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April 30

Politics and elections

Antiguans and Barbudans vote to elect 17 members of the House of Representatives. Incumbent prime minister and Labour leader Gaston Browne, who is running for a fourth term, is being challenged by United Progressive leader Jamale Pringle.
Source: Reuters external link
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approves a bill passed by the Senate to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in an effort to end the 76-day government shutdown.
Source: Politico external link
Russia announces the creation of a censorship council.
Source: The Moscow Times external link

Law and crime

38-year-old Christopher Okello Onyum is sentenced to death by hanging for the murders of four children at a nursery school on April 2 in Kampala, Uganda.
Source: BBC News external link
China announces it will ban the sale or renting of commercial drones in Beijing, while existing drone owners will also be required to register their devices with the police, citing security concerns.
Source: BBC News external link
Myanmar's president Min Aung Hlaing orders the remaining prison sentence of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be served under house arrest and announces a one-sixth reduction of sentences for all prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
Source: Taipei Times external link

Science and technology

The Pakistan Navy commissions the first submarine, the PNS/M , at a ceremony in Sanya, China.
Source: Daily Pakistan external link
Source: Ukrainian News external link

International relations

The first direct commercial flight from the United States to Venezuela in seven years arrives at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas.
Source: AP external link

Arts and culture

The jury of the Venice Biennale in Italy resigns ahead of the exhibition's opening, amid disagreement involving the government over Russia's participation.
Source: Lethbridge Herald external link
Reporters Without Borders reports that global press freedom has declined to its lowest level since the index began in 2002, with more than half of countries classified under severe conditions and the share of the world's population living in countries with strong press freedom falling to below one percent.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel carries out a series of airstrikes across multiple locations in Lebanon, killing at least 28 people.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Russia says that it will continue its military presence in Mali to provide assistance to the Malian government.
Source: Reuters external link
More than 1,000 homes are evacuated in Plymouth, England, following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era German SC250 bomb on a building site.
Source: Sky News external link

Disasters and accidents

Residents of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, upload videos to social media appearing to show oil raining from the sky as authorities say the fire at the Tuapse oil terminal has now been extinguished after days of burning.
Source: CTV News external link

April 29

Business and economy

Source: Reuters external link
Finnish elevator manufacturer Kone announces the acquisition of its German competitor, TK Elevator, in a €29.4 billion (US$34.4 billion) deal, described by Bloomberg L.P. as one of Europe's largest private equity-related takeovers and the largest corporate acquisition in Finland.
Source: Bloomberg external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 16 people including 6 child and 7 women are killed and around 25 others are injured after a pickup truck carrying 46 laborers overturns and collides with an SUV in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Source: The Statesman external link
Seven people are killed and four others are injured after a wall collapses at a hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Source: Reuters external link
Two people are killed and 11 others are injured when a Diamond DA42 Twin Star crashes into a hangar at Parafield Airport in South Australia.
Source: BBC News external link

Health and environment

A barge carrying Timmy, a humpback whale that has been stranded off Germany's coast in the Baltic Sea for several weeks, departs for the North Sea where Timmy is set to be freed. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern environment minister Till Backhaus says the whale is showing signs of good health.
Source: AP external link

International relations

A local board in the Auckland Region of New Zealand rejects a proposal to install a memorial statue for World War II-era comfort women in Takapuna following public consultation and diplomatic representations from Japan.
Source: AFP via ABS-CBN News external link

