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April 26, 2024
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2024-04-26
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israel–Hamas war
Thirty
rabbis
and peace activists from the
United States
and
Israel
are arrested near the
Gaza–Israel barrier
while protesting to bring awareness to the
humanitarian crisis
in
Gaza
.
(
The New York Times
)
An 18-year-old woman is stabbed in
Ramla
, Israel, and is reported to be in "serious" condition.
(AFP via Yahoo! News)
(
Jerusalem Post
)
Moro conflict
The
Philippine Army
announces that it has killed Nawapi Abdulsaid, an
Abu Sayyaf
militant, during a
shootout
two days ago in
Hadji Mohammad Ajul
,
Basilan
,
Philippines
. Abdulsaid was involved in fifteen
beheadings
as well as in attacks against security forces.
(AP)
Four
Yemeni
expatriate workers
are killed by
a drone attack
in
the Khor Mor gas field
in the
Kurdistan Region
of
Iraq
.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024
A
tornado outbreak
in areas near
Omaha
,
Nebraska
,
United States
, leads to the issuance of multiple
tornado emergencies
across the states of
Nebraska
and
Iowa
.
(Times Now)
(National Weather Service)
A
Doppler on Wheels
unit records wind speeds of 224 miles / 360 kilometers per hour in a tornado near
Harlan, Iowa
, the strongest recorded by a mobile
weather radar
since the
2013 El Reno tornado
, equivalent to EF-5 intensity on the
Enhanced Fujita scale
.
(University of Illinois)
2024 Porto Alegre fire
At least ten people are killed in a fire at a guesthouse in
Porto Alegre
,
Brazil
.
(Reuters)
International relations
China–Palestine relations
Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry
spokesman
Wang Wenbin
says that
China
will host unity talks between
Hamas
and
Fatah
.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
A court in
Ukraine
orders the arrest of agriculture minister
Mykola Solskyi
on a charge of illegal acquisition of land worth $7 million.
(Reuters)
Thousands of people protest in
Budapest
,
Hungary
, demanding reforms to
child protection
laws.
(Reuters)
A court in
Romania
rules that the human trafficking trial of
British
businessman
Andrew Tate
can proceed.
(
The Guardian
)
Vương Đình Huệ
, the
Chairman
of the
National Assembly of Vietnam
, resigns following a sweeping anti-corruption probe.
(AP)
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