Pope Francis Pope Francis appoints Bishop Richard Moth of the British military diocese as Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England. The diocese had been vacant since September when Bishop Kieran Conry resigned.
American troops The US Army charges US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network in Afghanistan from June 2009 until his release in May 2014, with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
North American tornado outbreaks Tornadoes hit the American city of Tulsa and the surrounding region of eastern Oklahoma leaving one person dead and several others injured.
Germanwings Flight 9525 An audio recording indicates that a pilot was locked out of the cockpit at the time of the crash and was unable to reenter.
A search and recovery operation resumes for the remains of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on March 24.
Kraft Foods American companies Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz announce merger plans to create a combined company, The Kraft Heinz Company, which will be led by the present CEO of Heinz, Bernardo Hees.
BBC The BBC sacks Jeremy Clarkson, one of the three presenters for the television program "Top Gear".
Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état The Gulf Cooperation Council announces its intervention in Yemen and Saudi Arabia begins launching airstrikes against Houthi forces and installations.
Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi flees Yemen in a boat after Houthi rebels besiege the government's temporary capital of Aden in the southern part of the country.
War The Afghan National Army kills twenty-nine insurgents and injures twenty-one others in a series of operations in Daikundi, Ghazni, and Parwan provinces during the past 24 hours.