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2025 June 04

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • Puntland’s elite security forces kills over 35 ISIS militants, including several foreign fighters, in a major military operation conducted in the mountainous rural areas in the Bari region of Puntland. The troops also destroy weapons caches and military equipment used by the group. (Shabelle Media) (AllAfrica)
• Gaza war
  • United States support for Israel in the Gaza war
    • The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with the remaining fourteen other members voting in favor. (Reuters)
• Israeli invasion of Syria
  • Israel launches airstrikes against Syria in retaliation for the alleged firing of two projectiles at Israel yesterday. Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that Israel holds Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa “directly responsible” for the attacks. (Arab News)

Disasters and incidents

• 2025 Bengaluru stampede
  • Eleven people are killed and 50 others are injured in a stampede at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (Anadolu Agency)

International relations

• Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration
  • U.S. president Donald Trump signs a proclamation banning entry into the United States for nationals of 12 countries deemed “very high-risk” due to terrorist activity, hostile governments, and high visa overstay rates, while imposing additional restrictions on visitors from several others. Exemptions apply for select categories, including athletes and diplomats. Trump cited the recent firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, as reason for the ban. (CNN) (NPR)

Politics and elections

• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • Lee Jae-myung is inaugurated as President of South Korea at the National Assembly Building in Yeouido, Seoul, one day after winning the presidential election. (Reuters)
• Vietnamese two-child policy
  • Vietnam formally ends the two-child policy in effect since 2009 amid record-low total fertility rates of 1.91 per woman in 2024, causing declining birth rate and a shrinking workforce. (NPR) (AFP via VnExpress)
• U.S. president Donald Trump issues an order banning new visas for foreign nationals enrolling at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, citing national security concerns and alleging the institution’s lack of cooperation in disclosing foreign student misconduct. The directive also allows for possible visa revocations of currently enrolled international students. (ABS-CBN News)

Science and technology

• Chile signs an agreement with Google to build the first submarine fiber-optic cable connecting between South America and Australia. Google invested at least $300 million while the Chilean government will invest $25 million. (DW) (AP)

2025 June 03

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Three Israeli soldiers from the Givati Brigade are killed by an IED explosion in Jabalia, North Gaza Governorate, during clashes with Hamas militants. (The Times of Israel)
  • Rafah aid distribution incidents
    • At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces near an aid distribution centre in Rafah, Gaza. (AP) (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2025 Crimean Bridge explosion
    • The Crimean Bridge is temporarily closed and subsequently reopened by Russian authorities after several underwater C-4 explosives planted under the bridge detonated. The Security Service of Ukraine claims responsibility, saying its agents planted 1.1 tonnes of TNT equivalent at a support section of the bridge. (BBC News)
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Four people are killed and 25 others are injured after Russian forces launch an MLRS rocket barrage at the centre of Sumy, Ukraine. (AP)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Two people, including a suicide bomber, are killed near a Roman Catholic shrine in Kampala, Uganda, on Uganda Martyrs’ Day. Police attribute the bombing to Allied Democratic Forces rebels. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Five aid workers are killed in an attack on a 15-vehicle convoy delivering food to families in the Darfur region, Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces blame each other for the attack. (DW)

Arts and culture

• CJ Opiaza is officially crowned as Miss Grand International 2024 following Rachel Gupta’s resignation and termination from the title. (ABS-CBN News)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus crash kills eleven people and injures 17 others in Hualahuises, Nuevo León, Mexico. (Reuters)
• Cessna Citation I is reported missing after takeoff from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela. On June 4, authorities reported finding remains of the aircraft including documents from inside the aircraft. It was revealed that 5 people were onboard instead of the previously reported 3. All onboard are presumed dead. (Notiprensa Digital)

