Armed conflicts and attacks

• A shooting at the Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana leaves two people injured. One suspect is in custody. (Business Insider)

Business and economy

• Economy of the European Union
  • European Union finance ministers reach an agreement on reforming bank capital rules. (Reuters)
• Economy of Italy
  • The yield spread between the Italian and the German 10-year government bonds rises to over 2% for the first time in a year, due to the political uncertainty. (El País)

International relations

• Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA)
  • A senior Iranian official asks European powers to come up with a "plan B" before the end of May, so that Iran may decide "within weeks" whether to stay in the agreement. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• General Data Protection Regulation
  • GDPR rules come into effect in the European Union. Several U.S. news sites are subsequently "taken offline" in the United Kingdom and Europe, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Lee Enterprises newspapers. (The Independent)
  • The Austrian privacy organization NOYB files complaints to regulators in four EU countries alleging that Facebook, Google, Instagram and WhatsApp are violating the GDPR. (Reuters)
• Police in India say that mobs have killed three people after social media warned of roaming gangs of child kidnappers. They say that there is no evidence of such gangs. (Tampa Bay Times)
• Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
  • After surrendering to the New York City Police Department, American film producer Harvey Weinstein is formally charged with rape and other sexual abuse offences involving two women. (BBC)
• At the border with Turkey, Bulgarian customs agents seize of heroin in transit for Belgium and the Netherlands. The drugs, with a street value of €6 million, were hidden under tile glue and detected by a sniffer dog. (Het Laatste Nieuws) (The Washington Post)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Spain, Gürtel case
  • The opposition Workers' Party presents a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy following the publication of the sentence in the Gürtel corruption scandal, which involved the ruling PP. (El Mundo) (The Guardian)
  • The Citizens party gives an ultimatum to Rajoy to call snap elections or otherwise they'll support the motion of no confidence. (La Vanguardia) (The New York Times)
  • Mariano Rajoy reaffirms that he will not resign, nor call elections and that the motion of no confidence is bad for the stability of the country. (El País)
• Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Moïse Katumbi and Félix Tshisekedi, two major opposition figures in the DR Congo, issue a joint statement. They discuss choosing a single candidate to run in the presidential election now scheduled for 23 December 2018. (Bloomberg)
• Russian presidential election, 2024
  • Vladimir Putin stated that he will step down in 2024 and respect the Constitution of Russia. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Subtropical Storm Alberto becomes the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed at the western Caribbean Sea and is expected to move north of the Gulf of Mexico later in the weekend. (Weather)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mississauga restaurant bombing
  • Fifteen people are injured after two suspects detonate an improvised explosive device at a restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The suspects immediately fled the scene. (Reuters), (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
  • A Dutch official from the international Joint Investigation Team tells reporters the Russian Armed Forces were responsible for the shootdown. The Russian Defence Ministry denies its units were involved. (BBC)
• Monsoon rains kill 12 people in Sri Lanka. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• North Korea–United States relations
  • 2018 North Korea–United States summit
    • North Korea sets off a series of explosions to demolish the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site to build confidence before the scheduled summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. (NBC News)
    • U.S. President Donald Trump cancels the scheduled summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, citing "tremendous anger and open hostility" in a recent statement by North Korea. Trump states that a summit can still happen, but warns that the military is ready if needed. (CNN), (The Washington Examiner)
• Burkina Faso–Taiwan relations
  • Burkina Faso breaks diplomatic relations with Taiwan. (The Washington Post), (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Gürtel case
  • The National Audience of Spain issues a ruling in the Gürtel case, ending a 10-year trial that sentences 29 people to prison terms of up to 51 years. (El País) (BBC)
  • The People's Party, the ruling party in the Government, is condemned as participant in a lucrative way directly. (El Mundo) (The Washington Post)
  • The Court does not believe the statements as a witness that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made on 26 July 2017, which could imply the fulfillment of a crime of false testimony. (El País)
  • Around 30 people are arrested in an operation against corruption in the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona. (El Periódico)
  • Eduardo Zaplana, former Minister of Labour and ex-President of the Generalitat Valenciana is sent to prison without bail after being arrested on May 22. (El País)
• Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
  • American film producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to the NYPD on sexual misconduct charges. (BBC)
• A gunman opens fire in a restaurant in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Two people are injured and the gunman is killed at the scene after exchanging fire with an armed bystander. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Human rights in Pakistan
  • The National Assembly of Pakistan votes a constitutional amendment merging the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. This will abolish colonial-era rules and provide the five million people from the tribal areas with equal rights as the other people of Pakistan. The measure is expected to pass the next stages without fuss. (Al Jazeera)
• Presidency of Donald Trump
  • U.S. President Donald Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson who was convicted for "taking his white girlfriend across state lines for 'immoral' purposes" in 1912. (CNN)
  • President Trump awards the Medal of Honor to Navy Seal Britt K. Slabinski for his actions during the Battle of Takur Ghar. (Tampa Bay Times)

Science and technology

• 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States predicts a near- or above-average hurricane season for 2018. (NOAA)

Business and economy

• Transport in Iran
  • Iranian truck owners and drivers start striking in seven provinces to protest poor working conditions. (VOA) (The Washington Post)
• Budget of France
  • The European Commission recommends to remove France from the excessive deficit procedure which it entered in 2009. (Deutsche Welle)
• Economy of Turkey
  • The Turkish Central Bank raises its "late liquidity window" rate from 13.5% to 16.5% in a move to counter the slide of the Turkish lira over the last three weeks. Other rates are left unchanged. (Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

• Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • A whaleboat accident kills 49 people in Tshuapa province, DR Congo. (Reuters) (BBC)

Health and environment

• The United States issues a health alert in China, following a government employee reporting "abnormal sensations of sound and pressure", one in a range of physical symptoms, from late 2017 through to April 2018. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the State Department is moving medical teams into place in Guangzhou, adding that the incident was "entirely consistent" with reported "sonic attacks" in Cuba in 2016 and 2017. (CNN)

International relations

• Iran–European Union relations
  • Iran sets seven conditions to stay in the JCPOA Iran deal after the U.S. withdrew. One of these conditions is that European banks should safeguard trade with Iran. (Al-Arabiya)
• China–United States relations
  • The Pentagon announces that it has "disinvited" China from this year's biennial Rim of the Pacific naval exercise, after China announced in January that it had accepted the United States' invitation. (Politico)

Law and crime

• Corruption in Belgium
  • Belgian prosecutors admit that a 2-year-old child was killed by police during a high-speed chase with a van last week, after initially denying it. (The Guardian)
• Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump
  • U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald rules that public officials on social media should not block other users for differing political views. (Fortune)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Italy
  • Italian President Sergio Mattarella accepts Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister. Conte is now going to form his government, supported by the Five Star Movement and League. (BBC)

Sports

• 2018 NFL season, U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
  • The NFL announces a new policy regarding kneeling for the anthem, requiring any players on the sidelines to stand. Thus, players will now be allowed to remain in the locker room while the Star-Spangled Banner is played, fining players who refuse to stand on the sidelines. (The Baltimore Sun)
• 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
  • The Washington Capitals will play the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Finals after a game 7 victory. It is the first Stanley Cup Finals appearance for the Capitals since 1998. (NHL)