Portal:Current events/2018 April 1
April 1, 2018 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2016–18 Kashmir unrest
- Clashes in South Kashmir, India, kill two civilians, three soldiers, and thirteen militants. (The Times of India)
- 2018 Land Day incidents
- The government of Israel rejects calls for an inquiry, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likening criticism by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to an April Fool's Day joke. (The Telegraph)
- Pope Francis uses his Easter address to call for peace between the peoples of Israel and Palestine in response to the clashes. (The Guardian)
Arts and culture
- Russia-Ukraine relations, 2018 Eurovision Song Contest
- The European Song Contest threatens Ukraine with a ban unless it allows Russian entrant Yuliya Samoilova into Ukraine to compete. Ukraine last week banned Samilova for three years for playing a concert in the contested Crimea region in 2015. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Kemerovo fire
- Governor Aman Tuleyev of Russia's Kemerovo Oblast resigns over the disaster last week at the Winter Cherry complex. Tuleyev himself lost a young relative in the fire, but had faced protests in the aftermath. (The Guardian)
International relations
- South Korea–United States relations
- The governments of the United States and South Korea begin their Foal Eagle and Key Resolve millitary drills. (New Indian Express)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Botswana
- Botswanan President Ian Khama retires from office. Mokgweetsi Masisi is inaugurated as the fifth President of Botswana. (Africa News), (Reuters)
- Politics of the Gambia
- The new government of Gambia accuses ex-President Yahya Jammeh's supporters of assisting and sheltering foreign militants. (The Guardian)