Armed conflicts and attacks

• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea claims it has tested a new command-and-control system in a simulated nuclear counterstrike. (CNN)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United States announces it is preparing a $1 billion aid package to Ukraine in an Israel-Ukraine aid bill yet to be signed. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Lumut mid-air collision
  • Two helicopters of the Royal Malaysian Navy collide mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing ten people on board. (CNA)
• 21 migrants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• After five months with communication problems, NASA receives decipherable data from Voyager 1. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Ministry of Defence claims control over the village of Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United Kingdom announces its largest ever military support package for the Ukrainian military, pledging 400 vehicles, including 162 MXT-MVs, 60 boats, 1,600 air defence missiles, 4 million rounds of firearm ammunition, and an additional £500 million in funding. (The Guardian)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia strikes the Kharkiv TV Tower with a Kh-59 cruise missile, causing the upper half of the tower to collapse and disrupting the broadcasting signal in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Khan Yunis
    • Israeli troops and tanks reenter Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip after abruptly withdrawing from the city earlier this month. (Reuters)
• Moro conflict
  • Twelve Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militants are killed and seven soldiers are wounded during a shootout in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (AP)
• Aftermath of the Insurgency in the North Caucasus
  • Two police officers are killed and another is injured during a mass shooting of a police squad in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. (Tass)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Guangdong floods
  • Four people are killed and ten are missing during floods caused by heavy rain in Guangdong Province, China. Around 110,000 people are evacuated. (BBC News)

International relations

• China–Japan relations
  • Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
    • China objects to an offering that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
    • The head of the Military Intelligence Directorate of Israel Aharon Haliva resigns for failing to prevent the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. (AP)
• 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election
  • President Mohamed Muizzu's party, the People's National Congress, is declared the winner of the election. (Reuters)

April 23: First day of Passover (Judaism); National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey; the Third Month Fair begins in Dali City, China (2024)

• 1467 – Ottoman wars in Europe: Albanian leader Skanderbeg defeated an Ottoman army under Ballaban Badera to raise the siege of Krujë.
• 1945 – World War II: The US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) in Germany, freeing 1,500 prisoners.
• 1976 – The American band the Ramones released their debut album, which became highly influential on the emerging punk rock movement.
• 1979 – Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.
• 2018 – A man intentionally struck pedestrians with a van on Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, leading to 11 deaths.