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)
• 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)
• 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
  • The Ministry of Interior of Syria announces that its armed forces carried out a military operation in a southern neighborhood of Aleppo, where it killed a member of Islamic State, arrested another, and seized weapons, explosives and uniforms with official insignia. A security forces member is also killed in the confrontation. (The Media Line)

Disasters and accidents

• 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, rises to 31. More severe weather is expected today near the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. (NPR) (Associated Press)

• 2025 Eura mid-air collision
  • 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 of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide return to Rwanda under the auspices of a United Nations program. The refugees, mostly Hutu civilians, were residing in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment 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)
• Crime in South Africa
  • 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)
• 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)
• 2025 Palm Springs bombing
  • At least one person is killed, five 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 Palm Springs Post) (BNO News)
• Five people are injured in a mass stabbing attack and fight in at a music event in London, England. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• South Korean former 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)
• 2025 Philippine general election
  • The 12 winning candidates of the Senate election held on May 12, 2025, are officially proclaimed as senators-elect. (Inquirer.net)