Portal:Current events/2025 May 7

May 7, 2025 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2025 India–Pakistan standoff
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
  - 2025 India–Pakistan strikes
    - Indian airstrikes impact multiple locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least 8 people. (Reuters) (India Today)
    - Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into India and Indian-administered Kashmir, and claims to have destroyed five Indian fighter jets. Three civilians are killed. (The Express Tribune) (Al Jazeera)
    - Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif declares the Indian attacks to be an act of war and vows further retaliation. (ABC News)
    - A state of emergency is declared in Pakistan's Punjab province following the airstrikes, with all schools in the region being closed. Hospitals and emergency services are placed on high alert. (The Express Tribune)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
  - Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    - According to Hamas officials, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 92 Palestinians, including women, children, and two journalists, and wound at least 86 others. (AP)
  - U.S. President Donald Trump states that there will be news regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages "probably in the next 24 hours". (Reuters)
- Palestinian political violence
  - Four people are injured, at least two seriously, in a drive-by shooting at a car at the Reihan crossing in the West Bank. (YNet) (Times of Israel) (Arutz Sheva)
  - One person is injured in an attempted car ramming and stabbing in Mount Hebron in the West Bank. (YNet)

Business and economy

The Walt Disney Company announces plans to open its seventh theme park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, their first in the Middle East. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Eleven kindergarten teachers are killed in a collision between a minibus and dump truck in Purworejo Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. (AP)

Law and crime

A woman is decapitated and a security guard is critically injured in a axe mass stabbing attack by a 22-year-old Polish citizen on the campus of University of Warsaw at an auditorium in Warsaw, Poland. A day of mourning is declared. (Reuters) (BBC News)
One student is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack outside the entrance of Santa Ana High School in Orange County, California, United States. (KTLA)
The Real ID requirement takes effect at U.S. airports. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

2025 papal conclave
- A total of 133 cardinal electors begin the process of electing a new pope following the death of Pope Francis. (The Guardian)
- The conclave's first ballot fails to elect a new pope. (The Washington Post)