The edition of
Wednesday 7 May 2025
13 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into India and Indian-administered Kashmir, and claims to have destroyed five Indian fighter jets. Three civilians are killed.
Indian airstrikes impact multiple locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least 8 people.
Four people are injured, at least two seriously, in a drive-by shooting at a car at the Reihan crossing in the West Bank.
A state of emergency is declared in Pakistan's Punjab province following the airstrikes, with all schools in the region being closed. Hospitals and emergency services are placed on high alert.
According to Hamas officials, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 92 Palestinians, including women, children, and two journalists, and wound at least 86 others.
Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif declares the Indian attacks to be an act of war and vows further retaliation.
One person is injured in an attempted car ramming and stabbing in Mount Hebron in the West Bank.
Politics
A total of 133 cardinal electors begin the process of electing a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.
Business
The Walt Disney Company announces plans to open its seventh theme park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, their first in the Middle East.
The Law
A woman is decapitated and a security guard is critically injured in a axe mass stabbing attack by a 22-year-old Polish citizen on the campus of University of Warsaw at an auditorium in Warsaw, Poland. A day of mourning is declared.
One student is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack outside the entrance of Santa Ana High School in Orange County, California, United States.
Environment
A Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II ambulance plane crashed in a mountainous region on a night-time flight from Santiago to Arica. Six people were on board the aircraft: two pilots, three medical personnel, and a patient. The wreckage was located the following afternoon, all on board were found dead.
Eleven kindergarten teachers are killed in a collision between a minibus and dump truck in Purworejo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 7 May 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.