April 13, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel
- Iran and its proxies launch between 400 and 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen. (ABC News)
- U.S. naval ships mobilize to the Middle East to protect Israel against incoming missiles. (The Wall Street Journal) (News.com.au)
- Iranian seizure of the MSC Aries
- Iran seizes the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-registered, Madeira-flagged container ship owned by Zodiac Maritime which is chaired by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. (Reuters) (Firstpost)
- Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
- The Netherlands announces that their embassy in Tehran will close on Sunday. (Al Arabiya)
- 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
- Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in the West Bank after missing Jewish teenager Benjamin Achimeir is found dead. (BBC News)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Gunmen abduct and kill nine people from a bus in Nushki District, Balochistan, Pakistan. All victims, whose bodies were found under a bridge, appear to have been shot at close range. (Reuters)
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the village of Pervomaiske near Donetsk has been captured by Russian troops. (Barron's)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War in Sudan
- An offensive by the Rapid Support Forces begins in El Fasher. (Sudan Tribune)
Disasters and accidents
- Eighteen people are killed, two are injured and some are missing after landslides hit South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (The Star)
Law and crime
- 2024 Bondi Junction stabbings
- Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. (The Guardian) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Cook by-election
- Simon Kennedy of the Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of Cook, succeeding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (ABC News Australia)