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Current events of April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) (Saturday)

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. (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–present):
- 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 a 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)

North Korea announces that it will place United States citizen Pae Jun-Ho on trial for unspecified "crimes aimed to topple the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". (al Jazeera)

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)

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)