April 16, 2015 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula captures Riyan Airport, seaport and oil terminal in the city of Al Mukalla in southern Yemen. (AP via Washington Times)
- In the past two weeks, Oman has received 2,695 people of forty-eight nationalities escaping from Yemen. (Zawya)
Arts and culture
- WikiLeaks publishes 30,287 documents and 173,132 emails resulting from the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack believed to be undertaken by North Korea. (Variety)
Disasters and accidents
- More than 40 people have drowned as a migrant boat sinks travelling between Libya and Italy. In a separate incident, 15 Muslim migrants from another Italy-bound boat have been arrested, after allegedly throwing 12 Christian migrants overboard. (BBC)
International relations
- The United States Congress negotiates a deal to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Five people are found dead after a business dispute in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP)
- Five are shot in Toronto, Ontario, in a neighbourhood with children around playing, two critically and one in life-threatening condition, having been shot by the police. Four suspects detained. (CP24)
- One year after the Sinking of the MV Sewol, police blockade a memorial in response to public anger at inactivity by the government to rescue or salvage the bodies of victims from the ship's wreck. (Amnesty.org)
Sports
- The National Football League reinstates Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings after a lengthy suspension. (Fox News)