Austria denies U.S. aircraft use of its airspace for military operations against Iran.
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Reuters 
April 2
Armed conflicts and attacks
Minor damage is reported near the Kizad area in Abu Dhabi after the United Arab Emirates air defenses successfully intercepts an Iranian missile.
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Khaleej Times
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minster Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to oversee maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Anadolu Agency
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Reuters
The B1 highway bridge linking Tehran and Karaj, which was inaugurated earlier this year, is hit by U.S.–Israeli airstrikes. Two people are killed.
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Al Jazeera
Iran conducted strikes on both Amazon Web Services servers in Bahrain and on an Oracle data center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Caspian Post
Kenya reports at least 16 Kenyans are missing after being recruited to fight for the Russian military in Ukraine, while 38 others are currently in Russian hospitals in unknown conditions as they are under restricted access. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi says the men were offered a $2,700 monthly salary by Russian agents for joining the war.
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BBC News
An Antonov An-72 is destroyed in a Ukrainian strike on Kirovske Air Base in Kirovske Raion, Russian occupied Crimea.
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The Kyiv Independent
Two Rapid Support Forces drones hit the Al-Jabalain hospital in White Nile State killing 10, including seven medical staff.
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medecins sans frontieres
Law and crime
Dutch authorities recover the Helmet of Coțofenești and other treasures from the Dacian royal collection, which were stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, Drenthe, in 2025.
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AFP via CTV News
Four children are killed in a mass stabbing at a school in Kampala, Uganda. The perpetrator, an adult man, is arrested.
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Al Jazeera
Disasters and accidents
One person is killed and another is injured when a building in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, collapses following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia.
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AFP via France 24
A cargo Beechcraft 18 crashed near the Barangay Decalacho airport, Philippines. Both occupants were killed.
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Xinhua
International relations
Moldova's parliament approves the country's withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States, as Moldova's government says CIS's core values and principles are no longer respected, particularly with regard to territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders and refer to the actions of the Russian Federation in the region, including the war against Ukraine and the illegal military presence on the territory of Moldova.
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TASS
Argentina orders Iranian chargé d'affaires Mohsen Soltani Tehrani to leave the country within 48 hours after Iranian officials issued statements that Argentina described as false and offensive. The move follows Argentina's designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
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AFP via LBCI
Business and economy
Air China, China Southern Airlines, and its subsidiary XiamenAir increase fuel surcharges by ¥60–120 (US$8.70–17.50) on domestic flights in response to rising oil prices linked to the Iran war.
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The Standard
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NBC News
April 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
A fuel storage at Kuwait International Airport in Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, is hit by Iranian drones, causing a major fire.
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Gulf News
Iran fires three ballistic missiles at Qatar, with two intercepted and a third one hitting a oil tanker registered by QatarEnergy.
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Khaama Press
A Bangladeshi national is killed by shrapnel during a drone interception in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
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The Daily Star
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian releases a letter to the American people and suggests that diplomatic engagement is possible.
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The New York Times
U.S. president Donald Trump, in his prime address since the start of the war, says that U.S. forces will soon "finish the job" and that objectives are "nearing completion". However, he also says that the U.S. would hit them "extremely hard" within the next 2–3 weeks if a deal is not reached to end the war.
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AP
Ten civilians are injured, including a girl from Bnei Brak, Israel, who is in critical condition, after a missile barrage from Iran.
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The Times of Israel
A U.S. strike on Tehran reportedly damages the former U.S. embassy, which was converted into a museum following its takeover during the Iranian Revolution. The St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is also damaged.
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The Times of Israel
As confirmed by the U.S. defense department and international media, two more MQ-9 Reaper unmanned reconnaissance drones have been shot down over Iranian territory.
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Iran International
The Israeli military says that the air force has completed strikes against vital targets in Iran, including military and nuclear targets.
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Ynet
The Israeli military reports a missile launched by Houthi militias is intercepted.
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The Times of Israel
The Russian defence ministry says its forces have taken full control of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military denies this claim, saying its 3rd Assault Brigade continues to hold a small number of positions near the front line.
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AP
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The New Voice of Ukraine
Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan are reportedly held in China in an effort to end the current conflict.
