Wednesday, May 14, 2025

13 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

    Israeli airstrikes kill at least 80 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip.

  2. Palestinian political violence

    Two Israelis, including a pregnant woman and her child, are critically wounded in a shooting near Brukhin in the West Bank.

  3. Israeli invasion of Lebanon

    The Israel Defense Forces claim that a drone strike in Qaaqaait al-Jisr, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, killed a Hezbollah commander.

  4. Operation Black Forest

    Indian authorities declare a "major success" in a military operation against Naxal insurgents in the border between the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, killing 31 militants, including top leaders of the Maoist group.

World

  1. China–Colombia relations

    Colombia joins China's Belt and Road Initiative during the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing.

  2. Syria–United States relations

    U.S. president Donald Trump meets with Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa during a trip to Saudi Arabia prior to departing for Qatar, marking the first meeting between a U.S. and Syrian president since 2000.

Politics

  1. Deportation of undocumented Afghans from Pakistan

    Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi says that more than 1 million Afghans have been deported back to Afghanistan since November 2023 as Pakistani authorities intensify a crackdown on illegal immigration.

Crime & Justice

  1. Immigration to Argentina

    Argentine president Javier Milei orders restrictions on immigration to Argentina, saying that immigrants are bringing "chaos and abuse" to Argentina.

  2. Justice

    Tajik president Emomali Rahmon signs a law decriminalizing the "liking" of posts on social media publicly calling for terrorism or other serious crimes.

  3. Justice

    Russian election observer Grigory Melkonyants is convicted on charges of working with an "undesirable organization" and sentenced to five years in prison.

Disasters

  1. Disasters

    Two hikers are found dead and seven others are rescued after they were swept away by a river while hiking near Didier Waterfall on the island of Martinique.

  2. Disasters

    Two Japanese Air Force pilots are killed after their Kawasaki T-4 aircraft crashes into a reservoir minutes after taking off from Komaki Air Base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

  3. Disasters

    Twenty-one people are killed after a tanker truck collided with two other vehicles on Federal Highway 135D near Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for May 14, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.