Portal:Current events/2025 May 15

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Islamist militant group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin claims it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a military base on Sunday in Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso. They also claimed responsibility for the Diapaga attack this week at a military post in Loroum Province that killed 60 soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
• Papua conflict
  • The Indonesian military confirms that 18 Papuan separatists and three civilians were killed in yesterday's military operation in Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. (Reuters) (detikcom)

Arts and culture

• A long-lost version of the British Magna Carta, dating to 1300 in the reign of King Edward I, is believed to have been found at Harvard University in the United States. (BBC) (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Canadian wildfires
  • Two people are killed and more than 1,000 others evacuate after wildfires spread across central Manitoba, Canada. (Euronews)
• Sinking of the Bayesian
  • British investigators say the cause of the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht that killed seven people, including billionaire tech magnate Mike Lynch in Italy in 2024, is from being knocked over by extreme wind and could not recover. (CTV News)
• Six people are killed and three injured after an auto-rickshaw and a truck collided head-on in Hardoi District, Uttar Pradesh, India. (India Today)
• Five people are killed and three others are injured after a van drives into the back of a truck on the national road 2 in Konotopa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. (TVN24)
• Three people, including two firefighters, are killed and two other firefighters are seriously injured in a fire at a former Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, England. (BBC News)

International relations

• Iran–United States relations
  • 2025 US–Iran negotiations
    • U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. and Iran have "sort of" agreed on the terms of a deal on Iran's nuclear program, which reportedly includes Iran agreeing to give up highly enriched uranium while keeping lower-grade uranium needed for civilian nuclear power, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. (AP)
• Myanmar–Vietnam relations
  • According to the Vietnamese foreign ministry, more than 650 Vietnamese nationals are detained for immigration violations in Myanmar. The Vietnamese public security ministry has repatriated 450 people, most are victims of scam centers, with 200 still in Myanmar. (Vietnam+) (Việt Nam News)
• Visa policy of mainland China
  • At the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry announces it will allow nationals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to enter the country without a travel visa starting June 1. (AP)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Russia, Russian anti-LGBTQ law
  • Russian media reports that police raided the publisher office of Eksmo Publishing House yesterday and arrested several of its employees, accusing them of spreading "LGBTQ+ extremism". (The Moscow Times)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Australian Greens leadership election
  • Larissa Waters is elected leader of the Australian Greens, following the resignation of Adam Bandt after the party's poor performance at the 2025 Australian federal election. (ABC News)

Sports

• 2024–25 La Liga
  • In association football, FC Barcelona win their 28th title in the 94th season of La Liga after defeating city rivals RCD Espanyol 2–0 with two matches to spare. (ESPN) (The Independent)