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April 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces that the US administration is ready to abandon diplomatic efforts, if it is not possible to end the war in the matter of days.
Source: CNN external link
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April 17

Law and crime

At least two people are killed and six others are hospitalized in a mass shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. The suspect is arrested by local police.
Source: NBC News external link
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Turkish police detain 525 suspected drug dealers in Ankara, in what is the biggest narcotics opperation in the country's history, involving thousands of officers, sniffer dogs, drones, and helicopters, according to the interior ministry.
Source: Türkiye Today external link
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The Government of Myanmar pardons and releases 4,893 prisoners, including thirteen foreigners who will be deported from the country, and 22 political prisoners, ahead of the country's New Year.
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Politics and elections

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador to push for his release. The move comes hours after being previously denied a meeting with him.
Source: Politico external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A hijacker is killed and three others are injured when a U.S. citizen hijacks a Tropic Air Cessna 208 Caravan and attacks passengers with a knife before being fatally shot by a passenger with a firearm at Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City, Belize.
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The Israel Defense Forces begins the expansion of the recently-established Morag Corridor buffer zone to include the southern Gaza city of Rafah, intending to connect it with the Philadelphi Corridor. Witnesses report the Israeli demolition of structures in Rafah.
Source: RBC Ukraine external link
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At least 37 people, including children, are killed in a series of Israeli strikes against displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza's civil defence agency.
Source: BBC News external link
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The United States Navy launches a wave of missile strikes across Houthi-controlled Yemen, killing at least one person in Sanaa.
Source: AP external link
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U.S. airstrikes kill twelve al-Shabaab insurgents in central Somalia, while a separate airstrike destroys an unflagged vessel suspected of carrying weapons for the militant group off the Somali coast.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
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Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the fire at a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, in March increases to 62 as a burn victim dies in the hospital.
Source: Sloboden Pečat external link
Four people are killed and one is injured after the collapse of an aerial tramway on the Monte Faito in Campania, Italy.
Source: Il Messaggero external link
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The death toll of the capsized Hong Hai 16 disaster two days ago off Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, rises to four. Seven others are still missing.
Source: Philippine News Agency external link
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April 16

Disasters and accidents

Authorities recover the remains of a Filipino crew member from the sand barge Hong Hai 16 that capsized off Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, yesterday, bringing the total death toll to two. Nine others are reportedly still missing.
Source: GMA News external link
The HB Kongolo traveling from Matankumu to Bolomba, carrying around 400 people, catches fire and capsizes on the Congo River near Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 50 people and leaving hundreds more missing.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

The Slovak government passes a law requiring non-governmental organizations to disclose their funding sources and the names of major donors. Opposition groups criticize the law as it could restrict civil society institutions.
Source: Politico external link
The Lebanese military detains a group of people, including several Palestinians, for firing rockets towards Israel in two separate attacks. Hezbollah denies their involvement in the rocket attacks.
Source: AP external link
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that legal gender is based upon biological sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.
Source: BBC News external link
A German palliative care doctor is charged for allegedly killing fifteen patients between 2021 and 2024 in Berlin. He is being investigated in an additional 75 suspected cases and also accused of trying to cover up the evidence by starting fires in their homes.
Source: Tagesschau external link

Politics and elections

The leader of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, announces the establishment of the Government of Peace and Unity, a rival government to the country's armed forces.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

Following her sentencing to 15 years in prison, former First Lady of Peru Nadine Heredia and her son Samin flee to Brazil's capital Brasília after the country grants their right of asylum.
Source: AP external link

