• Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
  • An Iranian Red Crescent plane is blocked by bombing of Sanaa International Airport's runway by Saudi Arabian F-15 fighters, which unsuccessfully intercepted and issued warnings to the plane to turn back. (The Guardian)

• Russian financial crisis (2014–2016)
  • State-owned gas company, Gazprom, loses 86 percent in net income due to ruble devaluation, plunge on oil prices, and Ukraine crisis. (Reuters)

• April 2015 Nepal earthquake
  • The death toll for the earthquake reaches 6,100 as the first food aid reaches Nepal. This includes 6000+ people in Nepal, 19 people on Mount Everest, 76 in India, 25 in China, and 4 in Bangladesh. (AP via Daily Mail)
  • Thousands of people are fleeing Kathmandu due to uncertainty over food supply. (Xinhua)
• At least 15 are dead and dozens missing after flash flooding in the southwestern Kenyan town of Narok. (International Business Times)
• Firefighters in Ukraine try to stop a large forest fire from reaching the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (Euronews)

• The Americas becomes the first World Health Organization region to be officially declared free of rubella. (NY Times)

• Australia–Indonesia relations
  • Australia withdraws its ambassador after eight people including Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, an Indonesian, four Nigerians, and two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are executed. (BBC) (ABC News Australia)

• Succession to the Saudi Arabian throne
  • Crown Prince Muqrin is replaced by his nephew. (Huffington Post)
• 2016 United States Presidential election
  • Nominally independent Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont announces that he will be seeking the Democratic Party nomination in the US presidential election. (AP via Yahoo! News)

• Scientists discover the first known dinosaur with membranous wings, Yi Qi. (NY Times)