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Voyager 1
- NASA announces that the Voyager 1 space probe (rendering shown) is sending readable data for the first time in five months.
- The HDZ-led coalition wins the most seats in the Croatian parliamentary election but falls short of a majority.
- Ichthyotitan, the largest known marine reptile, is formally described.
- Flooding in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula leaves more than thirty people dead.
- The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire.
April 25, 2024 (Thursday)
April 24, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine as part of a bill that was recently approved after being stalled in the US Congress for months. The package includes ammunition for artillery and air defense systems, along with armoured fighting vehicles. (CNN)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Business and economy
- The union representing air traffic controllers in France cancels a planned 24-hour strike on Thursday, although a majority of flights have already been cancelled. (euronews)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- Widespread flooding occurs in Nairobi, Kenya, with tens of thousands of people affected. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- AMIA bombing
- Argentina issues an arrest warrant via Interpol for Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. Vahidi is currently believed to be in Sri Lanka. (BBC News)
- Human rights in Colombia
- The Government of Colombia issues a formal apology to the indigenous communities of the Amazon basin for their enslavement and mistreatment during the Amazon rubber boom in the 19th and 20th centuries. (El Espectador)
- President of the United States Joe Biden signs the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act into law. (Reuters)
- Moldova announces that they have brought a criminal case against Gagauzia governor Evghenia Guțul for using Russian funds to finance the now-banned Șor Party. (Reuters)
- Three people are injured in a stabbing at the Ysgol Dyffryn Aman school in Ammanford, Wales. The suspect is arrested. (ITV News) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Thousands of people protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against reductions in funding for universities made by President Javier Milei. (BBC News)
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he is considering resigning from office after his wife is investigated for corruption. (AP)
April 23, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- An Israeli Air Force airstrike kills two people and injures six others in Hanine, Lebanon. (Reuters)
- Nasser Hospital mass graves, Nasser Hospital siege
- United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk calls for an international investigation after hundreds of bodies are discovered in mass graves near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (The New York Times)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Business and economy
- The United States Federal Trade Commission votes to ban nearly all employment agreements that prevent workers from joining competing businesses. (NPR)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Lumut mid-air collision
- Two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters collide in mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing all ten people on board. (CNA)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- Five migrants drown while attempting to cross the English Channel and 49 others are rescued. (Reuters)
- At least 21 migrants die after their boat capsizes off the coast of Djibouti. (Reuters)
- A Douglas DC-4 crashes into the Tanana River in Alaska, United States, shortly after takeoff from Fairbanks, killing two people on board. (Anchorage Daily News)
International relations
- International recognition of the State of Palestine, International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine. (Jamaica Observer)
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- North Korea claims that it tested a new command-and-control system in a simulated nuclear counterstrike. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to increase the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around £85 billion. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
April 22, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- The Russian Ministry of Defence claims control over the village of Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom announces its largest ever military support package for the Ukrainian military, pledging 400 vehicles, including 162 MXT-MVs, 60 boats, 1,600 air defence missiles, 4 million rounds of firearm ammunition, and an additional £500 million in funding. (The Guardian)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia strikes the Kharkiv TV Tower with a Kh-59 cruise missile, causing the upper half of the tower to collapse and disrupting the broadcasting signal in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hamas war
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- Israeli troops and tanks raid Khan Yunis in Gaza after abruptly withdrawing from the city earlier this month. (Reuters)
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus
- Two police officers are killed and another is injured during a mass shooting of a police squad in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. (Tass)
- Moro conflict
- Twelve Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militants are killed and seven soldiers are wounded during a shootout in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Guangdong floods
- Four people are killed and ten are missing during floods caused by heavy rain in Guangdong Province, China. Around 110,000 people are evacuated. (BBC News)
International relations
- China–Japan relations
- Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
- China objects to an offering that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday. (Reuters)
- Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- The head of the Military Intelligence Directorate of Israel Aharon Haliva resigns for failing to prevent the Hamas offensive on Israel on October 7, 2023. (AP)
- 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election
- President Mohamed Muizzu's party, the People's National Congress, is declared the winner of the election. (Reuters)
Science and technology
April 21, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Twenty-two people are killed, including 18 children, in overnight Israeli strikes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, according to local health officials. (AP)
- Bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Israel–Hamas war
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Fox Hill Supercross race crash
- A car veers off the track during the international Fox Hill Supercross motor race in Diyatalawa, Sri Lanka, and crashes into a group of spectators, killing seven people and injuring 21 others. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
- Ecuadorians vote in a referendum on proposed constitutional changes. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election
- Maldivians elect the members of the parliament. (The Hindu)
- 2024 North Kosovo referendum
- A referendum on whether to remove ethnic Albanian mayors from office in Serb-majority North Kosovo is boycotted by most Serbs, who demand that the mayors resign. (Reuters)
April 20, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli attacks in the West Bank during the Israel–Gaza war
- Fourteen Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack in the West Bank. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
- Israeli attacks in the West Bank during the Israel–Gaza war
- Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Governor of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, says that a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a fuel depot in Kardymovsky. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Bangui river disaster
- A river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the Mpoko River in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing at least 58 people. (DW)
International relations
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- The U.S. House of Representatives passes a series of bills that would provide $95 billion in military aid to countries including Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- American college students plan demonstrations in solidarity with pro-Palestinian Columbia University protesters arrested in New York City earlier this week. (CNN)
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Mass shootings in the United States
- Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee. (ABC News)
- Protests occur in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, against mass tourism in the Canary Islands which is allegedly increasing house prices for locals. (Reuters)
April 19, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran
- Missiles are launched by the Israel Defense Forces towards Isfahan, Iran. Locations in Iraq and Syria are also attacked by Israel. (Al Jazeera) (Times of Israel) (The Washington Post)
- The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave Israel, citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks. (Times of Israel)
- 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russian missile strikes kill seven civilians in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, including five in Synelnykove and two in Dnipro, with several others critically injured. (BBC News)
- A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 aircraft is shot down in Russian airspace over Stavropol Krai after launching missiles at targets in Ukraine. (BBC News)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- An Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces command post at the Kalsu military base was hit by an explosion resulting from an air strike, killing one fighter and wounding six others. Security sources say it is not known who was responsible, and Israel and the United States both deny involvement. (Reuters) (CNN)
Business and economy
- American car manufacturer Tesla, Inc. recalls thousands of Cybertrucks due to "safety concerns" involving the truck's accelerator pedals. (BBC News)
International relations
- Niger–United States relations
- The United States agrees to withdraw American troops from Niger. (The Washington Post)
Law and crime
- Self-immolation of Maxwell Azzarello
- A man fatally sets himself on fire near the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump is currently on trial. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
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