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May 1

Disasters and accidents

At least twelve people are killed while 37 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision at the Tarlac City toll plaza of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in Tarlac, Philippines.
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Politics and elections

Acting President of South Korea Han Duck-soo resigns, indicating a possible run in the upcoming presidential election.
Source: Yonhap external link
Finance minister Choi Sang-mok, the next person in the presidential line of succession, resigns a few hours later.
Source: Yonhap external link
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Armed conflicts and attacks

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reports that nine field executions were conducted against members of the Syrian Druze community amid an outbreak of sectarian clashes. Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri characterizes the killings as part of a "genocidal campaign".
Source: SOHR external link
Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif appeals to Israel to intervene against ongoing massacres.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
An overnight Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 15 others. High-rise apartments, residential homes, a supermarket and a school were among those targeted, according to Governor of Odesa Oblast Oleh Kiper.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

The world's oldest person, Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, dies at the age of 116 years and 326 days. The new oldest living person is British supercentenarian Ethel Caterham, who is the last person born in the 1900s decade, the last living subject of King Edward VII, and the oldest British person ever.
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Sports

The Football Association bans transgender women from women's football in England from 1 June after amending its eligibility criteria.
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Law and crime

The Prosecutors of South Korea indict former president Yoon Suk-yeol of abuse of authority after he declared martial law in December 2024.
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A U.S. district judge finds that Apple willfully violated an injunction in a case brought by Epic Games. The injunction was supposed to block Apple from anti-competitive conduct and pricing, opening the App Store up to outside payment options.
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In the wake of the Signalgate scandal, Mike Waltz and Alex Nelson Wong resign as U.S. National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor respectively, marking the first resignations during the second Trump administration. U.S. President Donald Trump later nominates Waltz to the position of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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Kenyan parliament member Charles Ong'ondo is shot to death in Nairobi by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle in an apparent assassination.
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The Supreme Court of South Korea overturns the acquittal judgement of Democratic Party presidential candidate and former leader Lee Jae-myung over violation of election law. The court orders the case to be sent back to Seoul High Court.
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Business and economy

The United States and Ukraine sign the Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement to share profits from the future sales of Ukraine's mineral and energy reserves.
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April 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

The South Korean intelligence agency claims North Korean troops suffered some 4,700 casualties so far, including about 600 of the 15,000 North Korean troops that were killed while fighting for Russia against Ukraine and injuries.
Source: CBC News external link
The Royal Air Force launches airstrikes on buildings they claimed were used by the Houthis to manufacture drones south of Sanaa, Yemen.
Source: CTV News external link
Puntland releases fifteen prisoners of war in exchange for Somaliland releasing eleven combatants captured during the conflict in the contested Sool region. This is the second prisoner exchange of prisoners captured during the conflict in Las Anod.
Source: Horn Observer external link
The Colombian government says fifteen police officers and twelve soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks by the Gulf Clan cartel and other armed groups.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

Amid strengthening ties between Taiwan and Somaliland, the Somali government announces a ban on the entry and transit of Taiwanese passport holders through Somalia citing United Nations Resolution 2758 and the . In response, Taiwan warns its citizens against traveling to Somaliland or Somalia and lodges a protest with the Somali government.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: The Washington Post external link

Law and crime

An American citizen detained in Belarus after being accused of being part of a US-backed coup to oust Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is released from the country. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the release.
Source: KCRA external link

Disasters and accidents

Wildfires rage out of control in at least 100 different locations throughout Israel and the West Bank, prompting the Israeli government to declare a state of emergency and forcing evacuations near Jerusalem. At least 40 people are reportedly injured due to the fires.
Source: CNN external link

April 29

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-two people are killed and three others are injured after a fire breaks out in a restaurant in Liaoyang, Liaoning, China.
Source: CNA external link
Three people are killed and two others are injured when scaffolding collapses at a developing liquefied natural gas plant in Port Arthur, Texas, United States.
Source: Times Now external link
Fifteen people are killed, including two children, and thirteen others are injured in a fire at a hotel in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Source: The Telegraph external link
Eighteen Russians are injured in a bus crash in Side, Turkey.
Source: Telegrafi external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar says that India intends to launch a military strike on Pakistan within the next 24 to 36 hours.
Source: Reuters external link
Gunmen reported to be aligned with the Syrian government engage in fatal clashes with armed Druze combatants in the Druze-majority city of Jaramana in southern Syria. At least 13 people are killed, and 12 others are injured.
Source: CTV News external link
At least 26 people are killed when a truck hits a roadside bomb in Borno State, Nigeria.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A 38-year-old man suspected of seriously injuring two women on Saturday in a shooting and crossbow attack on the Otley Run pub crawl in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, succumbs to a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the hospital. It is confirmed that the perpetrator's motive was misogyny.
Source: BBC News external link

Law and crime

Alejandro Gertz Manero, Attorney General of Mexico, concluded that the Izaguirre Ranch was used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as a recruitment camp between 2021 and 2024, but found no evidence that it served as an extermination site.
Source: AP external link
Three people are killed in a shooting at a hair salon in Uppsala, Sweden, with the perpetrator still at large.
Source: BBC News external link
Three people are killed and two others are seriously injured in a mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Politics and elections

President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs a decree restoring the "Stalingrad" name to the Volgograd Airport.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

At least five fatalities are reported in Spain as a consequence of the power outage that affected the Iberian Peninsula the day before.
Source: ABC.es external link