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Pope Francis
- Militants attack a group of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 26 people.
- Pope Francis (pictured) dies at the age of 88.
- Daniel Noboa is re-elected president of Ecuador.
- Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa dies at the age of 89.
- A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills 232 people.
April 26, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Red Sea crisis
- The Israel Defense Forces say they have intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
April 25, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kashmir conflict
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Indian and Pakistani military troops exchange gunfire across the Line of Control during an ongoing diplomatic crisis caused by a terrorist attack in India-administered Kashmir. (Al Jazeera)
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Gaza war
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
- The World Food Programme (WFP) claims that the entire food stock inside the Gaza Strip is empty due to the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid. WFP aid kitchens are expected to run out of food in a few days, and thousands of Palestinians are expected to die from starvation. The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs calls the situation "probably the worst" since the beginning of the war in October 2023. (DW)
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Lieutenant general Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is assassinated in a car bombing in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (CNN)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Arts and culture
- Death and funeral of Pope Francis
- Cardinals seal the coffin of Pope Francis in a private liturgical rite led by Camerlengo Kevin Farrell at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. (CNN)
Business and economy
- German economic crisis
- The German government cuts its economic growth forecast to zero, with the Deutsche Bundesbank estimating a future recession. Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck accuses U.S. President Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs of being the primary reason for Germany's continued economic crisis. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- A Royal Thai Police Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashes while conducting a test flight for parachuting training near Hua Hin Airport in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand, killing all six people on board. (The Nation) (AP)
- A Mw 6.3 earthquake strikes Esmeraldas, Ecuador, shutting down power, damaging 800 buildings and injuring 32 people. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Law and crime
- Former Brazilian president Fernando Collor de Mello is arrested following a corruption conviction by Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes. (AP)
- Wisconsin circuit court judge Hannah Dugan is arrested by United States federal law enforcement on obstruction charges after allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. (CNBC)
April 24, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Three children are killed and several others are injured after an Israeli airstrike hits a tent encampment in the Nuseirat refugee camp, resulting in a fire which spread through parts of the camp. Altogether, at least 45 people are killed from today's attacks. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli settler violence
- Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and injure five Palestinians and set fire to several homes and farmland. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes
- April 2025 Russian attack on Kyiv
- Twelve people are killed and around 90 others, including children, are injured in a Russian KN-23 ballistic missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. (CTV News) (Reuters)
- April 2025 Russian attack on Kyiv
- Kyiv strikes
- Somali Civil War
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- Al-Shabaab militants seize the town of Wargaadhi and its military base in Middle Shabelle, Somalia. More than 40 militants and twelve clan fighters are killed in related combat. (Al Jazeera)
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- The Beninese government announces that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) in the north of the country last week, after previously announcing only eight soldiers were killed. JNIM claims 70 soldiers were killed in the attack. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Four people are killed and four others are injured, including one critically, when a dump truck crashes into six pedestrians working on powerlines in Eden, North Carolina, United States. (WFMY-TV)
International relations
- India–Pakistan relations
- 2025 India–Pakistan diplomatic crisis
- Pakistan closes its land border and shared airspace with India indefinitely following the attack on tourists in Pahalgam, India-administered Kashmir, several days prior, and India's executive actions against Pakistan yesterday. (DW)
- 2025 India–Pakistan diplomatic crisis
Law and crime
- Censorship in Mexico
- A joint commission of the Mexican Senate approves a proposal submitted by President Claudia Sheinbaum that would grant the government the power to block and censor digital platforms, including social networks, websites, and apps, indefinitely and without a court order. The proposal will be sent to the government-aligned majority in Congress for further approval. (Milenio)
- Highland Park parade shooting
- 24-year-old Robert E. Crimo is sentenced to 21 life sentences for killing seven people and injuring 48 others in a mass shooting during the 2022 Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. (CNN)
- Jones Road Fire
- A 19-year-old is arrested and charged with arson on suspicion of starting an ongoing large wildfire that has burned 15,000 acres in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. (ABC News)
- Nantes school stabbing
- One student is killed and three others are critically injured in a mass stabbing at a private school in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. A 15-year-old student is detained. (Daily Mirror)
- Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in is indicted on charges of alleged corruption and bribery for receiving ₩217 million (US$152,000) in connection with his son-in-law's employment at airline Eastar Jet in Thailand. (DW)
Politics and elections
- The Palestinian Central Council votes 170–1 to establish the position of Vice President of the State of Palestine. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- The Shenzhou 20 spacecraft launches successfully from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, carrying three astronauts on a six-month mission to install space debris protection in the Tiangong space station and carry out scientific experiments on solar and cosmic ray radiation on planarians. (Reuters) (DW)
Sports
- 2025 NFL draft
- In American football, the NFL draft is held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with the Tennessee Titans selecting quarterback Cam Ward from the Miami Hurricanes as the first overall pick. (The Washington Post)
