- 1 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Three people are killed and three are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the port city of Odesa. (Reuters) (Kyiv Post)
- 1 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Following American pressure, Israel reopens the Erez Crossing and allows aid trucks into the the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- 1 May 2024 – 2024 Kenya floods
- The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 181, as more homes and roads are destroyed. (Reuters)
- 1 May 2024 –
- A highway collapse leaves 24 people dead and 30 injured in Meizhou, Guangdong, China, after days of heavy rain. (Le Monde) (BBC)
- Nine people are killed in eastern India as the region faces the hottest April on record in a heatwave. (Reuters)
- 1 May 2024 – Colombia–Israel relations, International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces a break in diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- 1 May 2024 – Abortion in North Carolina
- Federal judge Catherine Eagles blocked some of North Carolina's restrictions on abortion pill mifepristone, striking down a requirement that mifepristone only be prescribed by doctors and only in person, as well as a requirement that patients have an in-person follow-up appointment. (Reuters)
- 1 May 2024 – Homosexuality and Methodism
- The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. The vote also forbids superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)
- 1 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Violent clashes were reported on the University of California, Los Angeles campus when pro-Palestinian protesters were attacked by groups of counter-demonstrators supporting Israel. (Reuters)
- 30 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russian forces attack Kharkiv with guided bombs, killing at least two people and injuring six others. (Reuters)
- 30 April 2024 –
- An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant was fatally shot by other responding officers at the scene. (Reuters)
- 30 April 2024 – 2024 Kenya floods
- The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
- 30 April 2024 –
- Nine people are killed and two more injured during an explosion caused by a gas leak at a restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon. (The National News)
- Fifty-five people are injured after a Los Angeles Metro light rail train collides with a transportation bus in downtown Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
- The Mount Ruang volcano in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, prompting the evacuation of more than 12,000 people. (Reuters) (Voice of America)
- 30 April 2024 – China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China's coast guard expels a Philippine Coast Guard ship and another vessel from the waters near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
- 30 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Over 100 protestors are arrested by the NYPD after attempting to occupy Hamilton Hall. (Time) (WCAU-TV)
- 30 April 2024 – 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Police in Tbilisi, Georgia, utilize a water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades as part of a crackdown on protests against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (Reuters)
- 30 April 2024 – Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Judge Juan Merchan fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens to jail Trump if he continues to violate his gag order. (Reuters)
- 30 April 2024 –
- A man attacks people with a sword after crashing a car into a house in Hainault, London, England, United Kingdom, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, including two police officers. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
- French prosecutors announce that actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for the alleged sexual assault of two women in 2021. (euronews)
- The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange service Binance, Changpeng Zhao, is sentenced to four months in prison for money laundering. (Reuters)
- The International Court of Justice rejects a request by Nicaragua asking the court to order Germany to suspend aid to Israel. (euronews)
- 30 April 2024 – Chinese space program
- A Chinese spacecraft carrying the Shenzhou 17 crew lands back on Earth at the Dongfeng site after completing a six-month mission on the Tiangong space station. (AP) (SHINE)
- 29 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- Red Sea crisis
- Houthi forces strike four ships in the Red Sea and damage the Malta-flagged, Greece-owned bulk carrier Cyclades. (The Jerusalem Post) (AP)
- Israeli airstrikes in Rafah and Gaza City kill at least 40 people. (Reuters)
- 29 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Four people are killed and 28 others are injured in a Russian missile strike in Odesa. Ukraine says that Russia used an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead in the attack. (Reuters)
- 29 April 2024 – ISIL insurgency in the Philippines
- Five Dawla Islamiya militants are killed and three soldiers are wounded during two shootouts in Munai, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. The military were hunting the group's leader, Nasser Daud, who however escaped from the scene. (MindaNews)
- 29 April 2024 – Somali civil war
- Five people are killed and five more injured in a bomb attack in El Wak town in Mandera County, northern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. (AP)
