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April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks- Syrian Civil War:
- The Free Syrian Army accuses the government of Iraq of conducting an airstrike against its forces in Deir ez-Zor, a town in eastern Syria. (The New York Times)
- A bomb explodes outside a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi causing extensive damage to the building but no injuries. (Reuters)
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen:
- Five Yemeni soldiers and two Al-Qaeda militants are killed in fighting in the central town of Rada. A senior intelligence officer is also gunned down by a drive-by shooting in the south. (Fox News) (ABC News)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- The Taliban announces the start of their spring offensive, signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier. (AP via News24)
- A plane crashes in Southern Afghanistan killing four military personnel. (BBC)
- The death toll of the recent spate of anti-government violence in Iraq surpasses 190 as protests against the leadership of Nouri al-Maliki continue. (al Jazeera)
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- A bomb attack by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on an Awami National Party office in Karachi kills at least ten people and injures 25. (International Business Times)
- 2013 ricin attacks:
- After release of a previous suspect without charge, an adversary of his, Everett Dutschke of Mississippi, has been arrested for mailing letters containing ricin to the President of the United States, a senator, and a federal judge. (BBC)
International relations
- North Korea announces that it will place American Pae Jun-Ho on trial for unspecified "crimes aimed to topple the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". (al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer is taken to hospital by ambulance after he breaks his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle. (The Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- Voters in Iceland go to the polls for a parliamentary election with a centre-right coalition expected to regain office. (BBC)
- A deal on the formation of a new government has been reached in Italy, two months after the 2013 Italian parliamentary election was held. (BBC)