current Events/2018 April 1
April 1, 2018 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2016–18 Kashmir unrest
- Clashes in South Kashmir[disambiguation needed], India, kill two civilians, three soldiers, and 13 militants. (The Times of India)
- 2018 Gaza border protests
- The Israeli Government rejects calls for an inquiry, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likening criticism by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to an April Fool's Day joke. (The Telegraph)
- Pope Francis uses his Easter address to call for peace between the peoples of Israel and Palestine in response to the clashes. (The Guardian)
- Syrian Civil War
- Rebel fighters start evacuating from Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, and head to Idlib Governorate on government buses. Douma is the last rebel stronghold in Eastern Ghouta. (The Washington Post)
- Guatemalan Civil War
- The trial of Guatemalan ex-ruler Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of genocide during the civil war in the 1980s, ends abruptly with the defendant's death. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Bahraini state media reports the discovery of the nation's largest known deposit of oil and gas in an offshore field. (Bloomberg)
- Iraq's Oil Ministry brings forward the proposed date for awarding oil exploration contracts for new fields offshore and near the Iranian and Kuwaiti borders to April 15. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Kemerovo fire
- Governor Aman Tuleyev of Russia's Kemerovo Oblast resigns over the disaster last week at the Winter Cherry complex. Tuleyev himself lost a young relative in the fire, but had faced protests in the aftermath. (The Guardian)
- Football matches across Russia are marked with silence from fans throughout the first half to commemorate the dead. (BBC)
- History of autonomous cars
- The US National Transportation Safety Board criticizes Tesla over the carmaker's release of investigative information regarding the fatal crash of a Model X in California. (The Washington Post)
- Two buses collide head-on in Kuwait, killing fifteen oil workers from India, Egypt, and Pakistan. Six people are injured. (The National)
- Water shortages caused by a burst pipe in Thessaloniki, Greece, enter a fifth day. (eKathimerini)
- A bus crash in Slanic Prahova, Romania, injures 23 Israeli tourists. (The Times of Israel)
- A KLM Boeing 777 flying from Atlanta, Georgia to Amsterdam, Netherlands encounters severe turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean causing injuries to four occupants. (The Aviation Herald)
International relations
- South Korea–United States relations
- The governments of the United States and South Korea begin their Foal Eagle and Key Resolve military drills. (New Indian Express)
- Indian Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh travels to Iraq to reclaim the bodies of 38 workers abducted in Mosul by ISIL in 2016 after they were found in a mass grave near Badush last month. (Iraqi News)
- Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
- The Embassy of Russia in London releases a list of 14 questions over the attack, including a question on possible French involvement. (Sky News)
- An Ilyushin Il-76 jet carrying Russian diplomats and their families who were expelled from the United States as a reaction to the poisoning arrives at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport. (Sky News)
- In an interview, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko calls the poisoning a provocation and states that the Russian government suspects British intelligence agencies of being behind the incident. (RT), (Daily Star), (TASS)
- Foreign relations of Zambia
- Zambian President Edgar Lungu requests that Cuba recall its ambassador, Nelson Pages Vilas, for allegedly expressing support for a new opposition party. (News24)
Law and crime
- In response to the suicide of a student, protestors attack Crossroads Higher Secondary School in Pampady, India, and clash with police. (Gulf News)
- Hart family crash
- California Highway Patrol says a crash that left five dead and three children missing after a car fell off a cliff into the sea may have been intentional. (NBC News)
- An overnight prison riot kills seven police officers in Amatlán de los Reyes, Veracruz, Mexico. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Botswana
- Botswanan President Ian Khama retires from office. Mokgweetsi Masisi is inaugurated as the fifth President of Botswana. (Africa News), (Reuters)
- Costa Rican general election, 2018, Recognition of same-sex unions in Costa Rica
- Pro-same-sex marriage candidate Carlos Alvarado of the Citizens' Action Party defeats conservative candidate Fabricio Alvarado of the National Restoration Party in the second round of voting to become the new President of Costa Rica. (BBC)
- Politics of the Gambia, ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia, 2016–17 Gambian constitutional crisis
- The new government of the Gambia accuses ex-President Yahya Jammeh's supporters of assisting and sheltering foreign militants (the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance). (The Guardian)
- Politics of San Marino
- Matteo Ciacci of Civic 10 and Stefano Palmieri of Future Republic take office as the Captains Regent of San Marino. (SMTV San Marino)
Sports
- 2018 Commonwealth Games
- The Commonwealth Games Federation places India under formal investigation for doping. (TVNZ)
- 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- Notre Dame wins the 2018 NCAA Tournament over Mississippi State 61–58, with the deciding points coming on a dramatic 3-point shot by Arike Ogunbowale just before the final buzzer. (ESPN)
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