Portal:Current events/2025 April 4

April 4, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Kharkiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    - Five people are killed, including a child, and 35 are injured in a Russian drone attack on a residential area in Novobavarskyi District of Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda)
  - Kryvyi Rih strikes
    - A Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills 19 people, including nine children, and injures more than 50 others. The Russian Defence Ministry says its forces were targeting a military gathering in the city. (CNN) (BBC News) (Ukrainska Pravda) (Reuters)
M23 campaign
- 2025 Walikale offensive
  - The Congolese media reports that M23 rebels retreating from Walikale have arrived in Kibua in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Critical Threats)
Syrian civil war
- Syrian peace process
  - Groups of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militants withdraw from the two neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Achrafieh in Aleppo, Syria, as part of a deal with the Syrian government, which will eventually merge the SDF and the Syrian Armed Forces under one command. (AP)
Gaza war
- More than 30 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (Channel 4 News)

Business and economy

Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- China–United States trade war
  - China responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs with a 34% reciprocal tariff on imports of American goods. The tariffs will take effect on April 10. (CNN)
- Donald Trump's Liberation Day speech
  - Multiple companies, including Klarna, StubHub, Nintendo, and Professional Sports Authenticator, pause price-sensitive business actions in the U.S. to evaluate the impact of the recent tariff announcements. (The Wall Street Journal) (IGN) (The Verge)
  - Stocks fall for the second consecutive day following Trump's recent tariff announcements. Over the past two days, the S&P 500 is down over 10%, while the FTSE 100 is down 6.97% for the week. (The Guardian)
Democratic Republic of the Congo–United States relations
- Lamuka opposition coalition spokesperson Prince Epenge criticizes the proposed minerals-for-security deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States, describing it as a "sell-off." (Critical Threats)

Disasters and accidents

Kočani nightclub fire
- The death toll from the fire at a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, in March increases to 60 as a burn victim dies in the hospital. (AP)
Ten people are killed when a landslide caused by torrential rains buries two vehicles in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia. (AP)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
- United States federal judge for the District Court of Maryland Paula Xinis orders the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national from Maryland who was mistakenly deported and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (AP)
Thousands of people demonstrate in Bangui, Central African Republic, to protest against President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's plans to run for a third term with the backing of the Russian-led Wagner Group, who has killed indiscriminately in the country. (AP)

Sports