The day

Tuesday 13 May 2025

14 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   Politics2025 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election

   Sussan Ley is elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Australia following the party's defeat at Saturday's federal election. Ley is the first woman to hold the post.

2. 2

   Sport2024–25 Serie B

   Multiple European and domestic title winners UC Sampdoria are relegated to the third tier of the Italian football league system for the first time in their 78 year history. (), (), ()

3. 3

   Politics2025 Malian protests

   Malian interim president Assimi Goïta signs a decree dissolving all political parties and organizations and bans them from holding meetings following ongoing pro-democracy protests in the capital city Bamako.

4. 4

   CrimeArmed conflict for control of the favelas

   Brazilian Military Police kill the main leader of the Terceiro Comando Puro, a drug trafficking criminal organization, and two other suspected members, in a shootout in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro.

5. 5

   SportMajor League Baseball

   Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announces that all deceased individuals on the permanent ineligible list will be reinstated, allowing players like Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

6. 6

   News2025 Gaza European Hospital strikes

   At least 28 people are killed in an Israeli air strike that struck the Gaza European Hospital, which the Israeli military claims had a Hamas command and control centre beneath the building.

7. 7

   NewsPuntland counter-terrorism operations

   Three Al-Shabaab fighters, including a senior commander, are killed in a coordinated operation by the Somali National Army in Jowle, Mudug, Puntland.

8. 8

   News2025 Russian wildfires

   A state of emergency is declared in Buryatia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia, as firefighters fight wildfires currently burning more than 53,000 hectares.

9. 9

   Money

   Microsoft Inc. abruptly lays off 6,000 people, 3% of its global workforce, citing workforce productivity.

10. 10

    PoliticsPuntland counter-terrorism operations

    A spokesperson for the Puntland Security Force confirms that Puntland has acquired four military helicopters to support ongoing military operations against Islamic State militants in the region.

11. 11

    NewsSyria–United States relations

    US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will lift all sanctions imposed on Syria under the previous regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and expresses willingness to work with the Syrian transitional government.

12. 12

    News

    Fourteen people are killed and four others are hospitalized after drinking toxic liquor in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

13. 13

    News

    Nine people are killed after a truck carrying stones collided with a Federal Reserve Unit truck in Teluk Intan, Malaysia.

14. 14

    Politics

    Prime Minister of Peru Gustavo Adrianzén resigns a day before a vote of censure against him over rising crime in Peru.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 13 May 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.