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At the Boston Marathon, Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa (pictured) wins the men's race and Kenyan Caroline Rotich wins the women's race. China and Pakistan announce the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, a $46 billion project to connect Gwadar Port in Pakistan to Xinjiang in China. More than 1,100 people are feared dead after multiple ships carrying migrants capsize off Libya in separate incidents. Nokia agrees to buy telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent for €15.6 billion (US$16.6 billion). Stone tools found at Lomekwi 3 are dated to 3.3 million years ago, which, if confirmed, would represent the oldest known stone tools. Recent deaths: Surya Bahadur Thapa – Percy Sledge

Current events of April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks A tribal fight in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province between the Wapiago and Tapamu clans claims the lives of ten people. (ABC News Australia) Disasters and accidents Australian east coast low The storm in Australia's New South Wales is declared a "catastrophe" with at least three deaths, heavy flooding and disruption of transport to the state's largest cities Sydney and Newcastle. (The Australian) Sinking of the MV Sewol South Korea approves plans to recover the MV Sewol which sank last year with the loss of 300 people. (AP) Current events of April 21, 2015 (2015-04-21) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Somalia (2009–present) A deadly explosion in a Mogadishu restaurant kills at least four people and injures ten others. (Al-Jazeera) Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabia announces that it is ending its bombing campaign in Yemen. (BBC) Forty armed men in camouflaged uniforms and speaking Albanian take several police officers hostage in northern Macedonia, the armed men are apparently calling for the creation of "an Albanian state". The incident was reminiscent of an insurgency in Macedonia in 2001 when Skopje's security forces battled rebels demanding greater rights for the former Yugoslav republic's large ethnic Albanian minority. (Reuters) Two terrorist groups, ISIS and Taliban, announce Jihad against each other. (MintPress News) Arts and culture Pope Francis accepts the resignation of Robert Finn as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph for failing to report a suspected child abuser. (AP via Yahoo! News) Disasters and accidents Australian east coast low Three people have died in floods in the Australian town of Dungog, New South Wales as heavy rains and cyclonic winds hits the state of New South Wales causing widespread flooding, loss of power to over 100,000 homes and disruption of transport services. (ABC News Australia) Law and crime Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd pleads guilty to threatening to kill and drug possession charges in Tauranga, New Zealand. (AP via USA Today) April 2015 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks Italian police arrest the captain and crew member of a vessel that sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday drowning as many as 900 people. (AP) An American man Tommy Schaefer is sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in Bali for the murder of his mother-in-law Sheila von Wiese Mack last year. (Sky News Australia) An Egyptian court sentences former President Mohammed Morsi to twenty years imprisonment for involvement in the killing of protesters when he was in power. (BBC) The U.S. Justice Department has charged Navinder Singh Sarao with commodities fraud and related offenses, alleging that he played a part in the flash crash of May 2010. (Reuters) List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, April 2015 The United States Department of Justice announces a federal investigation into the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. (AP via The Republic) Michele Leonhart announces her retirement as the Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration with concerns raised about her leadership following a prostitution scandal involving Agency officers having sex with prostitutes provided by drug cartels. (CNN) Current events of April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Somalia (2009–present) Nine people have been killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland. (Reuters) Sinai insurgency A roadside bomb hits an armoured vehicle near the border town of Rafah in the northern Sinai Peninsula killing three people. (AP via ABC News America) Yemeni Civil War (2015) An airstrike on an alleged Scud missile base in Sanaa causes a huge explosion. (Reuters via Daily Star) The United States sends aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and cruiser USS Normandy to block an Iranian convoy heading towards Yemen. (Fox News) Arts and culture 2015 Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize awards are presented, with the The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina winning the prestigious gold medal for public service for a series on domestic violence in the US state of South Carolina. (New York Times) Anthony Doerr's World War II novel All the Light We Cannot See wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. (CNN) Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction Disasters and accidents A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurs off the east coast of Taiwan. (Reuters via Daily Mail) At least three people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants runs aground on the Greek island of Rhodes. (The Independent) Two people are missing in the Hunter Region of New South Wales as an Australian east coast low causes widespread flooding, gale force winds and the loss of power to 140,000 properties. (ABC News Australia) Health Blue Bell Creameries recalls all of its products in the United States due to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak. (CNN) Law and crime A 13 year-old boy uses a home-made crossbow to kill a teacher and wound four other people at his school in the city of Barcelona. (BBC) List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, April 2015 Police officers in the city of Baltimore, Maryland are placed on leave while an investigation is held into the death of Freddie Gray. (Baltimore Sun) Sports 2015 Boston Marathon Runners in the American city of Boston take part in the annual Boston Marathon for the 119th time. Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia wins the men's race while Caroline Rotich of Kenya wins the women's race (CBS)(New York Times), (Boston Marathon) Current events of April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Internal conflict in Burma Myanmar says it has lost 126 soldiers in clashes with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army in Kokang since early February. (Xinhua) Disasters and accidents The Maltese Navy and Italian Coast Guard are mounting a rescue operation for a boat that capsized between Libya and Italy with up to 700 people aboard. (Malta Today) Politics and elections Elections in Northern Cyprus Voters in Northern Cyprus go to the polls for an election for a new President to represent them in peace talks with the southern Republic of Cyprus. (Reuters via Daily Mail) Finnish parliamentary election, 2015 Voters in Finland go to the polls for a parliamentary election with a new coalition government led by Juha Sipilä of the Centre Party favoured to form government after negotiation. (Reuters), (New York Times) Current events of April 18, 2015 (2015-04-18) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks A suicide bomber allegedly affiliated with ISIL strikes a bank in the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan, killing at least 33 and wounding 100. (RT) (CNN) (Reuters), (BBC) Yemeni Civil War (2015) An Iranian Naval convoy is headed towards Yemen to potentially resupply Shia Houthi rebels. (The Hill) At least 27 people are dead in fighting in the city of Taez. (AFP via Maktoob Yahoo!) Iran proposes a four point peace plan which is rejected by the Hadi government of Yemen. (Reuters) Kashmir conflict Indian Army soldiers fire on separatist protesters following unruly behaviour resulting in the death of a teenage protester. (AP via Houston Chronicle) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) The Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi warns that thousands of Libyans will continue to risk their lives travelling to Europe unless the civil war ends. More than 2000 people have been rescued in the past week. (BBC) Arts and culture List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees New inductees are welcomed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame including Lou Reed, Ringo Starr, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Green Day, Bill Withers, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the 5 Royales. (Los Angeles Times) Disasters and accidents At least 19 people are killed as a gold mine collapses in Tanzania's Msalala district. (AFP via Daily Mail) Hundreds of people are feared dead after a boat carrying people from Libya to Italy capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea. Twenty-eight people have been rescued. (Times of Malta) Health A mystery disease that kills patients within 24 hours has killed at least 18 people within the past week in the Nigerian town of Ode-Irele in Ondo State. (AFP via ABC Australia) Law and crime Australian Federal Police foil an Islamic State inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event in Melbourne. (BBC) Sports 2015 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating In figure skating, the United States team wins the World Team Trophy held in Japan while Elizaveta Tuktamysheva of Russia wins the women's individual free skate title. (AP) Current events of April 17, 2015 (2015-04-17) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says that the "most dangerous" leaders of ISIS are Scandinavians. (The Local) Up to 150,000 civilians flee the Iraqi city of Ramadi which is under siege from Islamic State. (BBC/AFP via ABC News Australia) Iraqi officials claim that militia leader Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri has been killed in fighting in Salahuddin province. Al-Douri was the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein's government not to be captured.(BBC) A suicide car bombing outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil in Iraq's Kurdish region kills three and injures 14. ISIS claims responsibility. (Miami Herald) (CBS News) (Reuters) Mexican Drug War Gunfire and roadblocks are reported in the city of Reynosa on the border with the US after local leader "El Gafe" of the Gulf Cartel is arrested. (Reuters via Daily Mail) Arts and culture Univisión announce that Sábado Gigante, the longest-running television variety series in history, will end after 53 years on September 19, 2015. (THR) Business and economy Mylan, a manufacturer of generic drugs, announced that its board has no interest in much-discussed prospect of purchase by Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the 15 largest pharmaceutical concerns in the world. (Reuters) International relations Satellite images show that the China is rapidly building a runway on the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. (BBC) Religion Francis Eugene Cardinal George, who served as Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago and as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), dies after a multi-year battle with bladder and kidney cancer at age 78. (Chicago Tribune) (Archdiocese of Chicago) Science Bouvier's red colobus, a species of monkey last seen in the 1970s and thought to possibly be extinct, is rediscovered in the Republic of Congo.(Discovery News) Sports In cricket, James Anderson becomes the highest wicket taking bowler for England in test cricket in a drawn test match against the West Indies in Antigua. (The Telegraph) Current events of April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Yemeni Civil War Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula captures Riyan Airport, seaport and oil terminal in the city of Al Mukalla in southern Yemen. (AP via Washington Times) In the past two weeks, Oman has received 2,695 people of forty-eight nationalities escaping from Yemen. (Zawya) Arts and culture WikiLeaks publishes 30,287 documents and 173,132 emails resulting from the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack believed to be undertaken by North Korea. (Variety) Disasters and accidents More than 40 people have drowned as a migrant boat sinks travelling between Libya and Italy. In a separate incident, 15 Muslim migrants from another Italy-bound boat have been arrested, after allegedly throwing 12 Christian migrants overboard. (BBC) International relations The United States Congress negotiates a deal to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. (Al-Jazeera) Law and crime Five people are found dead after a business dispute in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP) Five are shot in Toronto, Ontario, in a neighbourhood with children around playing, two critically and one in life-threatening condition, having been shot by the police. Four suspects detained. (CP24) One year after the Sinking of the MV Sewol, police blockade a memorial in response to public anger at inactivity by the government to rescue or salvage the bodies of victims from the ship's wreck. amnesty.org Sports The National Football League reinstates Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings after a lengthy suspension. (Fox News) More April 2015 events...

