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April 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

The delegations of the United States and Iran arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan for ceasefire talks, the highest-level engagement between the two countries since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, with the Iranian delegation led by Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. delegation led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Source: Arab News PK external link

April 10

Business and economy

Protests over fuel prices are held in Ireland and Norway.
Source: The Guardian external link
The parliament of South Korea approves a supplementary budget worth ₩26.2 trillion (US$17.7 billion) to address the economic effects of the war, which includes cash assistance to 35 million South Koreans.
Source: AA external link

Law and crime

A shooting at the campus bar of Lambton College's Sarnia campus in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, kills one and injures two, with the Sarnia campus closing for the day and all activities being suspended.
Source: CBC Windsor external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 10 people are killed, 13 others are injured and several are reported missing when a boat carrying a group of devotees capsizes in the Yamuna river in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: The Times of India external link
The remains of the two individuals in a Cessna 172 aircraft, which crashed into a mountain in Tubajon, Dinagat Islands, Philippines, while en route to Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte on April 8, are recovered by the authorities.
Source: ABS-CBN News external link
An Air Services Limited Cessna 208 Caravan crashes during a national cargo flight in Guyana.
Source: Demerara Waves external link

Politics and elections

Djiboutians vote to elect a president to serve for the next five years. Incumbent president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is running for a sixth term.
Source: Reuters external link

Arts and culture

Over 100,000 Muslims worship at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Temple Mount, East Jerusalem, after it reopened for the first time since the start of the war.
Source: Times of Israel external link

International relations

Paramount leader Xi Jinping tells Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun that China will "absolutely not tolerate" independence for Taiwan, in his first meeting with a Taiwanese opposition leader in a decade.
Source: CNBC external link
Mali withdraws its diplomatic recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and endorses Morocco's autonomy proposal for Western Sahara.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that peace talks with the United States will not begin until there is a ceasefire in Lebanon and Iranian assets are unfrozen.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Kuwaiti military reports that several national guard personnel were injured by Iranian drones.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Pakistani military evacuates the crew of a merchant vessel in the Arabian Sea following a distress call.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israel launches attacks across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, killing at least 21 people, including 13 Lebanese State Security personnel in Nabatieh.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Hezbollah fires at least thirty rockets at Kiryat Shmona, Metula, Misgav Am, and Ashdod Naval Base in Israel, saying that it was a response to ceasefire violations.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israeli chief of staff Eyal Zamir says that the military is in a "state of war" in Lebanon despite the ceasefire with Iran, while visiting Israeli troops deployed near Bint Jbeil.
Source: AA external link
Preliminary talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials are planned for next week in Washington, D.C., United States.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least 10 people are killed and several others are injured after gunmen open fire in Injil District, Herat Province, Afghanistan.
Source: KabulNow external link

Science and technology

NASA's Artemis II spacecraft completes its mission and splashes down in the northern Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, U.S.
Source: The Guardian external link

April 9

International relations

Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov meets with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana to discuss bilateral relations amid ongoing tensions between Cuba and the U.S. over energy and economic measures, and following the recent arrival of a Russian oil shipment to Cuba despite U.S. restrictions.
Source: Daily Sun external link
Source: Reuters external link
Source: AA external link

Law and crime

Pakistan beefs up security and enforces a lockdown in the Capital Territory in Islamabad to prepare for US-Iran ceasefire talks.
Source: Times of India external link

Science and technology

Isar Aerospace's "Onward and Upward" mission, which had been due to launch from Andøya Space port in Andøya, Norway, is postponed for a third time due to a possible leak.
Source: NRK external link
The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korea has tested various military technologies throughout the week, including a surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missile identified as Hwasongpho-11 Ka.
Source: Yonhap News Agency external link

