The edition of
Saturday 17 May 2025
19 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
One person is killed, four others are injured, and significant damage is reported in a car bombing at a fertility clinic near the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirms the explosion was an act of terrorism.
More than 150 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours.
Thirteen Taliban fighters are killed and four others are injured in a bombing at a military base in Darah District, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan. The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan claims responsibility.
A bus evacuating civilians is attacked by a Russian drone near Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, killing nine people and injuring five others.
The chief of the Guyana Defence Force, Omar Khan, says that military reinforcement have been sent to the Cuyuní River area after Venezuelan civilians shot at Guyanese soldiers on Thursday, as tensions between both nations increase over a referendum by Venezuela on the Essequibo.
Three Islamic State gunmen are killed and four others are arrested in Aleppo during a military operation by the armed forces. Weapons, explosives and uniforms with official insignia are seized. A security forces member is also killed in the confrontation.
Hundreds of Rwandan refugees from the 1994 genocide return to Rwanda under the auspices of a United Nations program. The refugees, mostly Hutu civilians, were residing in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Politics
The twelve winning candidates of the Senate election held on May 12 are officially proclaimed as senators-elect. The Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas coalition of President Bongbong Marcos wins the most seats with six. However, one of its members, Senator-elect Camille Villar, is also a candidate of the opposition coalition DuterTen, supported by Vice President Sara Duterte, which won a total of five seats.
Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol leaves the People Power Party a month after the Constitutional Court of Korea removed him from office due to his short-lived declaration of martial law.
The Law
The Supreme Court of Iran overturns a 5-year prison sentence imposed by a Tehran court against singer Amir Tataloo and confirms his death sentence for blasphemy. Tataloo had been extradited from Turkey in 2023.
Three people are killed and another person is critically injured in a mass shooting outside of a nightclub in Seattle, Washington, United States. No arrests have been made.
Eight people are killed in a mass shooting by unidentified gunmen inside a tavern in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A manhunt for the suspects has been launched.
Environment
Two crew members are killed and twenty-five others are injured, including two critically, when Mexican Navy training ship ARM Cuauhtémoc with a crew of 277 people on a festive visit collides with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, New York, United States. A search and rescue operation is currently underway. The bridge suffered no damage, and has since reopened.
The death toll from severe weather yesterday, including likely tornadoes, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Somerset, Kentucky, United States, rises to 31. More severe weather is expected today near the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas.
Five people, including Estonian businessmen Oleg Sõnajalg and Priit Jaagant, are killed when two Robinson R44 civilian helicopters en route to Piikajärvi Airfield collide mid-air and crash into the ground in a forested area near Eura, Satakunta, Finland.
Sport
In English football, Crystal Palace wins the FA Cup after defeating Manchester City 1–0 in the final played at Wembley Stadium in London. It is Crystal Palace's first major trophy in the club's 119-year history.
In association football, Bayern Munich are the defending champions of the Bundesliga after defeating TSG Hoffenheim 4–0 on the final matchday.
In association football, Paris Saint-Germain defeat AJ Auxerre 3–1 to become Ligue 1 champions.
At the Pimlico Race Course, the horse Journalism, jockeyed by Umberto Rispoli, wins the Preakness Stakes.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 17 May 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.