Time: 06:26 UTC  |  Day: 22 April  |   << April 2015 >> S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30    More April 2015 events... About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger 2015 military intervention in Yemen 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths April 2015 21: Steve Byrnes 21: John Moshoeu 20: Doug Buffone 20: Aharon Lichtenstein 20: Bob Maloubier 20: Roy Mason 20; Frederic Morton 20: Bob St. Clair 19: Uche Chukwumerije 19: Tom McCabe 19: Elio Toaff 18: Mario Pirani 17: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri 17: Francis George 17: Robert P. Griffin 17: Johnny Kemp 17: Don Quayle 17: A. Alfred Taubman 16: Stanislav Gross 16: Lee Remmel 15: Jonathan Crombie 15: Surya Bahadur Thapa 14: Homaro Cantu 14: Mark Reeds 14: Percy Sledge 13: Eduardo Galeano 13: Günter Grass 13: Thelma Coyne Long 13: Elizabeth Brown Pryor 13: Herb Trimpe 12: Jože Ciuha 12: Patrice Dominguez 12: André Mba Obame 11: Jimmy Gunn 11: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 11: Sheila Kitzinger 11: Viv Nicholson 10: Paul Almond 10: Richie Benaud 10: Raúl Héctor Castro 10: Ray Graves 10: Lauren Hill 10: Jin Youzhi 10: Peter Walsh 9: Nina Companeez 9: Ivan Doig 9: Margaret Rule 9: Tut Taylor 9: Tsien Tsuen-hsuin 8: Jean-Claude Turcotte 7: Tim Babcock 7: José Capellán 7: Eugene Louis Faccuito 7: Richard Henyekane 7: Stan Freberg 7: Jean Germain 7: Stanley Kutler 7: Geoffrey Lewis 7: Richard F. Post 6: James Best 6: Milton DeLugg 6: Art Powell 6: Ben Powers 6: Dollard St. Laurent 6: Dave Ulliott 6: Gertrude Weaver 5: Fredric Brandt 5: Richard Dysart 5: Victor Gotbaum 5: Norman B. Leventhal 5: Lon Simmons 5: Gardner C. Taylor 5: Tom Towles 5: Julie Wilson 4: Elmer Lach 4: Klaus Rifbjerg 4: Lisa Simon 4: Dick Wood 3: Mathias Gnädinger 3: Terdell Middleton 3: Kayahan 2: Manoel de Oliveira 2: Robert H. Schuller 1: Cynthia Lennon 1: Misao Okawa March 2015 31: Cocoa Fujiwara 31: Betty Churcher 31: Ralph Sharon 31: Klaus Tschira 30: Helmut Dietl 30: Robert Z'Dar 29: Juan Carlos Maccarone 29: Peter Tarsey 29: Paul Torgersen 28: Richard L. Bare 28: Chuck Brayton 28: Miroslav Ondříček 28: Gene Saks 27: Daundre Barnaby 27: Carlos Falchi 27: Hot Rod Hundley 27: Janet L. Norwood 26: Dinkha IV 26: John Renbourn 26: Tomas Tranströmer 25: George Fischbeck 25: Bill Slayback 24: Yehuda Avner 24: Malli Mastan Babu 24: Richard Butson 24: Oleg Bryzhak 24: Scott Clendenin 24: Maria Radner 23: Lil' Chris 23: Gary Dahl 23: Søren Kam 23: Alan Seymour 23: Geoff Tunbridge 23: Lee Kuan Yew 22: Arkady Arkanov 22: Norman Scribner 22: Viktor V. Yanukovych  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent: March–April 19: Tuvalu, Parliament 21: Egypt, House of Representatives 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate 29: Uzbekistan, President 2: Lebanon, President (21st round) 11: Malta, Referendum 13: Sudan, President, National Assembly Upcoming: April–May 19: Finland, Parliament 19: Northern Cyprus, President 22: Lebanon, President (22nd round) 25: Togo, President 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly 26: Benin, National Assembly 26: Kazakhstan, President 30: Tanzania, Referendum 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons 10: Poland, President 11: Guyana, National Assembly  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Chen Baihuai Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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