May 15, 2015 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2015 Burundian coup d'état attempt
- Burundi officials say that they have arrested several coup members but the leader of the failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, Major General Godefroid Niyombare remains at large. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Irish journalist and TV3 political editor Ursula Halligan comes out as lesbian ahead of the country's Marriage Equality referendum next week. (Guardian) (The Irish Times)
Disasters and accidents
- April 2015 Nepal earthquake
- Wreckage from the American helicopter missing since Tuesday has been located, with bodies of some of the occupants. (CNN)
Law and Crime
- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings. (New York Times)