April 26, 2013 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Six police officers are poisoned and fatally shot in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan while another one is missing. (Los Angeles Times)
Business and Economy
- The central bank of Mexico announces that it is holding its benchmark interest rate at 4%, where it has been since a half-point cut announced in March, despite recent reports of inflating consumer prices. (Reuters)
- Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King announces that Winston Churchill will be featured on the 5 pound bank note which he says will likely begin circulation in 2016. (AP via ABC)
Disasters
- A fire in a psychiatric hospital in the Russian town of Ramensky in Dmitrovsky District near Moscow kills 38 people. (AP via USA Today) (BBC)
- 2013 Savar building collapse:
- The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 401. (AP via Miami Herald)[permanent dead link]
- At least 30 people die in southern Afghanistan after a bus crashes into the wreckage of a truck attacked by Taliban insurgents. (The News Pakistan)
International relations
- South Korea announces that it will withdraw its remaining workers from North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region to protect their safety after the North Korean government rejects talks. (Deutsche Welle)
- The White House reports that the United States may have to use military action against Syria. (FOX News)
Law and crime
- Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is transferred from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to the federal prison facility in Fort Devens in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. (Reuters)
- Eleven members of a Birmingham, United Kingdom, terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to rival the 7 July and 9/11 atrocities. (BBC)
- Russian police and security agents detain 140 people at a mosque in Moscow on suspicion of involvement with Islamic extremism. (ABC News)
Arts and culture
- American country music singer George Jones dies at the age of 81. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- Mining billionaire Clive Palmer announces that he is reviving the United Australia Party and standing candidates at the 2013 Australian election. (ABC News Australia)