Politics and elections

U.S. president Donald Trump says his administration will be soon releasing more classified files and videos related to UFOs and "related material", adding that he had spoken to air force pilots who had seen "things you wouldn't believe".
Source: NDTV external link
The Brazilian federal senate rejects attorney general Jorge Messias's nomination to the Supreme Federal Court in a 42–34 secret ballot, marking the first such rejection in more than a century.
Source: Firstpost external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Two Jewish men are injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green, London, England, which police describe as a terrorist attack. A 45-year-old man is arrested, and a political motive is being investigated.
Source: The Guardian external link
The Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia takes responsibility for the attack.
Source: i24NEWS TV external link
Anadolu Agency reports that Pakistan is working silently to break the ongoing deadlock between the Iran and the United States in ceasefire talks, including finding a new "formula" for an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's nuclear program.
Source: Pakistan Today external link
United States president Donald Trump says that he rejected an Iranian offer to end the Strait of Hormuz closure in exchange for lifting the naval blockade of Iran, and that the blockade will continue until an agreement is reached on Iran's nuclear program.
Source: Axios external link
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi confirms that the Japan-flagged crude oil tanker has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first direct passage of a Japanese oil tanker to cross the waterway since the war began on February 28.
Source: Newsweek external link
reports that the USS will exit the Middle East and return to the U.S. state of Virginia in the coming days around mid-May after spending 10 months at sea.
Source: WTKR external link
A Lebanese soldier and his brother are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Bint Jbeil.
Source: Reuters external link
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger bus in Voznesenovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia.
Source: Al-Arabiya external link
A Ukrainian SBU drone strikes an oil refinery near Perm, Perm Krai, Russia, causing a large fire at the facility.
Source: AP external link
During a phone call with U.S. president Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin offers a ceasefire for Victory Day on May 9.
Source: Kyiv Independent external link
Three police officers are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting when gunmen open fire on a police patrol in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

The United States Supreme Court rules that Louisiana's new redistricting map from 2024 is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Source: Reuters external link
The Thai corrections department approves the early release of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a one-year prison sentence for corruption, citing his age and the limited time remaining on his sentence, with his release subject to probation conditions.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The Seoul High Court increases former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's sentence to seven years in prison for obstruction of justice and abuse of power, citing his use of presidential security personnel to interfere with his arrest and other actions.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, arrest 276 individuals linked to a transnational fraud network in a joint operation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Chinese police, targeting multiple criminal groups and dismantling several scam centers involved in investment and cryptocurrency scams.
Source: Arab News external link
The United States charges Rubén Rocha Moya, the current governor of Sinaloa, Mexico, and nine other current and former politicians, with alleged drug and weapons trafficking charges and allegedly working with Mexican cartels, including Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Source: CNN external link
A 21-year-old is detained in Rome, Italy, for shooting and wounding two people with a non-lethal airsoft gun during the celebrations for Liberation Day four days ago. The suspect claims to be affiliated with the Jewish Brigade, whose representatives deny his involvement with the group.
Source: Il Messaggero external link

April 28

Business and economy

The United Arab Emirates announces that it is leaving the oil exporter groups OPEC and OPEC+.
Source: Reuters external link
Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet inform the Indian government that the country's airline industry is on the verge of "stopping operations" because of cost increases related to the Strait of Hormuz closure and the Iran war.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

The U.S. justice department indicts David Morens, an ex-adviser to the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, for allegedly concealing federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic related to the origin of COVID-19.
Source: The Guardian external link
Five people are injured in a shooting spree between a social security office and a courthouse in Athens, Greece. The 89-year-old suspect fled the scene, but was arrested at a bus stop in Patras.
Source: BBC News external link
A Bahraini high court sentences five people, including two Afghans, to life in prison for plotting "terrorist and hostile acts" with Iran, while another 25 people receive up to ten years for supporting "terrorist acts".
Source: Firstpost external link
The Seoul High Court sentences former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee to four years in prison after convicting her of stock price manipulation and bribery, overturning her earlier acquittal on market-related charges.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicts former FBI director James Comey on two counts for allegedly threatening president Donald Trump on social media. This is the second time Comey has been indicted by the DOJ after a previous indictment in 2025.
Source: NPR external link
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court dismisses a corruption case against Gulnara Karimova, daughter of former Uzbek president Islam Karimov.
Source: Financial Times external link

