Portal:Current events/2015 May 7

Current events of May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07) (Thursday)

Arts and culture

• Archaeologists in Madagascar announce the partial discovery of Captain Kidd's treasure. A silver ingot was found in a wreck off the coast of Île Sainte-Marie. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Scores of flights are cancelled after a fire devastates part of terminal three at Rome's Fiumicino Airport. The fire was triggered by an electrical fault. (AFP via News24)
• The wreck of the migrant boat which sank in April 2015 with 700 people on board is located by the Italian Navy 136km off the Lybian coast at a depth of 375m. (AFP via News24)

International relations

• The United States Senate passes a bill giving the Congress a voice in any nuclear deal negotiated between Iran and world powers. (New York Times)

Law and crime

• The United States Court of Appeal rules that the National Security Agency's mass surveillance of telephones metadata is illegal under the Patriot Act. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• United Kingdom general election, 2015
  • Voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls for a general election with opinion polls indicating another hung parliament is likely. (The Guardian) (BBC)