April 6, 2024 (Saturday)

The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State as hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel forces.

A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv kills eight civilians and injures ten others. At least nine high-rise buildings and a petrol station are badly damaged.

Eight children are killed and two more injured by a roadside bomb in Daraa Governorate, Syria.

Around 2,500 houses are flooded and at least four people are killed after the Orsk dam in Orenburg, Russia, bursts due to maintenance errors following heavy rainfall. Around 47,000 people in Russia and Kazakhstan are evacuated. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls it one of the "worst natural disasters in the past 80 years".

Nicaragua suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador.

Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and seven others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Doral, Florida, United States.

Slovaks vote in the second round of the presidential election between Ivan Korčok and Peter Pellegrini. Peter Pellegrini wins with over 53% of the vote.

In association football, Athletic Bilbao win their first major trophy in 40 years after defeating Mallorca in the Copa del Rey final.