Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 84 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
• Somali Civil War
  • Over 70 Al-Shabaab militants are killed along the Hiran–Middle Shabelle border in Somalia in an overnight military operation by the Somali National Army and local defense fighters from Hiran. (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

• Belgian VRT and Spanish RTVE call for a debate on Israel's participation in Eurovision. (Semana)

International relations

• Iran–United Kingdom relations
  • The Iranian foreign ministry summons the British chargé d'affaires to protest the arrest of seven Iranian nationals in London earlier this month. (DW)
• United Kingdom–European Union relations
  • The United Kingdom and European Union concludes a deal on travel, food and steels exports, fishing access, and border security. The deal will allow UK citizens to access e-gates at EU airports along with EU citizens and grants European fishing vessels access to UK territorial waters until 2038. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • US president Donald Trump calls Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as pressure builds to end war in Ukraine. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Lithuania files a lawsuit against Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko at the UN International Court of Justice, accusing his regime of orchestrating the migrant crisis and violating international law. (Baltic Times)
• Russia bans Amnesty International as an undesirable organisation, accusing the group of openly supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia. (Reuters)
• The trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and 80 other officials begins in Brasília. Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting the 8 January Brasília attacks, faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. (France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Philippine general election
  • The nominees of the winning party-lists of the election held on May 12 are proclaimed. However, the proclamation of party-lists Duterte Youth and Bagong Henerasyon are suspended due to pending disqualification cases, leaving four seats unresolved. (GMA News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, Operation Gideon's Chariots
    • At least 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last day. (Sky News) (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Mogadishu military base bombing
    • At least 21 people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 15 others are injured in a suicide bombing at the entrance of a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters) (Hiiraan Online)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia launches 273 drones at Ukraine, the largest such attack since the beginning of the war. The attack comes a day after a round of direct peace talks between the two countries, and a day before Donald Trump's scheduled call with Vladimir Putin. (The Guardian)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Four people are killed and twenty others are injured in a bombing near a market in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Several shops collapsed, fires were started and buildings were damaged. (The Hindu)
• Syrian civil war
  • Three police personnel are killed and two others are injured in a car bombing targeting a police station in Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (SANA) (Al Jazeera English)

Arts and culture

• The papal inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV is held at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. (Sky News)

Disasters and accidents

• Seventeen people are killed and several others are injured in a building fire in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. (DW)
• Six people are killed and eleven others are injured in a mining accident at a gold mine in Mwakitolyo Village, Shinyanga Urban District, Tanzania. (The Citizen Tanzania)
• Three people are killed, including a 5-year-old, and two others are injured, including an infant, when a train strikes five civilians near a bridge in Fremont, Ohio, United States. (Sandusky Register)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Iran, 2022 Shah Cheragh attack
  • A court in Shiraz, Iran, sentences three people to death over two attacks on a Shiite shrine in 2022 and 2023 in Shiraz and several to others to different prison terms. (The Times of Israel)
• Kenyan politician Martha Karua, who legally represents incarcerated Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu, is arrested at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and set for deportation. (France 24)
• Six people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a mass stabbing attack when a Syrian national stabs a group of football fans with a swordstick and knives outside of a bar in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (Euronews) (BNO News)
• Three people are injured, including an 11-year-old, in a mass stabbing attack outside of a house after an altercation in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (Der Spiegel)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Polish presidential election
  • Incumbent mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski leads the first round of the Polish presidential elections with 31.4% of the vote, followed by Karol Nawrocki with 29.5%. As no candidates received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff between the two is scheduled for June 1. (Euronews) (Elections of Poland) (The Times of India)
• 2025 Portuguese legislative election
  • Citizens in Portugal vote to elect 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic. (AP)
• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Romanians vote in the second round to choose their president between far-right George Simion and independent-declared centrist and incumbent Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan. (DW)
  • Nicușor Dan is elected President of Romania after winning 53.6% of the vote. (CNBC) (DW)
• 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • Liberal Unification Party presidential candidate Koo Joo-wa resigns from his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election on June 3. (Yonhap (in Korean))
  • Former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Sang-wook joins the Democratic Party of Korea, three days after he declared support for Lee Jae-myung as the party's presidential candidate and ten days after leaving the conservative party. (The Korea Herald)
• The party of Argentina's president, Javier Milei, La Libertad Avanza, wins the Buenos Aires legislative election, with presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni securing the victory. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024–25 CEV Champions League
  • In men's volleyball, Umbria Volley Perugia beats Warta Zawiercie 3–2 to win the CEV Champions League. (Volley Times) (World of Volley)
• 2024–25 Eredivisie
  • In association football, PSV Eindhoven wins their 26th total and second consecutive Eredivisie title in the last round after defeating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1. (The Guardian)
• 2024–25 Süper Lig
  • In association football, Galatasaray win a record 25th Süper Lig title after defeating Kayserispor 3–0. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 Premier League
  • Everton F.C. play their final game at Goodison Park in Walton, Liverpool, England, the club's home ground for the last 133 years. They will transition to Everton Stadium in Vauxhall starting the 2025–26 season. (BBC Sport)
• 2024–25 Women's FA Cup
  • In women's association football, Chelsea complete a domestic treble after beating Man United 3–0 in the Women's FA Cup final. (BBC Sport)
• 2025 Indianapolis 500
  • In motorsports, Robert Shwartzman of Prema Racing wins pole position for the Indianapolis 500, the first rookie to do so since 1983. (AP via Toronto Star)