April 18, 2011 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A 16-year-old Israeli boy injured by a Palestinian missile attack on his school bus on April 7 dies. (BBC) (Wikinews)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- Gaddafi's forces kill over 100 civilians in grad rocket attacks in the Nafusa Mountains of Libya. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaddafi's forces commit mass rape of women in battle of Misrata. (The First Post) (Ottawa Citizen)
- Suspected Muslim insurgents detonate a bomb in southern Thailand, killing one and injuring 23 people. (Straits Times)
- 2011 Syrian protests:
- Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 9 and wounds 25. (BBC)
Disasters
- Storms in Guangdong, southern China, kill at least 18 people and leave 150 injured. (BBC) (Xinhua)
- A landslide kills 10 people in Indonesia's East Java province. (Jakarta Post) (The Hindu)
- 14 people killed in mudslide in Colombia. (BBC)
International relations
- An anti-piracy conference opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Al Jazeera)
Politics
- Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested during a protest against high food and fuel prices in the capital Kampala. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 2011 Boston Marathon
- Geoffrey Matai of Kenya sets a new record for the fastest time to run the Boston Marathon, completing its 26-mile course with a time of 2:03:02. (New York Times)