detoxed.news

April 13

Armed conflicts and attacks

In a notice to seafarers, the U.S. Central Command announces that a blockade is now in effect, with all unauthorized vessels in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea east of the Strait of Hormuz subject to interdiction.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Three ships successfully cross the Strait of Hormuz since the blockade was announced including Marshall Islands-flagged vessel New Future, Vietnam-flagged NV Sunshine, and Panama-flagged tanker Auroura, which was recently sanctioned by the United States for its links to Iranian oil trading.
Source: Caspian Post external link
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says that the ceasefire is still in force and efforts are still underway to end the war despite the recent talks ending without a agreement.
Source: Arab News PK external link
The Israeli army claims to have killed over 100 Hezbollah fighters during the battle in Bint Jbeil.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least six people are killed by Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon, including at an International Red Cross location in Tyre.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A policeman is killed and four others are injured during an attack in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Source: Dunya News external link

International relations

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Algiers, marking the first papal visit to Algeria.
Source: AP external link
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov states that Russia is prepared to receive Iran's enriched uranium as part of a potential agreement with the United States, following unsuccessful negotiations between Iran and the U.S.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Law and crime

Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, is charged for influence peddling and corruption in the private sector.
Source: Bloomberg external link

Business and economy

Spanish airline Iberia announces the suspension of flights to Cuba from June to late October due to fuel supply constraints and reduced passenger demand linked to the country's crisis. The airline states that it plans to resume operations in November if conditions improve.
Source: The Economic Times external link
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos suspends excises on kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas to reduce household fuel costs amid rising global oil prices linked to the Iran war.
Source: Reuters external link
A court in Beijing, China, orders the liquidation of Zhongzhi Enterprise Group and more than 300 affiliated companies through a consolidated bankruptcy process, with creditors instructed to submit claims by June 10.
Source: Reuters external link

April 12

Arts and culture

In theatre, wins Best New Play and wins seven prizes, including Best New Musical, at the 2026 Laurence Olivier Awards.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The initial three rounds of ceasefire talks between Iran and the United States conclude in Islamabad, Pakistan, after 14 hours. However, the Iranian government says that negotiations will continue.
Source: Reuters external link
U.S. vice president JD Vance, who led the American delegation in the ceasefire talks, says that the two sides have not reached a deal to end the war, with disagreement over nuclear weapon development, and that the U.S. made its "final and best offer" and stated "We'll see if the Iranians accept it".
Source: NBC News external link
Pakistani deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar urges Iran and the U.S. to uphold their commitment to observe a ceasefire after Vance said that both sides didn't reach an agreement. Dar also says that Pakistan will continue to play its role in facilitating engagement and dialogue between both sides.
Source: Arab News PK external link
Pakistani sources say that the major disagreements during the talks were Iran's nuclear program, missile program, restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, and calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Source: The New Arab external link
U.S. president Donald Trump announces a U.S. naval blockade of Iran and the strait "effective immediately," which will "seek and interdict" any vessel that paid Iran's toll to cross the strait.
Source: Axios external link
Saudi Arabia announces the restoration of its East–West Crude Oil Pipeline and other energy facilities following an Iranian attack.
Source: Reuters external link
The Iranian government updates the death toll in Iran to 3,375 people.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least 24 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israeli military claims that they have killed several Hamas militants who took part in hostage-taking during the October 7 attacks, including Nukhba commander Ali Sami Mohammad Shakra, in a strike in central Gaza yesterday that killed seven people.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

Sports

In golf, Rory McIlroy wins back-to-back titles at the Masters Tournament.
Source: The Guardian external link

International relations

Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran resumes its operations during the ceasefire, initially with a limited staff.
Source: AA external link
The Saudi foreign ministry summons the ambassador of Iraq over "continued attacks and threats" against it and other Gulf Arab states from Iraqi territory.
Source: AA external link

