Portal:Current events/2015 April 24

April 24, 2015 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Italian police mount an operation against an al-Qaeda inspired cell in Sardinia claimed to be in operation since 2005. (NBC News)
Three members of a United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been abducted. (AFP)^{[permanent dead link]}
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- UNICEF reports that hundreds of children have been killed and injured in the Civil War while combatants have recruited hundreds more. (Reuters)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Iraqi Army Brigadier-General Hassan Abbas Toufan and three other officers are killed in a targeted car bombing in Anbar province. (AP via New York Times)
Boko Haram insurgency
- Boko Haram recapture the border town of Marte from the Nigerian Army. (AFP via France 24)^{[permanent dead link]}
Balochistan conflict
- Pakistani human rights campaigner Sabeen Mahmud is killed by gunmen after attending a seminar on Balochistan’s "disappeared people" in Karachi. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Armenia commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. (BBC)
Former American Olympic Games champion Caitlyn Jenner announces that she is a trans woman. (CNN)

Business and economy

In the United States, the NASDAQ and S&P 500 end at record highs spurred by strong results by tech giants Google, Amazon and Microsoft. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs near the town of Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand. (New Zealand Herald)
Chilean authorities urge further evacuations near the Calbuco volcano after mudflows of volcanic debris are located in a nearby river after this week's eruption. (AP)

Law and crime

Science and technology

A study by the University of Utah show that the magma reserves of the Yellowstone supervolcano are much greater than previously thought. (CNN)