- 29 April 2024 – 2024 Kenya floods
- 2024 Kenya dam failure
- At least 45 people are killed and dozens of others are missing following a dam burst in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, amid ongoing heavy rains and flash floods in the country, which have killed more than 120 people. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
- 29 April 2024 –
- A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Colombian National Army Aviation group crashes in Santa Rosa, Bolívar, Colombia, killing nine soldiers on board. (Infobae)
- Two people die in a heatwave in Kerala, India. (The Straits Times)
- 29 April 2024 – Ecuador–Mexico relations
- 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
- Ecuador files a complaint against Mexico at the International Court of Justice over Mexico's move to grant political asylum to former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas. (AP)
- 29 April 2024 – 2024 Charlotte shootout
- Four law enforcement officers and suspect are killed and four others are injured in a shootout in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- 29 April 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
- Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nominated for president by the American Independent Party, gaining him ballot access in California and Nevada. (The Sacramento Bee)
- 29 April 2024 – 2024 Scottish government crisis
- Ahead of a planned vote of no confidence, Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf announces that he will resign from office. (CNBC) (The New York Times)
- 29 April 2024 –
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he will not resign, following the opening of preliminary court proceedings against his wife María Begoña Gómez for alleged corruption. (AP)
- 28 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Ukraine withdraws from the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- 28 April 2024 – Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
- Two police officers are killed and four more injured during a shooting at a checkpoint in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. The five gunmen are also killed in the ensuing shootout. The group also attacked another checkpoint a week ago in the same region, killing two officers and wounding another. (AP)
- 28 April 2024 –
- Nicole Kidman becomes the first Australian to earn the AFI Life Achievement Award for her contribution to American cinema. (Rolling Stone)
- At least 25 people are killed and 13 injured when a bus crashes plunges into a ravine in the Cajamarca, Peru. (Reuters)
- Eighteen people are killed and 32 others are injured as a bus crashes on a highway in Malinalco, Mexico. (Reuters)
- The Philippines announces that it will close all schools on Monday and Tuesday, due to an extreme heat wave currently affecting the country. (The Straits Times)
- 28 April 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign
- Cornel West wins the nomination of the Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party, gaining ballot access in Vermont. (Ballot Access News)
- 28 April 2024 – International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses
- Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is arrested while participating in a pro-Palestine protest at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. (Newsweek)
- 27 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine says that it attacked two oil refineries and an airfield in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, using drones. (Al Arabiya) (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russian missiles strike Ukrainian power plants and natural gas storage facilities in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts. (Reuters) (Reuters)
- 27 April 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A humanitarian aid flotilla headed for Gaza was halted in Turkey after Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flag from two out of three vessels. (Reuters)
- 27 April 2024 – Tornadoes of 2024
- Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024
- At least three fatalities are reported in Oklahoma as a tornado outbreak impacts the central United States. (CNN)(AP)
- At least five people are killed and at least 33 others are injured by a tornado in Guangzhou, China. (CNN)
- 27 April 2024 –
- A magnitude-6.5 earthquake strikes off the southwestern coast of Java island, Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was located about 150 kilometers away from Garut, West Java. At least four people are injured and some buildings are damaged. (The Jakarta Post)
- A munitions truck explodes at a military base in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, killing 20 soldiers and destroying multiple buildings. (Al Jazeera) (DW)
- 27 April 2024 – Crocus City Hall attack
- Authorities in Russia arrest a fifth suspect in last month's attack on a music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia, a Tajik man accused of providing the attackers with financing and communication. (AP)
- 27 April 2024 – LGBT rights in Iraq
- Iraq's parliament votes to criminalize same-sex relationships, to be punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison. (Reuters)
- 27 April 2024 –
- Three police officers are killed during an ambush in Cañete, Chile, after receiving false emergency calls. They are shot dead before their vehicle is set on fire. (Reuters)
- 27 April 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 Constitution Party presidential primaries
- Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist and candidate in the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries, wins the nomination for the Constitution Party. (Ballot Access News)
- 27 April 2024 – Elected British politicians who have changed party affiliation
- Conservative MP Dan Poulter defects to the Labour Party. (BBC News)
- 27 April 2024 –
- Several Palmeiras players are attacked and injured by Corinthians fans during a pitch invasion at a futsal final in São Paulo, Brazil. (UOL)
- 26 April 2024 – 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)
- 26 April 2024 – 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)
- 26 April 2024 –
- Four Yemeni expatriate workers are killed by a drone attack in the Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Reuters)
- 26 April 2024 – 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)
- 26 April 2024 –
- At least ten people are killed in a fire at a guesthouse in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Reuters)
- 26 April 2024 – China–Palestine relations
- Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin says that China will host unity talks between Hamas and Fatah. (Reuters)
- 26 April 2024 –
- 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)
- 25 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israel intensifies strikes on Rafah ahead of a planned ground offensive. (Reuters)
- 25 April 2024 –
- The city of Venice, Italy, introduces an entry fee for day-trippers, trying to limit the overcrowds of tourists. (The New York Times)
- 25 April 2024 – 2023–2024 El Niño event
- 2024 Kenya floods
- Floods caused by weeks of heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 38 people, according to the Red Cross. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
- Floods and landslides have killed at least 155 people in Tanzania, according to Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa. (BBC News)
- 25 April 2024 – Russia–NATO relations
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warns that Russia will make NATO nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they are deployed there. (The Jerusalem Post)
- 25 April 2024 – Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
- The New York Court of Appeals overturns former American film producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction in the state for rape by a vote of 4–3, and orders a new trial. However, Weinstein will still remain in prison on a 2022 conviction in California for rape. (AP) (CNN)
- 25 April 2024 – International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses
- The University of Southern California cancels its main commencement ceremony due to safety concerns. (Reuters)
- The Arabic language spokesperson of the United States Department of State resigns in opposition to U.S. Gaza policy. (Reuters)
- 25 April 2024 – 2024 Scottish government crisis
- Premiership of Humza Yousaf
- The Scottish National Party's coalition in the Scottish government with the Scottish Greens collapses as the Scottish National Party withdraws, although the party announces its intention to continue as a minority government. In response, the Scottish Conservatives call a no confidence vote against First Minister Humza Yousaf. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- 25 April 2024 – Haitian crisis
- Ariel Henry formally resigns as Prime Minister of Haiti and is replaced by the Transitional Presidential Council. (AP) (France 24)
- 25 April 2024 – 2024 NFL draft
- The first round of the NFL draft is held in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., with the Chicago Bears taking former USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick. (Chicago Tribune)
- 24 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine as part of a bill that was recently approved after being stalled in the US Congress for months. The package includes ammunition for artillery and air defense systems, along with armoured fighting vehicles. (CNN)
- 24 April 2024 –
- The union representing air traffic controllers in France cancels a planned 24-hour strike on Thursday, although a majority of flights have already been cancelled. (Euronews)
- 24 April 2024 – 2024 Kenya floods
- Widespread flooding occurs in Nairobi, Kenya, with tens of thousands of people affected. (BBC News)
- 24 April 2024 – National Security Act, 2024
- Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
- US President Joe Biden signs the PAFACA Act into law. The act could result in video sharing platform TikTok being sold or banned in the United States. (Reuters)
- 24 April 2024 – AMIA bombing
- Argentina issues an arrest warrant via Interpol for Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. Vahidi is currently believed to be in Sri Lanka. (BBC News)
- 24 April 2024 – Human rights in Colombia
- The Government of Colombia issues a formal apology to the indigenous communities of the Amazon basin for their enslavement and mistreatment during the Amazon rubber boom in the 19th and 20th centuries. (El Espectador)
- 24 April 2024 –
- Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi is sentenced to death for supporting the 2022 protests. (BBC News)
- Moldova announces that it has brought a criminal case against Gagauzia governor Evghenia Guțul for using Russian funds to finance the now-banned Șor Party. (Reuters)
- Three people are injured in a stabbing at the Ysgol Dyffryn Aman school in Ammanford, Wales. The suspect is arrested. (ITV News) (The Guardian)
- Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov is arrested on suspicion of bribery. (CNN)
- 24 April 2024 – 2024 North Macedonian presidential election
- The centre-right opposition candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, wins the first round of the presidential election and will face incumbent president Stevo Pendarovski in the second round on 8 May. (Politico)
- 24 April 2024 –
- Thousands of people protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against reductions in funding for universities made by President Javier Milei. (BBC News)
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he is considering resigning from office after the launch of a judicial investigation into his wife after accusations by a right-wing legal platform. (AP)
- 23 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- An Israeli Air Force airstrike kills two people and injures six others in Hanine, Lebanon. (Reuters)
- Nasser Hospital mass graves, Nasser Hospital siege
- United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk calls for an international investigation on Israel after hundreds of bodies are discovered in mass graves near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in Gaza. (The New York Times)
- 23 April 2024 –
- The United States Federal Trade Commission votes to ban nearly all employment agreements that prevent workers from joining competing businesses. (NPR)
- 23 April 2024 – 2024 Lumut mid-air collision
- Two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters collide in mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing all ten people on board. (CNA)
- 23 April 2024 – English Channel migrant crossings
- Five migrants drown while attempting to cross the English Channel and 49 others are rescued. (Reuters)
- 23 April 2024 –
- At least 21 migrants die after their boat capsizes off the coast of Djibouti. (Reuters)
- A Douglas DC-4 crashes into the Tanana River in Alaska, United States, shortly after takeoff from Fairbanks, killing two people on board. (Anchorage Daily News)
- 23 April 2024 – International recognition of the State of Palestine, International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine. (Jamaica Observer)
- 23 April 2024 – North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- North Korea claims that it tested a new command-and-control system in a simulated nuclear counterstrike. (CNN)
- 23 April 2024 –
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to increase the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around £85 billion. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- 22 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- The Russian Ministry of Defence claims control over the village of Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom announces its largest ever military support package for the Ukrainian military, pledging 400 vehicles, including 162 MXT-MVs, 60 boats, 1,600 air defence missiles, 4 million rounds of firearm ammunition, and an additional £500 million in funding. (The Guardian)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia strikes the Kharkiv TV Tower with a Kh-59 cruise missile, causing the upper half of the tower to collapse and disrupting the broadcasting signal in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 22 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- Israeli troops and tanks raid Khan Yunis in Gaza after abruptly withdrawing from the city earlier this month. (Reuters)
- 22 April 2024 – Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
- Two police officers are killed and another is injured during a mass shooting of a police squad in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. (Tass)
- 22 April 2024 – Moro conflict
- Twelve Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militants are killed and seven soldiers are wounded during a shootout in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (AP)
- 22 April 2024 – 2024 Guangdong floods
- Four people are killed and ten are missing during floods caused by heavy rain in Guangdong Province, China. Around 110,000 people are evacuated. (BBC News)
- 22 April 2024 – China–Japan relations
- Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
- China objects to an offering that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday. (Reuters)
- 22 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- The head of the Military Intelligence Directorate of Israel Aharon Haliva resigns for failing to prevent the Hamas offensive on Israel on October 7, 2023. (AP)
- 22 April 2024 – 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election
- President Mohamed Muizzu's party, the People's National Congress, is declared the winner of the election. (Reuters)
- 22 April 2024 – 2024 Basilicata regional election
- Vito Bardi is re-elected president of the Italian region of Basilicata. (RAI News)
- 22 April 2024 –
- NASA announces that it has received decipherable data from the Voyager 1 space probe for the first time in five months. (CNN)
- 21 April 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Twenty-two people are killed, including 18 children, in overnight Israeli strikes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, according to local health officials. (AP)
- 21 April 2024 – 2024 Fox Hill Supercross race crash
- A car veers off the track during the international Fox Hill Supercross motor race in Diyatalawa, Sri Lanka, and crashes into a group of spectators, killing seven people and injuring 21 others. (BBC News)
- 21 April 2024 – 2024 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
