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Mark Carney
- In Canada, the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney (pictured), wins the most seats in the federal election.
- A major power outage affects most of the Iberian Peninsula.
- An explosion and fire at the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran, kills at least 70 people and injures more than 1,200 others.
- At least 11 people are killed in a car-ramming attack at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada.
May 1, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Druze, Rif Dimashq clashes
- The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reports that nine field executions were conducted against members of the Syrian Druze community amid an outbreak of sectarian clashes. Syrian Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri characterizes the killings as part of a "genocidal campaign". (Arab News) (SOHR)
- Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif appeals to Israel to intervene against ongoing massacres. (Jerusalem Post)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Druze, Rif Dimashq clashes
- Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- An overnight Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 15 others. High-rise apartments, residential homes, a supermarket and a school were among those targeted, according to Governor of Odesa Oblast Oleh Kiper. (Reuters)
- Odesa strikes
Business and economy
- Ukraine–United States relations
- The United States and Ukraine sign the Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement to share profits from the future sales of Ukraine's mineral and energy reserves. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least twelve people are killed while 37 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision at the Tarlac City toll plaza of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in Tarlac, Philippines. (GMA Integrated News)
Health and environment
- The world's oldest person, Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, dies at the age of 116 years and 326 days. The new oldest living person is British supercentenarian Ethel Caterham, who is the last person born in the 1900s decade, the last living subject of King Edward VII, and the oldest British person ever. (BBC News) (The Telegraph)
Law and crime
- 2024 South Korean martial law
- The Prosecutors of South Korea indict former president Yoon Suk-yeol of abuse of authority after he declared martial law in December 2024. (DW)
- Epic Games v. Apple
- A U.S. district judge finds that Apple wilfully violated an injunction in a case brought by Epic Games. The injunction was supposed to block Apple from anti-competitive conduct and pricing, opening the App Store up to outside payment options. (BBC News)
- Kenyan parliament member Charles Ong'ondo is shot dead in Nairobi by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle in an assassination. (BBC News)
- The Supreme Court of South Korea overturns the acquittal judgement of Democratic Party presidential candidate and former leader Lee Jae-myung over violation of election law. The court orders the case to be sent back to Seoul High Court. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2025 South Korean presidential election
- Acting President of South Korea Han Duck-soo resigns, indicating he would run in the upcoming presidential election. (Yonhap)
- The next in line of the acting president, finance minister Choi Sang-mok, resigns a few hours later. (Yonhap)
- 2025 United Kingdom local elections
- The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election in the Runcorn and Helsby constituency. (BBC News)
Sports
- The Football Association bans transgender women from women's football in England from 1 June after amending its eligibility criteria. (BBC Sport)
April 30, 2025 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The South Korean intelligence agency claims North Korean troops suffered some 4,700 casualties so far, including about 600 of the 15,000 North Korean troops that were killed while fighting for Russia against Ukraine and injuries. (CBC News)
- North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Red Sea crisis
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
- The Royal Air Force launches airstrikes on buildings they claimed were used by the Houthis to manufacture drones south of Sanaa, Yemen. (CTV News)
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
- Puntland–Somaliland dispute
- Las Anod conflict, Puntland–Somaliland prisoner exchange
- Puntland releases fifteen prisoners of war in exchange for Somaliland releasing eleven combatants captured during the conflict in the contested Sool region. This is the second prisoner exchange of prisoners captured during the conflict in Las Anod. (Hiiraan Online) (Horn Observer)
- Las Anod conflict, Puntland–Somaliland prisoner exchange
- Colombian conflict
- The Colombian government says fifteen police officers and twelve soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks by the Gulf Clan cartel and other armed groups. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Israel fires
- Wildfires rage out of control in at least 100 different locations throughout Israel and the West Bank, prompting the Israeli government to declare a state of emergency and forcing evacuations near Jerusalem. At least 40 people are reportedly injured due to the fires. (CNN)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Taiwan, Somaliland–Taiwan relations
- Amid strengthening ties between Taiwan and Somaliland, the Somali government announces a ban on the entry and transit of Taiwanese passport holders through Somalia citing United Nations Resolution 2758 and the One China policy. In response, Taiwan warns its citizens against traveling to Somaliland or Somalia and lodges a protest with the Somali government. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- New Zealand–Philippines relations
April 29, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kashmir conflict
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar says that India intends to launch a military strike on Pakistan within the next 24 to 36 hours. (Reuters)
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Rif Dimashq clashes (April 2025–present)
- Gunmen reported to be aligned with the Syrian government engage in fatal clashes with armed Druze combatants in the Druze-majority city of Jaramana in southern Syria. At least 13 people are killed, and 12 others are injured. (Al Jazeera) (CTV News)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- At least 26 people are killed when a truck hits a roadside bomb in Borno State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
- A 38-year-old man suspected of seriously injuring two women on Saturday in a shooting and crossbow attack on the Otley Run pub crawl in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, succumbs to a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the hospital. It is confirmed that the perpetrator's motive was misogyny. (BBC News)
