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News As Facts
04-25-2026 23:30 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
and formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
== Financial Markets ==
S&P 500 +0.80% $7,165 BTC -0.02% $77,614 OIL (WTI) -1.01% $94
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Multiple armed groups launch several coordinated attacks across Mali,
including in the capital Bamako. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/25/mali-army-says-armed-groups-
launch-nationwide-attacks-gunfire-near-airport
An Israeli attack kills four people in Yohmor, Nabatieh District,
Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) https://aje.news/vy4nmo?update=4521272
Tuareg rebels say they have seized control of Kidal in northern Mali
after overrunning government forces. (The Africa Report)
https://www.theafricareport.com/416315/mali-heavy-fighting-erupts-in-
bamako-as-rebels-seize-northern-stronghold-kidal/
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says that Germany will deploy
naval units, including a minesweeper and a command and supply ship for a
potential mission in the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Monitor)
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260425-germany-to-deploy-naval-
units-to-the-mediterranean-ahead-of-potential-strait-of-hormuz-mission/
The Nord, a superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei
Mordashov, crosses the Strait of Hormuz. (Gazeta Express), (Ynetnews)
https://www.gazetaexpress.com/en/A-superyacht-passes-the-Strait-of-
Hormuz--reportedly-belonging-to-a-Russian-oligarch./
SITE Intelligence Group says that Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and Tuareg-
dominated rebel group FLA has claimed full responsibility for the
attacks. (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/al-qaeda-linked-
jnim-says-it-carried-out-mali-attacks-with-tuaregled-fla-
site-2026-04-25/
Military bases are targeted, including the main military base in Kali.
Additionally, military officer and Malian Defense Minister Sadio
Camara's house is destroyed. (Strait Times)
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/loud-blasts-gunfire-heard-near-malis-
main-military-camp-reuters-witness-says
The Mali Army representative Suleiman Dembele confirms that 80 militants
have been eliminated across the country in wake of the attacks.
(Caliber.Az) https://caliber.az/en/post/malian-army-
confirms-80-militants-neutralised-in-nationwide-operations
A Malian Air Force Mil Mi-24 helicopter is shot down by rebel forces
near Gao. (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx7nnrkqdo
An overnight Russian drone and ballistic missile attack on Dnipro,
Ukraine, kills ten people and injures 49 others. (Ukrinform), (Reuters)
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4116645-russian-attacks-on-dnipro-
kill-eight-wound-49.html
The Israel Defense Forces say that a airstrike on the Gaza Strip has
killed several Hamas militants who planned attacks on Israeli troops,
including Hazem Rami Ali Aidi, a Hamas commander who took part in the
October 7 attacks in 2023. (Times of Israel)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-recent-gaza-
strike-killed-several-hamas-operatives-including-terrorist-who-invaded-
on-oct-7/
U.S. president Donald Trump cancels sending U.S. special envoys Steve
Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/25/trump-cancels-envoys-trip-to-
pakistan-after-irans-araghchi-leaves-country
Residents and a reporter from the Associated Press says that gunfire has
been heard near the Modibo Keita International Airport. (AFP via The
Week) https://www.theweek.in/wire-
updates/international/2026/04/25/gunfire-heard-near-malis-main-
international-airport-in-capital-ap-reporter-and-residents-say.amp.html
At least seven people are killed and 17 others are injured in a bombing
on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca Department, Colombia. (Deutsche
Welle in Spanish), Al Jazeera https://www.dw.com/es/ataque-terrorista-
en-la-v%C3%ADa-panamericana-en-colombia/a-76937849
Somali pirates attack and seize an oil tanker off the coastal city of
Mogadishu in southern Somalia, taking 11 Pakistani crew members hostage.
(Daily Pakistan), (BRecorder), (AAJ)
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/24-Apr-2026/11-pakistani-crew-held-
hostages-as-pirates-seize-oil-tanker-near-somalia
== Business and economy ==
Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran resumes international
flights for the first time since the start of the war two months ago.
(Middle East Eye) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-
update/iran-resumes-commercial-flights-tehrans-international-airport
== Disasters and accidents ==
More than 1,000 firefighters are deployed and 3,000 people are evacuated
from their homes in Ōtsuchi, Iwate, Japan, as two wildfires continue to
grow in the region. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/firefighters-japan-
struggle-contain-iwate-blazes-with-over-3000-evacuated-2026-04-25/
== End News As Facts 04-25-2026 23:30 UTC ==
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