Portal:Current events/2012 April 28

April 28, 2012 (Saturday)

Armed conflict and attacks

2011 Syrian uprising:
- Syrian activists claim that the Syrian Armed Forces killed ten people in the village of Bakha north of Damascus. (Reuters)
- The Lebanese Navy boards a ship from Libya allegedly carrying weapons bound for the opposition in Syria. (Al Jazeera)
- Gunmen in inflatable dinghies attack a military unit on the Syrian coast – the first seaborne assault since the start of the uprising. (euronews)
- Syria accuses the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of "encouraging" attacks on the government. (AP via Google)
War in Afghanistan:
- Two bodyguards and two insurgents are killed in an attack on the Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)
2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions: Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich promises an investigation into the incident that injured 30 people. (Reuters)

Disasters

One person dies and more than 110 are injured when a tent collapses at a restaurant near Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. (CNN)

International relations

Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations: Saudi Arabia shuts its embassy and consulates in Egypt following protests over an Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi being detained in Saudi Arabia. (BBC)
The European Union opens an office in Burma in recognition of recent democratic reforms. (The Hindu)
Mali's ruling junta rejects a West African regional plan to extend the life of an interim civilian government. (Reuters)

Politics and elections