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-two people are killed and three others are injured after a fire breaks out in a restaurant in Liaoyang, Liaoning, China. (CNA)
- Three people are killed and two others are injured when scaffolding collapses at a developing liquefied natural gas plant in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. (Times Now)
- Fifteen people are killed, including two children, and thirteen others are injured in a fire at a hotel in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Business Standard) (The Telegraph)
- Eighteen Russians are injured in a bus crash in Side, Turkey. (Telegrafi)
Law and crime
- Jalisco extermination camp
- Alejandro Gertz Manero, Attorney General of Mexico, concluded that the Izaguirre Ranch was used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as a recruitment camp between 2021 and 2024, but found no evidence that it served as an extermination site. (AP)
- Three people are killed in a shooting at a hair salon in Uppsala, Sweden, with the perpetrator still at large. (BBC News)
- Three people are killed and two others are seriously injured in a mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota Public Radio)
Politics and elections
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs a decree restoring the "Stalingrad" name to the Volgograd Airport. (Reuters)
April 28, 2025 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kashmir conflict
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says that a military incursion by India is imminent. (Reuters)
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Red Sea crisis
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
- 2025 Saada prison airstrike
- A sailor is injured when an F/A-18E fighter jet falls off the deck of the USS Harry Truman and sinks while the aircraft carrier engaged in evasive maneuvers to avoid a Houthi attack. (Politico)
- US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Sixteen people are killed after the explosion of a roadside bomb between the towns of Rann and Gamboru in Borno State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- At least seven people are killed and 16 others are wounded when a bomb explodes outside an anti-Pakistani Taliban peace committee office building in Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian president Vladimir Putin declares a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine for May 8–10 to mark the World War II Victory Day. (CTV News)
- South Thailand insurgency
- Three people are killed and another is severely injured overnight in two separate attacks by suspected Islamist insurgents in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. (The Nation)
- Somali Civil War
- Several mortars from alleged Al-Shabaab militants strike Aden Adde Airport and Halane Camp, the residences of the UNSOM, AUSSOM, and foreign embassies. (Hiiraan Online)
Business and economy
- 2025 European power outage
- A widespread power outage is reported in Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and parts of France, shutting down airports, public transit systems, and many hospitals. (La Vanguardia) (El Mundo) (El Confidencial)
- The government of Spain declares a national state of emergency and deploys over 30,000 police officers to maintain order. Portuguese prime minister Luís Montenegro rules out a cyberattack as the cause of the power outage. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Four female students, ages 4 to 18, are killed and six others are injured when a car crashes through the wall of a daycare center in Chatham, Illinois, United States. The driver was not injured but was taken to a hospital for evaluation. (The Independent)
- 2025 Nushki oil tanker explosion
- Three firefighters are killed and 70 others are injured when a fuel tanker explodes in the Nushki District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The driver of the tanker were also killed in the incident. (DAWN.COM)
Law and crime
- Six people are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a high school in Cheongju, South Korea. The attacker, a student, is arrested. (The Korea Herald)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Canadian federal election
- Voters in Canada go to the polls to elect the 343 members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament. (BBC)
- The Liberal Party under leader Mark Carney is projected to form a government for the party's fourth consecutive mandate, with Carney remaining prime minister. (The Globe and Mail)
- Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh lose their seats, with the NDP also losing official party status in the House. Each make speeches conceding the election, with Singh announcing his intention to resign as party leader. (CTV News)
- 2025 papal conclave
- The Vatican announces the 2025 papal conclave will take place starting on May 7 in the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis's successor after his death on April 21. (NPR) (Vatican News)
- 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election
- Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls to elect the 41 members of the House of Representatives. (Radio Jamaica News)
- The opposition United National Congress, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, wins a majority of seats. (The Gleaner)
April 27, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- At least 51 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 52,243 throughout the war. (AP)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- North Korea confirms the deployment of its soldiers to Russia a day after Russia confirmed the presence of North Korean soldiers fighting alongside them. (Reuters)
- North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- The Pakistani Armed Forces claims to have killed 54 Pakistani Taliban militants attempting to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan near North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, allegedly to carry out high-profile terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. (CTV News)
- Israeli–Hezbollah conflict
- Israel carries out airstrikes on several suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement following the 2024 invasion. The Lebanese Civil Defense reports no casualties. (BBC News)
- Sudanese civil war
- Rapid Support Forces militants kill over 31 civilians, including minors, in a mass shooting near al-Salha, Omdurman. (Sudan Tribune)
Arts and culture
- Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its 2025 inductees, including English band Bad Company, American groups Outkast and Soundgarden, artists Cyndi Lauper and Carol Kaye, and more. (NPR)
Business and economy
- Saudi Arabia and Qatar announce they will pay Syria's outstanding debt of $15 million to the World Bank that the country accumulated throughout its civil war from 2011, allowing Syria to work towards post-war recovery and reconstruction, which is estimated to cost at least $400 billion. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion
