Portal:Current events/2015 May 27
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
- Islamic State militants have carried out multiple Iraqi Army in Anbar Province killing at least 17 people. (AP)
- Islamic State militants have carried out multiple
Disasters and accidents
- At least 12 people, associated with the Kangleyuan Rest Home in the Chinese city of Pingdingshan in Henan province which was destroyed by fire with the loss of 38 lives, are detained for questioning. (AP)
- A sixth person is found to have died in this week's floods in Harris County, Texas, which contains the city of Houston. (Houston Chronicle)
- 2015 Indian heat wave
- The death toll in the two worst affected states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana passes 800. (Times of India)
International relations
- Representatives from the United States, Japan and South Korea meet in Seoul on how to respond to North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (AP)
- Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair resigns as the peace envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- FIFA corruption scandal
- Six FIFA officials are detained in Switzerland for extradition to the United States in relation to allegations of corruption between the 1990s and now. Those arrested include Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Eugenio Figueredo and José Maria Marin. (AP), (BBC), (Washington Post)
- Swiss federal prosecutors open criminal procedures in relation to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. (AP)
- FIFA suspends eleven people from involvement in football over the scandal. (AP)[permanent dead link]
- The Governor Pete Ricketts. (Lincoln Journal Star)
- The parliament of Greenland unanimously votes to legalize same-sex marriage by 1 October, 2015. (The Local)
Politics
- The Queen's Speech is delivered. (BBC)
- The election for June 18. (Reuters via Straits Times)
- nomination of the Republican Party in the 2016 United States presidential election. (Washington Post)
Science and technology
- U.S. Air Force approval to launch military satellites. (AFP via News24)
Sport
- 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
- In FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk of Ukraine 3-2 with Colombian striker Carlos Bacca scoring twice in the final. (CNN)
- In
- 2015 NBA Finals
- In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Houston Rockets 104-90 to win the Western Conference 4-1 and go to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1975. (Bleacher Report)