Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2025 India–Pakistan conflict
  • 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. 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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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) (Devdiscourse)

Science and technology

• Soviet space program
  • 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) (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2025 India–Pakistan conflict
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 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)
• 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)

International relations

• France–Poland relations
  • French president Emmanuel Macron and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk signs a treaty committing both sides to mutual assistance. (France24) (Reuters)
• Hungary–Ukraine relations
  • 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)

Sports

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