Portal:Current events/2017 April 12

April 12, 2017 (Wednesday)

Arts and culture

Pope Francis expands the Secretariat for Communications and appoints 13 new consultants in addition to the 16 members added on July 13, 2016. The secretariat was established in June 2015. (America Magazine)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ten people are killed in Inabanga, Bohol, in the Philippines' Central Visayas, after the country's National Police and Armed Forces clash with suspected members of Abu Sayyaf. (CNN Philippines)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- A suicide bomber kills at least five people and injures ten more near government offices in Kabul. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economics

History of the United States dollar
- In an interview, U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. dollar is "getting too strong" and wants to keep interest rates low, causing the U.S. Dollar Index to fall. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, an incumbent associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals and the first African-American woman to serve on the Court of Appeals is found dead in the Hudson River. (NY1 News)

Politics and elections

Iranian presidential election, 2017
- Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers to run in next month's election for a non-consecutive third term, according to state media. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Protests in South Africa
- Julius Malema addresses a large, multi-racial crowd in Pretoria before their march on the Union buildings. (Weekly Xpose South Africa)