Friday, April 11, 2025

Gaza Strip evacuations

Indonesia indicates that it is ready to temporarily accept the "first wave" of around 1,000 Palestinian evacuees from the Gaza Strip until conditions improve.

Terrorism in Greece

A bomb explodes outside the offices of Greece's main railway company Hellenic Train in Athens, Greece. No casualties were reported.

Panama–United States relations

An agreement is signed by top security officials from Panama and the U.S. allowing U.S. military personnel to deploy to Panama-controlled facilities.

Russia–United States relations

The U.S. president's special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss settlement options for the Russo-Ukrainian war and a potential meeting between Donald Trump and Putin.

Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration

The U.S. terminates the temporary protected status of Afghan and Cameroonian nationals.

Illegal immigration to the United States

Twenty-six-year-old Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves is sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment for her part in a people smuggling operation that killed 16 and injured two Cuban undocumented migrants in a shipwreck in South Florida, United States, on November 16, 2024.

Immigration to Italy

The Italian government sends 40 asylum seekers to an internment camp in Albania after their asylum applications were rejected, preparing them to be deported. Migrants can be held for a maximum of 18 months under Italian law.

Capital punishment in the United States

American spree killer Mikal Mahdi, who killed three people, including an off-duty police officer, in July 2004, is executed by firing squad at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.

Disasters

More than 100 people have died in the past three days after unseasonably heavy rain floods parts of India and Nepal.

Disasters

A boat smuggling immigrants capsized off St. Lucie Inlet in Florida. Four people are rescued by the United States Coast Guard while five others are killed.

Disasters

A Cessna 310 crashes into Interstate 95 near Boca Raton Airport in Boca Raton, Florida, United States, killing all three occupants of the plane and injuring one other on the ground.

Disasters

Three people are killed when a Mooney M20 crashes in the Cherokee National Forest near Reliance, Tennessee, United States. The Federal Aviation Authority and National Transportation Safety Board are currently investigating the crash.

China–United States trade war

China increases its tariffs on U.S. imports from 84% to 125% in response to U.S. duties on Chinese goods of 145%.

China–United States trade war

China states that it will not respond to any further U.S. tariff increases, as U.S. goods have already been priced out of the Chinese market by existing tariffs, but may still impose other economic measures.