A Railway Protection Force officer is killed and another is injured in an attack in Kakapora, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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April 20, 2022 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Six soldiers are killed and five others are injured in a bombing in north-western Antioquia Department, Colombia. The Clan del Golfo is suspected to be behind the attack.
The Pentagon announces that Ukraine has received fighter aircraft and aircraft parts to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. However, the number of aircraft sent or their origin are not disclosed.
A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor is confirmed to have died on April 4, making her the second Holocaust survivor to be killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
At least 20 people are killed and another 50 injured in clashes in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
The Israel Defence Forces launches airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a previous rocket attack launched from Gaza.
Marches organized by ultranationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Arab neighbourhood in the old city of Jerusalem are interrupted by Israeli police, leading to skirmishes between protesters and police.
Presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych claims that Ukraine is blocking an attempted Russian advance on Sloviansk.
IS claims up to 20 people are killed and 19 others are injured by a bombing at a cattle market in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. The attacker also died in the explosion. The Islamic State claims responsibility.
Disasters and accidents
Twenty people are killed and at least one other is injured when a minibus collides with a vehicle in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Two people are killed and three others are seriously injured after being hit in a hit and run incident in Cachar district, Assam, India.
Five people are killed and seven others remain trapped after a coal mine explosion in the Pniówek Coal Mine in Poland.
Health and environment
New Delhi reinstates mandatory face mask wearing due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the Indian capital.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health announces that it has begun giving people over the age of 80 a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office announces that mandatory indoor mask-wearing will be lifted for the second time on April 23 at 8 p.m., pending approval from the Knesset Health Committee. However, mask wearing will still be mandatory in high-risk locations and by those who are in quarantine.
Taiwan reports a record 2,386 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, all locally transmitted, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 40,186.
International relations
Judge Paul Golspring of the Westminster Magistrates' Court refers to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to sign an extradition order to the United States for Julian Assange in relation to WikiLeaks concerning human rights abuses in the Guantanamo detention camp and the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan.
Law and crime
An Iraqi Shia hacker group named the Altahrea Team launches major cyberattacks against numerous Israeli websites in retaliation for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.
528 Rohingya refugees flee an immigration detention centre in Penang State, Malaysia, following a riot inside the building. Six people are killed after colliding with motorcyclists while crossing a road.
Politics and elections
Former president José Ramos-Horta defeats incumbent president Francisco Guterres to become the next President of East Timor.
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