Sunday, April 13th, 2025 

American spree killer Mikal Mahdi, who killed three people, including an off-duty police officer, in July 2004, is executed by firing squad at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. (NBC News) 

An American teen follower of the Order of Nine Angles previously charged with killing his parents is also accused of plotting to assassinate U.S. president Donald Trump. (NBC News) 

Three prison officers sustain life-threatening injuries in a mass stabbing and burn attack when Hashem Abedi, the brother of Islamic terrorist Salman Abedi, the perpetrator of the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, attacks prison officers at HM Prison Frankland in County Durham, England, with hot cooking oil and shivs. (BBC News) 

During Palm Sunday, two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions strike the centre of Sumy, Ukraine, killing at least 34 people and wounding 117 others. (BBC News) 

Israel destroys part of the last fully functional hospital in Gaza City, the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, which is managed by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem. No direct casualties are reported, but one child has died due to interrupted medical care. (BBC News) (PCHR Gaza) 

Eight people are killed and a dozen others are injured after a roadside bomb suspected to be planted by Islamic extremists hits a bus on the Damboa-Maiduguri highway in Borno State, Nigeria. (Associated Press) 

Five people are killed and twelve others are injured in a fire at a hostel in the Polish town of Pszów. (TVN24) 

Six people are injured, including two critically, and twenty-four homes are damaged after a two-story house exploded in Austin, Texas, United States. (Austin American-Statesman) 

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence is targeted in an arson attack. Governor Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated safely and the fire was extinguished. A suspect was later arrested and charged with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault against an enumerated person. (NBC News) (CTV News) 

Gabon’s military leader Brice Oligui Nguema wins the presidential election with more than 90% of the vote. (BBC News) 

Incumbent president Daniel Noboa wins reelection for a full term in a rematch against Luisa González. (CNN) 

Saturday, April 12th, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump’s administration exempts smartphones and computers from all “reciprocal” tariffs, including the base 10% on all countries and the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller states that a separate 20% tariff on Chinese imports remains in effect for the products. (BBC News) 

Iran and the United States, represented by foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and special envoy Steve Witkoff, hold their first round of indirect talks in Muscat, Oman, and agree to continue the negotiations. (The Jerusalem Post) 

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 killed in action. (Defense Mirror) 

The Israel Defense Forces announces the completion of the Morag Corridor, completely cutting off the city of Rafah from the rest of the Gaza Strip and effectively turning it into an Israeli security zone. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 100 people, including 20 children, are killed in Rapid Support Forces attacks on Al-Fashir and two nearby displacement camps in North Darfur, Sudan, according to the United Nations. (Hindustan Times) 

The British government passes emergency legislation to control some management decisions at British Steel in order to prevent the closure of the Jingye Group-owned Scunthorpe Steelworks. (BBC News) 

A Mitsubishi MU-2B aircraft en route from Westchester County Airport to Columbia County Airport crashes into a field in Copake, New York, United States, killing all six occupants onboard. (NBC News) 

Friday,  April 11th, 2025 

U.S. president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his third visit to Russia in the lasts months, reportedly to discuss a “Ukrainian settlement” and a future meeting between Donald Trump and Putin. (CBS News) 

Recovery operations conclude at the site of the collapsed Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with 221 fatalities reported. (Diario Libre) (Boston Globe) 

Indonesia indicates that it is ready to temporarily accept the “first wave” of around 1,000 Palestinian evacuees from the Gaza Strip until conditions improve. (Haaretz) (Tempo) 

A bomb explodes outside the offices of Greece’s main railway company Hellenic Train in Athens, Greece. No casualties were reported. (CTV News) 

China increases its tariffs on U.S. imports from 84% to 125% in response to U.S. duties on Chinese goods of 145%. (Reuters) 

China states that it will not respond to any further U.S. tariff increases, as U.S. goods have already been priced out of the Chinese market by existing tariffs, but may still impose other economic measures. (CNBC) 

Three people are killed when a Mooney M20 crashes in the Cherokee National Forest near Reliance, Tennessee, United States. The Federal Aviation Authority and National Transportation Safety Board are currently investigating the crash. (WRCB) 

An agreement is signed by top security officials from Panama and the U.S. allowing U.S. military personnel to deploy to Panama-controlled facilities. (France24) 

The U.S. president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss settlement options for the Russo-Ukrainian war and a potential meeting between Donald Trump and Putin. (CBS News) 

The U.S. terminates the temporary protected status of Afghan and Cameroonian nationals. (BBC) 