- The death toll from yesterday's explosion at the Port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas, Iran, rises to 40 while the injury count increases to 1,205. (Iran International)
- At least one person is killed and at least 51 others are injured when a ferry transporting 42 people collides with a privately-owned recreational boat near the Memorial Causeway in Clearwater, Florida, United States. (IONTB) (ABC News)
International relations
- Death and funeral of Pope Francis
- The tomb of Pope Francis at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome, Italy, is opened for public viewing and photos are released by Vatican City. More than 13,000 people enter the basilica to view the tomb and pay their respects, while several thousand others remain outside. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- 2025 Vancouver car attack
- The death toll from yesterday's vehicle-ramming attack at a street festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, rises to eleven with at least 20 others injured, making the attack tied for the deadliest vehicle-ramming attack in Canadian history. The British Columbia Prosecution Service charges the perpetrator with eight counts of second-degree murder, while investigators also rule out terrorism. (CTV News) (AP)
- Three people are killed and two are injured in a mass shooting after a quarrel outside a pizzeria in Monreale, Province of Palermo, Italy. (PalermoToday)
- Polish investigators start excavating a World War II mass grave in Puźniki. It contains victims of the Volhynia massacres, when Ukrainian nationalists murdered around 100,000 civilians who were predominantly Polish. (NOS)
- At least 114 people suspected of entering the United States illegally are detained in a raid by the DEA and ICE at a nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, which had been investigated for drug trafficking and prostitution. (AP) (NPR)
- One person is killed and six others, including three students, are wounded in a school shooting during a university event at the historically black Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States. (AP) (CNN)
April 26, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Red Sea crisis
- The Israel Defense Forces say they have intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen by Houthi forces. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China seizes the disputed Sandy Cay Reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. (Financial Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 India–Pakistan diplomatic crisis
- Severe flooding is reported along the Jhelum River in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir after Indian authorities release a large amount of water without prior warning. The incident follows the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty by the Indian government. (24 News HD)
- Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion
- At least twenty-five people are killed and over 800 others are injured in an explosion at the Port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas, Iran. (AP)
- Three people are killed when a Mooney M20 crashes a mile south of Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Tennessee, United States. (WKRN-TV)
- Two people are missing and a child is rescued after a boat capsizes on Maule Lake in Florida, United States. (Citizen)
International relations
- Death and funeral of Pope Francis
- 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 leaders. (ABC News) (CNN) (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- 2025 Vancouver car attack
- Nine people are killed and several others injured, after a car is driven through a crowd at a Philippine-Canadian festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Al Jazeera)
- Two women are seriously injured in an attack on a road when a 38-year-old man attacks them with a crossbow and a firearm before shooting and injuring himself in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Counter Terrorism Policing is currently investigating the incident. (BBC News)
April 25, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kashmir conflict
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Indian and Pakistani military troops exchange gunfire across the Line of Control during an ongoing diplomatic crisis caused by a terrorist attack in India-administered Kashmir. (Al Jazeera)
- 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Gaza war
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
- The World Food Programme (WFP) claims that their entire food stock inside the Gaza Strip is empty due to the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid. WFP aid kitchens are expected to run out of food in a few days, and thousands of Palestinians are expected to die from starvation. The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs calls the situation "probably the worst" since the beginning of the war in October 2023. (DW)
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Lieutenant general Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is assassinated in a car bombing in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (CNN)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Arts and culture
- Death and funeral of Pope Francis
- Cardinals seal the coffin of Pope Francis in a private liturgical rite led by Camerlengo Kevin Farrell at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. (CNN)
Business and economy
- German economic crisis
- The German government cuts its economic growth forecast to zero, with the Deutsche Bundesbank estimating a future recession. Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck accuses U.S. President Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs of being the primary reason for Germany's continued economic crisis. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- A man is killed and two women are wounded as an 80-year-old driver loses control over his car and plunges into a group of people celebrating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Italy in Lanciano, Province of Chieti. (Chieti Today) (Chicago Tribune)
- A Royal Thai Police Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashes while conducting a test flight for parachuting training near Hua Hin Airport in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand, killing all six people on board. (The Nation) (AP)
- A Mw 6.3 earthquake strikes Esmeraldas, Ecuador, shutting down power, damaging 800 buildings and injuring 32 people. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Law and crime
- Former Brazilian president Fernando Collor de Mello is arrested following a corruption conviction by Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes. (AP)
- Wisconsin circuit court judge Hannah Dugan is arrested by United States federal law enforcement on obstruction charges after allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. (CNBC)
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