Portal:Current events/2019 April 12
April 12, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Quetta bombing
- Twenty-one people are killed and about fifty others injured in a suicide bombing at a market in Quetta, Pakistan. (CNN)
- 2018–19 Sudanese protests, 2019 Sudanese coup d'état
- Lt. General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf steps down as leader of the Transitional Military Council in favor of Lt. General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan. (BBC News)
- Russian security services kill two ISIL-affiliated terrorists who were planning an attack in the city of Tyumen. (RT)
Disasters and accidents
- Two buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing nine people and leaving fifteen others missing. The buildings were irregularly built. (G1)
Politics and elections
- Abortion in the United States
- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signs a bill that restricts abortion after a detectable heartbeat. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said it was preparing a constitutional challenge to the law. (ABC News)