Armed conflicts and attacks

United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk calls for an international investigation on Israel after hundreds of bodies are discovered in mass graves near the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in Gaza. (The New York Times)

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/middleeast/gaza-mass-grave.html

Disasters and accidents

Two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters collide in mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing all ten people on board. (CNA)

• https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-helicopter-crash-10-dead-navy-training-4285051

International relations

Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine. (Jamaica Observer)

• https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/23/jamaica-recognises-palestine-state/

International relations

North Korea claims that it tested a new command-and-control system in a simulated nuclear counterstrike. (CNN)

• https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/23/asia/north-korea-simulated-nuclear-counterstrike-intl-hnk-ml/index.html