All news: Friday 30 May 2025

Kordofan campaign

At least six people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a hospital in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.

Syrian civil war

Islamic State claims responsibility for a vehicle bombing in Al-Safa, Suwayda Governorate, on May 22 which wounded several soldiers of the Syrian transitional government.

Insurgency in Balochistan

The Balochistan Liberation Army briefly seizes control of a high-security area in Sorab in southwestern Pakistan, killing a government official and looting a bank before fleeing.

Mexican drug war

Nine alleged members of the Los Metros drug cartel are arrested by Mexican law enforcement on suspicion of the abduction and murder of the musical group Grupo Fugitivo who disappeared in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

2025 Mokwa flood

The death toll from heavy flooding that submerged the market town of Mokwa in Niger State, Nigeria, on Wednesday, rises to at least 117. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and a nearby dam collapsed.

At least 17 people are killed, at least 12 others are injured, including six seriously, and eight people are missing when a stone quarry collapses in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia.

Twelve people are killed after a vehicle carrying Sudanese migrants collided with a truck near Kufra, Libya.

China–United States trade war

U.S. president Donald Trump accuses China of violating the temporal suspension of tariffs accorded two weeks ago, while China accuses Trump of discriminatory restrictions against the country.

Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war

French president Emmanuel Macron states that France may be willing to impose sanctions on Israel if humanitarian aid is blocked, and says a Palestinian state is a political necessity.

Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration

The United States Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump can revoke the Biden administration's parole programme for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants, totaling over 530,000 people.

2025 South Korean presidential election

The voter turnout during the two-day early voting period for the presidential election reaches 34.74%, the second highest after the 2022 presidential election.

Tariffs in the second Trump administration

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the tariff on steel and aluminum imports will be doubled to 50%, potentially raising prices for housing, autos, and other goods.

The African Development Bank elects Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its next president in a three round election between five candidates.

2025 Liverpool parade incident

Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old British man accused of driving his car into a crowd after Liverpool FC's trophy parade, appears at both the Liverpool Magistrates' Court and Liverpool Crown Court and faces seven charges.

Corruption in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic justice minister Pavel Blažek resigns after his ministry accepted a donation of bitcoins and sold them for about 1 billion Czech koruna (over US$45 million) earlier this year.

Murder of Tina Satchwell

Richard Satchwell is found unanimously guilty and convicted of the 2017 murder of his wife Tina in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland.

Taylor Swift masters dispute

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift announces that she has reacquired the rights to her entire body of music and content, including the master recordings of her first six studio albums.