May 1
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Members of Alice Springs' Aboriginal community in Northern Territory, Australia, clash with police outside a hospital where a man charged with the murder of a five-year-old Warlpiri girl is being treated, demanding the suspect be punished under traditional law. This follows a five-day search for the missing girl with large community participation before she was confirmed dead.
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The Guardian 
The European Parliament backs a special tribunal for Russia.
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Euromaidan Press
April 30
Arts and culture
The jury of the Venice Biennale in Italy resigns ahead of the exhibition's opening, amid disagreement involving the government over Russia's participation.
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Lethbridge Herald
Reporters Without Borders reports that global press freedom has declined to its lowest level since the index began in 2002, with more than half of countries classified under severe conditions and the share of the world's population living in countries with strong press freedom falling to below one percent.
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AFP via France 24
Politics and elections
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approves a bill passed by the Senate to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in an effort to end the 76-day government shutdown.
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Politico
The bill is signed by U.S. president Donald Trump, officially bringing an end to the shutdown.
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PBS
Antiguans and Barbudans vote to elect 17 members of the House of Representatives. Incumbent prime minister and Labour leader Gaston Browne, who is running for a fourth term, is being challenged by United Progressive leader Jamale Pringle.
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Reuters
Russia announces the creation of a censorship council.
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The Moscow Times
Law and crime
Thirty-eight-year-old Christopher Okello Onyum is sentenced to death by hanging for the murders of four children at a nursery school on April 2 in Kampala, Uganda.
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BBC News
Myanmar's president Min Aung Hlaing orders the remaining prison sentence of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be served under house arrest and announces a one-sixth reduction of sentences for all prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Taipei Times
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel carries out a series of airstrikes across multiple locations in Lebanon, killing at least 32 people.
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Al Jazeera
Russia says that it will continue its military presence in Mali to provide assistance to the Malian government.
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Reuters
Talks between participants from the Taliban government in Afghanistan and Pakistan are held in Istanbul, Turkey under a Track 1.5 format in an effort to lower tensions between the two countries.
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Pakistan Today
More than 1,000 homes are evacuated in Plymouth, England, following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era German SC250 bomb on a building site.
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Sky News
Business and economy
United States president Donald Trump announces that he will lift tariffs on all whisky products, including Scotch whisky.
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Politico
International relations
The first direct commercial flight from the United States to Venezuela in seven years arrives at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas.
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AP
Disasters and accidents
Residents of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, upload videos to social media appearing to show oil raining from the sky as authorities say the fire at the Tuapse oil terminal has now been extinguished after days of burning.
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Al Jazeera
Camp Mystic in Texas, U.S., withdraws an application to reopen during the summer in the wake of the floods last year, which killed 25 campers and two counsellors.
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NBC News
Science and technology
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Daily Pakistan
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Ukrainian News
April 29
Armed conflicts and attacks
Two Jewish men are injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green, London, England, which police describe as a terrorist attack. A 45-year-old man is arrested, and a political motive is being investigated.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warAntisemitism during the 2026 Iran war2026 London antisemitic attacks2026 Golders Green attack
Source:
The Guardian
The Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia takes responsibility for the attack.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warAntisemitism during the 2026 Iran war2026 London antisemitic attacks2026 Golders Green attack
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i24NEWS TV
Anadolu Agency reports that Pakistan is working silently to break the ongoing deadlock between the Iran and the United States in ceasefire talks, including finding a new "formula" for an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's nuclear program.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
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Pakistan Today
United States president Donald Trump says that he rejected an Iranian offer to end the Strait of Hormuz closure in exchange for lifting the naval blockade of Iran, and that the blockade will continue until an agreement is reached on Iran's nuclear program.
Source:
Axios
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi confirms that the Japan-flagged crude oil tanker has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first direct passage of a Japanese oil tanker to cross the waterway since the war began on February 28.
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Newsweek
reports that the USS will exit the Middle East and return to the U.S. state of Virginia in the coming days around mid-May after spending 10 months at sea.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
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WTKR
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger bus in Voznesenovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia.
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Al-Arabiya
A Ukrainian SBU drone strikes an oil refinery near Perm, Perm Krai, Russia, causing a large fire at the facility.
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AP
During a phone call with U.S. president Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin offers a ceasefire for Victory Day on May 9.
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Kyiv Independent
Three police officers are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting when gunmen open fire on a police patrol in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
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Al Jazeera
Business and economy
American technology company Alphabet Inc. announces a $40 billion investment into artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic.
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Reuters
Finnish elevator manufacturer Kone announces the acquisition of its German competitor, TK Elevator, in a €29.4 billion (US$34.4 billion) deal, described by Bloomberg L.P. as one of Europe's largest private equity-related takeovers and the largest corporate acquisition in Finland.
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Bloomberg
International relations
A local board in the Auckland Region of New Zealand rejects a proposal to install a memorial statue for World War II-era comfort women in Takapuna following public consultation and diplomatic representations from Japan.
Source:
AFP via ABS-CBN News
Law and crime
The United States Supreme Court rules that Louisiana's new redistricting map from 2024 is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Source:
Reuters
The Thai corrections department approves the early release of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a one-year prison sentence for corruption, citing his age and the limited time remaining on his sentence, with his release subject to probation conditions.