Business and economy

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announces plans to allocate €5 billion to support economies affected by the Iran war, focusing on financial systems, businesses, and infrastructure in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon.
Source: Reuters via London South East external link
Gulf Air, the flag carrier of Bahrain, announces a plan to return its operations hub to Bahrain International Airport after having relocated to King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, during the Iran war.
Source: Aerospace Global News external link
Oil prices rebound amidst concerns about the ceasefire, with U.S. and Brent Crude oil back up to nearly US$100 per barrel.
Source: NBC News external link
Saudi Arabia reports that the recent Iranian attack on a pumping station of the East–West Crude Oil Pipeline reduced its throughput by 700,000 barrels per day.
Source: CNBC external link
Venezuela's National Assembly approves a reform of mining laws that allows greater private investment in the country's mineral sector, with the bill advancing to constitutional review. The measure forms part of broader economic changes aimed at increasing foreign participation in natural resource industries.
Source: Le Monde external link
The OECD reports that official development assistance from its member states declined by 23.1 percent in real terms to US$174.3 billion, marking the largest recorded annual decrease, with the reduction largely driven by cuts from the United States.
Source: AFP via Indo Premier external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

After pressure from the United States, Israel agrees to hold direct talks with Lebanon in Washington, D.C., but refuses to observe the Iran war ceasefire in Lebanon.
Source: AA external link
German chancellor Friedrich Merz announces that Germany will resume direct negotiations with Iran to support a ceasefire between Iran and the U.S., with talks planned in Islamabad, Pakistan, involving a German delegation.
Source: Xinhua external link
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Bahraini military intercepts seven drones from Iran.
Source: AA external link
The Kuwaiti military reports that drones attacked several vital facilities and caused significant damage to a national guard base.
Source: AA external link
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announces alternative routes for ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, citing risks of sea mines in the main shipping channel.
Source: AFP via Arab News external link
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company CEO Sultan Al Jaber says that the strait is still not open because Iran has been restricting and controlling traffic.
Source: CNBC external link
Gabon-flagged oil tanker crosses the Strait of Hormuz according to MarineTraffic, making it the first non-Iranian oil tanker to cross the waterway since the ceasefire was announced.
Source: Gulf Today external link
Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi dies from injuries sustained during an Israeli–U.S. airstrike on his home on April 1.
Source: Ynet external link
Hezbollah launches rockets at the Israeli kibbutz of Manara, citing Israeli and American violations of the ceasefire linked to the Iran war.
Source: AFP via ABS-CBN News external link
At least seven people are killed by a wave of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling across Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israeli military says that it has killed Lebanese Resistance Brigades commanders Maher Qassem Hamdan and Ali Yusuf Harshi, personal secretary and nephew of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem.
Source: Reuters external link
Hezbollah says that its fighters are engaged in "point-blank clashes" with Israeli troops in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon.
Source: Al Arabiya external link
Lebanese authorities update the losses from the previous day's attacks to 303 killed and 1,150 injured.
Source: AA external link
British defence secretary John Healey says three Russian Navy submarines engaged in covert operations against the UK in the North Sea near its undersea cables and says counter-measures are underway.
Source: BBC News external link
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War says that Russia has returned 1,000 bodies of fallen individuals to Ukraine as part of repatriation efforts.
Source: Interfax Ukraine external link
Russian president Vladimir Putin declares a ceasefire for the weekend in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter.
Source: AP external link
The Sudan Founding Alliance says that over 56 civilians, including 17 children, are killed and 107 are injured in a Sudanese drone strike on a wedding celebration in Kutum, North Darfur, Sudan.
Source: The Sudan Times external link
The World Food Programme announces the return of its Sudan office in Khartoum for the first time in three years amidst a hunger crisis caused by the war.
Source: Sudan Horizon external link

Politics and elections

The Supreme Court of Russia designates the human rights group Memorial as an extremist organization and bans its activities following a petition by the Ministry of Justice.
Source: Laredo Morning Times external link

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed and 38 are rescued after an inflatable dinghy of migrants capsized near Calais, off the coast of northern France.
Source: Reuters external link

Arts and culture

The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Western Wall, and other holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem reopen for the first time since the war with Iran started on February 28 after being closed by authorities due to security concerns.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

April 8

International relations

Belarus plans to open an embassy in North Korea by August 1 after president Alexander Lukashenko visited the country in March following a decree signed by prime minister Alexander Turchin.
Source: Caliber.az external link

