Orleans Parish Ten inmates remain missing after a mass escape from the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. One of total eleven escaped inmates is quickly recaptured, ten remain fugitives.
Stabbing of Salman Rushdie A court in New York, United States sentences a man to 25 years in prison for the August 2022 stabbing attack on Indian-British-American author Salman Rushdie, which left Rushdie severely injured while he was giving a talk in Chautauqua.
Hydropower plant Five people are killed and three others are injured after a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Phong Thổ, Lai Châu province, Vietnam.
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2024–25 La Liga In association football, FC Barcelona win their 28th title in the 94th season of La Liga after defeating city rivals RCD Espanyol 2–0 with two matches to spare.
2025 Australian Greens leadership election Larissa Waters is elected leader of the Australian Greens, following the resignation of Adam Bandt after the party's poor performance at the 2025 Australian federal election.
LGBT rights in Russia Russian media reports that police raided the publisher office of Eksmo Publishing House yesterday and arrested several of its employees, accusing them of spreading "LGBTQ+ extremism".
Capital punishment in Florida The U.S. state of Florida executes serial killer Glen Edward Rogers for the 1995 murder of a woman at a motel in Tampa.
Visa policy of mainland China At the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry announces it will allow nationals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to enter the country without a travel visa starting June 1.
Myanmar–Vietnam relations According to the Vietnamese foreign ministry, more than 650 Vietnamese nationals are detained for immigration violations in Myanmar. The Vietnamese public security ministry has repatriated 450 people, with 200 still in Myanmar.
Iran–United States relations U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. and Iran have "sort of" agreed on the terms of a deal on Iran's nuclear program, which reportedly includes Iran agreeing to give up highly enriched uranium while keeping lower-grade uranium needed for civilian nuclear power, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.
Royal Air Force Three people, including two firefighters, are killed and two other firefighters are seriously injured in a fire at a former Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, England.
National road 2 Five people are killed and three others are injured after a van drives into the back of a truck on the national road 2 in Konotopa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
Sinking of the ''Bayesian'' British investigators say the cause of the sinking of the "Bayesian" superyacht that killed seven people, including billionaire tech magnate Mike Lynch in Italy in 2024, is from being knocked over by extreme wind and could not recover.
2025 Canadian wildfires Two people are killed and more than 1,000 others evacuate after wildfires spread across central Manitoba, Canada.
British A long-lost version of the British Magna Carta, dating to 1300 in the reign of King Edward I, is believed to have been found at Harvard University in the United States.
Papua conflict The Indonesian military confirms that 18 Papuan separatists and three civilians were killed in yesterday's military operation in Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia.
Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso Islamist militant group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin claims it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a military base on Sunday in Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso. They also claimed responsibility for another attack this week at a military post in Loroum Province that killed 60 soldiers.
Pakistan Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi says that more than 1 million Afghans have been deported back to Afghanistan since November 2023 as Pakistani authorities intensify a crackdown on illegal immigration.
Russia Russian election observer Grigory Melkonyants, Григорий Аркадьевич is convicted on charges of working with an "undesirable organization" and sentenced to five years in prison.
Tajik Tajik president Emomali Rahmon signs a law decriminalizing the "liking" of posts on social media publicly calling for terrorism or other serious crimes.
Immigration to Argentina Argentine president Javier Milei orders restrictions on immigration to Argentina, saying that immigrants are bringing "chaos and abuse" to Argentina.
Syria–United States relations U.S. president Donald Trump meets with Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa during a trip to Saudi Arabia prior to departing for Qatar, marking the first meeting between a U.S. and Syrian president since 2000.
China–Colombia relations Colombia joins China's Belt and Road Initiative during the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing.
Hikers Two hikers are found dead and seven others are rescued after they were swept away by a river while hiking near Didier Waterfall on the island of Martinique.
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Indian authorities declare a "major success" in a military operation against Naxal insurgents in the border between the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, killing 31 militants, including top leaders of the Maoist group.
Hezbollah–Israel conflict The Israel Defense Forces claim that a drone strike in Qaaqaait al-Jisr, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, killed a Hezbollah commander.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Two Israelis, including a pregnant woman and her child, are critically wounded in a shooting near Brukhin in the West Bank.