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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Monday,  April 3rd, 2023 

Four people are killed by a storm in Syria. (AP) 

Brent crude oil prices surge by $4.30 to $84.19 per barrel after OPEC announced a surprise cut in the output of oil exports by about 1.16 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil surges by $4.17 to $79.84 per barrel in response. (Al Jazeera) 

NASA announces the four members of the first crewed mission of the Artemis program: Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, and Victor J. Glover. (NY Times) 

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claims “legal control” of Bakhmut, although Ukraine denies this with its troops present in the city’s western districts. (CNBC) 

A Lions’ Den militant and a Fatah member are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Two other Palestinians are arrested and dozens more are hospitalized due to tear gas. (Al Jazeera) 

After a magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Kamchatka Krai, Russia, cracked walls and collapsed ceilings occur in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Mutnovskaya Power Station is also temporarily shut down. (KAM24) 

Four people are injured after a fire breaks out in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. One person has been arrested on suspicion of arson. (AP) 

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Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 

Professor Alan Jamieson of the University of Western Australia‘s Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre announces that his team has captured footage of a snailfish species, Pseudoliparis belyaevi, swimming at 8,336 metres (27,349 ft) in the Izu–Ogasawara Trench off Japan’s southern coast. This is the lowest depth recorded for any fish, and closest to the estimated maximum depth possible for fish to survive. (BBC News) 

Russian pro-government war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky is killed by a bombing at a café in Saint Petersburg owned by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. Sixteen others are injured. (TASS) 

Russia assumes the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council as part of the standard monthly rotation among the council’s 15 members. (BBC News) 

Bulgarians head to the polls to elect the 240 members of the parliament. Exit polls show former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov‘s party GERB narrowly defeating former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov‘s party We Continue the Change by 0.2%. (DW) 

Finns head to the polls to elect the 200 members of the parliament. Centre-right National Coalition Party wins the most votes at 20.7%, while the ruling Social Democratic Party places third with 19.9%. (Euronews 1) (Euronews 2) 

Former economic minister Jakov Milatović defeats incumbent Milo Đukanović to become the new President of Montenegro, with 60.1% of the vote. (Reuters) 

Russian forces shell Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing six civilians and injuring eight others, according to the Ukrainian government. (Reuters) 

Saturday, April 1st, 2023 

Two people are killed and another is injured after a hot air balloon catches fire near Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico. (AP) 

In India, a new income tax law comes into effect. It is a significant change on the old 1961 statute, and contains a controversial “angel tax” provision seeking to capture some of the income entering the country from foreign investors funding India’s start-ups. (Bloomberg Tax) 

The toll from yesterday’s tornado outbreak rises to 32 people dead and at least 90 injuries, especially in the states of Arkansas and Illinois. (CNN) 

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