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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153756" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war" target="_blank">Gaza war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">More than 150 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> have been killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" target="_blank">Israeli</a> strikes in the last 24 hours. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-israel-gaza-hamas-hostages-05-17-2025-baec52efaea911bf56f8ec25758b7011" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-least-58-palestinians-overnight-2025-05-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A bus evacuating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" target="_blank">civilians</a> is attacked by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilopillia" target="_blank">Bilopillia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumy_Oblast" target="_blank">Sumy Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, killing nine people and injuring five others. <a href="https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/05/17/7512650/" target="_blank">(Ukrainska Pravda)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute" target="_blank">Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The chief of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana_Defence_Force" target="_blank">Guyana Defence Force</a>, Omar Khan, says that military reinforcement have been sent to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyun%C3%AD_River" target="_blank">Cuyuní River</a> area after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" target="_blank">Venezuelan</a> civilians shot at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana" target="_blank">Guyanese soldiers</a> on Thursday, as tensions between both nations increase over a referendum by Venezuela on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute" target="_blank">Essequibo</a>. <a href="https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2025/05/17/guyana-refuerza-vigilancia-militar-en-su-frontera-con-venezuela-tras-ataque-a-soldados/™" target="_blank">(Infobae)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State" target="_blank">War against the Islamic State</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_%28Syria%29" target="_blank">Ministry of Interior</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a> announces that its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">armed forces</a> carried out a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operation" target="_blank">military operation</a> in a southern neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo" target="_blank">Aleppo</a>, where it killed a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State" target="_blank">Islamic State</a>, arrested another, and seized weapons, explosives and uniforms with official insignia. A security forces member is also killed in the confrontation. <a href="https://themedialine.org/headlines/syrian-interior-ministry-announces-targeted-operation-against-is-cell-in-aleppo/" target="_blank">(The Media Line)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_sequence_of_May_15%E2%80%9316%2C_2025" target="_blank">Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–16, 2025</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from severe weather yesterday, including likely tornadoes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis%2C_Missouri" target="_blank">St. Louis, Missouri</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset%2C_Kentucky" target="_blank">Somerset, Kentucky</a>, rises to 31. More severe weather is expected today near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" target="_blank">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</a>. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/17/nx-s1-5402053/tornadoes-kentucky-missouri-deaths#:~:text=In%20Kentucky%20at%20least%2024,prayers%20for%20the%20affected%20families." target="_blank">(NPR)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tornado-weather-thunderstorms-great-lakes-22395202a65b0c37cc06c541ea772172" target="_blank">(Associated Press)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Eura_mid-air_collision" target="_blank">2025 Eura mid-air collision</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia" target="_blank">Estonian</a> businessmen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_S%C3%B5najalg" target="_blank">Oleg Sõnajalg</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priit_Jaagant" target="_blank">Priit Jaagant</a>, are killed when two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_R44" target="_blank">Robinson R44</a> civilian helicopters en route to Piikajärvi Airfield <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_collision" target="_blank">collide mid-air</a> and crash into the ground in a forested area near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eura" target="_blank">Eura</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satakunta" target="_blank">Satakunta</a>, Finland. <a href="https://news.err.ee/1609697247/no-survivors-in-finland-crash-of-two-helicopters-that-took-off-from-tallinn" target="_blank">(Eesti Rahvusringhääling)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Rwanda_relations" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hundreds of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" target="_blank">Rwandan</a> refugees of the 1994 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide" target="_blank">Rwandan Genocide</a> return to Rwanda under the auspices of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" target="_blank">United Nations</a> program. The refugees, mostly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu_people" target="_blank">Hutu</a> civilians, were residing in eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congo-rwanda-hutu-refugees-repatriated-un-4ab95e916b1adf601e17d5ea8e235d5a" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran" target="_blank">Capital punishment in Iran</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Iran" target="_blank">Supreme Court of Iran</a> overturns a 5-year prison sentence imposed by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran" target="_blank">Tehran</a> court against singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Tataloo" target="_blank">Amir Tataloo</a> and confirms his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_sentence" target="_blank">death sentence</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy" target="_blank">blasphemy</a>. Tataloo had been extradited from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" target="_blank">Turkey</a> in 2023. <a href="https://newscentral.africa/iran-upholds-death-sentence-for-pop-star-tataloo-on-blasphemy-charges/" target="_blank">(News Central Africa)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_South_Africa" target="_blank">Crime in South Africa</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eight people are killed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> by unidentified gunmen inside a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavern" target="_blank">tavern</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlazi" target="_blank">Umlazi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" target="_blank">KwaZulu-Natal</a>, South Africa. A manhunt for the suspects has been launched. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-africa-bar-mass-shooting-8-dead/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=821723755" target="_blank">(CBS News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">Mass shootings in the United States</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed and another person is critically injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> outside of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightclub" target="_blank">nightclub</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle" target="_blank">Seattle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28state%29" target="_blank">Washington</a>, United States. No arrests have been made. <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/woman-2-men-shot-to-death-outside-seattle-nightclub-mass-shooting-casualty-event-handgun-killing-gun-violence-investigation-police-community-danger-club-bar" target="_blank">(KOMO-TV)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Palm_Springs_fertility_clinic_bombing" target="_blank">2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least one person is killed, five others are injured and significant damage is reported in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_bombing" target="_blank">car bombing</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_clinic" target="_blank">fertility clinic</a> near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Regional_Medical_Center" target="_blank">Desert Regional Medical Center</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Springs%2C_California" target="_blank">Palm Springs</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a>, United States. <a href="https://thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-after-bomb-explodes-outside-reproductive-center-in-downtown-palm-springs/" target="_blank">(The Palm Springs Post)</a> <a href="https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/05/car-explosion-near-desert-regional-hospital-in-palm-springs-california/" target="_blank">(BNO News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing" target="_blank">mass stabbing</a> attack and fight in at a music event in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" target="_blank">London</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank">England</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp85lwllnd7o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" target="_blank">South Korean</a> former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol" target="_blank">Yoon Suk Yeol</a> leaves the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Party_%28South_Korea%29" target="_blank">People Power Party</a> a month after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea" target="_blank">Constitutional Court of Korea</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol" target="_blank">removed him from office</a> due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis" target="_blank">his short-lived declaration of martial law</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-ex-president-yoon-says-he-is-leaving-conservative-party-2025-05-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_general_election" target="_blank">2025 Philippine general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 12 winning candidates of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_Senate_election" target="_blank">Senate election</a> held on May 12, 2025, are officially proclaimed as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" target="_blank">senators</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-elect" target="_blank">-elect</a>. <a href="https://www.inquirer.net/444254/comelec-sets-record-with-early-senate-magic-12-proclamation/" target="_blank">(Inquirer.net)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_17" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153756, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip']Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip[/URL] [LIST] [*]More than 150 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] have been killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces']Israeli[/URL] strikes in the last 24 hours. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-israel-gaza-hamas-hostages-05-17-2025-baec52efaea911bf56f8ec25758b7011'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-least-58-palestinians-overnight-2025-05-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]A bus evacuating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian']civilians[/URL] is attacked by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilopillia']Bilopillia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumy_Oblast']Sumy Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], killing nine people and injuring five others. [URL='https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/05/17/7512650/'](Ukrainska Pravda)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute']Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute[/URL] [LIST] [*]The chief of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana_Defence_Force']Guyana Defence Force[/URL], Omar Khan, says that military reinforcement have been sent to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyun%C3%AD_River']Cuyuní River[/URL] area after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela']Venezuelan[/URL] civilians shot at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana']Guyanese soldiers[/URL] on Thursday, as tensions between both nations increase over a referendum by Venezuela on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute']Essequibo[/URL]. [URL='https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2025/05/17/guyana-refuerza-vigilancia-militar-en-su-frontera-con-venezuela-tras-ataque-a-soldados/™']([I]Infobae[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State']War against the Islamic State[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_%28Syria%29']Ministry of Interior[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL] announces that its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Armed_Forces']armed forces[/URL] carried out a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operation']military operation[/URL] in a southern neighborhood of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo']Aleppo[/URL], where it killed a member of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State']Islamic State[/URL], arrested another, and seized weapons, explosives and uniforms with official insignia. A security forces member is also killed in the confrontation. [URL='https://themedialine.org/headlines/syrian-interior-ministry-announces-targeted-operation-against-is-cell-in-aleppo/'](The Media Line)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_sequence_of_May_15%E2%80%9316%2C_2025']Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–16, 2025[/URL] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The death toll from severe weather yesterday, including likely