Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • Thirteen Palestinians, mostly women and children, are killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. (CTV News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 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)
• 2025 India–Pakistan conflict
  • Fighting erupts in Kashmir despite the ceasefire, with heavy shelling reported from both sides, as the Indian Air Force confirms that Operation Sindoor is still ongoing. (AP) (Times of India)
• Israeli MIAs
  • 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) (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims in Kotmale, Sri Lanka, swerves off a cliff, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others. (CTV News)
• During the running event {{ill|Loop Leeuwarden|nl}} in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a participant dies after finishing. (NOS)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Albanian parliamentary election
  • Albanians vote to elect the 140 members of the Parliament, as Prime Minister Edi Rama seeks reelection for a fourth term. (Reuters)
• In his first Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV calls for an immediate ceasefire and the allowance of humanitarian aid in Gaza, the release of all hostages, peace in Ukraine, and a permanent ceasefire to the India–Pakistan conflict. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 23 Palestinians are killed, including three children, in overnight Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Palestine. (CTV News)
• 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, 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)
• Ecuadorian conflict
  • Ecuador announces a three-day mourning period after eleven soldiers are killed in an ambush by guerrillas. (News Express)
• 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)
• 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)

Politics and elections

• 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)

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)