Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 28 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when terrorists open fire on people in Pahalgam, Anantnag district, Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. (The New Indian Express) (The Guardian)

• https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Apr/22/28-killed-over-a-dozen-injured-after-terrorists-attack-tourists-in-jks-pahalgam
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/tourists-killed-by-suspected-militants-in-kashmir-attack

Disasters and accidents

Roughly 5,000 residents are evacuated, the Garden State Parkway is shut down and a business is destroyed after a large wildfire burns 12,500 acres (51 km2) in Lacey Township, New Jersey, United States. (WCAU-TV) (WPVI-TV)

• https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/jones-wildfire-ocean-county-new-jersey-ocean-township-lacey-township-barnegat-township/4166736/
• https://6abc.com/post/mandatory-evacuations-ocean-township-county-nj-due-wildfire-greenwood-forest-wildlife-management-area/16224202/

Law and crime

Syria detains two senior members of the paramilitary organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-detains-two-leaders-palestinian-islamic-jihad-2025-04-22/

Law and crime

Interpol rescues 33 West Africans, including people from Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Ghana, from human trafficking rings in the Ivory Coast. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/ivory-coast-scam-ghana-trafficking-interpol-50cc66570e276cbd12c63dc715455957

Politics and elections

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that the U.S. State Department will cut 15% of its staff and that the office of the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights will be abolished. (NPR)

• https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372587/marco-rubio-announces-overhaul-of-u-s-state-department