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A severe earthquake strikes near Hualien City, Taiwan

(damage pictured).
In Syria, an Israeli airstrike kills 16 people at the Iranian
consulate in Damascus, including brigadier general
Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
A bus falls from a bridge in Limpopo, South Africa, killing 45
people. Damage in Hualien
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore City
collapses after being hit by a container ship.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected President of Senegal.
Ongoing: Haitian crisis · Israel–Hamas war · Myanmar civil war · Red Sea crisis ·
Russian invasion of Ukraine (timeline)
Recent deaths: Joe Flaherty · Chance Perdomo · Larry Lucchino · Bill Delahunt · Juan
Vicente Pérez · Les Twentyman
April 7, 2024 (Sunday)
April 6, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks
Myanmar civil war
Operation 1111
The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State as
hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel
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forces. (BBC News) (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68750528)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Kharkiv strikes
A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv kills eight civilians and injures ten others. At
least nine high-rise buildings and a petrol station are badly damaged. (Al
Jazeera) (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/6/at-least-six-killed-in-russia
n-strikes-on-ukraines-kharkiv) (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/europ
e/two-dead-new-russian-strike-kharkiv-injures-seven-regional-governor-2024-0
4-06/)
Syrian civil war
Seven children are killed by a roadside bomb in Daraa Governorate, Syria. (AP) (h
ttps://apnews.com/article/syria-explosion-daraa-children-golan-heights-jordan-234
67bb093e910e30540007164b4e583)
Disasters and accidents
Around 2,500 houses are flooded and at least four people are killed after the Orsk
dam in Orenburg, Russia, bursts due to maintenance errors following heavy rainfall.
Thousands of people in Russia and Kazakhstan are evacuated. (The Independent) (h
ttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-kazakhstan-caspian-sea-b2524424.html) (Het
Laatse Nieuws) (https://www.hln.be/buitenland/dam-barst-in-russische-oeral-2-500-hu
izen-overstroomd-maar-ergste-moet-nog-komen~a6556890/) (Tass) (https://tass.com/
emergencies/1771469/amp)
International relations
2024 attack on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
Nicaragua suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the attack on the
Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador. (Al Arabiya) (https://english.alarabiya.net/Ne
ws/2024/04/06/nicaragua-cuts-ties-with-ecuador-after-raid-on-mexican-embassy)
Law and crime
2024 Doral shooting
Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass shooting in Doral, Florida, United States. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.co
m/world/us/two-dead-seven-wounded-florida-martini-bar-shooting-2024-04-06/)
(WFOR-TV) (https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/2-dead-6-injured-after-fight-tu
rns-into-shooting-at-cityplace-doral/)
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Politics and elections
2024 Slovak presidential election
Slovaks vote in the second round of the presidential election between Ivan Korčok
and Peter Pellegrini. Peter Pellegrini wins with over 53% of the vote. (France 24) (
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240406-slovakia-holds-second-round-of-p
residential-election-amid-deep-divisions-over-ukraine-war) (BBC News) (https://w
ww.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68754112)
April 5, 2024 (Friday)

Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

A Doctors Without Borders office in Pokrovsk is completely destroyed by a
Russian missile strike. Five civilians are injured in the attack. (The Guardian) (
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/05/russia-ukraine-war-drones
-attack-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskiy?page=with:block-66100a8c8f08915
1b4b243a6#block-66100a8c8f089151b4b243a6)
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine's SBU claims to have destroyed six Russian military aircraft and
heavily damaged eight others in a drone attack on Morozovsk Air Base in
Rostov Oblast. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-stage
d-major-attack-russias-morozovsk-military-air-base-kyiv-source-says-2024-04-
05/) (NOS) (https://nos.nl/artikel/2515662-russische-gevechtsvliegtuigen-verni
etigd-na-droneaanval-oekraine)
Zaporizhzhia strikes
At least three people are killed and at least 13 others are injured in a Russian
double-tap missile strike in Zaporizhzhia. (The Kyiv Independent) (https://kyivi
ndependent.com/update-russian-attacks-on-zaporizhzhia-kill-3-injure-13/)
(Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-fires-five-missiles-ukra
ines-zaporizhzhia-three-people-killed-2024-04-05/)
Business and economy
Zimbabwe launches a new currency, Zimbabwe Gold, backed on gold reserves and
foreign currencies amid depreciation of its current currency. (AP) (https://apnews.com/
article/zimbabwe-new-currency-inflation-us-dollar-06a656260462d9651112e394e125c
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5e6)
2024 New Jersey earthquake
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northwestern New Jersey, causing tremors

