Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum (2023–2025)
    • Omdurman massacre
      • After the [[Battle of Khartoum (2023–2025)#April / May:SAF final offensive|capture of Omdurman]] and the consequent end of the battle of Khartoum, Sudanese Armed Forces find a mass grave with around 465 bodies located in Omdurman. (The North Africa Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia and Ukraine begin the largest prisoner exchange since the war began in February 2022, consisting of three days and 1,000 prisoners of war from each side. (NPR) (CNN)

Business and economy

• United States–European Union relations, Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • U.S. President Donald Trump announces the implementation of 50% tariffs on all goods imported from European Union countries starting June 1. As a result, major European stock exchanges like the German DAX, the French CAC 40, and the British FTSE 100 reported losses. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 260 miners are trapped after a collapse at the KDC gold mine near Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa. (ABC News)

International relations

• Israel–United Kingdom relations
  • Minister of State for the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom says that the UK "does not recognize" the comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, where he accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, along with French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of "siding with Hamas" and being on "the wrong side of humanity". (Sky News)
• Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute
  • Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Todd says that Guyana will defend its sovereignty in face of Venezuela's referendum next Sunday, passing a motion in parliament and reaffirming warnings by Guyana military chief Omar Khan that Venezuelans voting in the referendum in Guyana will be "immediately deported". (News Room Guyana)

Law and crime

• 2024–2025 Georgian protests
  • A court in Georgia places opposition figure Zurab Japaridze, leader of the country's largest opposition group Coalition for Change, in pre-trial detention after the group led protests against the current government and the ruling party Georgian Dream. (DW)
• 2025 killing of Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. workers
  • Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in the killing of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington, D.C. two days ago, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder along with other charges both federally and locally. (NPR)
• Authorities from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. announce a joint operation to crack down on malware around the world, which took down over 300 servers, neutralized 650 domains, and seized over {{Euro}}3.5 million (US$3.9 million) of cryptocurrency. (DW)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 80 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 San Diego Cessna Citation II crash
  • Six people are presumed dead (including the former drummer of metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada), eight others are injured, about 100 people are displaced, and damage to houses and vehicles are reported when a Cessna Citation II aircraft crashes on approach to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in the military neighborhood of Murphy Canyon in San Diego, California, United States. (AP) (KNSD-TV)
• 2025 New South Wales floods
  • At least four people are killed in major flooding in various Mid North Coast areas of New South Wales, Australia. (Nine News Australia)
• Four people are killed and 17 more are missing after heavy rains triggered landslides in Guizhou, China. (Reuters)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Venezuelan interior minister Diosdado Cabello announces the arrest of several foreign citizens on "conspiracy" charges. The government of Argentina acknowledged the arrest of an Argentine citizen and warned Argentines against travelling to Venezuela, accusing the Venezuelan government of "taking hostages". (MercoPress)
• Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute, Mauritius–United Kingdom relations
  • British prime minister Keir Starmer signs a deal formally handing over sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Archipelago in its entirety to Mauritius. The UK and United States will retain control of the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia for 99 years as part of the deal. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Prosecutors in Sweden announce that they will charge a Swedish citizen with "aggravated war crimes and terrorist crimes committed in Syria" for the 2015 murder of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh. (DW)
• United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem orders the termination of Harvard University's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, removing the institution's ability to enroll new international students and requiring current international students to transfer or lose their legal status. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Philippine general election, 2025 Philippine cabinet reshuffle
  • Philippine president Bongbong Marcos reshuffles the entire Cabinet, with all Cabinet secretaries ordered to submit their courtesy resignations in the wake of the results of the midterm elections. (Rappler) (Reuters)