Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): Dozens of Houthi fighters are killed in clashes with Saudi Arabian forces on the border while air strikes hit the southern city of Aden. (Reuters)
Mexican Drug War: Two state police officers and six other people are dead following a gunfight in the southern state of Guerrero between police and suspected kidnappers. (AP via ABC News America)[permanent dead link]
The sovereign bonds of Germany experience second straight day of historic sell-off, dragging other securities in much of the continent with them. (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
April 2015 Nepal earthquake: A teenager is pulled alive out of the wreckage of a guesthouse on the outskirts of Kathmandu after five days. (Times of India)
International relations
Seizure of Maersk Tigris
Iran claims that the seizure of the Maersk Tigris in the Strait of Hormuz was related to an unpaid debt. (NBC News)
The United States Navy says it will accompany American-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz. (AP via ABC News)[permanent dead link]
Law and crime
The Chinese city of Helong reports three recent deaths along the border with North Korea with North Korean border guards accused of recent murders and thefts. (AP)
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's Swat District sentences ten people to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of an attack on Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and two other school girls. (Pakistan Tribune)
A woman, identified Friday morning as Alexia Christian, 25, who had earlier stolen a car, fires a handgun at two Atlanta Police Department officers, barely missing them. She is subsequently shot and killed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Science
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft crashes into Mercury after surpassing its one year primary mission by three years. (NBC News)