Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • Russian forces attack Kharkiv with guided bombs, killing at least two people and injuring six others. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant was fatally shot by other responding officers at the scene. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • The death toll from ongoing floods in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)

Health and environment

• The Mount Ruang volcano in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, prompting the evacuation of more than 12,000 people. (Reuters) (Voice of America)

International relations

• China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • China's coast guard expels a Philippine Coast Guard ship and another vessel from the waters near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • Police in Tbilisi, Georgia, utilize a water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades as part of a crackdown on protests against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (Reuters)
• Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
  • Judge Juan Merchan fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens to jail Trump if he continues to violate his gag order. (Reuters)
• A man attacks people with a sword after crashing a car into a house in Hainault, London, England, United Kingdom, killing a 14-year old boy and injuring four other people, including two police officers. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
• French prosecutors announce that actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried for the alleged sexual assault of two women in 2021. (euronews)
• The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange service Binance, Changpeng Zhao, is sentenced to four months in prison for money laundering. (Reuters)
• The International Criminal Court rejects a request by Nicaragua asking the court to order Germany to suspend aid to Israel. (euronews)
• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
    • 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
      • Over 100 people are arrested after Columbia University calls in NYPD during an ongoing pro-Palestine protest where protesters occupied Hamilton Hall. (TIME)(NBC)

Science and technology

• A Chinese spacecraft carrying the Shenzhou 17 crew lands back on Earth at the Dongfeng site after completing a six-month mission on the Tiangong space station. (AP)(SHINE)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
    • Red Sea crisis
      • Houthi forces strike four ships in the Red Sea and damage the Malta-flagged, Greece-owned bulk carrier Cyclades. (The Jerusalem Post) (AP)
  • Israeli attacks in Rafah and Gaza City kill at least 40 people. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Odesa strikes
    • Four people are killed and 28 others are injured in a Russian missile strike in Odesa. Ukraine says that Russia used an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead in the attack. (Reuters)
• Somali civil war
  • Five people are killed and five more injured in a bomb attack in El Wak town in Mandera County, northern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • 2024 Kenya dam failure
    • At least 45 people are killed and dozens of others are missing following a dam burst in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, amid ongoing heavy rains and flash floods in the country, which have killed more than 120 people. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
• A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Colombian National Army Aviation group crashes in Santa Rosa, Bolívar, Colombia, killing nine soldiers on board. (Infobae)
• Two people die in a heatwave in Kerala, India. (The Straits Times)

International relations

• Ecuador–Mexico relations
  • 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
    • Ecuador files a complaint against Mexico at the International Court of Justice over Mexico's move to grant political asylum to former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2024 Charlotte shootout
  • Four law enforcement officers and suspect are killed and four others are injured in a shootout in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. (Reuters) (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
    • Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nominated for president by the American Independent Party, gaining him ballot access in California and Nevada. (The Sacramento Bee)
• 2024 Scottish government crisis
  • Ahead of a planned vote of no confidence, Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf announces that he will resign from office. (CNBC) (The New York Times)
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he will not resign, following the opening of preliminary court proceedings against his wife María Begoña Gómez for alleged corruption. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Ukraine withdraws from the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
• Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
  • Two police officers are killed and four more injured during a shooting at a checkpoint in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. The five gunmen are also killed in the ensuing shootout. The group also attacked another checkpoint a week ago in the same region, killing two officers and wounding another. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Nicole Kidman becomes the first Australian to earn the AFI Life Achievement Award for her contribution to American cinema. (Rolling Stone)

Disasters and accidents

• Eighteen people are killed and 32 others are injured as a bus crashes on a highway in Malinalco, Mexico. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• The Philippines announces that it will close all schools on Monday and Tuesday, due to an extreme heat wave currently affecting the country. (The Straits Times)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign
    • Cornel West wins the nomination of the Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party, gaining ballot access in Vermont. (Ballot Access News)
• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses
    • Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is arrested while participating in a pro-Palestine protest at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. (Newsweek)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine says that it attacked two oil refineries and an airfield in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, using drones. (Al Arabiya) (Reuters)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian missiles strike Ukrainian power plants and natural gas storage facilities in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts. (Reuters) (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A humanitarian aid flotilla headed for Gaza was halted in Turkey after Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flag from two out of three vessels. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Tornadoes of 2024
  • Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024
    • At least three fatalities are reported in Oklahoma as a tornado outbreak impacts the central United States. (CNN)(AP)
  • At least five people are killed and at least 33 others are injured by a tornado in Guangzhou, China. (CNN)
• A magnitude-6.5 earthquake strikes off the southwestern coast of Java island, Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was located about 150 kilometers away from Garut, West Java. At least four people are injured and some buildings are damaged. (The Jakarta Post)
• A munitions truck explodes at a military base in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, killing 20 soldiers and destroying multiple buildings. (Al Jazeera) (DW)

