April 15, 2008 (Tuesday)
- A five-year ban preventing prominent Malaysian Opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim from running for office in Malaysia effectively expires midnight (MST). (BBC News) (Reuters)
- A plane from Hewa Bora Airways crashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 44. (Associated Press) (Radio Okapi) (in French)
- Iraq War: Two separate bombings in Baquba and Ramadi kills at least 60. (CNN)
- Six students and a teacher from Manukau City's Elim Christian College die in a canyoning trip on the Mangatepopo Stream in the North Island's Tongariro National Park in New Zealand. (News Limited)
- Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States, starting in Washington, D.C.