April 24, 2015 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Italian police mount an operation against an al-Qaeda inspired cell in Sardinia claimed to be in operation since 2005. (NBC News)
- Three members of a United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been abducted. (AFP)[permanent dead link]
- Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Iraqi Army Brigadier-General Hassan Abbas Toufan and three other officers are killed in a targeted car bombing in Anbar province. (AP via New York Times)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Boko Haram recapture the border town of Marte from the Nigerian Army. (AFP via France 24)[permanent dead link]
- Balochistan conflict
- Pakistani human rights campaigner Sabeen Mahmud is killed by gunmen after attending a seminar on Balochistan’s "disappeared people" in Karachi. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Armenia commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. (BBC)
- Former American Olympic Games champion Caitlyn Jenner announces that she is a trans woman. (CNN)
Business and economy
- In the United States, the NASDAQ and S&P 500 end at record highs spurred by strong results by tech giants Google, Amazon and Microsoft. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs near the town of Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand. (New Zealand Herald)
- Chilean authorities urge further evacuations near the Calbuco volcano after mudflows of volcanic debris are located in a nearby river after this week's eruption. (AP)
Law and crime
- The Statue of Liberty in New York is evacuated after a bomb threat. (AP via News24)[permanent dead link] (CNN)
Science and technology
- A study by the University of Utah show that the magma reserves of the Yellowstone supervolcano are much greater than previously thought. (CNN)