Tuesday, April 22, 2025

11 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

    Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip.

  2. 2025 Pahalgam attack

    At least 28 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when terrorists open fire on people in Pahalgam, Anantnag district, Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir.

  3. Zaporizhzhia strikes

    Russian guided bombs target Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing one person and wounding 26 others, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov.

Politics

  1. 2025 Ivorian presidential election

    Main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam is disqualified from the 2025 Ivorian presidential election.

  2. Politics

    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that the U.S. State Department will cut 15% of its staff and that the office of the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights will be abolished.

Crime & Justice

  1. Palestine–Syria relations

    Syria detains two senior members of the paramilitary organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

  2. Justice

    Seven people are killed in a mass stabbing when a man enters a bakery and attacks sleeping employees in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines.

  3. Justice

    Interpol rescues 33 West Africans, including people from Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Ghana, from human trafficking rings in the Ivory Coast.

Disasters

  1. Jones Road Fire

    Roughly 5,000 residents are evacuated, the Garden State Parkway is shut down and a business is destroyed after a large wildfire burns 12,500 acres (51 km2) in Lacey Township, New Jersey, United States.

  2. Disasters

    A truck carrying passengers fell off a ravine in Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan, killing 16 and injuring 20.

  3. Disasters

    A fuel tanker and a bus collided head-on in Ghana, killing 11.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for April 22, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.