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Reuters
Science and technology
NASA launches Artemis II from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, for a flyby of the Moon.
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Space.com
International relations
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AP
Disasters and accidents
A boat carrying Afghan migrants capsizes off the coast of Bodrum, Turkey, leaving at least 19 people dead, according to the Turkish Coast Guard. Twenty other migrants are rescued.
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AP
Five people are killed and 21 others are injured, including one critically, when a truck crashes into and sets on fire several vehicles at a tollbooth in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia.
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in Spanish
Four people are killed in a roof collapse at a coal mine in Xing County, Shanxi, China.
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China Daily
Politics and elections
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San Marino RTV
Law and crime
Cambodia extradites the former chairperson of Huione Group to China, where law enforcement authorities accuse him of involvement in a large-scale online fraud and money laundering network linked to Huione. Investigators identify him as an associate of suspected crime leader Chen Zhi, who was previously extradited in connection with the case.
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The Star
Business and economy
Malaysia announces a remote work policy for government officials and employees of state-owned enterprises starting April 15 to reduce fuel consumption amid rising energy costs linked to the Iran war. The government also reduces subsidized fuel quotas while maintaining market-based pricing for unsubsidized fuel.
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AFP via CNA
The Taiwanese transport ministry announces that airlines will increase fuel surcharges on international flights by 157 percent starting April 7, following a rise in global oil prices linked to the Iran war.
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The Straits Times
March 31
Politics and elections
Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye approves a law increasing penalties for same-sex sexual acts to up to 10 years in prison and criminalizing the promotion or financing of such acts. The measure amends existing provisions in the penal code that already penalize these acts.
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Reuters
Business and economy
The American Automobile Association reports that the United States national average gas price has reached $4.02 a gallon, the highest since 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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AP
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges over 1,000 points and the Nasdaq increases to 3.4% after Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran has signaled it is willing to end the conflict if security guarantees and assurances are met.
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XTB
Stocks in the U.S. also rise following reports that president Donald Trump has told aides that he is willing to end the war without securing the Strait of Hormuz.
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Quartz
Sports
Pakistani cricketer Naseem Shah receives a record fine of Rs. 20 million (US$71,500) for a social media post criticizing Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz, while other disciplinary cases arise in the Pakistan Super League, including a fine for Shaheen Shah Afridi and a ball-tampering charge against Fakhar Zaman.
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AFP via France 24
Disasters and accidents
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The Moscow Times
Dozens of people are killed and many others are injured after multiple explosions occur at a military ammunition depot in Bujumbura, Burundi, causing extensive damage to nearby residential areas.
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The Standard
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iNews
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian president Masud Pezeshkian says that Iran has the "necessary will" to end the war, provided that the "guarantees required to prevent repetition of the aggression" are met.
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RFE/RL
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi confirms that direct contacts, although "not negotiations", with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are under way.
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Al Jazeera
U.S. president Donald Trump says that U.S. forces plan to end operations in Iran within about two to three weeks while continuing military action, stating that the withdrawal is not contingent on reaching an agreement with Iran.
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AFP via RFI
U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth says that the talks between Iran and the United States "are very real" but also states that the U.S. will "negotiate with bombs" until a ceasefire is reached.
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Time
The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation claims that oil tanker has been hit by an Iranian drone at a port in Dubai, causing a fire onboard and damage to the vessel. Dubai authorities say that the fire has been contained hours after the incident.
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The Guardian
The Israeli defense ministry halts sales of defense products to France following president Emmanuel Macron's decision not to allow U.S. aircraft to pass through French airspace en route to Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
Italy denies the United States Air Force the use of the Sigonella base in Sicily for operations related to the Iran war.
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Reuters
Poland refuses a request by the United States to relocate its Patriot air defense systems to the Middle East for the Iran war.
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Politico
China and Pakistan releases a five-point peace plan for the Iran war following a meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers, Wang Yi and Ishaq Dar, respectively. The plan includes a ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz announces that Israel will destroy "all houses" near the Blue Line as part of its creation of a new buffer zone.
