April 8, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2023 Khyber blast
- Two soldiers are killed after their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In a separate incident, a police officer is killed and two more injured during a grenade attack in Swabi. The Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for both attacks. (Associated Press)
- 2023 Khyber blast
Disasters and accidents
- At least ten people are killed in Migori, Kenya, when a truck loses control and crashes into pedestrians. (Pulse)
International relations
- Chad expels German ambassador Gordon Kricke after he criticises the government delaying the 2024 election. (Deutschlandfunk) (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- 2023 Pentagon document leaks
- Two sets of classified documents of the United States relating to the Russo-Ukrainian War are leaked online. The leaks also include intelligence that the United States holds on other nations, including North Korea, China, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. (CNN)
- The documents are compiled from multiple sources, including the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department. (CNN)
- Police in Iran announce the installment of cameras in public places to identify and penalize women who do not observe dressing codes for hijabs, while also urging citizens to confront women who are not sufficiently covered. (Reuters)