Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian forces take control of the village of Berdychi in Donetsk Oblast. (Al-Arabiya News)
  • At least nine people, including eight children, are injured in a Russian guided airstrike in Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast. (AFP via Barron's) (Reuters)
• Nigerien crisis
  • Russian military personnel allegedly enter the United States–operated Niger Air Base 101 near Diori Hamani International Airport in Niger. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Damascus, Syria, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April. (The Jerusalem Post)
• A Palestinian National Security Forces patrol kills a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Turkey relations
  • Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza and demands that humanitarian aid be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip uninterrupted, after previously suspending some exports to Israel in April. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 13. (The New York Times)

International relations

• Korean conflict
  • South Korea raises its terrorism alert level to the second-highest level, citing strong chances of an attack from North Korea on its overseas diplomatic offices. (Reuters) (The Korea Herald)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
      • Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
    • U.S. President Joe Biden, in an address regarding ongoing student protests at universities, expresses support for the right to peacefully protest, while denouncing hate speech of any kind. Biden previously condemned "antisemitic protests" and "those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians." (The Guardian)) (NPR)
• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • Protests occur in Batumi, Georgia, against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (OC Media)
• 2024 Solomon Islands general election
  • Jeremiah Manele is elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. (AP)
• 2024 United Kingdom local elections
  • The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election in the Blackpool South constituency. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Odesa strikes
    • Two Russian ballistic missiles strike in the port city of Odesa, killing three people and injuring sixteen others. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Kyiv Post)
  • Russia displays captured NATO military vehicles and equipment at an open-air exhibition in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. Among the captured vehicles are a German Leopard 2 tank and an American M1 Abrams tank. (BBC News) (Fox News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Amid pressure from the United States, Israel reopens the Erez-Beit Hanoun Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Guangdong floods
  • Forty-eight people are killed and 30 more injured as twenty-three vehicles fell down during a highway collapse in Meizhou, Guangdong, China. (AP)
• 2024 Kenya floods
  • The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 181, as more homes and roads are destroyed. (Reuters)
• Ten people are killed by heavy rain in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (ABC News)
• At least nine people are killed in an ongoing heatwave in eastern India. (Reuters)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Colombia–Israel relations
    • President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Rwanda asylum plan
  • British authorities begin detaining migrants ahead of deportation flights to Rwanda. (Reuters)
  • Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris announces the deployment of 100 police officers to the border with Northern Ireland amid fears that thousands of migrants might flee the UK in order to avoid deportation to Rwanda. Ireland also declares the United Kingdom a "safe country" so that asylum seekers can be deported back to the UK. (The Telegraph) (BBC News)
• Abortion in North Carolina
  • U.S. federal judge Catherine Eagles blocks several of North Carolina's restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, striking down a requirement that the drug can only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. (Reuters)
• A student is fatally shot by police officers outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States, after the police received reports of someone carrying a weapon. (AP)
• 217 people are detained by Turkish police during May Day rallies in Istanbul, after police fire tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. (Reuters)
• 45 people are arrested and 12 police officers are injured at May Day protests in Paris. French police use tear gas and batons on several protests. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
      • Pro-Israel counter-protestors attack the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, throwing objects and attempting to destroy barricades. (Reuters)
• 2024 Scottish government crisis
  • The Scottish National Party administration survives the vote of no confidence earlier this week, prompting the party to seek a replacement for outgoing First Minister Humza Yousaf. (Al Jazeera)
• Homosexuality and Methodism
  • The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy while additionally prohibiting superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • Russian forces strike Kharkiv with guided bombs, killing at least two people and injuring six others. (Reuters)
• An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant was fatally shot by other responding officers at the scene. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
• Nine people are killed and two more injured during an explosion caused by a gas leak at a restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon. (The National News)
• Fifty-five people are injured after a Los Angeles Metro light rail train collides with a transportation bus in downtown Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)

Health and environment

• The Mount Ruang volcano in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, prompting the evacuation of more than 12,000 people. (Reuters) (Voice of America)

International relations

• Scarborough Shoal standoff
  • China–Philippines relations
    • China's coast guard expels a Philippine Coast Guard ship and another vessel from the waters near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
    • 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
      • Over 100 protestors are arrested by the NYPD after attempting to occupy Hamilton Hall. (Time) (WCAU-TV)
• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • Police in Tbilisi, Georgia, utilize a water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades as part of a crackdown on protests against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (Reuters)
• Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
  • Judge Juan Merchan fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens to jail Trump if he continues to violate his gag order. (Reuters)
• A man attacks people with a sword after crashing a car into a house in Hainault, London, England, United Kingdom, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, including two police officers. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
• French prosecutors announce that actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for the alleged sexual assault of two women in 2021. (euronews)
• The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange service Binance, Changpeng Zhao, is sentenced to four months in prison for money laundering. (Reuters)
• The International Court of Justice rejects a request by Nicaragua asking the court to order Germany to suspend aid to Israel. (euronews)

