensive
    • At least 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last day. (Sky News) (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Mogadishu military base bombing
    • At least 21 people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 15 others are injured in a suicide bombing at the entrance of a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters) (Hiiraan Online)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia launches 273 drones at Ukraine, the largest such attack since the beginning of the war. The attack comes a day after a round of direct peace talks between the two countries, and a day before Donald Trump’s scheduled call with Vladimir Putin. (The Guardian)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Four people are killed and twenty others are injured in a bombing near a market in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Several shops collapsed, fires were started and buildings were damaged. (The Hindu)
• Syrian civil war
  • Three police personnel are killed and two others are injured in a car bombing targeting a police station in Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (SANA) (Al Jazeera English)

Arts and culture

• Papal inauguration of Pope Leo XIV
  • The papal inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV is held at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. (Sky News)

Disasters and accidents

• Seventeen people are killed and several others are injured in a building fire in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. (DW)
• Six people are killed and eleven others are injured in a mining accident at a gold mine in Mwakitolyo Village, Shinyanga Urban District, Tanzania. (The Citizen Tanzania)
• Three people are killed, including a 5-year-old, and two others are injured, including an infant, when a train strikes five civilians near a bridge in Fremont, Ohio, United States. (Sandusky Register)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Iran, 2022 Shah Cheragh attack
  • A court in Shiraz, Iran, sentences three people to death over two attacks on a Shiite shrine in 2022 and 2023 in Shiraz and several to others to different prison terms. (The Times of Israel)
• Kenyan politician Martha Karua, who legally represents incarcerated Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu, is arrested at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and set for deportation. (France 24)
• 2025 Bielefeld stabbing attack
  • Six people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a mass stabbing attack when a Syrian national stabs a group of football fans with a swordstick and knives outside of a bar in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (Euronews) (BNO News)
• Three people are injured, including an 11-year-old, in a mass stabbing attack outside of a house after an altercation in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (Der Spiegel)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Polish presidential election
  • Incumbent mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski leads the first round of the Polish presidential elections with 31.4% of the vote, followed by Karol Nawrocki with 29.5%. As no candidates received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff between the two is scheduled for June 1. (Euronews) (Elections of Poland) (The Times of India)
• 2025 Portuguese legislative election
  • Citizens in Portugal vote to elect 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic. (AP)
• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Romanians vote in the second round to choose their president between far-right George Simion and independent-declared centrist and incumbent Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan. (DW)
  • Nicușor Dan is elected President of Romania after winning 53.6% of the vote. (CNBC) (DW)
• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • Liberal Unification Party presidential candidate Koo Joo-wa resigns from his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election on June 3. (Yonhap (in Korean))
  • Former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Sang-wook joins the Democratic Party of Korea, three days after he declared support for Lee Jae-myung as the party’s presidential candidate and ten days after leaving the conservative party. (The Korea Herald)
• The party of Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, La Libertad Avanza, wins the Buenos Aires legislative election, with presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni securing the victory. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024–25 CEV Champions League
  • In men’s volleyball, Umbria Volley Perugia beats Warta Zawiercie 3–2 to win the CEV Champions League. (Volley Times) (World of Volley)
• 2024–25 Eredivisie
  • In association football, PSV Eindhoven wins their 26th total and second consecutive Eredivisie title in the last round after defeating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1. (The Guardian)
• 2024–25 Ligue 1 Mauritania
  • In association football, FC Nouadhibou win a record 13th Super D1 title. (Meczyki (in Polish))
• 2024–25 Süper Lig
  • In association football, Galatasaray win a record 25th Süper Lig title after defeating Kayserispor 3–0. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 Premier League
  • Everton F.C. play their final game at Goodison Park in Walton, Liverpool, England, the club’s home ground for the last 133 years. They will transition to Everton Stadium in Vauxhall starting the 2025–26 season. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 Women’s FA Cup
  • In women’s association football, Chelsea complete a domestic treble after beating Man United 3–0 in the Women’s FA Cup final. (BBC Sport)
• 2025 Indianapolis 500
  • In motorsports, Robert Shwartzman of Prema Racing wins pole position for the Indianapolis 500, the first rookie to do so since 1983. (AP via Toronto Star)

