Portal:Current events/2023 April 4

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
    • The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes near Damascus, killing two civilians, according to Syrian state media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that an "unknown number" of Iran-backed militants were also killed in the strikes, which targeted a counter-battery radar in As-Suwayda Governorate, and a glass factory in al-Kiswah, Rif Dimashq Governorate. (France 24)
• War against the Islamic State
  • United States Central Command says that U.S. forces killed senior Islamic State leader Khalid 'Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, who was allegedly planning attacks in Europe during Easter, in an overnight raid in rebel-held northwest Syria. The U.S. also says that there were no civilian casualties in the raid. (Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • Six Islamic State members are killed during a raid by the Taliban in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. (Al Arabiya)

Business and economy

• Satellite launch service provider Virgin Orbit files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after failing to secure long-term funding. The California-based company announces that it will layoff 85% of its workforce. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Voorschoten train crash
  • One person is killed and 50 others are injured, nineteen of them hospitalized, when a train derails in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands. (BBC News)
• Seven people are killed and eleven others are injured in an avalanche in Nathu La, Sikkim, India. (AP)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Finland–NATO relations
    • Finland officially joins NATO, becoming the 31st member of the military alliance and expanding NATO's border with Russia by 1,300 kilometres (810 mi). (Time) (BBC News)
• China–India relations
  • Sino-Indian border dispute
    • The Ministry of Civil Affairs of China standardizes the names of 11 places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in a renewed attempt to assert Chinese territorial claim over the state. (Times of India)

Law and crime

• Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump
  • Indictment of Donald Trump
    • Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to falsifying business records and to making a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels at a Manhattan court. (CBS News) (The Independent)
    • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg formally announces the indictment of Trump. (Bronx Daily)
• A court in the United Kingdom rules that the High Court of Justice has no jurisdiction over a lawsuit presented by a creditor against Cuba and Cuba's Central Bank over unpaid loans from the 1980s. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Peruvian political crisis
  • Peruvian protests
    • The Congress of Peru votes against the petition of impeachment of President Dina Boluarte over the alleged killings of protesters during the ongoing protests, amid a worsening volatility in the country's politics. (Reuters)
• 2023 Chicago mayoral election
  • Brandon Johnson wins a runoff election for mayor of Chicago. (Politico)

Science and technology

• The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fines TikTok £12.7m for "failing to protect the privacy of children" on the online video platform. It is one of the largest fines ever issued by the ICO. (BBC News)