2025 Romanian presidential election Romanians vote in the second round to choose their president between far-right George Simion and centrist Nicușor Dan.
2025 Portuguese legislative election Citizens in Portugal vote to elect 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic.
Mass stabbing Six people are injured, including the perpetrator, are injured in a mass stabbing attack when a man suspected to be a Syrian national stabs a group of revellers with a swordstick and a knife outside of a bar in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. According to police, the perpetrator is currently at large and the attack was a premeditated assault, and possibly terrorism.
Kenya 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.
Capital punishment in Iran 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.
Somali Civil War A suicide bomber kills at least 10 recruits at the entrance of a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Articles The post-truth and the contextMost of the daily information we see on the mainstream media today is the news equivalent of fast-food.
2024–25 Ligue 1 In association football, Paris Saint-Germain defeat AJ Auxerre 3–1 to become Ligue 1 champions.
2024–25 FA Cup In English football, Crystal Palace wins the FA Cup after defeating Manchester City 1–0 in the final played at Wembley Stadium in London. It is Crystal Palace's first major trophy in the club's 119-year history.
2024–25 Bundesliga In association football, Bayern Munich are the defending champions after defeating TSG Hoffenheim 4–0 in the Bundesliga final.
South Korea Former South Korean 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.
2025 Philippine general election The twelve winning candidates of the Senate election held on May 12 are officially proclaimed as senators-elect. The Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas coalition of President Bongbong Marcos wins the most seats with six. However, one of its members, Senator-elect Camille Villar, is also a candidate of the opposition coalition DuterTen, supported by Vice President Sara Duterte, which won a total of five seats.
Mass shooting 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.
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.
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.
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda relations Hundreds of Rwandan refugees from the 1994 genocide return to Rwanda under the auspices of a United Nations program. The refugees, mostly Hutu civilians, were residing in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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, United States, rises to 31. More severe weather is expected today near the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas.
''Cuauhtémoc'' Brooklyn Bridge collision Two crew members are killed and twenty-five others are injured, including two critically, when Mexican Navy training ship ARM with a crew of 277 people on a festive visit collides with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, New York, United States. A search and rescue operation is currently underway.
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.
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.
Guyana Defence Force 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.
Terrorism in the United States One person is killed, four 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation confirms the explosion was an act of terrorism.
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.
Afghan conflict Thirteen Taliban fighters are killed and four others are injured in a bombing at a military base in Darah District, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan.
International Criminal Court International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan temporarily steps aside from his role while the United Nations investigates the sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Escape Ten inmates take part in a mass escape from the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Three are recaptured; the other seven remain fugitives.
2025 Las Vegas gym shooting At least two people are killed, including the perpetrator and four others are injured, including one critically, in a mass shooting and shootout when a man opens fire inside of a gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Stabbing of Salman Rushdie A court in New York, United States sentences 27-year old Hadi Matar 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.
Foreign relations of Angola The Government of Angola says that former President of Gabon Ali Bongo, along with former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and their son Noureddin Bongo Valentin arrived last night in Angola, where they received asylum "for humanitarian reasons", days after their release from prison, where they had been since the 2023 coup.
Landslide Five people are killed and three others are injured by a landslide at a hydropower plant construction site in Phong Thổ, Lai Châu province, Vietnam.
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–16, 2025 A tornado strikes St. Louis, Missouri. At least 5 people are killed, 35-45 others are injured and more than 100,000 are without power in the St. Louis metropolitan area following severe weather in the city and surrounding areas.
United States federal government credit-rating downgrades Moody's Ratings lowers the United States' credit rating from Aaa to Aa1, citing the government's rising debt, widening deficits, and increased interest payments.
Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan A locally renowned doctor in Sargodha, Pakistan, belonging to the Ahmadiyya community, is killed after an unknown assailant shoots him twice in the back.
Red Sea crisis The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes on the ports of Hudaydah and Salif in Houthi-controlled Yemen, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz warn that if the Houthis persist in attacking Israel, their leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi will be directly targeted.