The edition of
Friday 9 May 2025
9 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
French president Emmanuel Macron and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk signs a treaty committing both sides to mutual assistance.
The Indian Air Force strikes Pakistan Air Force Base Nur Khan in Punjab, Pakistan, with cruise missiles with reports of multiple explosions. The Pakistan Armed Forces says the airbase has come under attack from air-to-surface missiles and that air defences are engaging hostile targets over Pakistani airspace.
Pakistan closes its airspace to all non-military flights saying the Indian Armed Forces has launched ballistic missiles at the country.
Nine soldiers are injured in an improvised explosive device explosion in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, Palestine.
The Security Service of Ukraine arrests two people on suspicion of spying for Hungary in Zakarpattia Oblast, which is home to an ethnic minority of over 150,000 Hungarians. The Hungarian foreign ministry expels two Ukrainian diplomats in response to the allegations, characterizing them as anti-Hungarian.
Environment
Six people are killed and six others are injured when a Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter crashes into the Maduru Oya river in Sri Lanka.
A 39-year-old Dutch diver dies during preparations for the salvage operation of the Bayesian yacht which sunk in 2024.
At least 62 people are killed following floods caused by heavy rain along Lake Tanganyika in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sport
In cricket, the 2025 Pakistan Super League is suspended indefinitely due to the ongoing military action between India and Pakistan.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 9 May 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.