Twenty-six-year-old Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves is sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment for her part in a people smuggling operation that killed 16 and injured two Cuban undocumented migrants in a shipwreck in South Florida, United States, on November 16, 2024. (CTV News) 

China states that it will not respond to any further U.S. tariff increases, as U.S. goods have already been priced out of the Chinese market by existing tariffs, but may still impose other economic measures. (CNBC) 

The Italian government sends 40 asylum seekers to an internment camp in Albania after their asylum applications were rejected, preparing them to be deported. Migrants can be held for a maximum of 18 months under Italian law. (DW) 

China increases its tariffs on U.S. imports from 84% to 125% in response to U.S. duties on Chinese goods of 145%. (Reuters) 

A Cessna 310 crashes into Interstate 95 near Boca Raton Airport in Boca Raton, Florida, United States, killing all three occupants of the plane and injuring one other on the ground. (Boca News Now) 

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Tuesday,  April 8th, 2025 

Colossal Biosciences announce they have bred three genetically modified wolf pups which approximate anatomical features of extinct dire wolves. (TIME)

At least 79 people, including former Major League Baseball players Tony Blanco and Octavio Dotel, are killed and 150 others are injured when the roof of a nightclub collapses during a performance by merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who is among the dead, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (NBC News) (El País) 

Mexico reports its first human death from bird flu subtype H5N1 which caused multiple organ failure in a three-year-old girl in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. (Reuters) 

About 50 hippos are killed by Anthrax poisoning at Virunga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo, the oldest national park in the county. (CTV News) 

The death toll from the heavy flooding in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, caused by overflow of the Ndjili River increases to 33 deaths. Hundreds of buildings are completely submerged and thousands of people are trapped in their homes. (NPR) (DW) 

Three U.S. citizens are commuted of their crime of attempting a coup against the Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi in 2024 and extradited back to the United States. They were previously sentenced to death along with 34 others for the failed attempt that killed six people, including the coup’s leader Christian Malanga. (NPR) 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reports that Ukrainian armed forces captured two Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military in Donetsk, with Ukrainian intelligence reporting several more Chinese soldiers present. The report marks the first official allegation of direct Chinese government involvement in providing manpower for Russia against Ukraine. (BBC) 

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms the presence of Ukrainian troops active in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. (BBC News) 

Three people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States. (Fox News) 

The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees orders a temporary halt to a United Nations refugee resettlement program which it has participated in since 2012, citing the change in government. The new coalition government is expected to restart the program when a new interior minister is announced. (DW) 

U.S. district judge for the District Court of D.C. Trevor N. McFadden orders the White House to restore the Associated Press’s full access to cover presidential events on First Amendment grounds, overruling the Trump administration’s previous order to ban the news agency after it refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America“. (The Hill) 

Monday,  April 7th, 2025 

In college basketball, the Florida Gators rally from a 12-point deficit to defeat the Houston Cougars, 65–63, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., to win their first championship since 2007. (Tampa Bay Times) 

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen offers to negotiate with Trump to avoid a trade war and further economic panic, including a zero-for-zero tariff deal on all industrial goods. (Politico) 

The Nikkei 225, SSE Composite Index, and Hang Seng Index experience substantial losses following Friday’s losses on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. European markets also decline, particularly in banking and defense sectors. The ASX 200 in Australia and the Kospi in South Korea also closes lower. (BBC News) 

President of Taiwan Lai Ching-te states that he does not intend to implement retaliatory tariffs against the United States. He instead expressed Taiwan‘s intent to import more American exports and increase its investments in the U.S. economy, beginning with a proposal for a Taiwan–U.S. bilateral zero-tariff deal. (NBC News) 

The number of mainly-Alawite Syrian civilians killed in ongoing sectarian reprisal massacres by pro-Syrian government forces and Sunni parties since March 6 rises to 1,767. (SOHR) 

Israel reportedly controls over half of the land in the Gaza Strip after razing multiple Palestinian properties to expand its buffer zone. (CNN) 

An Israeli airstrike hits near a charity kitchen in Gaza where displaced Palestinians gather for food, killing more than 30 people. (AP) 

The National Emergency Management Agency reports that at least 52 people have been killed and over 2,000 others have been displaced from their homes in recent days in tit for tat attacks by rival herders over control of arable land in Plateau State, Nigeria. (Reuters) 

A Pakistan Army raid on a Pakistani Taliban militant hideout in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills nine militants, including a high-profile Taliban leader who coordinated recent attacks on Pakistani military facilities in the region. (AP) 

