Sunday

April 26, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis

Hezbollah–Israel conflict

2026 Lebanon war

Fourteen people are killed and 37 more injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)

Israel gives evacuation orders for seven towns north of the Litani River. (Al Jazeera)

2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire

Hezbollah and Israel both accuse the other of violating the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)

Communal conflicts in Nigeria

Boko Haram insurgency

Gunmen kill at least 29 people in an attack on a community in Adamawa State, Nigeria, with authorities attributing the violence to Boko Haram. (AFP via The Guardian)

Kidnapping in Nigeria

Twenty-three people are kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on an orphanage in Kogi State, Nigeria. Fifteen are rescued, while eight children remain missing. (BBC News)

Mali War

2026 Mali attacks

Tuareg rebels reach an agreement that allows the Russian African Corps to withdraw from Kidal, Mali. (France 24)

Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal after yesterday’s attacks. (AP)

Flights resume at the Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako following yesterday's attacks. (Seneweb)

Sudanese civil war

Darfur campaign

A drone attack hits an UNHCR aid truck in North Darfur, Sudan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Colombian conflict

2026 Cauca bombing

The death toll from a bombing that damaged multiple vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia, rises to 20, with 36 others injured. (AFP via RTHK) (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Fourteen people are killed in lightning strikes amid heavy rain across Bangladesh. (The Business Standard)

Wildfires in 2026

2026 Ōtsuchi wildfire

Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to fight wildfires in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku region. Another three wildfires have been spotted in Nagaoka and Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, and Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture. (Reuters) (NHK) (NHK) (NHK)