Portal:Current events/2015 April 8

April 8, 2015 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

A gunfight erupts between Afghan soldiers and U.S. soldiers working for NATO's Resolute Support Mission leaving 1 Afghan and 1 U.S. soldier dead, and 3 Afghan and 2 U.S. soldiers wounded. (Reuters)
Sinai insurgency
- Eleven civilians and two Egyptian Army soldiers have been killed in three attacks in the northern Sinai Peninsula. (AP)

Business and economy

Royal Dutch Shell purchases rival BG Group for around $70 billion. (Wall Street Journal)
A French air traffic controllers strike causes the cancellation of hundreds of flights throughout Europe. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

Disasters and accidents

At the Dragon Aromatics chemical plant in Fujian in southeast China, a fourth tank of about 1,500 tonnes of liquid hydrocarbon catches fire and explodes. More than 14,000 residents have been evacuated. (BBC)
A shipwreck off the Haiti coast claims the life of 21 people. (AFP via Global Post)

Law and crime