Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Attacks on refugee camps in the Gaza war, Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
Three children are killed and several others are injured after an Israeli airstrike hits a tent encampment in the Nuseirat refugee camp, resulting in a fire which spread through parts of the camp. Altogether, at least 45 people are killed from today's attacks. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and injure five Palestinians and set fire to several homes and farmland. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
April 2025 Russian attack on Kyiv
Twelve people are killed and around 90 others, including children, are injured in a Russian KN-23 ballistic missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. (CTV News) (Reuters)
Somali Civil War
Al-Shabaab militants seize the town of Wargaadhi and its military base in Middle Shabelle, Somalia. More than 40 militants and twelve clan fighters are killed in related combat. (Al Jazeera)
Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
The Beninese government announces that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) in the north of the country last week, after previously announcing only eight soldiers were killed. JNIM claims 70 soldiers were killed in the attack. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
2025 in archaeology
Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona confirm that the remains discovered in Valls, Catalonia, Spain, correspond to the ancient Iberian city of Cissa, the scene of the Battle of Cissa during the Second Punic War. (RTVE)