April 16, 2024 (Tuesday)

A mob of Israeli settlers in Aqraba kills two Palestinians in revenge for the killing of Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir amid escalating ethnoreligious violence in the West Bank.

Russian peacekeepers begin withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh, leaving the region under the full control of Azerbaijan.

Indian security forces kill at least 29 Maoist insurgents in a major counterinsurgency operation in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh. A large quantity of weapons are also seized.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a new army draft law.

The Israeli military assassinates Ismail Yusuf Baz, the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector in Lebanon, in an airstrike.

Australian police say that the stabbing attack at an Assyrian church in Sydney was an Islamic terrorist act.

Argentina and Denmark sign a 2.1 billion kroner (US$300 million) deal for the sale of 24 Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons to Argentina.

American video game company Take-Two Interactive lays off 5% of its workforce.

A fire occurs in Copenhagen's 17th-century Stock Exchange Building, leading to the collapse of the building's iconic Dragespir spire. Important Danish artworks including From Copenhagen Stock Exchange are safely removed from the building.

Heavy rains and flash floods affect parts of the Persian Gulf, killing at least 18 people in Oman and causing travel disruptions in the United Arab Emirates.

The U.S. House of Representatives sends impeachment articles for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate.

Police in Brussels, Belgium, shut down the right-wing National Conservatism Conference which was expected to be hosted by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

European Space Agency scientists announce the discovery of Gaia BH3, the second-largest known black hole in the Milky Way.

World Athletics announces that they will investigate the results of Sunday's Beijing half marathon to determine if Chinese marathon record holder He Jie won because of match fixing.