Sunday 18 May 2025

Three police personnel are killed and two others are injured in a car bombing targeting a police station in Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria.

At least 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last day.

Russia launches 273 drones at Ukraine, the largest such attack since the beginning of the war. The attack comes a day after a round of direct peace talks between the two countries, and a day before Donald Trump's scheduled call with Vladimir Putin.

Four people are killed and twenty others are injured in a bombing near a market in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Several shops collapsed, fires were started and buildings were damaged.

Nicușor Dan is elected President of Romania after winning 53.6% of the vote.

Romanians vote in the second round to choose their president between far-right George Simion and independent-declared centrist and incumbent Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan.

Former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Sang-wook joins the Democratic Party of Korea, three days after he declared support for Lee Jae-myung as the party's presidential candidate and ten days after leaving the conservative party.

The party of Argentina's president, Javier Milei, La Libertad Avanza, wins the Buenos Aires legislative election, with presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni securing the victory.

Citizens in Portugal vote to elect 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic.

Liberal Unification Party presidential candidate Koo Joo-wa resigns from his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election on June 3.

A court in Shiraz, Iran, sentences three people to death over two attacks on a Shiite shrine in 2022 and 2023 in Shiraz and several to others to different prison terms.

Kenyan politician Martha Karua, who legally represents incarcerated Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu, is arrested at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and set for deportation.

Three people are injured, including an 11-year-old, in a mass stabbing attack outside of a house after an altercation in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Three people are killed, including a 5-year-old, and two others are injured, including an infant, when a train strikes five civilians near a bridge in Fremont, Ohio, United States.

Seventeen people are killed and several others are injured in a building fire in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

In association football, PSV Eindhoven wins their 26th total and second consecutive Eredivisie title in the last round after defeating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1.

Everton F.C. play their final game at Goodison Park in Walton, Liverpool, England, the club's home ground for the last 133 years. They will transition to Everton Stadium in Vauxhall starting the 2025–26 season.

In association football, FC Nouadhibou win a record 13th Super D1 title.

In association football, Galatasaray win a record 25th Süper Lig title after defeating Kayserispor 3–0.

In women's association football, Chelsea complete a domestic treble after beating Man United 3–0 in the Women's FA Cup final.

In motorsports, Robert Shwartzman of Prema Racing wins pole position for the Indianapolis 500, the first rookie to do so since 1983.