Current events: 2025-04-12

Wikipedia Current Events · 2025-04-12T20:13:23-0400

Armed conflicts and attacks

Sudanese Civil War
- Siege of El Fasher
  - Zamzam and Abu Shouk refugee camp massacres
    - At least 100 people, including 20 children, are killed after paramilitary attacks on Al-Fashir and two nearby famine-hit camps in North Darfur, Sudan, according to the United Nations. (Hindustan Times)
Gaza war
- Rafah offensive
  - The Israel Defense Forces announces the completion of the Morag Corridor, completely cutting off the city of Rafah from the rest of the Gaza Strip and effectively turning it into an Israeli security zone. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is downed during combat operations against Russian forces, with the 26-year-old pilot killed in action. (Ukrinform)

Business and economy

Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- China–United States trade war
  - U.S. president Donald Trump's administration exempts smartphones and computers from all "reciprocal" tariffs, including the base 10% on all countries and the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller states that a separate 20% tariff on Chinese imports remains in effect for the products. (BBC News)
Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025
- The British government passes emergency legislation to control some management decisions at British Steel in order to prevent the closure of the Jingye Group-owned Scunthorpe Steelworks. (BBC News)

International relations

Iran–United States relations
- Iran and the U.S., represented by foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and special envoy Steve Witkoff, hold their first round of indirect talks in Muscat, Oman, and agree to continue the negotiations. (The Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

Three prison officers sustain life-threatening injuries in a mass stabbing and burn attack when Hashem Abedi, the brother of Islamic terrorist Salman Abedi, the perpetrator of the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, attacks prison officers at HM Prison Frankland in County Durham, England, with hot cooking oil and homemade stabbing weapons. (BBC News)