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April 2025
30 editions. Choose a day to read it in full.
- Wednesday 30 April Puntland releases fifteen prisoners of war in exchange for Somaliland releasing eleven combatants captured during the conflict in the…
- Tuesday 29 April Gunmen reported to be aligned with the Syrian government engage in fatal clashes with armed Druze combatants in the Druze-majority city of…
- Monday 28 April The Vatican announces the 2025 papal conclave will take place starting on May 7 in the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis's successor…
- Sunday 27 April The tomb of Pope Francis at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome, Italy, is opened for public viewing and photos are released by…
- Saturday 26 April The funeral of Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. 400,000 people are in attendance, including more than 130 world…
- Friday 25 April Indian and Pakistani military troops exchange gunfire across the Line of Control during an ongoing diplomatic crisis caused by a terrorist…
- Thursday 24 April Pakistan closes its land border and shared airspace with India indefinitely following the attack on tourists in Pahalgam…
- Wednesday 23 April India announces several measures targeting Pakistan including closing the main border crossing linking the two countries, suspending the…
- Tuesday 22 April At least 28 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when terrorists open fire on people in Pahalgam, Anantnag district…
- Monday 21 April Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announces that Pope Francis has died early on Easter Monday, at the age of 88.
- Sunday 20 April Three people are killed and ten others are injured, including one critically and four firefighters, in a large house fire in Jamaica…
- Saturday 19 April At least 178 people are arrested in Pakistan after over 10 group attacks on KFC restaurants occur during protests against United States…
- Friday 18 April The Houthis say that American airstrikes targeted the Ras Isa port in Yemen, killing 74 people and wounding 171 others. This marks the…
- Thursday 17 April At least two people are killed and six others are hospitalized in a mass shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida…
- Wednesday 16 April The Slovak government passes a law requiring non-governmental organizations to disclose their funding sources and the names of major…
- Tuesday 15 April The European Union and its member states pledge €522 million (US$590 million) and the United Kingdom pledges £120 million (US$141 million)…
- Monday 14 April The Hellenic Coast Guard finds two bodies and 39 survivors when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Farmakonisi in the…
- Sunday 13 April During Palm Sunday, two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions strike the centre of Sumy, Ukraine, killing at…
- Saturday 12 April A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is shot down by a S-400 missile during combat operations against Russian forces, with the pilot…
- Friday 11 April Indonesia indicates that it is ready to temporarily accept the "first wave" of around 1,000 Palestinian evacuees from the Gaza Strip until…
- Thursday 10 April The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports a marked re-escalation of extrajudicial killings of civilians in Alawite-dominated…
- Wednesday 9 April Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip kill at least 35 Palestinians, including at least 23 in an apartment building in Shuja'iyya, Gaza City.
- Tuesday 8 April At least 124 people, including Dominican politician Nelsy Cruz and former Major League Baseball players Tony Blanco and Octavio Dotel, are…
- Monday 7 April Colossal Biosciences announce they have bred three genetically modified wolf pups named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi which have approximate…
- Sunday 6 April In ice hockey, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scores his 895th career goal, surpassing the all-time goals record held by…
- Saturday 5 April The Ukrainian government declares April 6 as a day of mourning following yesterday's Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk…
- Friday 4 April A Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills 19 people, including nine children, and injures more…
- Thursday 3 April At least five CJNG gunmen are killed and 116 explosive devices seized after a combined operation that took place in Apatzingán. In the same…
- Wednesday 2 April Exceptions include Canada, Cuba, Mexico, North Korea, and Russia. Canada and Mexico had tariffs placed on them in February, while Cuba…
- Tuesday 1 April U.S. Senator Cory Booker delivers the longest speech in United States Senate history, breaking the previous record set by Strom Thurmond in…