Gazans launch a kite carrying a firebomb over the
Israeli border near
Kibbutz Kissufim, starting a fire in a field. It is the fourth such incident this week. Local authorities alert residents to be vigilant for potential repeat attacks.
(The Times of Israel)
A car bomb in
Kirkuk,
Iraq, kills and injures several civilians. The blast follows a bombing at Hor Rajab,
Baghdad, earlier in the day that wounded one civilian.
(Iraqi News)
Militants disguised as
United Nations troops attack two military bases near
Timbuktu,
Mali, using rockets and two car bombs. At least one soldier at the bases, used by
France and the UN, is killed and more than twelve others are wounded.
(BBC News)
Russia sends
landing shipNikolai Filchenkov, chartered civilian vessel MV Alexander Tkachenko, and transport ship Orsk to
Syria laden with military equipment.
(Metro)
Deputy tourism and antiquities minister Qais Hussein Rashid unveils a
United Nations-brokered plan for "re-constructing touristic, archaeological and heritage sites" damaged by
ISIL in
Mosul.
(Iraqi News)
The
UKDepartment of Transport rejects a call by road safety campaign
NGOBrake for tougher legislation on licencing for commercial drivers in response to a crash that killed eight last year.
(BBC News)
A court in
Somaliland jails poet Nacima Qorane for three years for bringing the state into contempt by writing a poem calling for reunification with
Somalia.
(BBC)
Boston marks the fifth anniversary of the April 2013 bombing with a private ceremony inside the
Boston Public Library. The bells at a local church rang at 2:49 p.m. to mark the exact time the two bombs exploded seconds apart near the marathon's finish line.
(AP News)
An asteroid,
2018 GE3, sized between 37 and 138 metres (121 and 453 ft) passes 193,000 kilometres (120,000 mi) from
Earth, possibly the largest known asteroid to ever pass that close in observational history.
(Minor Planet Center)
Another asteroid, 2018 GY3, which had passed 301,000 kilometres (187,000 mi) from Earth on April 10, is identified as the lost asteroid 2008 GY21, which had passed similarly close to Earth in 2008.
(Minor Planet Center)
Scientists say that they have identified genes that cause deadly heart condition
pulmonary arterial hypertension which kills 50% of those affected within five years.
(BBC News)