April 8, 2015 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A gunfight erupts between Afghan soldiers and U.S. soldiers working for NATO's Resolute Support Mission leaving 1 Afghan and 1 U.S. soldier dead, and 3 Afghan and 2 U.S. soldiers wounded. (Reuters)
- Sinai insurgency
- Eleven civilians and two Egyptian Army soldiers have been killed in three attacks in the northern Sinai Peninsula. (AP)
Business and economy
- Royal Dutch Shell purchases rival BG Group for around $70 billion. (Wall Street Journal)
- A French air traffic controllers strike causes the cancellation of hundreds of flights throughout Europe. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
Disasters and accidents
- At the Dragon Aromatics chemical plant in Fujian in southeast China, a fourth tank of about 1,500 tonnes of liquid hydrocarbon catches fire and explodes. More than 14,000 residents have been evacuated. (BBC)
- A shipwreck off the Haiti coast claims the life of 21 people. (AFP via Global Post)
Law and crime
- Boston Marathon bombings
- Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev receives a guilty verdict on all legal charges against him. (CNN) (NBC News)