Current events: 2025-04-06

Wikipedia Current Events · 2025-04-06T20:06:27-0400

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv strikes
  - A Russian airstrike in Darnytskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine, kills one person and injures three others. (CTV News)
- Kryvyi Rih strikes
  - The death toll from Friday's missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, rises to 20 deaths, including children, and 75 injuries. (CTV News)
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russian troops reportedly capture the village of Basivka in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. (Reuters)
Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - At least 46 people are killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours. (Al Jazeera)
Red Sea crisis
- March–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
  - Between two and 70 people are killed and at least nine others are injured in overnight U.S. airstrikes targeting Houthi forces in Saada, Yemen. (CTV News)
Somali Civil War
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
  - At least eight civilians are injured after Al-Shabaab militants launch mortar shells for the second consecutive day targeting Aden Adde International Airport and the heavily fortified Halane compound in Mogadishu. Following the attack, Turkish Airlines and Egyptair cancel scheduled flights. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online) (Garowe Online)

Health and environment

2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak
- A child dies from measles complications at the UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, United States, becoming the third measles-related death amid outbreaks and the second child victim. (CTV News)

Disasters and accidents

Tornado outbreak and floods of April 2–6, 2025
- The death toll from the severe weather in the United States rises to 18. (ABC News)
- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says that two people have died and 500 roads are closed in the state due to flooding. (Reuters)
2025 South Korea wildfires
- The death toll from the South Korea wildfires rises to 32 after a Bell 206 firefighting helicopter crashed during operations to combat a wildfire in Daegu, South Korea, killing the pilot. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
Around thirty people are killed from overnight heavy flooding caused by torrential rains and water overflowing from the banks of the Ndjili River in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Al Jazeera)
An air ambulance helicopter crashes in the Tsushima Strait off the coast of Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, killing three of the six occupants onboard. (AP) (NHK)

Law and crime

Four children are injured in a mass stabbing inside a house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, United States. The perpetrator was shot and critically injured by responding officers. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

Sports