Saturday, May 10, 2025

13 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

    At least 23 Palestinians are killed, including three children, in overnight Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Palestine.

  2. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    Pakistan announces Operation Bunyanun Marsoos, the start of large-scale military action against India.

  3. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    Pakistan Air Force warplanes launch airstrikes throughout India with missile strikes targeting Udhampur, Pathankot Airport and a BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas City, Punjab. PAF reportedly downed 6 india jets including S 400 battery.

  4. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    A Pakistani Fatah-II missile is intercepted over the city of Sirsa in the Indian state of Haryana.

  5. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    India announces the temporary closure of its airspace over the northern and western regions of the country until May 14.

  6. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    United States President Donald Trump and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announce a full and immediate ceasefire between India and Pakistan, mediated by the U.S. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri later confirms the ceasefire as well.

  7. 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

    Violations of the ceasefire and new clashes are reported shortly after the announcement of the agreement.

  8. Kordofan campaign

    At least 20 prisoners are killed and 45 others are injured in an airstrike by the Rapid Support Forces on a prison in Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.

  9. Ecuadorian conflict

    Ecuador announces a three-day mourning period after eleven soldiers are killed in an ambush by guerrillas.

Politics

  1. Politics

    The government of Bangladesh bans the Awami League party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year during mass protests, before her flight to India.

Disasters

  1. Disasters

    At least seven people die and others are injured over two districts in Mogadishu, Somalia, after a flood triggered by severe rainfall sweeps infrastructure including Aden Adde Airport. The rain also collapses nine houses and floods over 200 others.

  2. Disasters

    Four people are injured and 150,000 people are issued health warnings and stay-indoors orders when a chemical plant catches fire in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, Spain.

Science & Tech

  1. Soviet space program

    Kosmos 482, a failed Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, re-enters Earth's atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia, according to Roscosmos.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for May 10, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.