Current events: 2026-04-25

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
        • German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says that Germany will deploy naval units, including a minesweeper and a command and supply ship for a potential mission in the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Monitor)
      • The Nord, a superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov, crosses the Strait of Hormuz. (Gazeta Express) (Ynetnews)
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • U.S. president Donald Trump cancels sending U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • An Israeli attack kills four people in Yohmor, Nabatieh District, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israeli–Palestinian conflict
    • Gaza war
      • The Israel Defense Forces say that a airstrike on the Gaza Strip has killed several Hamas militants who planned attacks on Israeli troops, including Hazem Rami Ali Aidi, a Hamas commander who took part in the October 7 attacks in 2023. (Times of Israel)
• Mali War
  • 2026 Mali attacks
    • Multiple armed groups launch several coordinated attacks across Mali, including in the capital Bamako. (Al Jazeera)
    • Tuareg rebels say they have seized control of Kidal in northern Mali after overrunning government forces. (The Africa Report)
    • Residents and a reporter from the Associated Press says that gunfire has been heard near the Modibo Keita International Airport. (AFP via The Week)
    • Military bases are targeted, including the main military base in Kali. Additionally, military officer and Malian Defense Minister Sadio Camara's house is destroyed. (Strait Times)
    • SITE Intelligence Group says that Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and Tuareg-dominated ⁠rebel group FLA has claimed full responsibility for the attacks. (Reuters)
    • The Mali Army representative Suleiman Dembele confirms that 80 militants have been eliminated across the country in wake of the attacks. (Caliber.Az)
    • A Malian Air Force Mil Mi-24 helicopter is shot down by rebel forces near Gao. (BBC News)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Dnipro strikes
    • An overnight Russian drone and ballistic missile attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, kills ten people and injures 49 others. (Ukrinform) (Reuters)
• Terrorism in Colombia
  • At least seven people are killed and 17 others are injured in a bombing on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia. (Deutsche Welle in Spanish) Al Jazeera
• Piracy off the coast of Somalia
  • Somali pirates attack and seize an oil tanker off the coastal city of Mogadishu in southern Somalia, taking 11 Pakistani crew members hostage. (Daily Pakistan) (BRecorder) (AAJ)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran resumes international flights for the first time since the start of the war two months ago. (Middle East Eye)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in 2026
  • More than 1,000 firefighters are deployed and 3,000 people are evacuated from their homes in Ōtsuchi, Iwate, Japan, as two wildfires continue to grow in the region. (Reuters)

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