## [2018-04-10](/feed/2018/04/10/index.md)

##### Proxima Centauri b
### [ Proxima Centauri b, an Earth-like exoplanet, is hit with a deadly superflare. ](/feed/2018/04/10/proxima-centauri-b-an-earth-like-exoplanet-is-hit-with-a-deadly-superflare.md)
##### Scott Polar Research Institute
### [The Scott Polar Research Institute announces a mission planned for 2019 to search for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's famed lost ship "Endurance", which sank in 1914 leading to a multi-year rescue operation. ](/feed/2018/04/10/the-scott-polar-research-institute-announces-a-mission-planned-for-2019-to-search-for-antarctic-explorer-ernest-shacklet.md)
##### Discoveries of exoplanets
### [Four new Hot Jupiter exoplanets are discovered: HATS-39b, HATS-40b, HATS-41b and HATS-42b. ](/feed/2018/04/10/four-new-hot-jupiter-exoplanets-are-discovered-hats-39b-hats-40b-hats-41b-and-hats-42b.md)
##### Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
### [United States senators question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the various controversies the social network is dealing with, including recent disclosures concerning Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data. ](/feed/2018/04/10/united-states-senators-question-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-about-the-various-controversies-the-social-network-is-deali.md)
##### Tehran
### [Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi resigns from his post after eight months in the office. His last resignation was rejected by the City Council. ](/feed/2018/04/10/tehran-mayor-mohammad-ali-najafi-resigns-from-his-post-after-eight-months-in-the-office-his-last-resignation-was-reject.md)
##### 2018 Kemerovo fire
### [Aman Tuleyev, who resigned as governor of Kemerovo Oblast after a shopping centre fire killed 64 people there, is elected speaker of the regional legislature. ](/feed/2018/04/10/aman-tuleyev-who-resigned-as-governor-of-kemerovo-oblast-after-a-shopping-centre-fire-killed-64-people-there-is-electe.md)
##### Presidency of Donald Trump
### [U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert resigns at the request of National Security Advisor John R. Bolton. ](/feed/2018/04/10/us-homeland-security-advisor-tom-bossert-resigns-at-the-request-of-national-security-advisor-john-r-bolton.md)
##### Terrorism in Iraq
### [An al-Hashd al-Shaabi commander announces the deaths of 90 Islamic State members in Kirkut, Iraq. ](/feed/2018/04/10/an-al-hashd-al-shaabi-commander-announces-the-deaths-of-90-islamic-state-members-in-kirkut-iraq.md)
##### Italy
### [An Italian judge says a mafia clan has been plotting the murder of Spia.it journalist Paolo Borrometi. Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni voices his support to the journalist. ](/feed/2018/04/10/an-italian-judge-says-a-mafia-clan-has-been-plotting-the-murder-of-spiait-journalist-paolo-borrometi-italian-prime-min.md)
##### Ukraine
### [Ukraine detains a Russian ship in Odesa suspected of illegally extracting sand. ](/feed/2018/04/10/ukraine-detains-a-russian-ship-in-odesa-suspected-of-illegally-extracting-sand.md)
##### Inn Din massacre
### [Seven Myanmar Army soldiers are convicted of murder and sentenced to ten years in prison for their participation in the execution of ten Rohingyas in Inn Din. ](/feed/2018/04/10/seven-myanmar-army-soldiers-are-convicted-of-murder-and-sentenced-to-ten-years-in-prison-for-their-participation-in-the.md)
##### Indonesia
### [Indonesia announces the capture of MV "STS-50", a stateless vessel wanted by Interpol for illegal fishing, and her crew following a chase. MV "STS-50" previously evaded capture in Mozambique and escaped after being detained in China. Following the ship's detention Indonesia launches a slavery investigation into working conditions on board. ](/feed/2018/04/10/indonesia-announces-the-capture-of-mv-sts-50-a-stateless-vessel-wanted-by-interpol-for-illegal-fishing-and-her-crew.md)
##### Israel
### [Israel extends the area fishermen from southern Gaza are allowed to operate in from six miles offshore to nine miles offshore for three months. Restrictions remain unaffected in northern Gaza. ](/feed/2018/04/10/israel-extends-the-area-fishermen-from-southern-gaza-are-allowed-to-operate-in-from-six-miles-offshore-to-nine-miles-off.md)
##### Terrorism in Malaysia
### [Judges from the United States meet with counterparts in Malaysia to discuss strategies for prosecuting terrorists. ](/feed/2018/04/10/judges-from-the-united-states-meet-with-counterparts-in-malaysia-to-discuss-strategies-for-prosecuting-terrorists.md)
##### 2017–18 Qatar diplomatic crisis
### [U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and praises the nation's efforts to combat terrorism, reversing his previous stance that Qatar funded terrorists at a "high level". Qatar and its neighbours are presently disputing the level and nature of terrorism in Qatar. ](/feed/2018/04/10/us-president-donald-trump-hosts-qatari-emir-sheikh-tamim-bin-hamad-al-thani-and-praises-the-nation-s-efforts-to-combat.md)
##### Israel–Russia relations
### [Representatives