Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Sri Lankan protests
  • Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid mass protests over the government 's handling of the economic crisis. (BBC News)
  • Pro- government supporters storm a major protest site in Colombo , clashing with police and protesters. A total of 78 people are injured. (Al Jazeera)
  • Two people are killed and eight more are injured as police open fire against a group of protestors who were trying to set fire to the Pradeshiya Sabha chairman’s residence in Weeraketiya . (Ada Derana)
  • MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala opens fire against protestors who were blocking his vehicle in Nittambuwa , killing one man and injuring another. Athukorala then escaped into a nearby building, before being found dead alongside his security officer. (Al Jazeera)
• Gunmen open fire at two polling stations in Buluan and Lanao del Sur , Philippines , killing three guards and a voter and injuring another guard and two voters, amid the presidential elections . (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• 2022 Pulitzer Prizes
  • The Washington Post wins the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the 2021 United States Capitol attack . The New York Times wins the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting on the war on terror 's failed bombing campaigns and the most awards overall. ( The New York Times ) (NPR)

Business and economy

• Nigeria 's airlines say that they have cancelled a plan to suspend domestic flights , a decision they had previously made due to an increase in the cost of aviation fuel . (BBC News)
• The Royal Thai Army announces it will ban all army personnel from using the Singaporean e-commerce site Lazada for allegedly insulting the royal family in a Facebook video ad. Digital Economy Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn in a separate statement said the government is considering legal action against both Lazada and the advertising agency responsible for the ad. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• One person dies and eleven others are missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Ghana . (BBC News)
• Four people are killed and fifty others are injured after a tear gas grenade is set off causing a human stampede at a public university in Potosi , Bolivia . (AP)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • The Swedish Social Democratic Party announces that it will decide on May 15 whether to pursue a course of action to join NATO . Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is expected to also announce Finland's intention to join NATO on May 12. (Al Jazeera)
• Foreign relations of Iran , Foreign relations of Transnistria
  • Iranians in Moldova are urged to leave the country due to rising tensions in pro-Russian Transnistria and spillover effects from the war in Ukraine . (Tasnim)

Law and crime

• 2022 Ecuador prison riots
  • A prison riot in Santo Domingo , Ecuador , kills 44 inmates . (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Philippine general election
  • Filipinos head to the polls to elect officials in the Presidential , Senate , House of Representatives , Gubernatorial , and other local elections. ( The Guardian )
  • Bongbong Marcos , the son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos , is leading in the preliminary and unofficial results to become the next President . (CNN)