The day

Wednesday 14 May 2025

13 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   NewsPalestinian political violence

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

2. 2

   News

   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. 3

   NewsSyria–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.

4. 4

   NewsOperation 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.

5. 5

   NewsIsraeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

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

6. 6

   NewsIsraeli invasion of Lebanon

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

7. 7

   PoliticsDeportation 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.

8. 8

   News

   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.

9. 9

   CrimeImmigration to Argentina

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

10. 10

    News

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

11. 11

    NewsChina–Colombia relations

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

12. 12

    Crime

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

13. 13

    Crime

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

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