2025 May 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • More than 150 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours. (AP) (Reuters)
• Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
  • Thirteen Taliban fighters are killed and four others are injured in a bombing at a military base in Darah District, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan. The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan claims responsibility. (Afghanistan International)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A bus evacuating civilians is attacked by a Russian drone near Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, killing nine people and injuring five others. (Ukrainska Pravda)
• Terrorism in the United States
  • 2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing
    • One person is killed, four others are injured, and significant damage is reported in a car bombing at a fertility clinic near the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirms the explosion was an act of terrorism. (The Desert Sun) (BNO News)
• Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute
  • The chief of the Guyana Defence Force, Omar Khan, says that military reinforcement have been sent to the Cuyuní River area after Venezuelan civilians shot at Guyanese soldiers on Thursday, as tensions between both nations increase over a referendum by Venezuela on the Essequibo. (Infobae)
• War against the Islamic State, Syrian civil war
  • Three Islamic State gunmen are killed and four others are arrested in Aleppo during a military operation by the armed forces. Weapons, explosives and uniforms with official insignia are seized. A security forces member is also killed in the confrontation. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Cuauhtémoc Brooklyn Bridge collision
  • Two crew members are killed and twenty-five others are injured, including two critically, when Mexican Navy training ship ARM Cuauhtémoc with a crew of 277 people on a festive visit collides with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, New York, United States. A search and rescue operation is currently underway. The bridge suffered no damage, and has since reopened. (WNBC-TV) (The New York Post)
• Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–16, 2025
  • The death toll from severe weather yesterday, including likely tornadoes, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Somerset, Kentucky, United States, rises to 31. More severe weather is expected today near the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. (NPR) (AP)
• Five people, including Estonian businessmen Oleg Sõnajalg and Priit Jaagant, are killed when two Robinson R44 civilian helicopters en route to Piikajärvi Airfield collide mid-air and crash into the ground in a forested area near Eura, Satakunta, Finland. (Eesti Rahvusringhääling)

International relations

• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda relations
  • Hundreds of Rwandan refugees from the 1994 genocide return to Rwanda under the auspices of a United Nations program. The refugees, mostly Hutu civilians, were residing in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Iran, Blasphemy law in Iran
  • The Supreme Court of Iran overturns a 5-year prison sentence imposed by a Tehran court against singer Amir Tataloo and confirms his death sentence for blasphemy. Tataloo had been extradited from Turkey in 2023. (News Central Africa) (IranWire)
• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Three people are killed and another person is critically injured in a mass shooting outside of a nightclub in Seattle, Washington, United States. No arrests have been made. (KOMO-TV)
• Eight people are killed in a mass shooting by unidentified gunmen inside a tavern in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A manhunt for the suspects has been launched. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Philippine general election
  • The twelve winning candidates of the Senate election held on May 12 are officially proclaimed as senators-elect. The Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas coalition of President Bongbong Marcos wins the most seats with six. However, one of its members, Senator-elect Camille Villar, is also a candidate of the opposition coalition DuterTen, supported by Vice President Sara Duterte, which won a total of five seats. (Inquirer.net) (ABS-CBN News)
• Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol leaves the People Power Party a month after the Constitutional Court of Korea removed him from office due to his short-lived declaration of martial law. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024–25 Bundesliga
  • In association football, Bayern Munich are the defending champions of the Bundesliga after defeating TSG Hoffenheim 4–0 on the final matchday. (NBC Sports)
• 2024–25 FA Cup
  • In English football, Crystal Palace wins the FA Cup after defeating Manchester City 1–0 in the final played at Wembley Stadium in London. It is Crystal Palace’s first major trophy in the club’s 119-year history. (Fox Sports)
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
  • In association football, Paris Saint-Germain defeat AJ Auxerre 3–1 to become Ligue 1 champions. (BBC Sport)
• 2025 Preakness Stakes
  • At the Pimlico Race Course, the horse Journalism, jockeyed by Umberto Rispoli, wins the Preakness Stakes. (NBC News)

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