Science and technology

• Chinese space program
  • A Chinese spacecraft carrying the Shenzhou 17 crew lands back on Earth at the Dongfeng site after completing a six-month mission on the Tiangong space station. (AP) (SHINE)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
    • Red Sea crisis
      • Houthi forces strike four ships in the Red Sea and damage the Malta-flagged, Greece-owned bulk carrier Cyclades. (The Jerusalem Post) (AP)
  • Israeli airstrikes in Rafah and Gaza City kill at least 40 people. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Odesa strikes
    • Four people are killed and 28 others are injured in a Russian missile strike in Odesa. Ukraine says that Russia used an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead in the attack. (Reuters)
• ISIL insurgency in the Philippines
  • Five Dawla Islamiya militants are killed and three soldiers are wounded during two shootouts in Munai, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. The military were hunting the group's leader, Nasser Daud, who however escaped from the scene. (MindaNews)
• Somali civil war
  • Five people are killed and five more injured in a bomb attack in El Wak town in Mandera County, northern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • 2024 Kenya dam failure
    • At least 45 people are killed and dozens of others are missing following a dam burst in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, amid ongoing heavy rains and flash floods in the country, which have killed more than 120 people. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
• A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Colombian National Army Aviation group crashes in Santa Rosa, Bolívar, Colombia, killing nine soldiers on board. (Infobae)
• Two people die in a heatwave in Kerala, India. (The Straits Times)

International relations

• Ecuador–Mexico relations
  • 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
    • Ecuador files a complaint against Mexico at the International Court of Justice over Mexico's move to grant political asylum to former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2024 Charlotte shootout
  • Four law enforcement officers and suspect are killed and four others are injured in a shootout in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. (Reuters) (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
    • Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nominated for president by the American Independent Party, gaining him ballot access in California and Nevada. (The Sacramento Bee)
• 2024 Scottish government crisis
  • Ahead of a planned vote of no confidence, Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf announces that he will resign from office. (CNBC) (The New York Times)
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he will not resign, following the opening of preliminary court proceedings against his wife María Begoña Gómez for alleged corruption. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Ukraine withdraws from the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
• Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
  • Two police officers are killed and four more injured during a shooting at a checkpoint in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. The five gunmen are also killed in the ensuing shootout. The group also attacked another checkpoint a week ago in the same region, killing two officers and wounding another. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Nicole Kidman becomes the first Australian to earn the AFI Life Achievement Award for her contribution to American cinema. (Rolling Stone)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 25 people are killed and 13 injured when a bus crashes plunges into a ravine in Cajamarca, Peru. (Reuters)
• Eighteen people are killed and 32 others are injured as a bus crashes on a highway in Malinalco, Mexico. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• The Philippines announces that it will close all schools on Monday and Tuesday, due to an extreme heat wave currently affecting the country. (The Straits Times)

Politics and elections

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses
    • Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is arrested while participating in a pro-Palestine protest at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. (Newsweek)
  • Hawai'i becomes the first US state to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. (KGMB-TV)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign
    • Cornel West wins the nomination of the Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party, gaining ballot access in Vermont. (Ballot Access News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine says that it attacked two oil refineries and an airfield in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, using drones. (Al Arabiya) (Reuters)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian missiles strike Ukrainian power plants and natural gas storage facilities in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts. (Reuters) (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A humanitarian aid flotilla headed for Gaza was halted in Turkey after Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flag from two out of three vessels. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Tornadoes of 2024
  • Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024
    • At least three fatalities are reported in Oklahoma as a tornado outbreak impacts the central United States. (CNN)(AP)
  • At least five people are killed and at least 33 others are injured by a tornado in Guangzhou, China. (CNN)
• A magnitude-6.5 earthquake strikes off the southwestern coast of Java island, Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was located about 150 kilometers away from Garut, West Java. At least four people are injured and some buildings are damaged. (The Jakarta Post)
• A munitions truck explodes at a military base in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, killing 20 soldiers and destroying multiple buildings. (Al Jazeera) (DW)

Law and crime

• Crocus City Hall attack
  • Authorities in Russia arrest a fifth suspect in last month's attack on a music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia, a Tajik man accused of providing the attackers with financing and communication. (AP)
• LGBT rights in Iraq
  • Iraq's parliament votes to criminalize same-sex relationships, to be punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison. (Reuters)
• Three police officers are killed during an ambush in Cañete, Chile, after receiving false emergency calls. They are shot dead before their vehicle is set on fire. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Constitution Party presidential primaries
    • Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist and candidate in the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries, wins the nomination for the Constitution Party. (Ballot Access News)
• Elected British politicians who have changed party affiliation
  • Conservative MP Dan Poulter defects to the Labour Party. (BBC News)

Sports

• Several Palmeiras players are attacked and injured by Corinthians fans during a pitch invasion at a futsal final in São Paulo, Brazil. (UOL)