Current events: 2026-04-28

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mali War
  • 2026 Mali attacks
    • President and military leader of Mali, Assimi Goïta, meets with Russian ambassador to the nation, {{ill|Igor Gromyko|ru|Громыко, Игорь Анатольевич}}, marking the former's first public appearance since rebel attacks began three days ago. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • 2026 Tuapse oil terminal disaster
    • The Tuapse Refinery fire in Tuapse, Russia, grows larger following the third Ukrainian drone strike on the facility in two weeks. (BBC)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • The United Arab Emirates announces that it is leaving the oil exporter group OPEC. (Reuters)
  • Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet inform the Indian government that the country's airline industry is on the verge of "stopping operations" because of cost increases related to the Strait of Hormuz closure and the Iran war. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• United Kingdom–United States relations
  • King Charles III delivers a joint address to U.S. Congress. (AP) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • Origin of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 lab leak theory
    • The US Department of Justice indicts David Morens, an ex-adviser to the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, for allegedly concealing federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic related to the origin of COVID-19. (The Guardian)
• 2026 Athens shooting
  • Four people are injured in a shooting spree between a social security office and a courthouse in Athens, Greece. The 89-year-old suspect fled the scene, but was arrested at a bus stop in Patras. (AP) (BBC)
• Bahrain–Iran relations
  • A Bahraini high court sentences five people, including two Afghans, to life in prison for plotting "terrorist and hostile acts" with Iran, while another 25 people receive up to ten years for supporting "terrorist acts". (Firstpost)
• Corruption in South Korea
  • The Seoul High Court sentences former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee to four years in prison after convicting her of stock price manipulation and bribery, overturning her earlier acquittal on market-related charges. (AFP via France 24)
• Mexican drug war
  • Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader {{ill|Audias Flores Silva|es}} is arrested by the Mexican Army in the western state of Nayarit. (BBC) (Reuters)
• The US Department of Justice indicts former FBI director James Comey on two counts for allegedly threatening president Donald Trump on social media. This is the second time Comey has been indicted by the DOJ after a previous indictment in 2025. (NPR)
• The Swiss Federal Criminal Court dismisses a corruption case against Gulnara Karimova, daughter of former Uzbekistan president Islam Karimov. (Financial Times)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Cuban crisis
  • The U.S. Senate blocks a resolution by Democrats that would force a vote to limit U.S President Donald Trump's powers in launching military action in Cuba. (CBS News)

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