Portal:Current events/2015 May 7

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Boko Haram
  • At least five people are killed in a Boko Haram attack on a village in southwest Niger. (Reuters)
• Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
  • The Pentagon raises security at its US military bases due to a growing jihadist threat in the United States and a recent shooting in Garland, Texas. (CNN)

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 Libyan coast at a depth of 375m. (AFP via News24)
• The Royal Navy's HMS Bulwark rescues 110 migrants from a dinghy off the coast of Libya, the first for a British ship during 2015. (BBC)

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 the Conservative Party winning a narrow majority in the House of Commons after the election. (The Guardian) (BBC), (The Telegraph), (BBC)
  • The Scottish National Party wins the bulk of the seats in Scotland with the Scottish Labour Party losing a large number of seats. (AP via Washington Post)