Wednesday, May 7, 2025

13 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    Indian airstrikes impact multiple locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least 8 people.

  2. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into India and Indian-administered Kashmir, and claims to have destroyed five Indian fighter jets. Three civilians are killed.

  3. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif declares the Indian attacks to be an act of war and vows further retaliation.

  4. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    A state of emergency is declared in Pakistan's Punjab province following the airstrikes, with all schools in the region being closed. Hospitals and emergency services are placed on high alert.

  5. Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

    According to Hamas officials, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 92 Palestinians, including women, children, and two journalists, and wound at least 86 others.

  6. Palestinian political violence

    Four people are injured, at least two seriously, in a drive-by shooting at a car at the Reihan crossing in the West Bank.

  7. Palestinian political violence

    One person is injured in an attempted car ramming and stabbing in Mount Hebron in the West Bank.

Politics

  1. 2025 papal conclave

    A total of 133 cardinal electors begin the process of electing a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

Crime & Justice

  1. Justice

    A woman is decapitated and a security guard is critically injured in a axe mass stabbing attack by a 22-year-old Polish citizen on the campus of University of Warsaw at an auditorium in Warsaw, Poland. A day of mourning is declared.

  2. Justice

    One student is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack outside the entrance of Santa Ana High School in Orange County, California, United States.

Disasters

  1. Disasters

    Eleven kindergarten teachers are killed in a collision between a minibus and dump truck in Purworejo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.

  2. Disasters

    A Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II ambulance plane crashed in a mountainous region on a night-time flight from Santiago to Arica. Six people were on board the aircraft: two pilots, three medical personnel, and a patient. The wreckage was located the following afternoon, all on board were found dead.

Business

  1. Business

    The Walt Disney Company announces plans to open its seventh theme park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, their first in the Middle East.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for May 7, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.