May 25, 2008 (Sunday)
- The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party wins the most seats in elections for the Karnataka legislature, India. (Radio Australia)
- USA Tornadoes of 2008
- A severe storm in Hugo, Minnesota kills one person with another 20 missing with unconfirmed reports of a tornado. (AP via Google News)
- Seven people are killed and dozens more injured as a tornado hits Parkersburg, Iowa. (AP via WCCO)[permanent dead link]
- The Phoenix lander arrives at Mars, landing successfully in the "Green Valley" region of Vastitas Borealis. (NASA)
- New Zealand driver Scott Dixon wins the 2008 Indianapolis 500 ahead of Vitor Meira. (AP via Google News)
- Laurent Cantet's film Entre les murs (The Class) wins the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. (Canadian Press via Google News)[permanent dead link]
- The former President of Malawi Bakili Muluzi is arrested in Lilongwe after returning from the United Kingdom in relation to an alleged coup attempt. (Reuters)
- Michel Suleiman is elected as President of the Republic of Lebanon. (BBC News)
- 2008 Sichuan earthquake
- China's Cabinet states that the death toll from the earthquake has reached 62,664. (AP via Google News)
- An aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale topples thousands of building in Sichuan Province and injures hundreds of people. (The New York Times)
- The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon hosts a conference in Myanmar with representatives of 50 nations on how to aid in recovery from Cyclone Nargis. (AP via Forbes)
- At Brussels Airport, a Boeing 747 cargo airliner from American operator Kalitta Air crashes at the end of the runway during takeoff and breaks in two. All 5 crewmembers survive. (AP via CNN)