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- Kashmir conflict
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says that a military incursion by India is imminent. (Reuters)
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Red Sea crisis
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
- According to the Houthis, 68 people are killed and 47 others are injured in a U.S. airstrike on a prison holding African migrants in Saada Governorate, Yemen. (CTV News)
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- At least seven people are killed and 16 others are wounded when a bomb explodes outside an anti-Pakistani Taliban peace committee office building in Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian president Vladimir Putin declares a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine for May 8–10 to mark the World War II Victory Day. (CTV News)
- South Thailand insurgency
- Three people are killed and another is severely injured overnight in two separate attacks by suspected Islamist insurgents in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. (The Nation)
- Somali Civil War
- Several mortars from alleged Al-Shabaab militants strike Aden Adde Airport and Halane Camp, the residences of the UNSOM, AUSSOM, and foreign embassies. (Hiiraan Online)
Business and economy
- 2025 European power outage
- A widespread power outage is reported in Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and parts of France, shutting down airports, public transit systems, and many hospitals. (La Vanguardia) (El Mundo) (El Confidencial)
Law and crime
- Six people are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a high school in Cheongju, South Korea. The attacker, a student, is arrested. (The Korea Herald)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Canadian federal election
- Canadians vote to elect the 343 members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament. (BBC)
- 2025 papal conclave
- The Vatican announces the 2025 papal conclave will take place starting on May 7 in the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis's successor after his death on April 21. (NPR) (Vatican News)
- 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election
- Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls to elect the 41 members of the House of Representatives. (Radio Jamaica News)
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