The day

Tuesday 22 April 2025

11 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   News2025 Pahalgam attack

   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.

2. 2

   NewsJones Road Fire

   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.

3. 3

   News

   A truck carrying passengers fell off a ravine in Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan, killing 16 and injuring 20.

4. 4

   NewsIsraeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

   Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip.

5. 5

   NewsZaporizhzhia strikes

   Russian guided bombs target Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing one person and wounding 26 others, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov.

6. 6

   Politics

   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.

7. 7

   Politics2025 Ivorian presidential election

   Main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam is disqualified from the 2025 Ivorian presidential election.

8. 8

   News

   A fuel tanker and a bus collided head-on in Ghana, killing 11.

9. 9

   Crime

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

10. 10

    CrimePalestine–Syria relations

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

11. 11

    Crime

    Seven people are killed in a mass stabbing when a man enters a bakery and attacks sleeping employees in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 22 April 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.