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Current events of May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09) (Monday)

War in Somalia (2009–present)
- A suicide car bomb targeting Mogadishu's traffic police headquarters kills at least four. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (NY Times) (Reuters)

At least seven people are killed and 30 injured in a bus accident in Ranchi, the capital of the Indian state of Jharkand. (NDTV)
The death toll from yesterday's landslide in Taining County in China's Fujian province rises to 14 with 25 still missing, (AP via Daily Mail)

North Korea–United Kingdom relations
- Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, the BBC's Tokyo correspondent, was detained in North Korea before being expelled by the government for "speaking very ill of the system". (BBC)

Philippine general election, 2016
- Filipino voters head to the polls for a presidential election with Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte leading in presidential polls. (CNN)
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann resigns after seven and a half years in office; says he lost the backing of his Social Democrats party. (USA Today)

A transit of Mercury occurs, visible from Africa, the Americas, Europe and most of Asia. (BBC), (Daily Mail), (New York Times)

2015 FIFA corruption case
- UEFA President Michel Platini, who had been suspended by the FIFA Ethics Committee last fall, announces his resignation following the Court of Arbitration for Sport decision that led stand his ban, shortened to four years which corresponds to the duration of his remaining time in office. The court ruled that Platini was guilty of conflict of interest for taking a $2 million payment from FIFA approved by Sepp Blatter in 2011. (USA Today)