tornadoes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis%2C_Missouri']St. Louis, Missouri[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset%2C_Kentucky']Somerset, Kentucky[/URL], rises to 31. More severe weather is expected today near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex']Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex[/URL]. [URL='https://www.npr.org/2025/05/17/nx-s1-5402053/tornadoes-kentucky-missouri-deaths#:~:text=In%20Kentucky%20at%20least%2024,prayers%20for%20the%20affected%20families.'](NPR)[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/tornado-weather-thunderstorms-great-lakes-22395202a65b0c37cc06c541ea772172'](Associated Press)[/URL] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Eura_mid-air_collision']2025 Eura mid-air collision[/URL] [LIST] [*]Five people, including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia']Estonian[/URL] businessmen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_S%C3%B5najalg']Oleg Sõnajalg[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priit_Jaagant']Priit Jaagant[/URL], are killed when two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_R44']Robinson R44[/URL] civilian helicopters en route to Piikajärvi Airfield [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_collision']collide mid-air[/URL] and crash into the ground in a forested area near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eura']Eura[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satakunta']Satakunta[/URL], Finland. [URL='https://news.err.ee/1609697247/no-survivors-in-finland-crash-of-two-helicopters-that-took-off-from-tallinn'](Eesti Rahvusringhääling)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Rwanda_relations']Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]Hundreds of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda']Rwandan[/URL] refugees of the 1994 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide']Rwandan Genocide[/URL] return to Rwanda under the auspices of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations']United Nations[/URL] program. The refugees, mostly [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu_people']Hutu[/URL] civilians, were residing in eastern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']Democratic Republic of the Congo[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/congo-rwanda-hutu-refugees-repatriated-un-4ab95e916b1adf601e17d5ea8e235d5a'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran']Capital punishment in Iran[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Iran']Supreme Court of Iran[/URL] overturns a 5-year prison sentence imposed by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran']Tehran[/URL] court against singer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Tataloo']Amir Tataloo[/URL] and confirms his [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_sentence']death sentence[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy']blasphemy[/URL]. Tataloo had been extradited from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey']Turkey[/URL] in 2023. [URL='https://newscentral.africa/iran-upholds-death-sentence-for-pop-star-tataloo-on-blasphemy-charges/'](News Central Africa)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_South_Africa']Crime in South Africa[/URL] [LIST] [*]Eight people are killed in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] by unidentified gunmen inside a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavern']tavern[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlazi']Umlazi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal']KwaZulu-Natal[/URL], South Africa. A manhunt for the suspects has been launched. [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-africa-bar-mass-shooting-8-dead/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=821723755'](CBS News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States']Mass shootings in the United States[/URL] [LIST] [*]Three people are killed and another person is critically injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] outside of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightclub']nightclub[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle']Seattle[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28state%29']Washington[/URL], United States. No arrests have been made. [URL='https://komonews.com/news/local/woman-2-men-shot-to-death-outside-seattle-nightclub-mass-shooting-casualty-event-handgun-killing-gun-violence-investigation-police-community-danger-club-bar'](KOMO-TV)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Palm_Springs_fertility_clinic_bombing']2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least one person is killed, five others are injured and significant damage is reported in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_bombing']car bombing[/URL] at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_clinic']fertility clinic[/URL] near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Regional_Medical_Center']Desert Regional Medical Center[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Springs%2C_California']Palm Springs[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California']California[/URL], United States. [URL='https://thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-after-bomb-explodes-outside-reproductive-center-in-downtown-palm-springs/'](The Palm Springs Post)[/URL] [URL='https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/05/car-explosion-near-desert-regional-hospital-in-palm-springs-california/'](BNO News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Five people are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing']mass stabbing[/URL] attack and fight in at a music event in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London']London[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England']England[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp85lwllnd7o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea']South Korean[/URL] former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol']Yoon Suk Yeol[/URL] leaves the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Party_%28South_Korea%29']People Power Party[/URL] a month after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea']Constitutional Court of Korea[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol']removed him from office[/URL] due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis']his short-lived declaration of martial law[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-ex-president-yoon-says-he-is-leaving-conservative-party-2025-05-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_general_election']2025 Philippine general election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The 12 winning candidates of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Philippine_Senate_election']Senate election[/URL] held on May 12, 2025, are officially proclaimed as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines']senators[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-elect']-elect[/URL]. [URL='https://www.inquirer.net/444254/comelec-sets-record-with-early-senate-magic-12-proclamation/'](Inquirer.net)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_17"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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