The Pakistan Navy commissions the first Hangor-class submarine, the PNS/M Hangor, at a ceremony in Sanya, China.
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Two Jewish men are injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green, London, England, which police describe as a terrorist attack. A 45-year-old man is arrested, and a political motive is being investigated.
A Ukrainian SBU drone strikes an oil refinery near Perm, Perm Krai, Russia, causing a large fire at the facility.
United States president Donald Trump says that he rejected an Iranian offer to end the Strait of Hormuz closure in exchange for lifting the naval blockade of Iran, and that the blockade will continue until an agreement is reached on Iran's nuclear program.
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger bus in Voznesenovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia.
Three police officers are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting when gunmen open fire on a police patrol in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Anadolu Agency reports that Pakistan is working silently to break the ongoing deadlock between the Iran and the United States in ceasefire talks, including finding a new "formula" for an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's nuclear program.
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi confirms that the Japan-flagged crude oil tanker Idemitsu Maru has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first direct passage of a Japanese oil tanker to cross the waterway since the war began on February 28.
The Washington Post reports that the USS Gerald R. Ford will exit the Middle East and return to the U.S. state of Virginia in the coming days around mid-May after spending 10 months at sea.
During a phone call with U.S. president Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin offers a ceasefire for Victory Day on May 9.
The Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia takes responsibility for the attack.
Business and economy
American technology company Alphabet Inc. announces a $40 billion investment into artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic.
Finnish elevator manufacturer Kone announces the acquisition of its German competitor, TK Elevator, in a €29.4 billion (US$34.4 billion) deal, described by Bloomberg L.P. as one of Europe's largest private equity-related takeovers and the largest corporate acquisition in Finland.
Disasters and accidents
Two people are killed and 11 others are injured when a Diamond DA42 Twin Star crashes into a hangar at Parafield Airport in South Australia.
At least 12 people are killed and 23 others are injured, including 10 critically, after a pickup truck carrying 35 laborers collides with an SUV in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Health and environment
A barge carrying Timmy, a humpback whale that has been stranded off Germany's coast in the Baltic Sea for several weeks, departs for the North Sea where Timmy is set to be freed. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern environment minister Till Backhaus says the whale is showing signs of good health.
International relations
A local board in the Auckland Region of New Zealand rejects a proposal to install a memorial statue for World War II-era comfort women in Takapuna following public consultation and diplomatic representations from Japan.
Law and crime
The Seoul High Court increases former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's sentence to seven years in prison for obstruction of justice and abuse of power, citing his use of presidential security personnel to interfere with his arrest and other actions.
The Thai corrections department approves the early release of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a one-year prison sentence for corruption, citing his age and the limited time remaining on his sentence, with his release subject to probation conditions.
Police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, arrest 276 individuals linked to a transnational fraud network in a joint operation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Chinese police, targeting multiple criminal groups and dismantling several scam centers involved in investment and cryptocurrency scams.
A 21-year-old is detained in Rome, Italy, for shooting and wounding two people with a non-lethal airsoft gun during the celebrations for Liberation Day four days ago. The suspect claims to be affiliated with the Jewish Brigade, whose representatives deny his involvement with the group.
The government of the United States charges Rubén Rocha Moya, the current governor of Sinaloa, and nine other current and former politicians, with alleged drug and weapons trafficking charges and allegedly working with Mexican cartels, including Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel .
Politics and elections
The Brazilian federal senate rejects attorney general Jorge Messias's nomination to the Supreme Federal Court in a 42–34 secret ballot, marking the first such rejection in more than a century.
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