throughout the East Coast of the United States. (ABC News) (https://abc6onyoursi
de.com/news/nation-world/55-magnitude-earthquake-hits-new-york-city-area-north
-plainfield-philadelphia-new-york-city-nyc-baltimore-washington-long-island)
Ecuador–Mexico relations
2024 attack on the Mexican embassy in Quito
After local police arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas at its embassy in
Quito in violation of Article 22 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Vienna_Conventio
n_on_Diplomatic_Relations#Article_22) of the Vienna Convention on
Diplomatic Relations, Mexico suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
(The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/mexico-susp
ends-diplomatic-ties-with-ecuador-after-police-raid-embassy)
Belarus–NATO relations
President Alexander Lukashenko announces that Belarus will suspend its

participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. (AP) (https://
apnews.com/article/belarus-to-suspend-conventional-forces-treaty-c79a8481e455
f654f270268d4f7cdc03)
Argentina–Venezuela relations
The Venezuelan government announces that it will give safe passage to Argentina
to six aides of opposition leader María Corina Machado who are taking refuge in
the Argentine embassy in Caracas. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/ame
ricas/venezuela-allow-safe-passage-argentina-machado-aides-sources-2024-04-0
5/)
April 4, 2024 (Thursday)


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Kharkiv strikes
Russia launches multiple Shahed drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing at
least five people, including three rescue workers, and injuring five others.
(Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-rescue-workers-killed-r
ussian-drone-attack-ukraines-kharkiv-officials-say-2024-04-03/)
Russian-installed officials say that Ukrainian shelling has killed two civilians and
injured nine others in Donetsk. Separately, four people are killed in drone attacks
in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/eu
rope/russian-installed-officials-say-six-civilians-killed-ukrainian-attacks-2024-04-0
4/)
U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Ukraine will eventually become a
NATO member. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-secretary-stat
e-blinken-says-ukraine-will-be-nato-member-2024-04-04/)
Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Eleven security forces, including five Revolutionary Guards, are killed in Sistan
and Baluchestan, Iran, during an attack against the Revolutionary Guards'
headquarters by members of Jaish ul-Adl. Sixteen militants are killed in the
ensuing shootout. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/militants-
kill-5-iranian-security-officers-southeast-state-media-says-2024-04-04/)
Syrian civil war
Former Al-Nusra Front emir Abu Maria al-Qahtani is assassinated in a suicide

bombing in Sarmada, Idlib Governorate, Syria. The Islamic State are accused of
being behind the attack, which also injured several others at his house. (Reuters) (
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/top-iraqi-jihadist-killed-suicide-bombing
-northwest-syria-2024-04-05/)
99 Cents Only Stores announces an orderly wind-down, closing all of its 371 stores in
the United States beginning April 5. (Newsweek) (https://www.newsweek.com/99-cent
s-only-stores-close-4-states-1887194)
Shipping lanes and airspace in the Great Belt strait in Denmark are closed for several
hours after a missile launcher malfunctions on the frigate Niels Juel. (NOS) (https://no
s.nl/artikel/2515458-belangrijke-deense-zeestraat-weer-open-na-problemen-met-rake
t-op-marineschip) (CNN) (https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/europe/denmark-shipping-
strait-missile-launcher-intl/index.html)
Health and environment
:
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
Scientists from the Federation University Australia report that thousands of Adélie
penguins have been found dead in Antarctica amid an increase in bird flu cases
among wild bird populations. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/business/healthc
are-pharmaceuticals/scientists-investigate-thousands-dead-antarctic-penguins-bir
d-flu-2024-04-04/)
Bird flu spreads to cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a dairy farm worker
is infected in Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with
the virus in the United States. (Bloomberg) (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar
ticles/2024-04-04/bird-flu-in-cows-and-a-human-worries-scientists-time-for-vigilanc
e)
Law and crime
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, is

