May 8, 2016 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- Terrorism in Saudi Arabia
- A policeman is killed in a shootout with militants in Taif, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters) (FOX News)
- Syrian Civil War
- Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Turkey–ISIL conflict
- Turkish shelling kills 55 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria insurgents in northern Syria in retaliation for rocket attacks on Kilis, a Turkish border town. (Reuters) (Daily Progress)
- Three Spanish journalists were released after being abducted around Aleppo, Syria, and held hostage by the Al-Nusra Front since 13 July 2015. (The Telegraph)
- Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Turkey–ISIL conflict
Disasters and accidents
- At least 73 people are killed in a collision between two buses and a fuel tanker in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. (BBC) (USA Today)
- At least 41 people are missing in Taining County of China's Fujian province after a landslide hits a construction workers dormitory. (BBC)
International relations
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rules out a nuclear first strike unless North Korea's sovereignty is violated. (NPR)
Law and crime
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Afghan officials hang six Taliban prisoners. (Washington Post)
- Unidentified gunmen shoot dead Khurram Zaki, a Pakistani rights activist known for speaking out against the Taliban. (VOA News)
Politics and elections
- Australian federal election, 2016
- Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull has called a historic double dissolution election with both houses of Parliament being dissolved and an election to be held on July 2. (ABC News)
- Gou Zhongwen replaces the disgraced Lu Xiwen as the Deputy Party Secretary of Beijing. (Wen Wei Po)