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AFP via France 24
The Seoul High Court increases former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's sentence to seven years in prison for obstruction of justice and abuse of power, citing his use of presidential security personnel to interfere with his arrest and other actions.
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AFP via France 24
Police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, arrest 276 individuals linked to a transnational fraud network in a joint operation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Chinese police, targeting multiple criminal groups and dismantling several scam centers involved in investment and cryptocurrency scams.
Crime in the United Arab EmiratesChina–United Arab Emirates relationsUnited Arab Emirates–United States relations
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Arab News
The United States charges Rubén Rocha Moya, the current governor of Sinaloa, Mexico, and nine other current and former politicians, with alleged drug and weapons trafficking charges and allegedly working with Mexican cartels, including Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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CNN
A 21-year-old is detained in Rome, Italy, for shooting and wounding two people with a non-lethal airsoft gun during the celebrations for Liberation Day four days ago. The suspect claims to be affiliated with the Jewish Brigade, whose representatives deny his involvement with the group.
Source:
Il Messaggero
Disasters and accidents
At least 16 people including 6 child and 7 women are killed and around 25 others are injured after a pickup truck carrying 46 laborers overturns and collides with an SUV in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Source:
The Statesman
Two people are killed and 11 others are injured when a Diamond DA42 Twin Star crashes into a hangar at Parafield Airport in South Australia.
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BBC News
Health and environment
A barge carrying Timmy, a humpback whale that has been stranded off Germany's coast in the Baltic Sea for several weeks, departs for the North Sea where Timmy is set to be freed. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern environment minister Till Backhaus says the whale is showing signs of good health.
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AP
Politics and elections
U.S. president Donald Trump says his administration will be soon releasing more classified files and videos related to UFOs and "related material", adding that he had spoken to air force pilots who had seen "things you wouldn't believe".
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NDTV
The Brazilian federal senate rejects attorney general Jorge Messias's nomination to the Supreme Federal Court in a 42–34 secret ballot, marking the first such rejection in more than a century.
Source:
Firstpost
April 28
Disasters and accidents
Seven people are killed and 13 others are injured in a fire at a private construction site in Aeroport District, Moscow, Russia.
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Xinhua
Sports
In Canadian football, the 70th edition of the CFL draft is held, with the Ottawa Redblacks selecting former Purdue Boilermakers offensive lineman Giordano Vaccaro with the first overall pick.
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Sportsnet
Armed conflicts and attacks
Three paramedics are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Majdal Zoun, Lebanon, while responding to the scene of a previous airstrike against a building, which killed two more people.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
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Al Jazeera
The Tuapse oil terminal fire in Tuapse, Russia, grows larger following the third Ukrainian drone strike on the facility in two weeks.
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)2026 Tuapse oil terminal disaster
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BBC News
Ukraine reports intercepting more than 33,000 Russian drones in March, the highest monthly total since the start of the full-scale invasion.
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AP
Colombian police arrest José Vitonco, an alleged guerrilla leader linked to FARC dissident leader Iván Mordisco, in connection with a deadly highway bombing in Cauca Department.
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AFP via RTHK
Malian president and military leader Assimi Goïta meets with Russian ambassador to the nation, Igor Gromyko, marking the former's first public appearance since a rebel offensive began three days ago.
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Al Jazeera
A series of clashes between delinquent cells took place in various part of the municipality of Tecoanapa, Guerrero. The balance of the violence is unknown, but is reported the use of drone bombing and attack against civil infrastructure and the reinforcement of government forces in the area.
Source:
La Jornada
Politics and elections
The U.S. Senate blocks a resolution by Democrats that would force a vote to limit U.S president Donald Trump's powers in launching military action in Cuba.
Source:
Reuters
The Kosovan legislature fails to elect a president by the constitutional deadline due to insufficient votes, raising the likelihood of early parliamentary elections.
Source:
AA
Business and economy
Source:
Reuters
Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet inform the Indian government that the country's airline industry is on the verge of "stopping operations" because of cost increases related to the Strait of Hormuz closure and the Iran war.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Law and crime
The U.S. justice department indicts David Morens, an ex-adviser to the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, for allegedly concealing federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic related to the origin of COVID-19.
Source:
The Guardian
Five people are injured in a shooting spree between a social security office and a courthouse in Athens, Greece. The 89-year-old suspect fled the scene, but was arrested at a bus stop in Patras.
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BBC News
A Bahraini high court sentences five people, including two Afghans, to life in prison for plotting "terrorist and hostile acts" with Iran, while another 25 people receive up to ten years for supporting "terrorist acts".
Source:
Firstpost
The Seoul High Court sentences former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee to four years in prison after convicting her of stock price manipulation and bribery, overturning her earlier acquittal on market-related charges.
Source:
AFP via France 24
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicts former FBI director James Comey on two counts for allegedly threatening president Donald Trump on social media. This is the second time Comey has been indicted by the DOJ after a previous indictment in 2025.
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NPR
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court dismisses a corruption case against Gulnara Karimova, daughter of former Uzbek president Islam Karimov.
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Financial Times