Armed conflicts and attacks

Fifteen Palestinians, mostly women and children, are killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. (CTV News)

• https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel-hamas-war/article/israeli-strikes-on-gaza-kill-11-people-mostly-women-and-children/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on Russia to confirm an unconditional ceasefire before any direct negotiations between the two nations. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-calls-russia-confirm-ceasefire-before-talks-2025-05-11/

Disasters and accidents

A bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims in Kotmale, Sri Lanka, swerves off a cliff, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others. (CTV News)

• https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/passenger-bus-skids-off-a-cliff-in-sri-lanka-killing-21-people-and-injuring-35/

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed, dozens are injured including three critically, and hundreds are displaced in a fire at a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. (WTMJ-TV) (CNN)

• https://wtmj.com/news/2025/05/11/five-dead-three-in-critical-condition-in-milwaukee-apartment-fire/
• https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/us/milwaukee-apartment-fire

Law and crime

The Taliban bans chess in Afghanistan, with a Taliban spokesman saying that chess is considered a form of gambling under Sharia law. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk24dz8ne5o