International relations

• Brazil–United States relations
  • Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he will defend Supreme Court chief Alexandre de Moraes from potential U.S. sanctions, which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened over the ongoing trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. (Reuters)
• 2025 United Nations Security Council election
  • Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia are elected as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Fall of the Assad regime
  • A court in Stuttgart, Germany, sentences a Syrian man to life in prison under universal jurisdiction for leading a Hezbollah-backed group and committing alleged war crimes against Sunni Muslims in Busra al-Sham, Syria, during the Syrian civil war. (DW)
• Killing of Nahel Merzouk
  • A French police officer goes on trial after being charged with killing 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk on June 27, 2023, whose death sparked the riots across France and other French territories. (Reuters)
• LGBTQ rights in Hungary
  • Police in Hungary deny the request for permission to hold the Budapest Pride event, citing the recent ban by the Hungarian government. (AP)
• MI5 domestic abuse scandal
  • MI5 apologizes to the UK High Courts for providing false evidence in regards to an agent who abused their partner. (The Independent) (BBC News)
• Two hundred and sixteen prisoners escape from a prison in the Malir District, Pakistan. During the escape, which was a result of panic caused by an earthquake, one prisoner is killed and two prison officers are injured. A search operation is ongoing and 80 prisoners have been recaptured. (BBC News)
• Nineteen prisoners, including eleven members of the armed group West Papua National Liberation Army, escape from a prison in Nabire, Central Papua, Indonesia. Three prison staff were critically injured. A search around the city is ongoing. (Tempo)

Politics and elections

• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • Citizens of South Korea vote in a snap election to elect their president between five candidates. The election is held 60 days after Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court of Korea six months after the failed declaration of martial law. (Financial Times)
  • Lee Jae-Myung of the Democratic Party is elected the 14th president of South Korea. (Yonhap News Agency) (NPR)
• Schoof cabinet
  • The Party for Freedom withdraws from the current Dutch cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners over amending the Netherlands’s asylum rules. (NLTimes)
  • Prime Minister Dick Schoof announces his resignation. (The Guardian)
• 2025 Mongolian protests
  • Mongolian prime minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigns after weeks of protests. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2025 IPL Season
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru win their maiden IPL finale in 18 years against the Punjab Kings. (Hindustan Times)

2025 June 02

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Shabelle offensive
    • Al-Shabaab militants reportedly seize control of Hawadley village in the Middle Shabelle region of Hirshabelle State following the withdrawal of Burundian forces under the AUSSOM from the strategic military base. (Kaab TV) (FTL Somalia)
• War against the Islamic State
  • American military intervention in Somalia
    • New America, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, reports that U.S. airstrikes in Somalia targeting Al-Shabaab and Islamic State militants resulted in up to 174 fatalities, including an estimated six to 30 civilian casualties, in 2025. (Garowe Online) (New America)
• Mexican drug war
  • Five police officers are killed after an ambush in a highway in the border municipality of Frontera Comalapa. Hours later, an attacker was arrested and authorities confirmed that the attack was a retaliation for the recent arrest of Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, also known as “Chicharra,” leader of Los Huistas, a Guatemalan criminal group that established ties with both the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG. (Revista Proceso)
• Cambodia says it will seek a ruling from the United Nations’s International Court of Justice over border disputes with Thailand, which triggered a fatal military clash last week. (AP)

Business and economy

• North Macedonia–United States relations
  • North Macedonia announces that it will remove import taxes on U.S. goods to seek a reciprocal measure from the United States, as Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski says that the country is negotiating a free trade agreement with the U.S. (AP)
• Procurement in the European Union
  • The European Commission passes a measure to limit Chinese medical device supply bids on public contracts, alleging unfair access for EU companies to China’s tenders. The measures are the first under the International Procurement Instrument. (Reuters)
• Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • United States Midwest aluminum premiums rise by 164% after demand for aluminum in the physical market increased due to US president Donald Trump’s plan to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. (Reuters)
• The Damascus Securities Exchange reopens in Syria after six months of closure following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. (Al Arabiya)
• The Philippine Department of Transportation orders AirAsia to halt the sale of airline tickets in the country, citing alleged overpricing after reports revealed that fares on the airline’s website significantly exceeded government-approved price ceilings. (Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Nigeria floods
  • 2025 Mokwa flood
    • The death toll from the flooding caused by torrential rain in Mokwa, Nigeria, increases to over 200. (DW)
• A 41-year-old ski mountaineer dies after falling 3,000 feet while climbing Mount McKinley. His body was discovered two days later, on June 4. (ABC News)

