Portal:Current events/2026 April 26

April 26, 2026 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  - 2026 Lebanon war
    - 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
      - Hezbollah and Israel both accuse the other of violating the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
    - Fourteen people are killed and 37 more injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
    - Israel gives evacuation orders for seven towns north of the Litani River. (Al Jazeera)
Communal conflicts in Nigeria
- Boko Haram insurgency
  - Gunmen kill at least 29 people in an attack on a community in Adamawa State, Nigeria, with authorities attributing the violence to Boko Haram. (AFP via The Guardian)
- Kidnapping in Nigeria
  - Twenty-three people are kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on an orphanage in Kogi State, Nigeria. Fifteen are rescued, while eight children remain missing. (BBC News)
Mali War
- 2026 Mali offensives
  - Tuareg rebels reach an agreement that allows the Russian Africa Corps to withdraw from Kidal, Mali. (France 24)
  - Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal after yesterday’s attacks. (AP)
  - Flights resume at the Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako following yesterday's attacks. (Seneweb)
Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
  - A drone attack hits an UNHCR aid truck in North Darfur, Sudan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Colombian conflict
- 2026 Cauca bombing
  - The death toll from a bombing that damaged multiple vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia, rises to 20, with 36 others injured. (AFP via RTHK) (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Wildfires in 2026
- 2026 Ōtsuchi wildfire
  - Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to fight wildfires in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku region. Another three wildfires have been spotted in Nagaoka and Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, and Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture. (Reuters) (NHK) (NHK) (NHK)
Fourteen people are killed in lightning strikes amid heavy rain across Bangladesh. (The Business Standard)

Health and environment

Shark attacks in Australia
- The National Parks and Wildlife Service and Surf Life Saving close several beaches in the Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia, after sharks gather around a washed-up whale carcass, increasing shark activity. (AFP via The Manila Times)

International relations

Russo-Ukrainian war
- North Korean involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war, North Korea–Russia relations
  - Russian defence minister Andrey Belousov and State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin visit Pyongyang, North Korea, inaugurating a memorial to North Korean troops who died fighting against Ukraine and negotiating a new defense cooperation agreement set to run until 2031. (DW) (Reuters)

Law and crime

Human rights in Ba'athist Syria, War crimes in the Syrian civil war, National Commission for Transitional Justice
- The first public trial of officials linked to former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad opens in Damascus with Atef Najib, former head of security in Daraa Governorate, the only one present to stand trial. Bashar and his brother Maher are to be tried in absentia. (AP)

Politics and elections

2026 Israeli legislative election
- Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett of Bennett 2026 and Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid merge their parties into Together – Led by Bennett in an effort to oust Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming elections. The two also leave space open for Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot. (Jerusalem Post) (Politico)
2026 Central Tibetan Administration general election
- Exiled Tibetans vote in a global election organized by the Central Tibetan Administration to choose representatives to its parliament, with polling held in multiple countries outside China. (AFP via France 24)

Sports

2026 LPGA Tour
- 2026 Chevron Championship
  - In golf, Nelly Korda wins the Chevron Championship at Memorial Park in Houston, Texas, United States, by five strokes to secure her third major title and regain the world number one ranking. (AFP via The Manila Times)
2026 NASCAR Cup Series
- 2026 Jack Link's 500
  - In stock car racing, a 26-car pileup occurs during the Jack Link's 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, U.S., after driver Bubba Wallace was pushed from outside. (Hindustan Times)
2026 London Marathon
- Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha become the first people to run a marathon in under two hours, with Sawe setting a new world record of 1:59:30. Tigst Assefa also sets a new world record for a women-only marathon at 2:15:41. (AP)