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2025 May 27

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Shandong factory explosion
  • At least five people are killed, nineteen others are injured and six are reported missing after an explosion at a chemical plant in Gaomi, Shandong, China. (Reuters)
• Twelve people are killed and one person is missing when a fuel tanker collides with a van and truck near the Sebakwe River on the Harare–Bulawayo Highway between Kwekwe and Ndarama Mine in Kwekwe, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. (Bulawayo24 News) (ZimEye)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States
  • Department of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces that the United States Centers for Disease Control will remove the COVID-19 vaccine from its list of recommended vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women. (NPR) (Reuters)

International relations

• Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN
  • Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, chair of the ASEAN, announces that Timor-Leste will officially join the ASEAN as its 11th member state in October. (The Straits Times)
• Argentine president Javier Milei ratifies Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • South Korean authorities announce travel bans on former acting presidents Han Duck-soo and Choi Sang-mok, as they are investigated for insurrection along with former president Yoon Suk Yeol, who is already indicted. (Macau Business)
• Capital punishment in Vietnam
  • The National Assembly of Vietnam begins deliberations on a government proposal to end the death penalty for some offences, including drug trafficking and some national security crimes, replacing them with life in prison without parole. (Vietnam News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 royal tour of Canada
  • King Charles III, in his capacity as King of Canada, visits Canada along with Queen Camilla on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s advice. He also read the Speech from the Throne, the first reigning monarch to do so since 1977. (NPR)
• 2025 Samoan general election
  • Samoan prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa says that she will dissolve parliament and seek an early election after leading a minority government since January, when she was expelled from her party. (RNZ)

Science and technology

• Starship flight test 9
  • SpaceX’s first flight to reuse a Super Heavy Booster ends without achieving its goal, originally planned for Flights 7 and 8, which both failed, while losing the previously retrieved booster. (Reuters)

2025 May 26

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli attacks kill at least 52 Palestinians in Gaza, including 36 in a school used as a shelter. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Government and intergovernmental reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • German chancellor Friedrich Merz announces that Germany and several other NATO allies have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weaponry inside Russia. Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov says that the decision is contrary to efforts to reach a political settlement to end the war. (Reuters) (Euronews)

Business and economy

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

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Liverpool parade incident
  • A vehicle ploughs into crowds of Liverpool F.C. fans celebrating their Premier League title win in the city centre of Liverpool, England. 109 people are injured, and a suspect is detained by Merseyside Police. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Nigeria
  • 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)
• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Two people are killed and nine are injured in a mass shooting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (WPVI-TV)
• A court in Ica, Peru, opens a criminal investigation into an Israeli soldier who is on vacation in the country who is accused of war crimes. The Public Ministry referred the case to the local court to locate the man. (La República)
• A barangay captain and two Sangguniang Barangay members are killed, while a Sangguniang Kabataan secretary is critically injured, in a shooting in Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines. The shooter, a former tanod, fatally shoots himself. (The Star) (Sun Star)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Nicușor Dan is sworn in as the new president of Romania. (Euronews)

Sports

• 2025 Games of the Small States of Europe
  • The XX Games of the Small States of Europe are inaugurated in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. (Diari d’Andorra)

2025 May 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Russian forces launch their largest air attack on Ukraine, including the capital city 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) (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)
• Five people are found dead near the ski resort of Zermatt in Valais, Switzerland, following an avalanche. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 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. (ABC News Australia)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Surinamese general election
  • Citizens of Suriname vote to elect 51 seats of the National Assembly. (France 24)
• 2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election
  • 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)

Sports

• 2024–25 EuroLeague
  • In basketball, the EuroLeague concludes with Fenerbahçe beating Monaco 81–70 in the Final Four Playoff championship game. Nigel Hayes-Davis is awarded MVP. (Daily Sabah)
• 2025 Indianapolis 500
  • In auto racing, 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)
• 2025 Monaco Grand Prix
  • 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. (Motorsport)
• 2025 IIHF World Championship
  • In ice hockey, the United States men’s national team defeats Switzerland 1–0 in overtime in the final to win their first World Men’s Championship since 1960. (NHL)

2025 May 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Odesa strikes
    • 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) (Kyiv Post)
  • Fifteen civilians are injured in a nighttime Russian drone and missile attack. (The Guardian)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 79 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, including nine of a doctor’s ten children. (AP)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• Three of the four people on board are killed after a Bell 212 police helicopter crashes and gets engulfed in flames in Nong Kok village, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)

International relations

• Japan–North Korea relations, North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
  • 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)

Law and crime

• A power outage occurs during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, which French police later claim it was due to suspected arson. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Daniel Noboa is sworn-in for his second consecutive term as President of Ecuador. (Infobae in Spanish)

Sports

• 2024–25 Coupe de France
  • In association football, Paris Saint-Germain wins a record 16th Coupe de France title after defeating Stade Reims 3–0 in the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 Cypriot Cup
  • In association football, AEK Larnaca win the Cypriot Cup after defeating Pafos FC on penalties 5–4 after a 0–0 draw at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia. (Cyprus News Agency)
• 2024–25 DFB-Pokal
  • In association football, VfB Stuttgart win the German Cup after defeating Arminia Bielefeld 4–2 in the final at Olympiastadion in Berlin. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 EFL Championship
  • In association football, Sunderland AFC defeats Sheffield United 2–1 in stoppage time to win the English Football League play-off final at Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, and are promoted to the Premier League after an 8-year absence as a result. (Sky Sports) (The Guardian)
• 2024–25 Ekstraklasa
  • In association football, Lech Poznań wins their 9th Ekstraklasa title on the last day of the season after defeating Piast Gliwice 1–0 at home. (Polsat Sport in Polish)
• 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup
  • In rugby union, Bordeaux Bègles defeat the Northampton Saints 28–20 in the final to win the European Rugby Champions Cup at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • In association football, state-backed Ferencváros win their 36th overall and 7th consecutive league title after defeating ETO Győr 2–1 on the final day of the season. (The Guardian)
• 2024–25 Scottish Cup
  • In association football, Aberdeen F.C. wins their 9th Scottish Cup and their first in 35 years after defeating 42-time winners Celtic F.C. 4–3 in the final on penalties after a 1–1 draw at Hampden Park in Glasgow. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 UEFA Women’s Champions League
  • In women’s association football, Arsenal wins the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the second time after defeating FC Barcelona 1–0 in the final played at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal. (BBC Sport)

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)

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