Sports

In Canadian football, the 70th edition of the CFL draft is held, with the Ottawa Redblacks selecting former Purdue Boilermakers offensive lineman Giordano Vaccaro with the first overall pick.
Source: Sportsnet external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three paramedics are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Majdal Zoun, Lebanon, while responding to the scene of a previous airstrike against a building, which killed two more people.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Tuapse oil terminal fire in Tuapse, Russia, grows larger following the third Ukrainian drone strike on the facility in two weeks.
Source: BBC News external link
Ukraine reports intercepting more than 33,000 Russian drones in March, the highest monthly total since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Source: AP external link
Colombian police arrest José Vitonco, an alleged guerrilla leader linked to FARC dissident leader Iván Mordisco, in connection with a deadly highway bombing in Cauca Department.
Source: AFP via RTHK external link
Malian president and military leader Assimi Goïta meets with Russian ambassador to the nation, Igor Gromyko, marking the former's first public appearance since a rebel offensive began three days ago.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A series of clashes between delinquent cells took place in various part of the municipality of Tecoanapa, Guerrero. The balance of the violence is unknown, but is reported the use of drone bombing and attack against civil infrastructure and the reinforcement of government forces in the area.
Source: La Jornada external link

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed and 13 others are injured in a fire at a private construction site in Aeroport District, Moscow, Russia.
Source: Xinhua external link

Politics and elections

The U.S. Senate blocks a resolution by Democrats that would force a vote to limit U.S president Donald Trump's powers in launching military action in Cuba.
Source: Reuters external link
The Kosovan legislature fails to elect a president by the constitutional deadline due to insufficient votes, raising the likelihood of early parliamentary elections.
Source: AA external link

April 27

Armed conflicts and attacks

Hezbollah secretary-general Naim Qassem says that he "categorically rejects" negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, and that "the resistance" will continue.
Source: The New Arab external link
The Associated Press and report that Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the United States lifts its blockade and if the war ends.
Source: Axios external link
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio states that Iran's position on access to the strait does not meet U.S. requirements, while U.S. president Donald Trump discusses a reported Iranian proposal on reopening the route with his national security advisers.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
Iran and the U.S. dispute at a review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations, amid disagreement over Iran's election as a vice president of the meeting and its compliance with treaty obligations.
Source: AP external link
Islamist militant group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) says the Malian military has begun to withdraw from Tessalit, Kidal Region, with the soldiers agreeing to hand over their weapons in exchange for a safe passage from the town.
Source: Reuters external link
Somali pirates storm and hijack a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Puntland that was en route to Kenya. Puntland maritime police say nine gunmen boarded the vessel and are currently in control of the vessel and are heading towards Mogadishu. The status of the crew is not known.
Source: AP external link
Russia-installed officials at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant say a worker has been killed in a Ukrainian attack.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Afghanistan claims seven people are killed and 85 others are injured in Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan, including the Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University.
Source: The Economic Times external link
Twenty-nine people are killed and several structures are destroyed by Islamic State gunmen during a mass shooting in Guyaku, Nigeria.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

International relations

Bahrain revokes the citizenship of 69 people for "expressing support" for Iran during the conflict.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Audias Flores Silva, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, is taken into custody during a raid in Nayarit, Mexico.
Source: Reuters external link
A Taiwanese court sentences a former TSMC employee to 10 years in prison for stealing trade secrets to benefit Tokyo Electron, while also imposing prison terms on accomplices and financial penalties on Tokyo Electron Taiwan.
Source: The Manila Times external link

Politics and elections

Maltese president Myriam Spiteri Debono dissolves parliament on the advice of prime minister Robert Abela, after the latter calls for general elections on 30 May.
Source: TVM+ external link
Iraqi president Nizar Amidi names Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister-designate from the Coordination Framework, after two other contenders, former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and the incumbent Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, withdrew their candidacies.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

A CityLink Aviation Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashes during a domestic flight south-west of Juba, South Sudan, killing all 15 people on board.
Source: AP external link
Fourteen people are killed and 84 others are injured after an Argo Bromo Anggrek train collides with a KRL Commuterline train near Bekasi Timur Station in West Java, Indonesia, prompting evacuations.
Source: AFP via CNA external link

Business and economy

American fashion retailer Claire's closes all of its 154 stores in Ireland and the United Kingdom with the loss of 1,300 jobs after collapsing into administration for a second time in a year.
Source: BBC News external link
China's National Development and Reform Commission announces the decision to block American technology company Meta's planned acquisition of Chinese artificial intelligence startup Manus.
Source: AFP via CNA external link