- Ecuadorians vote in a referendum on proposed constitutional changes. (Al Jazeera)
- 21 April 2024 – 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election
- Maldivians elect the members of the parliament. (The Hindu)
- 21 April 2024 – 2024 North Kosovo referendum
- A referendum on whether to remove ethnic Albanian mayors from office in Serb-majority North Kosovo is boycotted by most Serbs, who demand that the mayors resign. (Reuters)
- 21 April 2024 – 2024 Basque regional election
- Basques in Spain elect the members of the Basque Parliament. (Reuters)
- 20 April 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli attacks in the West Bank during the Israel–Gaza war
- Fourteen Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack in the West Bank. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
- 20 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Governor of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, says that a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a fuel depot in Kardymovsky. (Reuters)
- 20 April 2024 – 2024 Bangui river disaster
- A river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the Mpoko River in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing at least 58 people. (DW)
- 20 April 2024 – Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- The U.S. House of Representatives passes a series of bills that would provide $95 billion in military aid to countries including Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. (ABC News)
- 20 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- American college students plan demonstrations in solidarity with pro-Palestinian Columbia University protesters arrested in New York City earlier this week. (CNN)
- 20 April 2024 – Mass shootings in the United States
- Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee. (ABC News)
- 20 April 2024 –
- Protests occur in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, against mass tourism in the Canary Islands which is allegedly increasing house prices for locals. (Reuters)
- 19 April 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran
- Missiles are launched by the Israel Defense Forces towards Isfahan, Iran. Locations in Iraq and Syria are also attacked by Israel. (Al Jazeera) (Times of Israel) (The Washington Post)
- The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave Israel, citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks. (Times of Israel)
- 19 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russian missile strikes kill seven civilians in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, including five in Synelnykove and two in Dnipro, with several others critically injured. (BBC News)
- A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 aircraft is shot down in Russian airspace over Stavropol Krai after launching missiles at targets in Ukraine. (BBC News)
- 19 April 2024 –
- An Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces command post at the Kalsu military base was hit by an explosion resulting from an air strike, killing one fighter and wounding six others. Security sources say it is not known who was responsible, and Israel and the United States both deny involvement. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Taylor Swift releases her new album The Tortured Poets Department as a double album. On Spotify, the album breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and Swift becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day. (CBS News)
- American car manufacturer Tesla, Inc. recalls thousands of Cybertrucks due to "safety concerns" involving the truck's accelerator pedals. (BBC News)
- 19 April 2024 – Niger–United States relations
- The United States agrees to withdraw American troops from Niger. (The Washington Post)
- 19 April 2024 – Self-immolation of Maxwell Azzarello
- A man fatally sets himself on fire near the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump is currently on trial. (The New York Times)
- 19 April 2024 – 2024 Indian general election
- Indians begin voting to elect members to the 18th Lok Sabha. There are 969 million people eligible to vote, and voting will continue until June in seven phases. (AP)
- 18 April 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Germany arrests two German-Russian nationals for an alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia to undermine military support for Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 18 April 2024 –
- A Kenya Air Force Bell UH-1H Huey II crashes in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, killing ten people, including Chief of Defence Forces Francis Omondi Ogolla. President William Ruto declares three days of national mourning. (BBC News)
- 18 April 2024 – Palestine and the United Nations, Enlargement of the United Nations
- The United States vetoes a UN Security Council resolution supporting the State of Palestine joining the United Nations. The vote was 12 in favor, the United States opposed, and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. (AP)
- 18 April 2024 –
- In ice hockey, the National Hockey League board approves the relocation of the hockey assets of the Arizona Coyotes to Salt Lake City, Utah. The currently unnamed expansion team will play their home games at the Delta Center, while the Coyotes franchise will be deactivated pending the construction of a new arena in the Phoenix metropolitan area. (Sportsnet) (AP)
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