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Reuters
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The Jerusalem Post
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BBC News
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BNO News
Law and crime
The U.S. Supreme Court overturns Colorado's ban on conversion therapy in an 8–1 decision, ruling that it infringed on the First Amendment, thereby invalidating similar bans in 22 other states.
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Colorado Public Radio
A court in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, nullifies a fine of more than R$16 million (US$3 million) imposed on football player Neymar in 2023 over alleged environmental violations linked to construction at his Mangaratiba property, citing procedural flaws in the investigation.
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AFP via RFI
March 30
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli leaders announce the "completion phase" of war and order the military to strike "economic" targets in Iran to damage the Iranian economy.
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The Times of Israel
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says that Iran has not started negotiations with the United States but also says that the U.S. have submitted a negotiation request.
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The Hill
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The Jerusalem Post
An Iranian attack on a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait kills an Indian worker and damages a building at the site.
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Al Jazeera
The Syrian Army says that drone attacks have targeted several of their bases near the Iraqi border. However, the Syrian Army also says that several of the drones were shot down and did not say where the drones came from.
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Reuters
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Reuters
Two Indonesian peacekeepers of the UNIFIL mission are killed in Southern Lebanon when a projectile hits their vehicle.
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BBC News
At least 10 people are killed, 25 others are injured and more than 45,000 displaced after Somalia's national army took control of Baidoa, the capital city of the South West state, two weeks after the state president Abdiaziz Laftagareen said that his administration was severing ties with the federal government and opposed constitutional amendments backed by the Somali federal government.
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BBC News Somali
India says it has ended the Naxalite insurgency after home minister Amit Shah reported that most of the remaining Naxal fighters had been killed, arrested, or had surrendered following intensified security operations.
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AFP via France 24
A human rights organization in Haiti claims that the death toll from the previous day's massacre in the Artibonite department was at least 70 people, higher than official reports.
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DW
Health and environment
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ScienceAlert
Law and crime
The Iranian parliament security approves a series of measures to impose tolls on vessels that pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Lokmat Times
The Knesset passes a bill allowing for mandatory executions of Palestinians convicted of terrorist attacks that kill Israelis.
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The Guardian
Victoria Police fatally shoot Dezi Freeman, a self-prclaimed sovereign citizen and fugitive following a seven month manhunt after he killed two police officers and seriously injured another in a shooting in Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia. It was the largest police operation in Australian history.
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Reuters
One person is killed and eight others are injured in a school shooting in San Cristóbal, Santa Fe, Argentina. A 15-year-old suspect is taken into custody.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
The Bahraini interior ministry says that three men have been arrested for allegedly trying to form a terrorist cell linked to Hezbollah.
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VINnews
Science and technology
NASA begins the countdown for the launch of Artemis II, set to be the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, with liftoff scheduled for 1 April.
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The Register
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed and three others are injured after a car crashes between Hopefield and Langebaanweg in Western Cape, South Africa.
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SABC News
At least 28 people are killed in Afghanistan and 17 in Pakistan after heavy rainfall causes severe flooding.
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Al Jazeera
Politics and elections
Myanmar military ruler Min Aung Hlaing steps down as army chief to stand as a candidate for president in the upcoming presidential election, the first to be held since the 2021 coup.
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Reuters
Mongolia's parliament appoints Nyam-Osoryn Uchral as prime minister, the third to hold the post within a year, following the resignation of his predecessor, Gombojavyn Zandanshatar, after nine months in office. His appointment follows his removal as parliamentary speaker amid opposition protests and a legislative boycott.
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Daily Tribune
Business and economy
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UPI
United States crude oil settles above US$100 per barrel for the first time in four years.
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CNN
The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority rules that around 12 million people are entitled to financial compensation after being mis-sold motor finance agreements between 2014 and 2024. The compensation scheme will see each motorist awarded around £829, costing car finance lenders a total of £9.1bn.
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BBC News
Sports
FIFA president Gianni Infantino insists that the Iranian soccer team will play in the upcoming World Cup despite the war.
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ESPN
International relations
The United States resumes operations at its embassy in Caracas after a seven-year closure, aiming to restore direct diplomatic engagement with Venezuela under Delcy Rodríguez's presidency.
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AFP via Channels TV