Sunday, April 9th, 2023 

The documents are compiled from multiple sources, including the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department. (CNN) 

Three parties (Reform, E200 and Social Democrats), led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, agree to a new government coalition, five weeks after the parliamentary elections in Estonia. (AP) 

Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes on Syrian territory after several rockets were launched toward the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights. (The Guardian) 

A Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia destroys a residential building and damages dozens of other buildings, killing two civilians and injuring another. Russian attacks are also reported in other settlements, including Orikhiv and Huliaipole. (Reuters)  

Eight people are killed by a land mine planted by Islamic State in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (Reuters) 

Six people are killed and another is injured by an avalanche near Mount Blanc, in the French Alps. (BBC News) 

Saturday, April 8th, 2023 

Two sets of classified documents of the United States relating to the Russo-Ukrainian War are leaked online. The leaks also include intelligence that the United States holds on other nations, including North Korea, China, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. (CNN) 

Two soldiers are killed after their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In a separate incident, a police officer is killed and two more injured during a grenade attack in Swabi. The Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for both attacks. (Associated Press) 

At least ten people are killed in Migori, Kenya, when a truck loses control and crashes into pedestrians. (Pulse) 

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Saturday, April 8th, 2023 

Chad expels German ambassador Gordon Kricke after he criticises the government’s delays of the 2024 election. (Deutschlandfunk) 

Police in Iran announce the installment of cameras in public places to identify and penalize women who do not observe dressing codes for hijabs, while also urging citizens to confront unveiled women. (Reuters) 

Friday,  April 7th, 2023 

The UK defence ministry says that Russian forces have captured the Bakhmutka river west banks, endangering Ukrainian supply lines. (Reuters) 

An Italian tourist is killed and seven others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Tel Aviv, Israel. The perpetrator is shot dead by police. (BBC News) 

Two British-Israeli women are killed and their mother is injured in a drive-by shooting at their vehicle near the Hamra settlement in the occupied West Bank. (AP) 

Pakistan announces the arrest of the founder of the Baloch Nationalist Army in the country’s southwest. (AP via The Washington Post) 

A court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentences six men to life in prison for the assassination of Italian envoy Luca Attanasio in February 2021. (Reuters) 

After being arrested in Russia, American journalist Evan Gershkovich is charged with espionage. (Tagesschau) 

Pakistan announces the arrest of the founder of the umbrella group Baloch Nationalist Army in the country’s southwest. (AP via The Washington Post) 

Deputy Head Andrii Sybiha says that Ukraine is willing to hold talks on the future of Crimea if a Ukrainian counter-offensive reaches the Crimean administrative border. (The Guardian) 

At least 34 rockets are fired, four of which landed, from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, injuring three people. Israel later fires artillery toward two Lebanese villages and the Gaza Strip, wounding a child in Khan Yunis. (Al Jazeera) (MENAFN) 

The Japanese Coast Guard reports that a Black Hawk military helicopter carrying ten crew members crashed near Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture. (Reuters) 

Gambia confirms a case of bird flu (Reuters) 

The International Court of Justice rules that the case of territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute peacefully. Venezuela had earlier rejected the ruling, alleging that the case cannot be heard without the involvement of the United Kingdom, Guyana’s former colonial power. (AP) 

Two Democratic lawmakers are expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for participating in pro-gun control protests following the Covenant School shooting. (The Washington Post) 

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