of Russia and Israel meet in Moscow to discuss the Middle East, particularly recent developments in Syria and Gaza. ](/feed/2018/04/10/representatives-of-russia-and-israel-meet-in-moscow-to-discuss-the-middle-east-particularly-recent-developments-in-syri.md)
##### 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
### [Law and Justice's Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of ex-President Lech, calls off Marches of Remembrance held in Warsaw every month since the disaster, saying they are not needed owing to the new monument. ](/feed/2018/04/10/law-and-justice-s-jaroslaw-kaczynski-twin-brother-of-ex-president-lech-calls-off-marches-of-remembrance-held-in-warsaw.md)
### [Poland's ruling Law and Justice unveils a new monument on the eighth anniversary of the disaster, which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczyński near Smolensk, Russia. Initial investigations primarily blamed errors on the flight crew but Poland is conducting a new investigation with a new report expected to claim Russian air traffic controllers purposely misled the jet about its location before it was destroyed in an explosion. ](/feed/2018/04/10/poland-s-ruling-law-and-justice-unveils-a-new-monument-on-the-eighth-anniversary-of-the-disaster-which-killed-96-includ.md)
##### Vordingborg
### [A 53 m tower collapses the wrong way during demolition in Vordingborg, Denmark, severely damaging many buildings, including a cultural centre. ](/feed/2018/04/10/a-53-m-tower-collapses-the-wrong-way-during-demolition-in-vordingborg-denmark-severely-damaging-many-buildings-includ.md)
##### Auckland
### [Thousands are left without power and flights are grounded after a powerful storm hits Auckland, New Zealand. ](/feed/2018/04/10/thousands-are-left-without-power-and-flights-are-grounded-after-a-powerful-storm-hits-auckland-new-zealand.md)
##### Nogent-sur-Vernisson
### [A French military jet accidentally drops an inert bomb on a car factory in Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France. Two are injured and gendarmes evacuate 150. ](/feed/2018/04/10/a-french-military-jet-accidentally-drops-an-inert-bomb-on-a-car-factory-in-nogent-sur-vernisson-france-two-are-injured.md)
##### Luton
### [Two buses collide head-on in Luton, England, resulting in thirteen people injured. ](/feed/2018/04/10/two-buses-collide-head-on-in-luton-england-resulting-in-thirteen-people-injured.md)
##### US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
### [Nepalese investigators release their preliminary report into the disaster. ](/feed/2018/04/10/nepalese-investigators-release-their-preliminary-report-into-the-disaster.md)
##### Humboldt Broncos bus crash
### [The Alberta Transportation Ministry suspends operations by Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd pending investigation into a crash with a bus which killed 15 people. ](/feed/2018/04/10/the-alberta-transportation-ministry-suspends-operations-by-adesh-deol-trucking-ltd-pending-investigation-into-a-crash-wi.md)
##### Shipwrecks in 2018
### [A court in Istanbul issues a warrant for the seizure of MV "Vitaspirit", a Maltese tanker that crashed into a historic waterfront mansion on the Bosphorus on April 7, until the mansion's owners receive US$50 million. ](/feed/2018/04/10/a-court-in-istanbul-issues-a-warrant-for-the-seizure-of-mv-vitaspirit-a-maltese-tanker-that-crashed-into-a-historic-w.md)
### [Firefighters contain a fire on FV "Dong Won 701" in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand. The ongoing blaze, which broke out yesterday, has injured three people. ](/feed/2018/04/10/firefighters-contain-a-fire-on-fv-dong-won-701-in-the-port-of-timaru-new-zealand-the-ongoing-blaze-which-broke-out.md)
##### India's economy
### [Jet Airways withdraws from the race to acquire debt-ridden state-owned Air India. ](/feed/2018/04/10/jet-airways-withdraws-from-the-race-to-acquire-debt-ridden-state-owned-air-india.md)
##### Hungarian parliamentary election, 2018
### [Hungarian businessman Lajos Simicska shuts down daily newspaper "Magyar Nemzet" after 80 years in print, and Lánchíd Rádió in response to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán winning a third consecutive parliamentary supermajority. Simicska was a former supporter of Orbán until he fell out with the Prime Minister in 2015. ](/feed/2018/04/10/hungarian-businessman-lajos-simicska-shuts-down-daily-newspaper-magyar-nemzet-after-80-years-in-print-and-lanchid-rad.md)
##### List of Japanese supercentenarians
### [Japanese supercentenarian Masazo Nonaka is confirmed as the world's oldest living man. ](/feed/2018/04/10/japanese-supercentenarian-masazo-nonaka-is-confirmed-as-the-world-s-oldest-living-man.md)
##### 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
### [The Civil Guard arrests one woman and warrants a man from the Committees for the Defense of the Republic, focused on the defense of Catalan Republic, accused of terrorism and sedition. ](/feed/2018/04/10/the-civil-guard-arrests-one-woman-and-warrants-a-man-from-the-committees-for-the-defense-of-the-republic-focused-on-the.md)
