While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, May 7, 2025
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India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early on May 7, over an April attack by militants on tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir.
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India launches strikes on Pakistan as Islamabad vows retaliation
India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early on May 7 in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, as Islamabad vowed retaliation.
The Indian government said it had attacked nine sites, describing them as “precision strikes at terrorist camps” in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region.
Pakistan’s army said three locations had been targeted, citing two in Pakistani-run Kashmir and one in Bahawalpur, a city in the country’s most populous province of Punjab, bordering India.
AFP correspondents in Pakistani-run Kashmir and Punjab heard several loud explosions.
Israel says it struck Yemen’s main airport in Sanaa
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The Israeli military carried out an airstrike on Yemen’s main airport in Sanaa on May 6, its second attack in two days on Iran-aligned Houthi rebels after a surge in tensions between the group and Israel.
Three people were killed in the strike, according to Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV.
Israel warned people to leave the area around Sanaa International Airport before the May 6 attack, which it said targeted Houthi infrastructure and “fully disabled the airport”.
US will stop bombing Houthis after agreement struck
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President Donald Trump announced on May 6 the US will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, saying that the Iran-aligned group had agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East.
After Trump made the announcement, Oman said it had mediated a ceasefire deal between the Houthis and the US, marking a major shift in the Iran-aligned group’s policy since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza in October 2023.
Under the agreement, neither the US nor the Houthis would target the other, including US vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, Oman said in a statement.
PM Wong congratulates new German Chancellor Merz
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Prime Minister Lawrence Wong extended congratulations to newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on May 6, and also thanked his predecessor Olaf Scholz for strengthening ties with Singapore, in a letters penned to the two German leaders on May 6.
Mr Merz was elected Chancellor after winning a vote in Germany’s federal Parliament on May 6.
Singapore and Germany share a deep friendship marked by both countries elevating relations to a strategic partnership in November, PM Wong wrote in the letters, noting that 2025 is also the 60th anniversary of bilateral ties between the two nations.
Carney meets Trump, stresses Canada will never be for sale
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on May 6 for his first talks with Donald Trump and bluntly told the US president that Canada would never be for sale.
Mr Carney won the April 28 election on a promise to stand up to Mr Trump, who has imposed tariffs on some Canadian products and often muses about annexing the country.
Although Mr Carney has repeatedly called these actions a betrayal, the two leaders showed little animosity during an opening session at the Oval Office where both men praised each other.