Science and technology

A research team at the University of Cambridge announces that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected dimethyl sulfide, a chemical thought to be produced in nature only by living organisms, on exoplanet K2-18b, a sub-Neptune planet around 124 light-years (38 pc) away from Earth.
Source: BBC News external link
A colossal squid is filmed in the Southern Atlantic Ocean for the first time since the species was discovered in 1925. The 30 cm (12 in)-long juvenile was filmed by a team of scientists led by the University of Essex near the South Sandwich Islands at a depth of 600 m (2,000 ft).
Source: BBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian artillery and glide bombs target Kherson, Ukraine, killing one person and injuring nine others. A sports facility, a supermarket, and residential buildings were among those hit.
Source: AP external link
A large-scale drone attack on Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills two people and injures 16 others.
Source: Reuters external link
Al-Shabaab militants capture the Adan Yabal District in Middle Shabelle, Somalia, as the group continues to advance towards the capital Mogadishu.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta file a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration over the tariffs, making California the first U.S. state to do so. The lawsuit also targets the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, the law used by Trump to impose tariffs against Canada, China, and Mexico.
Source: Politico external link

Health and environment

The United Kingdom suspends the import of cheese and meat products from the European Union to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.
Source: BBC News external link

Sports

Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun wins her fifth consecutive Women's World Chess Championship title after defeating fellow Chinese grandmaster Tan Zhongyi with a score of 6.5–2.5. Ju becomes the first Chinese player to win the championship five times.
Source: CNN external link

April 15

International relations

France expels twelve Algerian diplomatic officials from the country after Algeria expelled twelve French officials yesterday over the arrest of an Algerian consular official in a kidnapping case. France also recalls its ambassador from Algiers.
Source: Bloomberg external link
The Parliament of the Maldives votes in favor of an amendment to the Immigration Act, banning entry into the Maldives for those traveling on Israeli passports.
Source: The Edition external link

Business and economy

China orders its airlines to stop taking deliveries of jets from American aviation company Boeing and to suspend purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from U.S. companies.
Source: NDTV external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 3,747 people are hospitalized with breathing difficulties and airports are closed after a dust storm in Iraq.
Source: France 24 external link
A Chinese crew member is killed when Chinese sand barge vessel capsizes off Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. A search and rescue operation is launched by the Philippine Coast Guard for missing crew members, which includes seven Filipinos and three Chinese.
Source: The Philippine Star external link

Law and crime

Four Russian journalists linked to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are convicted of extremism and sentenced to five years and six months imprisonment in a penal colony.
Source: AP external link
According to a report by the International Maritime Bureau, piracy has risen by almost 35% in 2025 with 45 cases in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2024, particularly in the Singapore Strait between Singapore and Indonesia.
Source: Seatrade Maritime News external link
A court in Lima, Peru, sentences former president Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia to 15 years in prison for laundering funds from Brazilian company Odebrecht to finance his 2006 and 2011 presidential campaigns.
Source: BBC News external link
At least four students are injured in a school mass shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, Texas, United States.
Source: BNO News external link
Four people are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack after a person drives a sedan onto a pedestrian walkway on the Toronto Metropolitan University campus near Yonge Street and Gerrard Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Source: CBC News external link

Science and technology

4chan is hacked and goes offline, with the website's source code and the usernames, IP addresses, and email addresses of its staff leaked by imageboard Soyjak.party.
Source: MSN external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukrainian military leader Volodymyr Artyukh is fired from his position as Sumy Oblast Governor following condemnation for organizing a military ceremony in the densely populated Sumy city center, which was later targeted by a Russian airstrike.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
The European Union and its member states pledge 522 million (US$590 million) and the United Kingdom pledges 120 million (US$141 million) in humanitarian aid to Sudan to deliver food and supplies to over 650,000 internally displaced Sudanese people affected by the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces. The two groups also call for an immediate ceasefire to end the war.
Source: AP external link
At least three Balochistan Police officers are killed and 16 others are injured when a roadside bomb hits a bus carrying police personnel in Mastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Source: DW external link

Health and environment

The European Commission approves the use of Lecanemab, a monoclonal antibody medication that targets amyloid beta peptides, to treat the early stages of Alzheimer's disease via intravenous therapy. This is the first drug to be approved to treat the disease in Europe, and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States in 2023.
Source: DW external link