Portal:Current events/2015 May 25
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- give support to some elements of Syrian opposition. Over a million Syrian refugees live in Turkish territory, including many Syrian opposition figures. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
- A Tunisian Army soldier is killed after a shooting rampage in which 7 fellow soldiers are killed and 10 others injured in their barracks in Tunis. (AP via Fox News) (AFP via News24)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Arts and culture
- Australia announces that it will repatriate the bodies of up to 25 soldiers killed in the early stages of the Vietnam War. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Disasters and accidents
- Nine railway carriages of the Muri Express derail in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, killing one and injuring more than 100 people. (Zee News)
- Tornadoes of 2015
- A tornado kills at least thirteen people in the Mexican city of Ciudad Acuña and injures 88. (Reuters)
- 2015 India heat wave
- The death toll from an Indian heat wave rises to 432 in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with extreme conditions forecast to continue. (Times of India)
- At least 38 people are killed and 6 injured in a Henan Province. (BBC)
- Emergency workers have recovered the final bodies from a collapsed ]
International relations
- Malaysia summons a Philippines diplomat over a dispute regarding the ownership of Sabah. (Rappler)
- The People's Republic of China lodges an official complaint with the United States over a flight by an alleged spy plane over parts of the South China Sea. (Reuters)
- The government of Sudan denies allegations from South Sudan that it is supporting rebels threatening oil fields in its southern neighbour. (Reuters via Daily Star)
Law and crime
- Malaysia announces the discovery of 139 mass graves near the border with Thailand with some graves containing more than one body. (Reuters viaDaily Mail)
- Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert is sentenced to eight months in jail following a conviction on corruption charges for unlawfully accepting multiple envelopes with cash from an American supporter. There are 3 more criminals prosecutions against him. (BBC), (AP via The Guardian)
Politics
- David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, outlines who will be able to vote in the referendum on the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union with the vote restricted to those eligible to vote in British elections rather than European Parliament elections. (AP via WTOP)
- Surinamese general election, 2015
- Voters in Suriname go to the polls for a general election. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Two recent polls indicate that the ruling party in June 7 election. (Reuters)