Portal:Current events/2023 April 4
April 4, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes near Damascus, killing two civilians, according to Syrian state media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that an "unknown number" of Iran-backed militants were also killed in the strikes, which targeted a counter-battery radar in As-Suwayda Governorate, and a glass factory in al-Kiswah, Rif Dimashq Governorate. (France 24)
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- War against the Islamic State
- United States Central Command says that U.S. forces killed senior Islamic State leader Khalid 'Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, who was allegedly planning attacks in Europe during Easter, in an overnight raid in rebel-held northwest Syria. The U.S. also says that there were no civilian casualties in the raid. (Reuters)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Six Islamic State members are killed during a raid by the Taliban in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. (Al Arabiya)
Business and economy
- Satellite launch service provider Virgin Orbit files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after failing to secure long-term funding. The California-based company announces that it will layoff 85% of its workforce. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Voorschoten train crash
- One person is killed and 50 others are injured, nineteen of them hospitalized, when a train derails in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands. (BBC News)
- Seven people are killed and eleven others are injured in an avalanche in Nathu La, Sikkim, India. (AP)
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Finland–NATO relations
- Finland officially joins NATO, becoming the 31st member of the military alliance and expanding NATO's border with Russia by 1,300 kilometres (810 mi). (Time) (BBC News)
- Finland–NATO relations
- China–India relations
- Sino-Indian border dispute
- The Ministry of Civil Affairs of China standardizes the names of 11 places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in a renewed attempt to assert Chinese territorial claim over the state. (Times of India)
- Sino-Indian border dispute
Law and crime
- Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump
- Indictment of Donald Trump
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to falsifying business records and to making a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels at a Manhattan court. (CBS News) (The Independent)
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg formally announces the indictment of Trump. (Bronx Daily)
- Indictment of Donald Trump
- A court in the United Kingdom rules that the High Court of Justice has no jurisdiction over a lawsuit presented by a creditor against Cuba and Cuba's Central Bank over unpaid loans from the 1980s. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Peruvian political crisis
- Peruvian protests
- The Congress of Peru votes against the petition of impeachment of President Dina Boluarte over the alleged killings of protesters during the ongoing protests, amid a worsening volatility in the country's politics. (Reuters)
- Peruvian protests
- 2023 Chicago mayoral election
- Brandon Johnson wins a runoff election for mayor of Chicago. (Politico)
Science and technology
- The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fines TikTok £12.7m for "failing to protect the privacy of children" on the online video platform. It is one of the largest fines ever issued by the ICO. (BBC News)