Portal:Current events/2025 April 28

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kashmir conflict
  • 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
    • Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says that a military incursion by India is imminent. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
    • 2025 Saada prison airstrike
      • The Houthis claim at least 68 people are killed and 47 others are injured in a U.S. airstrike on a prison holding African migrants in Saada Governorate, Yemen. (AP)
    • A sailor is injured when an F/A-18E fighter jet falls off the deck of the USS Harry Truman and sinks while the aircraft carrier engaged in evasive maneuvers to avoid a Houthi attack. (Politico)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Sixteen people are killed after the explosion of a roadside bomb between the towns of Rann and Gamboru in Borno State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • At least seven people are killed and 16 others are wounded when a bomb explodes outside an anti-Pakistani Taliban peace committee office building in Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin declares a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine for May 8–10 to mark the World War II Victory Day. (CTV News)
• South Thailand insurgency
  • Three people are killed and another is severely injured overnight in two separate attacks by suspected Islamist insurgents in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. (The Nation)
• Somali Civil War
  • Several mortars from alleged Al-Shabaab militants strike Aden Adde Airport and Halane Camp, the residences of the UNSOM, AUSSOM, and foreign embassies. (Hiiraan Online)

Business and economy

• 2025 European power outage
  • A widespread power outage is reported in Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and parts of France, shutting down airports, public transit systems, and many hospitals. (La Vanguardia) (El Mundo) (El Confidencial)
  • The government of Spain declares a national state of emergency and deploys over 30,000 police officers to maintain order. Portuguese prime minister Luís Montenegro rules out a cyberattack as the cause of the power outage. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Four female students, ages 4 to 18, are killed and six others are injured when a car crashes through the wall of a daycare center in Chatham, Illinois, United States. The driver was not injured but was taken to a hospital for evaluation. (The Independent)
• 2025 Nushki oil tanker explosion
  • Three firefighters are killed and 70 others are injured when a fuel tanker explodes in the Nushki District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The driver of the tanker were also killed in the incident. (DAWN.COM)

Law and crime

• Tianjin Hospital stabbing
  • Two people are killed and four others are injured, including one seriously, in a mass stabbing attack at the Tianjin Hospital in Tianjin, China. All the victims were medical staff, including Luo Wei, an orthopedic doctor and deputy chief physician of the Second Department of Sports Trauma Arthroscopy. (Oriental Daily News)
• Six people are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a high school in Cheongju, South Korea. The attacker, a student, is arrested. (The Korea Herald)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Canadian federal election
  • Voters in Canada go to the polls to elect the 343 members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament. (BBC)
  • The Liberal Party under leader Mark Carney is projected to form government for the party's fourth consecutive mandate, with Carney remaining prime minister. (The Globe and Mail)
  • Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh lose their seats, with the NDP also losing official party status in the House. Each make speeches conceding the election, with Singh announcing his intention to resign as party leader. (CTV News)
• 2025 papal conclave
  • The Vatican announces the 2025 papal conclave will take place starting on May 7 in the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis's successor after his death on April 21. (NPR) (Vatican News)
• 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election
  • Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls to elect the 41 members of the House of Representatives. (Radio Jamaica News)
  • The opposition United National Congress, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, wins a majority of seats. (The Gleaner)