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April 26, 2015 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Balochistan conflict
- A bomb on a motorcycle kills at least 3 people and injured 20 in the town of Sibi in Pakistan's Balochistan region. (AFP via Nigeria Guardian)
Syrian Civil War
- Syrian government planes bomb the city of Jisr al-Shughur the day after it was captured by al-Qaeda and its allies. (France 24)^{[permanent dead link]}
Boko Haram
- Boko Haram captures Karamga island in Lake Chad from Niger, killing many soldiers. (Reuters)

Business and economy

American for profit education company Corinthian Colleges announces that it will close its remaining more than two dozen colleges in the western United States due to state and federal investigations into its job-placement practices. (Los Angeles Times)

Disasters and accidents

April 2015 Nepal earthquake
- Rescue and recovery attempts continue in Nepal after Saturday's earthquake with the death toll more than 2200 and expected to rise further. (CNN), (CBC), (New York Times)
- A strong earthquake aftershock measured at 6.7 hits Nepal and northern India and causes further avalanches in the Himalayas. (Reuters via Daily Mail)
- Rescue helicopters airlift badly injured climbers off Mount Everest a day after avalanches triggered by the earthquake kill seventeen people. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

Kazakhstani presidential election, 2015
- Voters in Kazakhstan go to the polls for a presidential election with incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev winning with 97.7 percent of the vote. He has been ruling the country since 1984 in one form or another. (AP via Daily Mail), (NDTV)
Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2015
- Voters in Northern Cyprus go to the polls in the run-off election to elect leftist Mustafa Akıncı as president. (AP via The New York Times)

Sport

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