International relations

• Iran–United States relations
  • U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the recent U.S. proposal for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program does not allow any uranium enrichment by Iran, despite previous media reports to the contrary. (France24)

Politics and elections

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia and Ukraine hold further negotiations in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in an agreement for a prisoner of war exchange. Officials confirm that all sick and severely wounded prisoners of war, along with those younger than 25, will be exchanged. Russia and Ukraine also exchanged ceasefire proposals during the negotiations. (BBC News)
• A Swedish commission recommends that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. The commission was formed in 2021 following a report by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter detailing Sweden’s problematic international adoption system. (AP)

2025 June 01

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Rafah aid distribution incidents
      • At least 31 Palestinians are killed and 170 others are injured while thousands of people went to receive aid from an American-funded humanitarian aid distribution centre in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israel strongly denies its responsibility and releases drone footage showing armed, masked men firing at civilians attempting to collect humanitarian aid. (AP) (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Operation Spider’s Web
    • Ukraine says at least 40 Russian warplanes, including several strategic bombers were destroyed or damaged by drone attacks on four air bases in Russia. (BBC News)
  • Russia launches the largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, comprising 472 drones and seven ballistic missiles. (AP)
  • Twelve Ukrainian servicemembers are killed and 60 more are injured in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatyi, submits a resignation request following the incident. (Ukrainian Pravda) (RBC-Ukraine)
• Terrorism in Russia
  • 2025 Russia bridge collapses
    • A support on a bridge explodes and collapses in Kursk Oblast, Russia, causing a freight train to derail, killing a worker and injuring two others, including the driver. The incident is being probed as an act of terrorism. (BBC News) (Reuters) (RFE-RL)
• Violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war
  • 2025 Boulder fire attack
    • Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a firebombing attack when a man attacks protestors demanding the release of Israeli captives who remain in Gaza at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, United States. FBI director Kash Patel claims it was a “targeted terror attack”. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
• Mali War
  • Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin militants seize a Malian Armed Forces base near the border with Burkina Faso, killing more than 30 Malian troops, while also launching an attack on Timbuktu Airport where Wagner Group forces are stationed. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Twelve people are killed and several others are injured in a fire at a drug rehabilitation center in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico. The cause is still under investigation. (Barron’s) (Infobae)

Law and crime

• 2025 UEFA Champions League final, 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
  • 2025 Paris Saint-Germain celebration riots
    • Fireworks and flares are fired in Paris, France, after Paris Saint-Germain FC’s Champions League title win. Two people are killed, a police officer is in a coma, 201 others are injured, four stores are looted and hundreds are arrested in clashes with riot police for violence and looting. (CTV News) (BBC News) (Le Monde)
• Non-cooperation movement
  • A court in Bangladesh indicts former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan on mass murder charges in relation to the deaths of protesters that ousted Hasina in 2024. The government of Bangladesh informs India of the arrest warrant and asks for Hasina’s repatriation, following her escape to India. (Financial Express)
• Three people are killed and 34 others are injured in a suspected arson attack at a hospital in Hamburg, Germany. A suspect is arrested. (AP)
• A ban on the sale of disposable vapes enters force in the United Kingdom. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Polish presidential election
  • Poles vote in the second round to choose their president. Right-wing populist President of the Institute of National Remembrance Karol Nawrocki wins 50.89% of popular vote over pro-European incumbent Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. (The Guardian) (TVN24) (Al Jazeera)
• 2025 Mexican judicial elections
  • Nationwide elections are held to elect over 2,700 members of the Mexican judiciary branch in the first ever judicial election in the country’s history. (Reuters)
• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • Independent presidential candidate Hwang Kyo-ahn resigns from his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election and declares his support for People Power Party candidate Kim Moon-soo. (The Chosun Ilbo)

Sports

• 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
  • Cruz Azul defeat the Vancouver Whitecaps 5–0 in the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at the Olympic University Stadium in Mexico City. (USA Today), (France 24)

