Portal:Current events/2015 May 9

May 9, 2015 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

North Korea claims to have successfully test fired a ballistic missile from a submarine. (CNN)
Ongoing insurgency in Kumanovo between the National Liberation Army and the Macedonian army. 3 policemen are reported to have been killed. (CNN/N1INFO) (International Business Times)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
- At least 6 guards and 30 prisoners are killed in an Iraq prison break while 40 prisoners escape. (AP via ABC News America)^{[permanent dead link]}
War in Donbass
- Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the rebel Donetsk People's Republic said the insurgents had released two American aid workers. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
- Naxalite Maoists are holding 250 villagers hostage to protest the building of a bridge in India's Chhattisgarh state. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Pacific typhoon season
- Thousands of people are evacuated from the Philippines island of Luzon ahead of Typhoon Noul (Dodong). (Reuters via Daily Mail)
2015 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical storm Ana forms near the states of North and South Carolina weeks before the official start of the hurricane season. (Accuweather)
An Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft crashes near the Spanish city of Seville with three people onboard killed. (The Telegraph)
Tornadoes of 2015
- At least one person is killed and another injured in a tornado in the town of Cisco, Texas with tornadoes also reported in eastern Colorado. (CNN)
Ten people are killed after a wall collapses on a construction project in China's Shandong province. (AP via ABC News America)

Health

Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
- The World Health Organization declares that the outbreak of the Ebola virus has ceased in Liberia after weeks of no cases there. (BBC)

International relations

Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day despite a boycott by many western world leaders due to Russian involvement in the Ukrainian crisis. (BBC)

Law and crime

Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine for corruption. (AP via Washington Post)
A man is arrested in Paraguay for allegedly raping and impregnating his ten-year-old stepdaughter. (AFP via ABC Online)
Two police officers are shot dead in the American town of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (AP via ABC News America)

Politics and elections

Sport