Current events: 2025-05-05

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • The Israeli Security Cabinet confirms plans for an indefinite occupation of the Gaza Strip alongside moving its civilians southwards. (The Guardian)
• Red Sea crisis
  • 5 May 2025 Israeli attack on Yemen
    • The Israeli Defense Forces carry out six airstrikes on Hudaydah Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, injuring at least 21 people, in response for yesterday's attack on Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, which injured eight. (Al Jazeera English)
• Terrorism in Russia
  • Three traffic police officers and two gunmen are killed and at least four others, including a police officer and two other shooters, are injured in a mass shooting and shootout by gunmen in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. One of the attackers fled in a police car. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed, four others are injured and nine are missing after a panga boat capsizes in water near a beach in Del Mar Fairgrounds near San Diego in California, United States. (ABC News)

International relations

• Holy See–Palestine relations
  • The Vatican announces that it will convert and donate a Popemobile into a mobile health clinic for wounded children in Gaza, Palestine, in accordance with one of Pope Francis' final wishes. (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Law and crime

• Sudanese civil war, Sudan–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Darfur campaign
    • The International Court of Justice dismisses Sudan's case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) alleging that the UAE violated the Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces and other paramilitary groups in the Darfur region. (DW) (PBS)
• Gaza war protests
  • Five pro-Palestinian protesters are arrested by police during a World War II anniversary event in Wageningen, Netherlands, after throwing a smoke bomb onto the stage during a speech by Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof while Polish prime minister Donald Tusk was visiting, and holding up banners and flags. (Reuters)
• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Three people are killed and five are injured in a mass shooting in Glendale, Arizona, United States. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Australian federal election
  • The incumbent Australian Labor Party overtakes the Liberal-National Coalition as the largest plurality in the Senate, meaning support will be required only from the Coalition or the Australian Greens to pass legislation. (The Guardian Australia)

Sports

• 2025 World Snooker Championship
  • In snooker, Zhao Xintong of China defeats three-time champion Mark Williams of Wales 18–12 at the World Snooker Championship to win his first championship, becoming the first amateur player and the first Chinese player to do so. (Reuters)

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