Politics and elections

Beninese citizens vote to elect a president that will succeed the incumbent Patrice Talon and serve for the next seven years. Finance minister Romuald Wadagni and FCBE candidate Paul Hounkpè are the only two candidates on the ballot.
Source: Reuters external link
Hungarians vote to elect all 199 members of the National Assembly. The incumbent prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who was seeking a fifth consecutive term in office, concedes defeat and calls TISZA leader Péter Magyar on the telephone to congratulate him on his victory. The Pro-European Tisza Party wins two-thirds of the seats in Hungary's legislature. The turnout is the highest since the fall of communism, at 77.8%.
Source: The Guardian external link
Nizar Amidi, elected the previous day, takes office as President of Iraq, succeeding Abdul Latif Rashid.
Source: Qatar News Agency external link
Peruvians vote to elect 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 60 members of a newly created senate, while also determining the top two presidential candidates that will advance to a run-off election.
Source: AP external link
Peruvian police and prosecutors conduct searches at the electoral authority's headquarters and a private company as part of an investigation into delays in delivering voting materials that prevent more than 60,000 people from voting. Officials attribute the issue to logistical failures affecting multiple polling stations in Lima. The electoral authority later announces that some polling stations will reopen.
Source: AFP via NAMPA external link
Exit polls show Popular Force's Keiko Fujimori leading the presidential election with about 16 percent of the vote, with no candidate securing a majority and a run-off expected between Fujimori and Popular Renewal's Rafael López Aliaga.
Source: Le Monde external link

April 11

Politics and elections

Amidst the Islamabad ceasefire talks, Iranian diaspora protesters gather in Bangkok, Thailand to reaffirm their calls for regime change.
Source: Thai Examiner external link
Anti-war and anti-government protests against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu occur across Israel, including 2,000 protesters at Habima Square in Tel Aviv that exceeded court-ordered limits. Protests also occur in Jerusalem and Haifa.
Source: Times of Israel external link
Preliminary results released after yesterday's presidential election reveal that incumbent president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has won a sixth term in office with 97.81% of the vote, beating CDU candidate Mohamed Farah Samatar, who took 2.19% of the vote.
Source: France 24 external link
The Council of Representatives elects PUK candidate Nizar Amidi as president of Iraq in the second round, defeating Muthana Amin of the Kurdistan Islamic Union in a 227–15 vote.
Source: AA external link

Disasters and accidents

The Afghan disaster authority says that the death toll from recent floods in Afghanistan rises to 178 with 236 people injured, including 22 more deaths recorded in 24 hours.
Source: Khaama Press external link
At least 30 people are killed, with the death toll expected to rise, after a stampede at the Citadelle Laferrière in Nord, Haiti.
Source: Sky News external link
At least 13 people are killed and 30 others are injured when a bus crashes into two trucks in Katihar district, Bihar, India.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
A speeding truck crashes into at least 22 vehicles and a village gym in Davao City, Philippines, killing 6 people and injuring 6 others.
Source: Brigada News external link

International relations

Pakistan announces that Qatar and Saudi Arabia will provide US$5 billion in financial assistance to support the country's foreign exchange reserves and enable it to repay $3.5 billion of debt to the United Arab Emirates by the end of April.
Source: AA external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The delegations of the Iran and the United States 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 parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and the U.S. delegation led by vice president JD Vance.
Source: Arab News PK external link
The first round of talks end without a peace deal, but is expected to continue into Sunday night.
Source: CNBC external link
U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. has begun "clearing out" naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: AA external link
The U.S. Central Command confirms that the U.S. Navy destroyers USS and USS have crossed the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the strait is clear of naval mines.
Source: CENTCOM external link
India-flagged LPG gas tanker crosses the Strait of Hormuz, becoming the first Indian vessel to cross the Hormuz since the ceasefire. It is expected to arrive in Mumbai on April 15.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
At least ten people, including three emergency workers, are killed by Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israeli army has reportedly encircled Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon.
Source: DPA via Yahoo News external link
Israel rejects a ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Lebanese government reports that the death toll from the war has surpassed 2,000 people.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
It is reported that a prominent senior North Darfur commander in the Rapid Support Forces has defected to the Sudanese Army.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Russia and Ukraine announce a 32-hour ceasefire in observation of Orthodox Easter, alongside a prisoner exchange of 175 servicemen.
Source: Reuters external link
The Yemeni Army and Houthis engage in intense fighting in the As-Silw district in Taiz Governorate, Yemen, killing two soldiers. Additionally, the Yemeni Army says that it repelled a Houthi attack.
Source: Yemen Monitor external link
At least 200 people are feared dead after a Nigerian Air Force airstrike accidentally hits a market instead of Boko Haram militants in Yobe State, Nigeria.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In horse racing, , rode by Irish jockey Paul Townend, wins this year's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, England, becoming the second horse since Red Rum to win the Grand National twice.
Source: BBC News external link
In golf, Shane Lowry becomes the first player to accomplish multiple holes in one in the Masters Tournament.
Source: The Manila Times external link

April 10

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

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: Space.com 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

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

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

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

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

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