Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • 2024 Kenya dam failure
    • At least 42 people are killed and dozens others are missing following a dam burst in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, amid continuing heavy rains and flash floods, whose total death toll has increased to more than 120. (Al Jazeera)
• Two people die in southern India heatwave. (The Straits Times)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Scottish government crisis
  • Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf resigns. (CNBC) (New York Times)
• Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he will not resign following a court opening preliminary procedings against his wife. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in North Caucasus
  • Two police officers are killed and four more injured during a mass shooting at a checkpoint in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. The five attackers 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)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Donbas
    • Ukraine withdraws from the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)

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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United States announces a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine as part of a bill that was recently approved after being stalled in the US Congress for months. The package includes ammunition for artillery and air defense systems, along with armoured fighting vehicles. (CNN)

Business and economy

• The union representing air traffic controllers in France cancels a planned 24-hour strike on Thursday, although a majority of flights have already been cancelled. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • Widespread flooding occurs in Nairobi, Kenya, with tens of thousands of people affected. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• National Security Act, 2024
  • Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
    • US President Joe Biden signs the PAFACA Act into law. The act could result in video sharing platform TikTok being sold or banned in the United States. (Reuters)
• AMIA bombing
  • Argentina issues an arrest warrant via Interpol for Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. Vahidi is currently believed to be in Sri Lanka. (BBC News)
• Human rights in Colombia
  • The Government of Colombia issues a formal apology to the indigenous communities of the Amazon basin for their enslavement and mistreatment during the Amazon rubber boom in the 19th and 20th centuries. (El Espectador)
• Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi is sentenced to death for supporting the 2022 protests. (BBC News)
• Moldova announces that it has brought a criminal case against Gagauzia governor Evghenia Guțul for using Russian funds to finance the now-banned Șor Party. (Reuters)
• Three people are injured in a stabbing at the Ysgol Dyffryn Aman school in Ammanford, Wales. The suspect is arrested. (ITV News) (The Guardian)
• Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov is arrested on suspicion of bribery. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 North Macedonian presidential election
  • The centre-right opposition candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, wins the first round of the presidential election and will face incumbent president Stevo Pendarovski in the second round on 8 May. (Politico)
• Thousands of people protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against reductions in funding for universities made by President Javier Milei. (BBC News)
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he is considering resigning from office after the launch of a judicial investigation into his wife after accusations by a right-wing legal platform. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • An Israeli Air Force airstrike kills two people and injures six others in Hanine, Lebanon. (Reuters)
  • Nasser Hospital mass graves, Nasser Hospital siege
    • United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk calls for an international investigation on Israel after hundreds of bodies are discovered in mass graves near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in Gaza. (The New York Times)

Business and economy

• The United States Federal Trade Commission votes to ban nearly all employment agreements that prevent workers from joining competing businesses. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Lumut mid-air collision
  • Two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters collide in mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing all ten people on board. (CNA)
• English Channel migrant crossings
  • Five migrants drown while attempting to cross the English Channel and 49 others are rescued. (Reuters)
• At least 21 migrants die after their boat capsizes off the coast of Djibouti. (Reuters)
• A Douglas DC-4 crashes into the Tanana River in Alaska, United States, shortly after takeoff from Fairbanks, killing two people on board. (Anchorage Daily News)

International relations

• International recognition of the State of Palestine, International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine. (Jamaica Observer)
• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea claims that it tested a new command-and-control system in a simulated nuclear counterstrike. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to increase the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around £85 billion. (The Guardian) (Reuters)