Minneapolis Protests continue for a second day in Minneapolis and two other U.S. cities after an unarmed man, George Floyd, died while being arrested. Some of them have escalated into a riot, including looting and arson. A protester is shot dead by a man, who has been arrested.
COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi A manhunt is launched after hundreds of people, some with COVID-19, escape from quarantine centers in Zimbabwe and Malawi, with authorities worried that they will spread COVID-19 in countries whose health systems can be rapidly overwhelmed.
2020 China–India skirmishes China moves thousands of People's Liberation Army troops to its Himalayan border with India, bringing vehicles and heavy machinery to what India says is its territory. India sends several battalions of the Indian Army from nearby Leh to the border in response.
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 100,000.
Rwandan genocide A court in Rwanda sentences former Mayor of Nyakizu Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life imprisonment for his role in orchestrating the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in the 1994 genocide. His lawyer is planning to appeal the ruling.
War in Afghanistan In the first attack since the end of a truce declared by the Taliban, and despite a petition of the government for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire, at least 14 security forces members are killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Parwan. A government spokesperson says the Taliban also suffered casualties. The group has not commented on the attack.
Zambian police Zambian police arrest three people suspected of murdering three Chinese nationals three days prior and burning their bodies.
Crime in Florida The May 24 arrest of a 23-year-old man in Tampa, Florida, is announced by federal prosecutors. He had allegedly been planning a mass shooting at Honeymoon Island in support of ISIS.
George Floyd Rioting and looting take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, following the death of African-American man George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis Police Department officers. Several buildings are looted and burned down, and riot police have been deployed.
Kyoto Animation arson attack In Kyoto, Japan, Shinji Aoba is arrested. He was moved from the hospital and charged for an arson attack at an animation center in July 2019, which killed 36 people. Aoba had been unable to be arrested due to the severe injuries he sustained during the attack.
Hong Kong–United States relations United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells Congress that Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous from China" following Beijing's plans to impose a new security law on the territory, and no longer meets its special designation for trade under U.S. law that was established in the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act.
COVID-19 A fire at a hospital kills five patients being treated for COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. No cause for the fire has been determined.
Social Democratic Liberal Party The Social Democratic Liberal Party, the main opposition party in Fiji's parliament, is suspended from parliament for 60 days amid a political feud which has caused its appointments to be declared null and void. The party's parliament leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, said the decision will not be appealed.
LGBT rights in Zambia President Edgar Lungu pardons a gay couple jailed for 15 years due to consensual homosexual acts amid a mass wave of pardons of nearly 3,000 inmates to celebrate Africa Freedom Day.
LGBT rights in Costa Rica Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage.
Locust Huge swarms of desert locusts destroy crops in central and western India prompting authorities to step up their response to the country's worst plague in nearly three decades.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation LATAM Airlines, the largest air carrier in Latin America, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
ISIS Islamic State militants killed two soldiers and wounded five others during an assault in Soueram, Cameroon. Five militants also died in the attack.
Kivu conflict The Allied Democratic Forces kill at least 17 people in a village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the Kivu Security Tracker.
Second Libyan Civil War The United States Africa Command accuses Russia of deploying fighter jets to eastern Libya to provide air support to Russian mercenaries allied to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who is locked in a civil war with the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).
Afghan peace process The government urges the Taliban to extend the three-day truce due to expire today. It also announces the government will release 900 Taliban prisoners today.