Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • Thirty rabbis and peace activists from the United States and Israel are arrested near the Gaza–Israel barrier protesting to bring awareness to the starvation in Gaza. (The New York Times)
  • An 18-year-old woman is stabbed by an attacker in Ramla and remains in "serious" condition. (AFP via Yahoo News) (Jerusalem Post)
• Moro conflict
  • The Philippine Army announces that it has killed Nawapi Abdulsaid, an Abu Sayyaf militant, during a shootout two days ago in Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Basilan, Philippines. Abdulsaid was involved in fifteen beheadings and in attacks against security forces. (AP)
• Four expatriate workers from Yemen are killed by a drone attack on the Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire at a guesthouse in Porto Alegre, Brazil kills at least ten people. (Reuters)
• Weather of 2024
  • A tornado outbreak in areas near Omaha, Nebraska, United States, leads to the issuance of multiple tornado emergencies across the states of Nebraska and Iowa. (Times Now)(National Weather Service)

International relations

• China–Palestine relations
  • Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin says that China will host unity talks between Hamas and Fatah. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A court in Ukraine orders the arrest of agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi on a charge of illegal acquisition of land worth $7 million. (Reuters)
• Thousands protest in Budapest demanding protection for children from abuse. (Reuters)
• A Romanian court rules the human trafficking trial of Andrew Tate can proceed. (Reuters)

April 27: Koningsdag in the Netherlands

• 630 – Shahrbaraz usurped the throne of the Sasanian Empire from Ardashir III, but was himself killed six weeks later.
• 1650 – Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Culrain, Scotland.
• 1945 – World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.
• 1965 – Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation: British forces repelled a surprise Indonesian attack on a base at Plaman Mapu in Sarawak.
• 2005 – The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.