2025 May 31

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State, Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • In a dawn offensive, Puntland armed forces, backed by airstrikes from the Puntland Air Force and international allies, capture Miraale Valley, the largest ISIS stronghold in Bari Region and a militant hub for nearly a decade with water wells, cultivated land, and fortified positions. ISIS fighters retreat to Sadow, near Baalade, where other units are stationed. (Hiiraan Online) (Garowe Online) (Horseed Media)
• Terrorism in Russia
  • 2025 Russia bridge collapses
    • An explosion causes a bridge to collapse onto a passenger train with 379 occupants in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, killing at least seven and injuring 70 others, one seriously, including three children. The incident is being probed as an act of terrorism. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• Bulgaria and the euro
  • Thousands protest in Sofia and other major Bulgarian cities against government plans to adopt the euro, demanding a referendum on the new currency, ahead of expected approval to enter the eurozone. (AP)
• More than 60 United Nations offices and agencies are requested to propose staff cuts of 20% by mid-June due to a funding shortfall, affecting around 14,000 positions. This includes staff from humanitarian offices, agencies supporting refugees, and other critical sectors. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty-two people are killed, including athletes, coaches and officials, and several others are seriously injured in a road accident as people returned from the National Sports Festival in Kano State, Nigeria. (CNN)
• Landslides and flash flooding triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains in northeastern India kill at least 22 people. (AP)
• Two people are killed when a Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashes into a residential building in Korschenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (CTV News) (Aviation Safety Network)
• Thirteen people are injured, including one critically, when a 93-year-old man falls ill and drives into a restaurant terrace in Narbonne, Occitanie, France. (Midi Libre)

Law and crime

• Guatemalan Civil War
  • A court in Guatemala convicts three men of crimes against humanity and sentences them to 40 years in prison for the rape of 36 women from the Maya Achi indigenous group during the civil war. (AP)
• Immigration to Greece
  • Greece migration minister Makis Voridis announces the end of mass legalization programs for migrants. Migrants with rejected asylum claims will face a minimum of two years in jail, with sentences commuted upon deportation. (AP)
• Twenty-one people are hospitalized following an arson attack when a man angry at the outcome of his divorce sets fire to his clothes and a fuel container with a lighter on Seoul Subway Line 5, causing more than 400 passengers to be evacuated and a temporary suspension of services. The suspect is arrested near Yeouinaru Station in Seoul, South Korea. (Yonhap News Agency) (Yonhap News Agency 2)

Politics and elections

• David Seymour succeeds Winston Peters as New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister in accordance with the coalition agreement between the National Party, NZ First, and ACT. (Newstalk ZB)
• Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is sworn in as the new co-prince of Andorra and Bishop of Urgell after the Vatican accepts the resignation of Joan Enric Vives i Sicília for age limitation reasons. (El Periòdic d’Andorra)

Sports

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
  • In association football, French club Paris Saint-Germain defeats Italian club Inter Milan 5–0 in the final to win its first UEFA Champions League title. (ESPN) (France24)

2025 May 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mexican drug war
  • Nine alleged members of the Los Metros drug cartel are arrested by Mexican law enforcement on suspicion of the abduction and murder of the musical group Grupo Fugitivo who disappeared in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
• Sudanese civil war
  • At least six people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a hospital in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan. (Anadolu Agency)
• Syrian civil war
  • Islamic State claims responsibility for a vehicle bombing in Al-Safa, Suwayda Governorate, on May 22 which wounded several soldiers of the Syrian transitional government. (Al Jazeera) (Sky News)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • The Balochistan Liberation Army briefly seizes control of a high-security area in Sorab in southwestern Pakistan, killing a government official and looting a bank before fleeing. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Taylor Swift masters dispute
  • American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift announces that she has reacquired the rights to her entire body of music and content, including the master recordings of her first six studio albums. (AP) (The Guardian) (Billboard)

Business and economy

• Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the tariff on steel and aluminum imports will be doubled to 50%, potentially raising prices for housing, autos, and other goods. (AP)
• The African Development Bank elects Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its next president in a three round election between five candidates. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Nigeria floods
  • 2025 Mokwa flood
    • The death toll from heavy flooding that submerged the market town of Mokwa in Niger State, Nigeria, on Wednesday, rises to at least 117. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and a nearby dam collapsed. (Al Jazeera) (Sky News) (DW)
• At least 17 people are killed, at least 12 others are injured, including six seriously, and eight people are missing when a stone quarry collapses in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia. (AP) (CTV News)

