Portal:Current events/2019 April 12

April 12, 2019 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2019 Quetta bombing
- Twenty-one people are killed and about fifty others injured in a suicide bombing at a market in Quetta, Pakistan. (CNN)
2018–19 Sudanese protests, 2019 Sudanese coup d'état
- Lt. General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf steps down as leader of the Transitional Military Council in favor of Lt. General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan. (BBC News)
Russian security services kill two ISIL-affiliated terrorists who were planning an attack in the city of Tyumen. (RT)

Disasters and accidents

Two buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing nine people and leaving fifteen others missing. The buildings were irregularly built. (G1)

Politics and elections

Abortion in the United States
- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signs a bill that restricts abortion after a detectable heartbeat. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said it was preparing a constitutional challenge to the law. (ABC News)