Portal:Current events/2011 May 25
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A suicide bomber attacks a police station in Peshawar, killing at least seven people. (AFP via Yahoo! News), (AFP via France 24) (CNN)
- 2011 Libyan civil war. (CNN)
- Police in the eastern European state of Georgia use teargas to disperse a protest in central Tbilisi. (Al-Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Veteran talk show host Oprah Winfrey presents her final Oprah Winfrey Show, after 25 years on air. (BBC)
- tenth season winner of American Idol.
Business and economy
- An influential investor and stock trader, Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference. (Reuters)
Disasters
- Grímsvötn eruption:
- Flights are also cancelled in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. (Sky News)
- Powerful storms and tornadoes continue across the Central United States, claiming at least 10 more lives across Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma. (CNN)
- Two of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (CNN)
- At least 12 people die after an
International relations
- Barack Obama, the President of the United States, addresses the Parliament of the United Kingdom. (Los Angeles Times)
- French Minister for Finance, announces her candidacy to be head of the International Monetary Fund. (New York Times)(CNN)
- peace. (BBC) (The Jerusalem Post)
- Kim Jong-il arrives in Beijing for a meeting with the President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao. (Yonhap)
Law and crime
- 2011 Tucson shootings, is found to be incompetent to face a trial because of mental health issues. (ABC Australia)
- Brian David Mitchell gets a lifetime sentence for kidnapping Elizabeth Smart in 2002 and holding her captive for nine months. [1]