Current events: 2025-04-01

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • UNICEF reports that over 332 children have been killed and 609 injured by the new Israeli offensive across the Gaza Strip since the resumption of the war after the breakdown of the 2025 ceasefire. (BBC News) (UNICEF)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
      • Four people are killed, including Hassan Bdeir, a high-ranking Hezbollah official, and seven others are injured by an Israeli airstrike on a building in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
      • The Houthis claim that they shot down a U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone in Marib Governorate, Yemen. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Russian ministry of defence says that Russian forces have captured {{ill|Rozlyv|uk|Розлив (Волноваський район)}} in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions
  • Seismic activity increases near Grindavík, Iceland, with the Icelandic Meteorological Office reporting that a volcanic eruption has occurred and a earthquake is being registered. People visiting the Blue Lagoon are being evacuated rapidly. (The Watchers)
• 2025 Putra Heights pipeline fire
  • At least 305 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia. (Malay Mail)

International relations

• Cross-strait relations
  • The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and Air Force conduct large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. At least 19 Chinese warships are deployed, including the aircraft carrier Shandong, marking its closest ever approach to the island. (The Guardian) (Financial Times)

Politics and elections

• Cory Booker's marathon speech
  • Senator Cory Booker delivers the longest filibuster in United States history, breaking the previous record set by Strom Thurmond in 1957. (AP News)

Sports

• Women's World Chess Championship 2025
  • The 2025 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi is scheduled to take place from April 1 to 23, across two Chinese cities: Shanghai and Chongqing. ( ChessBase)

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