Business and economy

U.S. president Donald Trump threatens to impose 50% tariffs on countries that supply military weapons to Iran.
Source: CNBC external link
Danish shipping company Maersk says that they will take a "cautious approach" for vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire and says that they have not provided security certainty as to when normal operations would resume.
Source: Reuters external link
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says that it still does not plan to resume transiting the Strait of Hormuz despite the two-week ceasefire. They also say that it would need 6–8 weeks for recovery and for normal operations to resume.
Source: Reuters external link
Oil prices plunge below US$95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surges past 1,000 after the ceasefire announcement.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi confirms the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States, which includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The ceasefire is ratified by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
Source: Khaleej Times external link
The SNSC announces that negotiations between Iran and the U.S. will start on Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan, with the U.S. contingent to be led by vice president JD Vance alongside senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. president Donald Trump both claim that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, despite contrary statements from both Iran and Pakistan on their versions of the ceasefire agreement.
Source: The New York Times external link
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt states that Netanyahu and Trump will continue discussions on potentially including Lebanon in a ceasefire arrangement.
Source: AFP via Aaj News external link
After the announcement, an Israeli military spokesperson states that Israel is still launching attacks on Iran.
Source: CNN external link
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says the ceasefire with Israel and the U.S. has been violated as a result of the bombings of Iranian islands and Lebanon. Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf later echoes the remarks, citing the attacks as well as the "denial of Iran to enrich uranium."
Source: G1 external link
The Bahraini military intercepts six missiles and 31 drones.
Source: Yemen Online external link
Kuwait's interior ministry reports fires at several oil facilities, power plants, and desalination plants after an Iranian drone attack.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
The Qatari military intercepts seven ballistic missiles and multiple drones.
Source: DPA via Yahoo News external link
Saudi Arabia's East–West Crude Oil Pipeline is hit in an Iranian attack.
Source: Reuters external link
The Emirati military intercepts 17 ballistic missiles and 35 drones.
Source: The National external link
After the announcement of a ceasefire, Iran launches ballistic missiles at Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
Source: CNN external link
Iranian agencies report explosions from the Lavan and Sirri islands of unknown origin. Iran accuses Kuwait and the UAE of the attacks and launches retaliatory attacks against those countries in response.
Source: Wanaen external link
Thailand confirms the three crewmen on a vessel that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz in March have died.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
MarineTraffic reports the first ships that have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the ceasefire announcement, namely the Greek-owned bulk carrier and Liberia-flagged .
Source: Euronews external link
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz maritime traffic to oil tankers over Israeli attacks in Lebanon, claiming that Lebanon is included in the ceasefire.
Source: Forbes external link
Bahrain, Iraq, and Syria reopen their airspace after weeks of closure. The Damascus International Airport and the Bahrain International Airport begin resuming flights.
Source: AA external link
At least 254 people are killed and 1,165 others are injured in a wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, including in southern Lebanon, Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley.
Source: BBC News external link
The IDF announces that its strikes in Lebanon are one part of a new operation it is calling "Eternal Darkness".
Source: Ynet external link
The Israeli military says that it has halted strikes against Iran, but state that they will continue fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Lebanese army closes a bridge in the Tyre District after receiving a warning of a possible Israeli strike on the structure. The bridge is the last crossing linking areas north and south of the Litani River in the area, where many residents remain despite evacuation notices.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
An Israeli airstrike in Sheikh Ijlin, Gaza City, Palestine, kills two people, including Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning says that Afghanistan and Pakistan has agreed on a comprehensive plan to end tensions after seven days of talks in Ürümqi, China. The two countries also agree to avoid any escalations in their current conflict.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Turkish police arrest 198 suspects across 34 provinces in operations targeting the Islamic State following a fatal shootout outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on April 7. Several suspects are placed in pre-trial detention as part of the investigation.
Source: AFP via Yahoo News external link
Rex Heuermann admits in court to killing eight women and discarding their bodies between 1993 and 2010 in New York, United States. Heuermann is expected to receive a sentence of life in prison without parole when he is sentenced on June 17.
Source: NBC News external link
A U.S. court sentences Jasveen Sangha to 15 years in prison for distributing ketamine that resulted in the death of actor Matthew Perry in 2023, as part of a wider investigation into a network supplying controlled substances. Authorities also charge and sentence other individuals, including medical professionals, in connection with the distribution of the drug.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Politics and elections

Anti-war protesters gather outside the U.S. embassy in Ottawa, Canada, to protest against the Iran war despite the ceasefire along with the wars in Lebanon and Gaza.
Source: CTV News external link