##### Terrorism in Turkey
### [An appeals court in Turkey hands opposition Peoples' Democratic Party MP Burcu Çelik Özkan a sentence of more than seven years in prison for terrorism propaganda. She had previously received a six-year sentence for pro-Kurdistan Workers' Party activity, but the case has been retried following an appeal. ](/feed/2018/04/10/an-appeals-court-in-turkey-hands-opposition-peoples-democratic-party-mp-burcu-celik-ozkan-a-sentence-of-more-than-seven.md)
##### Terrorism
### [United States Federal Prosecutors file a request to sentence Enrique Marquez, who purchased rifles used in a 2015 terror attack in California, to 25 years in prison. ](/feed/2018/04/10/united-states-federal-prosecutors-file-a-request-to-sentence-enrique-marquez-who-purchased-rifles-used-in-a-2015-terror.md)
##### Terrorism in Russia
### [Russian Federal Security Service head Alexander Bortnikov says the FSB has foiled six terror attacks in 2018 so far, including plots targeting polling stations and a shopping centre. ](/feed/2018/04/10/russian-federal-security-service-head-alexander-bortnikov-says-the-fsb-has-foiled-six-terror-attacks-in-2018-so-far-inc.md)
##### Terrorism in Italy
### [Police say an improvised explosive device exploded overnight at a Unicredit bank in Bologna, with the bomber leaving behind graffiti criticising Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. ](/feed/2018/04/10/police-say-an-improvised-explosive-device-exploded-overnight-at-a-unicredit-bank-in-bologna-with-the-bomber-leaving-beh.md)
### [A car bomb in Limbadi, near Vibo Valentia, Calabria, kills local politician Matteo Vinci and leaves his elderly father critically injured. ](/feed/2018/04/10/a-car-bomb-in-limbadi-near-vibo-valentia-calabria-kills-local-politician-matteo-vinci-and-leaves-his-elderly-father-c.md)
##### Saudi-led coalition
### [A Yemeni human rights group files a war crimes complaint against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Paris as the prince visits France. ](/feed/2018/04/10/a-yemeni-human-rights-group-files-a-war-crimes-complaint-against-saudi-arabia-s-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-in-pari.md)
##### France
### [France claims that a Russian military plane made a low pass over the warship "Aquitaine" off the Lebanese coast, claiming the aircraft was in deliberate breach of international law. ](/feed/2018/04/10/france-claims-that-a-russian-military-plane-made-a-low-pass-over-the-warship-aquitaine-off-the-lebanese-coast-claimin.md)
##### Greece
### [Greek soldiers fire warning shots at a Turkish helicopter over the Aegean Sea after it approaches the island of Ro. ](/feed/2018/04/10/greek-soldiers-fire-warning-shots-at-a-turkish-helicopter-over-the-aegean-sea-after-it-approaches-the-island-of-ro.md)
##### 2018 Gaza border protests
### [Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman calls Gazan journalist Yasser Murtaja, shot dead by Israel while covering border protests, as a "Hamas terrorist" engaged in intelligence gathering against the Israeli military. ](/feed/2018/04/10/israeli-defence-minister-avigdor-liberman-calls-gazan-journalist-yasser-murtaja-shot-dead-by-israel-while-covering-bord.md)
### [New York police arrest members of Jewish group IfNotNow during a protest against Israeli actions. IfNotNow members were blockading a local politician, and have previously chained themselves to the Israeli consulate. ](/feed/2018/04/10/new-york-police-arrest-members-of-jewish-group-ifnotnow-during-a-protest-against-israeli-actions-ifnotnow-members-were.md)
### [An Israeli Defence Forces investigation clears a sniper who fired a single bullet through the Gazan border fence, striking a Palestinian, but criticises a second soldier who filmed the incident and cheered. Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman says Israel has the world's most moral army and soldiers occasionally "let out some tension". ](/feed/2018/04/10/an-israeli-defence-forces-investigation-clears-a-sniper-who-fired-a-single-bullet-through-the-gazan-border-fence-striki.md)
##### Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
### [Yulia Skripal is released from hospital. Russia says it will view any resettlement efforts by the United Kingdom as "abduction." ](/feed/2018/04/10/yulia-skripal-is-released-from-hospital-russia-says-it-will-view-any-resettlement-efforts-by-the-united-kingdom-as-abd.md)
##### Civil war
### [Eurocontrol warns airlines to operate with care over the Mediterranean Sea owing to planned airstrikes in Syria. ](/feed/2018/04/10/eurocontrol-warns-airlines-to-operate-with-care-over-the-mediterranean-sea-owing-to-planned-airstrikes-in-syria.md)
### [Anonymous U.S. officials say the United States is considering a multinational military response against Syrian government forces, with experts saying that France, the United Kingdom, and Middle Eastern allies would be considered to help. ](/feed/2018/04/10/anonymous-us-officials-say-the-united-states-is-considering-a-multinational-military-response-against-syrian-governmen.md)
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