Portal:Current events/2025 April 13

April 13, 2025 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - 2025 Sumy airstrike
    - During Palm Sunday, two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions strike the centre of Sumy, Ukraine, killing at least 35 people and wounding 117 others. (ABC News) (BBC News)
    - The Russian Defence Ministry says the strike targeted a military gathering in the city. Artem Semenikhin, the mayor of Konotop, Sumy, says regional Governor Volodymyr Artyukh planned an awards ceremony for the 117th Territorial Defense Brigade in Sumy on the same day. (AP) (The Kyiv Independent)
Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - Israel destroys part of the last fully functional hospital in Gaza City, the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, which is managed by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem. No direct casualties are reported, but one child is killed due to interrupted medical care. (BBC News) (PCHR Gaza)
Boko Haram insurgency
- Eight people are killed and a dozen others are injured after a roadside bomb suspected to be planted by Islamic extremists hits a bus on the Damboa-Maiduguri highway in Borno State, Nigeria. (AP)

Arts and culture

Expo 2025
- The opening ceremony for the 2025 World Expo is held in Osaka, Japan, which includes pavilions for 160 countries. (‘’Japan Times’’)

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed and twelve others are injured in a fire at a hostel in Pszów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. (TVN24)
Six people are injured, including two critically, and twenty-four homes are damaged after a two-story house explodes in Austin, Texas, United States. (Austin American-Statesman)

Law and crime

Pennsylvania Governor's Residence fire
- The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence is targeted in an arson attack. Governor Josh Shapiro and his family are evacuated and the fire was extinguished. A suspect was later arrested and charged with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault against an enumerated person. (NBC News) (CTV News)
Security incidents involving Donald Trump
- An American teen follower of the Order of Nine Angles previously charged with killing his parents is also accused of plotting to assassinate U.S. president Donald Trump. (NBC News)
At least 46 people are injured and treated at the scene and one person is hospitalized when a tear gas canister leaks at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. The perpetrator behind the leak is unidentified. (DW)
Two people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting at a park in Conway, Arkansas, United States. (AP)

Politics and elections