Armed conflicts and attacks

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. (The Hindu)

• https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-balochistan-killa-abdullah-market-bomb-blast/article69592770.ece

Arts and culture

The papal inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV is held at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. (Sky News)

• https://news.sky.com/story/pope-leo-inauguration-live-world-leaders-and-royals-to-attend-event-as-tens-of-thousands-gather-in-vatican-city-13369202

Law and crime

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. (The Times of Israel)

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-sentences-3-to-death-over-islamic-state-claimed-attacks-on-shiite-shrine-in-shiraz/

Law and crime

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. (France 24)

• https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250518-kenyan-politician-lawyer-for-tanzania-opposition-leader-arrested

Law and crime

Six people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a mass stabbing attack when a Syrian national stabs a group of football fans with a swordstick and knives outside of a bar in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (Euronews) (BNO News)

• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/18/bielefeld-revellers-attacked-outside-a-bar-police-classify-the-offence-as-planned-assault
• https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/05/5-injured-in-stabbing-attack-in-germany-syrian-suspect-at-large/

Law and crime

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. (Der Spiegel)

• https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/halle-saale-mann-verletzt-mehrere-menschen-darunter-auch-kinder-a-af3ceea0-55d7-4c90-b38d-e40fd1d3d2a5

Politics and elections

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. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/romania-election-polls-open-in-tight-presidential-runoff/live-72578992

Politics and elections

Nicușor Dan is elected President of Romania after winning 53.6% of the vote. (CNBC) (DW)

• https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/18/romanian-centrist-dan-poised-to-win-presidency-over-hard-right-rival.html
• https://www.dw.com/en/romania-election-pro-eu-centrist-nicusor-dan-wins-runoff/live-72578992

Politics and elections

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

• https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250518040100001#:~:text=%EC%B5%9C%EC%8B%A0%EB%89%B4%EC%8A%A4-,%EC%9E%90%EC%9C%A0%ED%86%B5%EC%9D%BC%EB%8B%B9,-%EA%B5%AC%EC%A3%BC%EC%99%80%20%EB%8C%80%EC%84%A0%20%ED%9B%84%EB%B3%B4

Sports

In men's volleyball, Umbria Volley Perugia beats Warta Zawiercie 3–2 to win the CEV Champions League. (Volley Times) (World of Volley)

• https://volleytimes.com/2025/05/18/champions-league-perugia-rejected-alurons-comeback-to-take-2025-title-bronze-for-jastrzebski/
• https://worldofvolley.com/

Sports

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

• https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/18/european-football-la-liga-serie-a-napoli-inter-eredivisie-psv-ajax

Sports

In association football, FC Nouadhibou win a record 13th Super D1 title. (Meczyki (in Polish))

• https://www.meczyki.pl/newsy/pilka-nozna/polski-trener-podbija-afryke-wlasnie-siegnal-po-mistrzostwo-kraju/270493

Sports

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

• https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/clyrj9271pzt

Sports

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

• https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c5yegvjzq0vt#Report