International relations

• China–United States trade war
  • U.S. president Donald Trump accuses China of violating the temporal suspension of tariffs accorded two weeks ago, while China accuses Trump of discriminatory restrictions against the country. (BBC News)
• Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war, France–Israel relations
  • French president Emmanuel Macron states that France may be willing to impose sanctions on Israel if humanitarian aid is blocked, and says a Palestinian state is a political necessity. (Al Jazeera) (The Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

• 2025 Liverpool parade incident
  • Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old British man accused of driving his car into a crowd after Liverpool FC’s trophy parade, appears at both the Liverpool Magistrates’ Court and Liverpool Crown Court and faces seven charges. (BBC News) (The Independent)
• Corruption in the Czech Republic
  • Czech Republic justice minister Pavel Blažek resigns after his ministry accepted a donation of bitcoins and sold them for about 1 billion Czech koruna (over US$45 million) earlier this year. (ABC News)
• Murder of Tina Satchwell
  • Richard Satchwell is found unanimously guilty and convicted of the 2017 murder of his wife Tina in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. (RTÉ)

Politics and elections

• Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration
  • The United States Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump can revoke the Biden administration’s parole programme for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants, totaling over 530,000 people. (BBC News) (WOLA)
• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • The voter turnout during the two-day early voting period for the presidential election reaches 34.74%, the second highest after the 2022 presidential election. (Anadolu Agency)

2025 May 29

Business and economy

• Economy of South Korea
  • South Korea’s central bank cuts its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.5%, marking its fourth cut since October, and sharply lowered its 2025 growth forecast to 0.8%, nearly halving the previous projection of 1.5% announced in February after a monetary policy meeting. Share prices rise following the report, with the Kospi gaining 1.7%. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 South Korean Lockheed P-3 Orion crash
  • Four people are killed when a South Korean Navy Lockheed P3-C Orion aircraft crashes into a hill in Pohang, Gyeongsang, South Korea. (Euronews)

Health and environment

• Sudanese civil war
  • Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war
    • The health ministry of Khartoum State in Sudan reports a cholera outbreak in the state, with 2,119 cases and 242 deaths in the past week and this week, including 70 in the last two days. (News Central TV)

International relations

• Israel–Palestine relations
  • Israel announces 22 new settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, the biggest expansion in decades. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Corruption in Slovakia
  • Slovakia’s central bank chief, Peter Kažimír, a member of the European Central Bank committee, is convicted of bribery and fined 200,000 euros. The verdict was issued by Judge Milan Cisarik at the Special Criminal Court in Pezinok. (AP)
• Lliuya v RWE AG
  • A court in Germany rejects a lawsuit filed by a Peruvian farmer against German energy firm RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya alleged that the firm’s global emissions contributed to the melting of glaciers in Peru, threatening his hometown of Huaraz with flooding. (BBC News)
• Pamplona massacre
  • Arnolfo Teves Jr., the main suspect in the assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo in 2023, is deported back to the Philippines from Timor-Leste following his arrest yesterday. (ABS-CBN News)
• A court in Argentina nullifies the ongoing trial of Diego Maradona’s former medical personnel accused of malpractice following the removal of one of the trial’s judges for alleged lack of impartiality. (CNN)
• U.S. president Donald Trump commutes the federal prison sentence of Larry Hoover, the founder of the Chicago street gang Gangster Disciples, who was sentenced to six life sentences on conspiracy, extortion, drug and other criminal charges in the 1990s. (BBC News)
• Argentine security minister Patricia Bullrich announces the arrest of 12 alleged members of Tren de Aragua, which Argentina recently designated as a terrorist organization. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Nepalese pro-monarchy protests
  • Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Kathmandu, Nepal, asking for the restoration of the country’s monarchy and for Hinduism to be declared the state religion. Nepal abolished its monarchy in 2008. (AP)
• 2025 Portuguese legislative election
  • Portugal’s far-right Chega party becomes the lead parliamentary opposition with the second-most seats in parliament. (AP)
• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • Early voting begins in South Korea, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm KST on today and tomorrow, with a record early voting turnout rate being observed. (The Straits Times)

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