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April 19, 2026 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
A fire destroys about 1,000 homes in a stilt settlement in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, displacing thousands of residents.
Seventeen people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, India.
Politics and elections
Bulgarians vote for 240 seats of the National Assembly in the nation's eighth election since April 2021. Former president Rumen Radev leads the soft eurosceptic Progressive Bulgaria coalition, the frontrunner of the election according to opinion polls.
Several universities across Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Pakistan, including International Islamic University and Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, will shift to online classes amidst a potential second round of talks between the U.S. and Iran.
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