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On April 27, 2026, a train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia.
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A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia.
On 27 April 2026, two trains collided at Bekasi Timur railway station in the city of Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. The crash involved the Argo Bromo Anggrek, a long-distance express on the Gambir–Surabaya Pasarturi route as the KA 4 service, and a Cikarang Loop Line Commuterline local on the Kampung Bandan–Cikarang as the PLB 5568A service.
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The year in brief
2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2020s decade.
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On April 27, 2026
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2026 A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia. Train collision in West Java, Indonesia
On 27 April 2026, two trains collided at Bekasi Timur railway station in the city of Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. The crash involved the Argo Bromo Anggrek, a long-distance express on the Gambir–Surabaya Pasarturi route as the KA 4 service, and a Cikarang Loop Line Commuterline local on the Kampung Bandan–Cikarang as the PLB 5568A service.
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- April 1 The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.
- April 12 The Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar wins the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, defeating Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, which had ruled the country for 16 years, marking the first change in government in Hungary for over a decade.
- April 15 Ten people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass shooting at a school in Onikişubat, Turkey.
- April 18 Seven people are killed and fourteen others are injured in a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine
- April 25 Shots are fired outside of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the Washington Hilton where U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet are attending. One injury is reported and a suspect is taken into custody.
- April 8 Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war.
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