April 23, 2025 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces launch a drone strike on a bus in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing nine people. (The Guardian)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Istanbul earthquake
- A Mw 6.2 earthquake with an epicenter in the Sea of Marmara strikes Istanbul, Turkey, injuring at least 359 people. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2023–2025 global coral bleaching event
- The International Coral Reef Initiative announces that over 84% of the world's coral reefs are affected by a coral bleaching event since 2023, considered the most intense on record. (AP)
International relations
- Death and funeral of Pope Francis
- The body of Pope Francis is moved from Domus Sanctae Marthae to St. Peter's Basilica, and lies in state for a 3-day public viewing. (CBS News)
- 2025 India–Pakistan diplomatic crisis, India–Pakistan relations
- India announces several measures targeting Pakistan including closing the main border crossing linking the two countries, suspending the Indus Water Treaty, and expelling Pakistani diplomats after the attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- The Jordanian interior ministry bans all activities of the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood organization in the country, seizes the organization's assets, and closes all of its offices, including its political wing in the country, the Islamic Action Front. The Jordanian government links the group to sabotage plots and accuses it of "destabilizing" the country. (DW)
April 22, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip. (RTÉ News)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- 2025 Pahalgam attack
- At least 28 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when separatists open fire on people in Pahalgam, Anantnag district, Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. (The New Indian Express) (The Guardian)
- 2025 Pahalgam attack
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
- Russian guided bombs target Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing one person and wounding 26 others, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov. (Reuters)
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
Disasters and accidents
- Jones Road Fire
- Roughly 5,000 residents are evacuated, the Garden State Parkway is shut down and a business is destroyed after a large wildfire burns 12,500 acres (51 km2) in Lacey Township, New Jersey, United States. (WCAU-TV) (WPVI-TV)
Law and crime
- Palestine–Syria relations
- Syria detains two senior members of the paramilitary organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Reuters)
- Seven people are killed in a mass stabbing when a man enters a bakery and attacks sleeping employees in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines. (GMA Network)
- Interpol rescues 33 West Africans, including people from Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Ghana, from human trafficking rings in the Ivory Coast. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Ivorian presidential election
- Main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam is disqualified from the 2025 Ivorian presidential election. (BBC News)
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that the U.S. State Department will cut 15% of its staff and that the office of the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights will be abolished. (NPR)
April 21, 2025 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Spillover of the Sudanese civil war
- 2025 Nasir clashes
- The South Sudan People's Defence Forces capture the town of Nasir in Upper Nile State from the Nuer White Army. (Reuters)
- 2025 Nasir clashes
- Boko Haram insurgency
- The Islamic State claims responsibility for a series of deadly attacks targeting Christians and security forces in Borno and Adamawa, Nigeria earlier this month that killed at least nine people and injured several others. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- ARK Invest becomes the first US-based asset manager to gain exposure to the Solana blockchain through an ETF investment after Canada approves several spot Solana ETFs. (Coin Market Cap)
International relations
- Death and funeral of Pope Francis
- Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announces that Pope Francis has died early on Easter Monday, at the age of 88. (Euronews) (AP)
- Cardinal Farrell, as Camerlengo, becomes the acting head of Vatican City until the next papal conclave in May. (NPR)
- Klaus Schwab steps down as leader of the World Economic Forum, which he founded in 1971. (DW)
Law and crime
- 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
- The perpetrator of the racially motivated domestic terrorist mass shooting attack that killed 23 people and injured 22 others at a Walmart building in El Paso, Texas, United States, in 2019, 26-year-old Patrick Wood Crusius, pleads guilty to state charges and is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole to avoid the death penalty. (USA Today)
Sports
- 2025 Boston Marathon
- In long-distance running, Kenyan road runner John Korir wins the men's competition at the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:04:45 which, along with his brother Wesley Korir's win in 2012, makes them the first and only set of brothers to win the event. (The New York Times)
- Kenyan athlete Sharon Lokedi wins the women's competition with a time of 2:17:22 and sets the new course record, surpassing Buzunesh Deba's record in 2014. (WBZ-TV)
April 20, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Red Sea crisis
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
- March–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
- The Houthis report that twelve people are killed and thirty others are injured in airstrikes on a market and a residential zone in Farwa District, Sanaa, Yemen. (Le Monde)
- March–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from drownings during the week across Australia increases to seven after a fisherman dies after being swept off rocks near Sydney. Three people remain missing and one other was injured. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- The death toll of the capsized Hong Hai 16 off Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, rises to nine. Two others are still missing. (Manila Bulletin)
- Three people are killed and ten others are injured, including one critically and four firefighters, in a large house fire in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York, United States. (WABC-TV) (WCBS-TV)
Law and crime
- At least one person, the perpetrator, is killed and six others are injured, in an arson attack when a man sets fire to an apartment building with a flamethrower in Bongcheon-dong, Seoul, South Korea. (Yonhap)
Sports
- In table tennis, Hugo Calderano of Brazil defeats Lin Shidong of China 4–1 sets, winning the ITTF World Cup and becoming the first athlete from the Americas to win the competition. (CNN Brasil)
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