U.S. President Donald Trump announces plans to impose a 50% tariff on China, escalating to a total of 104% if China does not revoke its 34% retaliatory tariff on all American goods within a day. China dismisses the plans and does not remove its reciprocal tariffs. (CNBC)  

Algeria bans flights to and from Mali in response to “recurrent violations” of Algerian airspace by Malian military drones. (Reuters) 

At least fifteen schools are closed in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, due to violent threats from unknown far-right extremist individuals, totaling at least 17,000 children affected. (DW) 

South Korea announces a snap presidential election after the dismissal of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, scheduled for June 3. (Korea JoongAng Daily) 

The first birth of a baby in the United Kingdom to a person with a transplanted womb is announced. The baby girl, delivered at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London to a 36-year-old woman, is reported to be healthy. (BBC News) 

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Sunday, April 6th, 2025 

A Russian airstrike in Darnytskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine, kills one person and injures three others. (CTV News) 

The death toll from Friday’s missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, rises to 20 deaths, including children, and 75 injuries. (CTV News) 

Russian troops reportedly capture the village of Basivka in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast. (Reuters) 

At least 46 people are killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours. (Al Jazeera) 

Between two and 70 people are killed and at least nine others are injured in overnight U.S. airstrikes targeting Houthi forces in Saada, Yemen. (CTV News) 

At least eight civilians are injured after Al-Shabaab militants launch mortar shells for the second consecutive day targeting Aden Adde International Airport and the heavily fortified Halane compound in Mogadishu. Following the attack, Turkish Airlines and Egyptair cancel scheduled flights. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)

The death toll from the severe weather in the United States rises to 18. (ABC News) 

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says that two people have died and 500 roads are closed in the state due to flooding. (Reuters) 

The death toll from the South Korea wildfires rises to 32 after a Bell 206 firefighting helicopter crashed during operations to combat a wildfire in Daegu, South Korea, killing the pilot. (Korea JoongAng Daily) 

Around thirty people are killed from overnight heavy flooding caused by torrential rains and water overflowing from the banks of the Ndjili River in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera) 

An air ambulance helicopter crashes in the Tsushima Strait off the coast of Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, killing three of the six occupants onboard. (NHK) 

A child dies from measles complications at the UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, United States, becoming the third measles-related death amid outbreaks and the second unvaccinated child victim. (CTV News) 

Four children are injured in a mass stabbing inside a house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, United States. The perpetrator was shot and critically injured by responding officers. (NBC News) 

National Rally organizes a large demonstration in central Paris to protest Marine Le Pen‘s conviction in the National Front assistants affair rendering her ineligible to run in the 2027 French presidential election. (AP) 

In ice hockey, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scores his 895th career goal, surpassing the all-time goals record held by Wayne Gretzky. (Reuters) 

Saturday, April 5th, 2025 

The first of two tariff rounds go into effect in the United States, containing a 10% blanket tariff on every import into the country. The second round of country-specific tariffs is scheduled to go into effect on April 9. (Reuters) 

UK-based multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover suspends vehicle exports to the United States for a month to evaluate the impact of Trump’s tariffs on the automotive industry. (Fox Business) 

“Hands Off” protests against President Donald Trump occur across the United States. (The New York Times) 

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the revocation of all visas of South Sudanese passport holders, citing “the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner.” (BBC) 

Two people are killed after a metal structure collapses during the Festival Ceremonia in Mexico City, Mexico. (USA Today) 

Colonel Nur Farey, the senior Somali military commander of the 14th brigade, is assassinated by a man believed to be an al-Shabaab militant in Addow Dibille near Afgoye, Lower Shabelle, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) 

Two people are killed after a caravan catches fire at a campsite in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England. (Sky News) 

In horse racing, Nick Rockett, rode by Irish jockey Patrick Mullins, wins the 2025 Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in England. (BBC Sport) 

Israel blocks two British Labour Party MPs from entering the country. (Reuters) 

The Ukrainian government declares April 6 as a day of mourning following yesterday’s Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, that killed twenty people, one of the deadliest strikes since the start of the invasion. (de Volkskrant) 

Friday,  April 4th, 2025 

Stocks fall for the second consecutive day following Trump’s recent tariff announcements. Over the past two days, the S&P 500 is down over 10%, while the FTSE 100 is down 6.97% for the week. (The Guardian) 

The Congolese media reports that M23 rebels retreating from Walikale have arrived in Kibua in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Critical Threats) 

