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Armed conflicts and attacks
The United Arab Emirates declares its willingness to join a U.S.-led international coalition to secure and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran. (News18)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
An Iranian missile strike hits a residential building in Haifa, Israel, killing two people, injuring nine others, including one seriously, and leaving two others missing. (Ynet)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israeli military says that it has killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, the head of trade at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's oil headquarters, in an airstrike in Tehran. (The Jerusalem Post)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A Lebanese soldier is killed by an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
On Palestinian Child's Day, human rights organizations report that approximately 350 Palestinian children are currently being held in Israeli prisons, citing a systematic deterioration in detention conditions and allegations of torture. (WAFA)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A Palestinian is killed and others are injured, including some seriously, in a drone strike on civilians in Gaza City, Palestine. (Wafa)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Nigerian security forces rescue 31 worshippers abducted during Easter services in a village in the Kaduna State, after an attack on churches by armed assailants. The incident results in at least five deaths. (AFP via The Manila Times)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Two people are killed when a cargo ship sinks after being struck by a Ukrainian drone strike in the Sea of Azov near Kerch, Crimea. (TASS)
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Business and economy
Nepal announces that government and educational institutions will have two days off work during the week instead of one, as part of an effort to save fuel. (Al Jazeera)
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Business and economy
OPEC+ agrees to increase oil production quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for a second consecutive month amid concerns over damage to energy infrastructure and disruptions to maritime routes affecting global supply stability. (AFP via France 24)
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Disasters and accidents
Two merchant vessels near the Italian coast rescued 32 migrants from a boat attempting to cross from Libya to Europe over the Easter weekend, and 71 others are still missing at sea (Reuters).
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Disasters and accidents
Eight people are killed after a bus and a truck collide head-on near Quimistán, Honduras. (infobae)
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Disasters and accidents
Seven people are killed and one injured after a car and a truck collide head-on in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (News24)
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Disasters and accidents
Three people, including two children, are killed and another is seriously injured after high winds cause a tree to fall onto an Easter egg hunt in Mittelangeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. (AP via CTV News)
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Health and environment
Bangladesh launches an emergency MMR vaccine campaign after new health data shows that at least 130 children have been reported dead from measles in the last six weeks. (AA)