Armed conflicts and attacks

The Houthis report that twelve people are killed and thirty others are injured in airstrikes on a market and a residential zone in Farwa District, Sanaa, Yemen. (Le Monde)

• https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/21/yemen-huthis-say-us-strikes-on-sanaa-kill-at-least-12_6740447_4.html

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from drownings during the week across Australia increases to seven after a fisherman dies after being swept off rocks near Sydney. Three people remain missing and one other was injured. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

• https://globalnation.inquirer.net/273313/six-drowning-deaths-as-huge-waves-hit-australian-coast

Law and crime

At least one person, the perpetrator, is killed and six others are injured, in an arson attack when a man sets fire to an apartment building with a flamethrower in Bongcheon-dong, Seoul, South Korea. (Yonhap)

• https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250421003451315?section=national/national

Sports

In table tennis, Hugo Calderano of Brazil defeats Lin Shidong of China 4–1 sets, winning the ITTF World Cup and becoming the first athlete from the Americas to win the competition. (CNN Brasil)

• https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/esportes/outros-esportes/historico-hugo-calderano-conquista-copa-do-mundo-de-tenis-de-mesa/