Thousands of people demonstrate in Bangui, Central African Republic, to protest against President Faustin-Archange Touadéra‘s plans to run for a third term with the backing of the Russian-led Wagner Group, who has killed indiscriminately in the country. (AP) 

Groups of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militants withdraw from the two neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Achrafieh in Aleppo, Syria, as part of a deal with the Syrian government, which will eventually merge the SDF and the Syrian Armed Forces under one command. (AP) 

Five people are killed, including a child, and 35 are injured in a Russian drone attack on a residential area in Novobavarskyi District of Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

More than 30 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (Channel 4 News) 

A Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills 19 people, including nine children, and injures more than 50 others. The Russian Defence Ministry says its forces were targeting a military gathering in the city. (Reuters) 

China responds to U.S. President Donald Trump‘s tariffs with a 34% reciprocal tariff on imports of American goods. The tariffs will take effect on April 10. (CNN) 

Multiple companies, including Klarna, StubHub, Nintendo, and Professional Sports Authenticator, pause price-sensitive business actions in the U.S. to evaluate the impact of the recent tariff announcements. (The Verge) 

Lamuka opposition coalition spokesperson Prince Epenge criticizes the proposed minerals-for-security deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States, describing it as a “sell-off.” (Critical Threats) 

The death toll from the fire at a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, in March increases to 60 as a burn victim dies in the hospital. (AP) 

Ten people are killed when a landslide caused by torrential rains buries two vehicles in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia. (AP) 

The Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upholds former President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s impeachment in an 8–0 vote, removing him from office. (The Korea Times) 

United States federal judge for the District Court of Maryland Paula Xinis orders the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national from Maryland who was mistakenly deported and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (AP) 

In ice hockey, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scores his 894th career goal, tying the all-time goals record held by Wayne Gretzky. (ESPN) 

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 

Three people, including the perpetrator, are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting when a 29-year-old man shoots his mother and at passing cars in Sabattus, Maine, United States. (ABC News) 

Seven people, including the perpetrator, are injured in a mass stabbing near Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., United States. A suspect was arrested. (The Independent) 

A 25% tariff on all automotive imports into the United States enters force. No exemptions are announced despite requests from several major trade partners, including Japan and the United Kingdom. (Reuters) 

Multinational car manufacturer Stellantis announces it will lay off 900 workers across five of its U.S. factories and will pause production at assembly plants in Canada and Mexico in response to the tariffs. (Reuters) 

The Ontario Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada, convicts Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two leaders of the truck driver protest movement against COVID-19 vaccination in Canada, of criminal mischief. (AP) 

A 50-year-old man sets himself on fire inside of his car in a failed car bombing near the National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, causing a small explosion and injuring himself. No bystanders were injured. (NDTV) 

China arrests three Filipinos suspected of espionage near Chinese military facilities as part of a network recruited by Philippine intelligence to gather sensitive information. The Philippines say the arrests are related to previous arrests of Chinese nationals for similar offences. (Reuters) 

Turkish National Police detain eleven people for spreading calls for and participating in shopping boycotts in the country as a protest against the arrest of Istanbul mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu. (DW) 

M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka claims that the group’s withdrawal from Walikale, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was to show goodwill for peace negotiations. (Critical Threats) 

The death toll from wildfires in Southern California, U.S., increases to 30. (CTV News) 

A dispute between two groups of miners over access to gold deposits in La Paz Department, Bolivia, escalates into clashes with six people reportedly killed and several others missing. (Reuters) 

At least five CJNG gunmen are killed and 116 explosive devices seized after a combined operation that took place in Apatzingán. In the same day, in the municipality of Parácuaro, an encounter between delinquents, the SEDENA and the National Guard leaves one gunman killed. (La Jornada)

Two boats carrying migrants capsize in the early hours of the morning near Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, killing 16 people and leaving one more missing. More than 40 people are rescued by the Hellenic Coast Guard. (AP) 

At least seven people are killed and thirteen others are injured by overnight severe weather including tornadoes, storms, hail and floods across Tennessee, Missouri, and Indiana in the United States. (NBC News) 

At least 100 Palestinians are killed and 70 others are injured, including some critically, in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. One of the strikes killed at least 27 people, including 8 men, 14 women, and 5 children, at a sheltering school in the north. (AP News) 

The Israel Defense Forces retakes control of Rafah, prompting thousands of Palestinians to flee the city. (Reuters) 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands in Budapest, Hungary, a signatory of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for a state visit in defiance of the international arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes. (AP) 

The Hungarian government announces it will withdraw from the ICC. (Reuters) 

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