Portal:Current events/2015 May 9
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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)
- 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
- The Moro Islamic Liberation Front registers the United Bangsamoro Justice Party as its vehicle to run in future elections in the Philippines. (Inquirer)
Sport
- In cycling, the 2015 Giro d'Italia gets underway at San Lorenzo al Mare. (ABC News Australia)