Current events: 2025-05-14

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • Israeli airstrikes kill at least 70 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
  • Palestinian political violence
    • Two people, including a pregnant woman, are critically wounded in a shooting near Brukhin in the West Bank. (The Jerusalem Post) (YNet)
• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • The Israel Defense Forces claim that a drone strike in Qaaqaait al-Jisr, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, killed a Hezbollah commander. (The Times of Israel)

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Operation Black Forest
    • 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. (The Hindustan Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 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. (AP)

International relations

• Syria–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa during a trip in Saudi Arabia prior to departing for Qatar. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon signs a law decriminalizing the "liking" of posts on social media publicly calling for terrorism or other serious crimes. (Reuters)
• Russian election observer {{ill|Grigory Melkonyants|ru|Мельконьянц, Григорий Аркадьевич}} is convicted on charges of working with an "undesirable organization" and sentenced to five years in prison. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

• Deportation of undocumented Afghans from 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. (AMU TV)

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