arrested and charged with corruption one day after resigning from office. (VOA) (http
s://www.voanews.com/a/south-african-parliament-speaker-resigns-charged-with-corru
ption/7556627.html)
A man stabs the Governor of Murmansk Oblast Andrey Chibis at a meeting in Apatity,
Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The attacker is arrested by police. (Reuters) (https://www.r
euters.com/world/europe/man-stabs-governor-russias-murmansk-region-with-knife-20
24-04-04/)
2024 Maltese presidential election
Myriam Spiteri Debono is sworn in as President of Malta, succeeding George

Vella and becoming the third woman to hold the office. (Times of Malta) (https://ti
mesofmalta.com/article/watch-myriam-spiteri-debono-arrives-sworn-11th-presiden
t-malta.1090397)
Science and technology
Researchers at the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona, United States,

release the largest 3D map of the universe featuring more than six million galaxies.
Using this map, researchers are able to measure the acceleration of the expansion
rate of the universe with unprecedented accuracy, detecting hints that the rate of
expansion has been increasing over time. (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.c
om/science/2024/apr/04/biggest-ever-3d-map-universe-dark-energy-data-scientists)
(Berkeley Lab) (https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/desi-first-results-make-most-pr
ecise-measurement-of-expanding-universe/)
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April 3, 2024 (Wednesday)
Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25. (The Guardian) (http
s://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/ukraine-military-draft-age-law) (The
New York Times) (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/world/europe/zelensky-ukr
aine-military-draft-age.html)
The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in
Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add
$400 million to the local economy. (ABC News) (https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Internat
ional/wireStory/dredging-puerto-ricos-biggest-port-begins-environmentalists-warn-108
807361)
2024 Hualien earthquake

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan, prompting tsunami
warnings for Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A large section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan,
including four by rockfalls, with more than 930 others injured. (AP) (https://apnew
s.com/article/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami-f086aac0c3082036d1ca77c01828fb28)
(Al Jazeera) (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/3/taiwan-7-5-earthq
uake-live-tsunami-warnings-in-japan-philippines-taiwan)
China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
The Philippines says that it will respond to any Chinese attempts to interfere with
its resupply of troops in the South China Sea. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/
world/asia-pacific/philippines-says-it-is-committed-maintaining-position-second-tho
mas-shoal-2024-04-03/)
Cross-Strait relations
The National Defense Ministry of Taiwan says that more than 30 Chinese PLA Air
Force warplanes have entered Taiwanese airspace and that at least nine PLA
Navy warships have been detected around Taiwan. The ROC Armed Forces are
deployed in response to the violation. (Times Now News) (https://www.timesnown
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ews.com/world/asia/over-30-chinese-warplanes-9-navy-vessels-around-taiwan-re
port-article-108989298)
Law and crime
LGBT rights in Uganda
Uganda's Constitutional Court upholds the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, which

prescribes the death penalty for certain homosexual acts. (South China Morning
Post) (https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3257708/uganda-top-court-
declines-block-controversial-anti-gay-law-sees-some-rights-infringed?module=Afri
ca&pgtype=section)
Businesswoman Sam Mostyn is appointed as the next Governor General of Australia

and will succeed David Hurley on 1 July. (Canberra Times) (https://www.canberratime
s.com.au/story/8578505/sam-mostyn-named-as-australias-28th-governor-general/)
April 2, 2024 (Tuesday)

Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine launches airstrikes more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) inside
Russia, targeting an oil refinery and the dormitory of a factory producing
Iranian-designed Shahed drones in Yelabuga, Tatarstan. Several people are
injured. (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/ukrai
nian-drone-attacks-russia-tatarstan-oil-refinery-factory) (Al Jazeera) (https://w
ww.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/4/2/drone-strikes-dormitory-in-russi
as-tatarstan)
Dnipro strikes
Eighteen people, including five children, are injured in a Russian missile strike
in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-m
issile-damages-educational-facility-ukraines-dnipro-governor-says-2024-04-0
2/)
Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus

Iran's Supreme National Security Council says that it has decided on a
:
response to the Israeli attack on its diplomatic facilities in Damascus, Syria,
which killed several high-ranking members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps. (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/iran-r
esponse-israeli-strike-damascus-consulate)
Ethnic violence in South Sudan
Armed youths belonging to the Murle people attack a village in Greater Pibor
Administrative Area, South Sudan, killing 12 people and injuring 10 others, with 15
children reported missing. Most of the victims were elderly residents. (Reuters) (ht
tps://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-12-killed-15-children-missing-south-suda
n-attack-2024-04-02/)
Gayrettepe nightclub fire
Twenty-nine people are killed and eight others are injured in a fire at a nightclub
under renovation in Istanbul, Turkey. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/mi
ddle-east/fire-istanbul-nightclub-kills-15-people-mayor-says-2024-04-02/)
Law and crime
2024 Mexican general election
A mayoral candidate is assassinated in Celaya, Guanajuato, ahead of Mexico's

upcoming general election. (CNN) (https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/02/americas/b
ertha-gisela-gaytan-assassinated-mexico-intl-latam)
Viertola school shooting
A student is killed and two others are injured in a shooting at a school in Vantaa,
Uusimaa, Finland. A 12-year-old student is detained. (AP) (https://apnews.com/arti
cle/finland-school-shooting-helsinki-viertola-8f2e89a87bbea73f554f946ca0b785af)
(Yle) (https://yle.fi/a/74-20081687)
General Electric finalizes split into 3 independent companies: GE Aerospace, GE

Vernova and GE HealthCare. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/ge-com
pletes-three-way-split-breaking-off-its-storied-past-2024-04-02/).
April 1, 2024 (Monday)

Israel–Hamas war
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World Central Kitchen drone strikes
Seven volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including six British, Polish,
Australian and Palestinian nationals and a dual American-Canadian citizen,
are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah. (Al Jazeera) (https://ww
w.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/4/2/australias-pm-demands-full-accountability-
over-death-of-gaza-aid-worker)
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches three drones at Eilat, Southern Israel,
damaging a building. No injuries are reported. (The Times of Israel) (https://www.ti
mesofisrael.com/liveblog%20entry/army-says-building-damaged-in-eilat-drone-att
ack-apparently-launched-from-iraq/)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
An Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, kills

eight members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Iranian
brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.co
m/world/middle-east/building-close-iranian-embassy-hit-syria-iranian-media-re
port-2024-04-01/) (SOHR) (https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a8%d9%87%d8%a
c%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d
9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%8a%d8%b
1%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%af%d9%85%d8%b4%d
9%82-%d8%a5%d8%b3%d8%b1/708875/)
Authorities in Amur Oblast, Russia, end the rescue operations for 13 workers who
were trapped in a deep gold mine since March 18, and declare the workers dead.
(ABC News) (https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-officials-end-effo
rts-reach-13-workers-collapsed-108704288)
North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan near South Korean territory.
(AP) (https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-ballistic-missile-kim-jong-un-fdce94520f3
ccb53b047f99d3df031bf)
Law and crime
Censorship in Israel
The Israeli government says that it will ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting in its
territory. (BBC News) (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68708984)
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Politics of San Marino
Milena Gasperoni and Alessandro Rossi are sworn in as the new Captains Regent
of San Marino. (San Marino RTV) (https://sanmarinortv.sm/news/politica-c2/alessa
ndro-rossi-e-milena-gasperoni-sono-i-nuovi-capitani-reggenti-a256710)
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