Armed conflict and attacks
Four people are killed in an attack on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso, the latest in a string of assaults on Christian places of worship in the region. (Al Jazeera)
May 2019 Kathmandu bombings
Four people are killed and seven others are injured in three blasts in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. Police believe a Maoist splinter group may have been responsible. (Reuters) (BBC News)
Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)
Iraq sentences three French militants to death for their involvement in ISIS. (BBC News)
A truck bomb explodes at a popular market in the village of Nineveh, Iraq, killing 5 and injuring 8. (Xinhuanet)
Boko Haram
Four soldiers of the Chadian Army and a journalist are killed following a Boko Haram attack near the northern shore of Lake Chad. Boko Haram have reportedly continued their incursion into northern Chad. (Africanews)
Business and economy
The initial stage of Sydney Metro, Australia's first automated rapid transit system, opens to the public. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announces, two days before their scheduled trial, it has agreed to pay $85 million to the U.S. state of Oklahoma in connection with allegations that it helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. (Reuters)