Monday, May 12, 2025

10 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. Gaza war hostage crisis

    Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander is released by Hamas after being kept in captivity in Gaza for 19 months since the October 7 attack.

  2. 2025 Tripoli clashes

    Clashes erupt between rival militia gunmen from the 444th Brigade and the Stability Support Apparatus in Tripoli, Libya, after the assassination of Commander Abdel Ghani al-Kikli. Six people are injured, and a state of emergency is declared by authorities.

  3. Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency

    At its 12th Congress, the Kurdistan Workers' Party announces an immediate halt to its insurgent activities in Turkey and plans for its formal dissolution.

  4. Myanmar civil war

    The National Unity Government of Myanmar says that an airstrike by junta forces killed 17 students and injured 20 others at a school in Tabayin, Sagaing Region.

  5. Syrian civil war

    The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by Islamic State militants are found in a search by Qatar and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in the remote town of Dabiq, Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

  6. World

    Unknown gunmen attack a Chinese artisanal gold mine in Narena, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing one Malian and two others from Ghana, and abducting two Chinese nationals.

World

  1. China–United States trade war

    The U.S. and China agree to a trade deal in which, for 90 days, U.S. tariffs on most Chinese goods will drop from 145% to 30%, while China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods will drop from 125% to 10%.

  2. Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration

    The first group of Afrikaners arrive in the United States after U.S. president Donald Trump grants refugee status to the white minority group, who Trump says face a "genocide" in the South African farm attacks. The government of South Africa rejects the claims.

Politics

  1. 2025 Philippine general election

    Filipinos vote to elect all 317 members of the House of Representatives and 12 members of the Senate, in addition to local elections.

Disasters

  1. Disasters

    Thirteen people are killed by an expired ammunition explosion in Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for May 12, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.