Law and crime

• Crocus City Hall attack
  • Authorities in Russia arrest a fifth suspect in last month's attack on a music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia, a Tajik man accused of providing the attackers with financing and communication. (AP)
• LGBT rights in Iraq
  • Iraq's parliament votes to criminalize same-sex relationships, to be punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison. (Reuters)
• Three police officers are killed during an ambush in Cañete, Chile, after receiving false emergency calls. They are shot dead before their vehicle is set on fire. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Constitution Party presidential primaries
    • Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist and candidate in the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries, wins the nomination for the Constitution Party. (Ballot Access News)
• Elected British politicians who have changed party affiliation
  • Conservative MP Dan Poulter defects to the Labour Party. (BBC News)

Sports

• Several Palmeiras players are attacked and injured by Corinthians fans during a pitch invasion at a futsal final in São Paulo, Brazil. (UOL)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • Thirty rabbis and peace activists from the United States and Israel are arrested near the Gaza–Israel barrier while protesting to bring awareness to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. (The New York Times)
  • An 18-year-old woman is stabbed in Ramla, Israel, and is reported to be in "serious" condition. (AFP via Yahoo! News) (Jerusalem Post)
• Moro conflict
  • The Philippine Army announces that it has killed Nawapi Abdulsaid, an Abu Sayyaf militant, during a shootout two days ago in Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Basilan, Philippines. Abdulsaid was involved in fifteen beheadings as well as in attacks against security forces. (AP)
• Four Yemeni expatriate workers are killed by a drone attack in the Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024
  • A tornado outbreak in areas near Omaha, Nebraska, United States, leads to the issuance of multiple tornado emergencies across the states of Nebraska and Iowa. (Times Now) (National Weather Service)
  • A Doppler on Wheels unit records wind speeds of 224 miles / 360 kilometers per hour in a tornado near Harlan, Iowa, the strongest recorded by a mobile weather radar since the 2013 El Reno tornado, equivalent to EF-5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale. (University of Illinois)
• At least ten people are killed in a fire at a guesthouse in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Reuters)

International relations

• China–Palestine relations
  • Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin says that China will host unity talks between Hamas and Fatah. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A court in Ukraine orders the arrest of agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi on a charge of illegal acquisition of land worth $7 million. (Reuters)
• Thousands of people protest in Budapest, Hungary, demanding reforms to child protection laws. (Reuters)
• A court in Romania rules that the human trafficking trial of British businessman Andrew Tate can proceed. (The Guardian)
• Vương Đình Huệ, the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, resigns following a sweeping anti-corruption probe. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israel intensifies strikes on Rafah ahead of a planned ground offensive. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• The city of Venice, Italy, introduces an entry fee for day-trippers, trying to limit the overcrowds of tourists. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–2024 El Niño event
  • 2024 Kenya floods
    • Floods caused by weeks of heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 38 people, according to the Red Cross. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
  • Floods and landslides have killed at least 155 people in Tanzania, according to Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa. (BBC News)

International relations

• Russia–NATO relations
  • Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warns that Russia will make NATO nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they are deployed there. (The Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

• Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
  • The New York Court of Appeals overturns former American film producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction in the state for rape by a vote of 4–3, and orders a new trial. However, Weinstein will still remain in prison on a 2022 conviction in California for rape. (AP) (CNN)

Politics and elections

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses
    • The University of Southern California cancels its main commencement ceremony due to safety concerns. (Reuters)
  • The Arabic language spokesperson of the United States Department of State resigns in opposition to U.S. Gaza policy. (Reuters)
• 2024 Scottish government crisis
  • Premiership of Humza Yousaf
    • The Scottish National Party's coalition in the Scottish government with the Scottish Greens collapses as the Scottish National Party withdraws, although the party announces its intention to continue as a minority government. In response, the Scottish Conservatives call a no confidence vote against First Minister Humza Yousaf. (Reuters) (BBC News)
• Haitian crisis
  • Ariel Henry formally resigns as Prime Minister of Haiti and is replaced by the Transitional Presidential Council. (AP) (France 24)

Sports

• 2024 NFL draft
  • The first round of the NFL draft is held in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., with the Chicago Bears taking former USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick. (Chicago Tribune)