Sunday 13 April 2025

Boko Haram insurgency

Eight people are killed and a dozen others are injured after a roadside bomb suspected to be planted by Islamic extremists hits a bus on the Damboa-Maiduguri highway in Borno State, Nigeria.

2025 Gabonese presidential election

Gabonese military leader Brice Oligui Nguema wins the presidential election with more than 90% of the vote as an independent politician.

Pennsylvania Governor's Residence fire

The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence is targeted in an arson attack. Governor Josh Shapiro and his family are evacuated and the fire was extinguished. A suspect was later arrested and charged with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault against an enumerated person.

2025 Ecuadorian general election

Incumbent Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa wins re-election for a full term in a rematch against Citizen Revolution Movement candidate and former assemblywoman Luisa González.

Disasters

Six people are injured, including two critically, and twenty-four homes are damaged after a two-story house explodes in Austin, Texas, United States.

Security incidents involving Donald Trump

An American teen follower of the Order of Nine Angles previously charged with killing his parents is also accused of plotting to assassinate U.S. president Donald Trump.

Crime & Justice

Two people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting at a park in Conway, Arkansas, United States.

Expo 2025

The opening ceremony for the 2025 World Expo is held in Osaka, Japan, which includes pavilions for 160 countries.

2025 Sumy airstrike

During Palm Sunday, two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions strike the centre of Sumy, Ukraine, killing at least 35 people and wounding 117 others.

2025 Sumy airstrike

The Russian Defence Ministry says the strike targeted a military gathering in the city. Artem Semenikhin, the mayor of Konotop, Sumy, says regional Governor Volodymyr Artyukh planned an awards ceremony for the 117th Territorial Defense Brigade in Sumy on the same day.

Disasters

Five people are killed and twelve others are injured in a fire at a hostel in Pszów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Crime & Justice

At least 46 people are injured and treated at the scene and one person is hospitalized when a tear gas canister leaks at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. The perpetrator behind the leak is unidentified.

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

Israel destroys part of the last fully functional hospital in Gaza City, the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, which is managed by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem. No direct casualties are reported, but one child is killed due to interrupted medical care.