Portal:Current events/2014 May 1

• 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
  • Pro-Russian militants seize the regional prosecutor's office in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. (BBC News)
  • Ukraine announces that it is reintroducing conscription. (Daily Mail)
• Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
  • A car bomb attack in the Nigerian capital Abuja kills at least nine people. (BBC News)

• Egypt opens a 3D-printed full-sized exact replica of King Tutankhamun's KV62 tomb in the Valley of the Kings, as officials announce that a 30-day visa purchased at the airport will be two thirds more expensive. (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph)

• Ford announces that their current chief executive officer, Alan Mulally, will be retiring in July, and that their chief operating officer Mark Fields will be taking his place. (BBC News)

• An explosion on a train in the central railway station in the Indian city of Chennai kills at least one person and injures ten. (NDTV)

• The first-ever outbreak of chikungunya in the Caribbean reaches epidemic levels. (Jamaica Observer)

• The People's Republic of China and Russia announce plans to hold joint naval exercises in the East China Sea in late May amid regional tensions about islands and airspace. (AP)

• Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams remains in custody in connection with the IRA murder of Jean McConville. (BBC News)