Portal:Current events/2019 May 4

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya during the Libyan Civil War
• An attack on forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Sabha, Libya, kills at least nine people. ISIL claims responsibility. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/nine-dead-in-is-attack-on-haftar-forces-in-south-libya/articleshow/69178531.cms (AFP via The Times of India)]
• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
• North Korea fires several short-range projectiles from the east coast city of Wonsan. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-04/north-korea-fires-short-range-missile/11080184 (Reuters/AP via ABC Australia)]
• Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019)
• The Israeli Air Force carries out dozens of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas militants. The Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency's media office in Gaza was among those hit by Israeli missiles, prompting outrage from Turkish officials. [https://www.dw.com/en/israel-hits-offices-of-turkish-state-news-agency-in-gaza/a-48604155 (Deutsche Welle)]
• Four Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on their base in Iraq by Kurdish forces. Twenty PKK members were also killed in the attack. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-soldiers/four-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-clashes-with-pkk-ministry-idUSKCN1RW07B (Reuters)]

;Arts and culture

• Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand since 2016, is officially crowned sovereign. His wife Suthida Tidjai, who he had married only three days prior, is declared Queen consort. [https://washingtonpost.com/world/2019/05/05/dressed-gold-new-thai-king-has-procession-through-bangkok-second-day-coronation-ceremonies/ (Washington Post)]

;Disasters and accidents

• 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• Cyclone Fani starts affecting Bangladesh, where over a million people have been evacuated from the storm's path. Authorities say the cyclone has killed at least five people in Bangladesh and damaged over a thousand homes. At least twelve people have been killed in total by the cyclone. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cyclone/cyclone-hits-bangladesh-after-battering-india-mass-evacuations-save-lives-idUSKCN1SA05Y (Reuters)]

;Science and technology

• Interstellar Technologies successfully launches uncrewed rocket MOMO-3 from its launch facility in Taiki, Hokkaido, becoming the first commercially developed Japanese rocket to reach the Kármán line. [https://www.dw.com/en/japanese-private-firm-sends-first-rocket-into-space/a-48600093 (Deutsche Welle)]

;Sport

• 2019 Kentucky Derby
• In horse racing, Country House wins the 145th Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security is disqualified. The latter horse is the first Kentucky Derby winner ever to have been disqualified for interference. [https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/kentucky-derby-2019-results-live-updates-as-maximum-security-wins-the-145th-run-for-the-roses/ (CBS Sports)]

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