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)
Gaza war
Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
The World Food Programme (WFP) claims that the 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)
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)
Arts and culture
Death and funeral of Pope Francis
Cardinals seal the coffin of Pope Francis in a private liturgical rite led by Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrell at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican. (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 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 65 structures including roads, bridges, a military building, a health center and houses, and injuring 20 people. (RFI)
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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