Oil plunges plunge below $95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surges past 1,000 after the ceasefire announcement.
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AP 
April 8
Business and economy
Politics and elections
A pro-government protest is held in Tehran after the ceasefire is announced, with protesters chanting Death to America, Death to Israel, and death to compromisers. Protesters also burn the American and Israeli flags.
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Business Standard
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi confirms the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, which includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The ceasefire is ratified by the Supreme National Security Council.
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Khaleej Times
The Supreme National Security Council says that negotiations between the United States and Iran will start on Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
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Middle East Eye
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces on social media that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
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Al Jazeera
After the ceasefire took hold, Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.
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CNBC News
Iranian agencies report explosions from Sirri Island and Lavan Island of unknown origin. Iran accuses the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait of the attacks and launches retaliatory attacks against those countries in response.
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Wanaen
Thailand confirms the three crewmen on a vessel that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz in March have died.
Source:
Al Jazeera
The Israel Defense Forces says that it has halted strikes against Iran, but state that they will continue fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Times of Israel
Hundreds of people are killed and injured in a wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, including in southern Lebanon, Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley.
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Yahoo! News
April 7
International relations
Cuban president and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Díaz-Canel warns the United States that his forces will wage a guerrilla warfare campaign if the U.S. military invades and occupies the country.
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CBS News
Protestors storm the Kuwaiti consulate in Basra, Iraq, after a rocket attack launched from Kuwait killed three people in Basra.
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Turkiye Today
Disasters and accidents
The International Organization for Migration reports that at least 990 deaths have been recorded in 2026 across the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the deadliest starts to a year since 2014, with over 180 people feared dead or missing in the latest shipwrecks since 28 March.
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IOM
The death toll from a large fire at a petrochemical plant in Tatarstan, Russia, five days ago, rises to 12, including a firefighter. Dozens of others were injured.
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Reuters
Three people are killed and another is reported missing after a scaffolding collapse at a steel plant in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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The Japan Times
A TGV train collides with a military lorry on a level crossing at Nœux-les-Mines, France. The train driver is killed and 27 people are wounded.
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Liverpool Echo
The death toll from natural disasters, including heavy rain, storms and floods, rises to 188 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Source:
Brecorder
Law and crime
Australian Army veteran and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is arrested by police at Sydney Airport for alleged war crimes committed between 2009 and 2012 during his deployment to Afghanistan.
Source:
Reuters
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit sacks National Legislative Assembly speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba and her deputy Parmena Awerial Aluong after his ruling party backed a no-confidence vote accusing them of corruption and mismanagement.
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Pan African Visions
Politics and elections
Activists in San Francisco, California organize an emergency anti-war rally at the Federal Building to protest against Trump’s threats and rhetoric of military action against Iranian infrastructure and nuclear power plants.
Source:
National Today
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KRCR-TV
A protest is held outside the White House in Washington DC after the ceasefire announcement, calling for Trump’s removal from office and accusing him of war crimes.
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India TV
Iran calls on the population to form human chains around critical infrastructure such as power stations and bridges ahead of a U.S. deadline that threatens their destruction.
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The Hill
Human chain protests are held across bridge and power plant structures in Iran to protest against Trump's threats against civilian infrastructure.
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The Telegraph UK
Citizens in Ilam, Ilam province, Iran form a human chain protest against Trump's threats against key infrastructure in the country.
Source:
Away The Voice
A special election between Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clayton Fuller is held in Georgia's 14th congressional district to replace former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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ABC News
The National Assembly of Vietnam re-elects General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm as president for the 2026–2031 tenure.
Source:
Xinhua
Armed conflicts and attacks
United States president Donald Trump announces on his Truth Social that, based on conversations with Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and field marshal Asim Munir, he has agreed to "suspend the bombing and attacks on Iran for a period of two weeks", subject to Iran agreeing to the "complete, immediate and safe opening" of the Strait of Hormuz, and to allow time for an agreement to be reached.
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Axios
Iranian ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri-Moghaddam says that the Pakistan-mediated framework aimed at a ceasefire to end the war has reached a "critical, sensitive stage".
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ARY News
Trump tells Fox News that the U.S. is in "heated negotiations" with Iran after being briefed about the proposal.
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CBS News
It is reported that U.S. vice president JD Vance would serve as the U.S. interlocutor in ceasefire talks.
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CBS News
Trump warns that "a whole civilization will die tonight" and will "never be brought back" if Iran does not agree to a deal by noon (GMT).
Source:
Reuters
reports that Iran has ended direct contact with the U.S. in response to Trump's latest threat to "end its civilization". However, denies the reports by stating on X that "diplomatic and indirect channels of talks with US are not closed".
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Iran International
Vance says that the war in Iran will conclude "very shortly", claiming that the U.S. military has achieved all objectives.
Source:
Middle East Monitor
China and Russia veto a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on UN member states to "coordinate efforts, defensive in nature" to ensure the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that it was biased against Iran.
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Reuters via Al Jazeera
Iran threatens to launch massive retaliatory strikes against the energy infrastructure of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the event of a U.S. attack on its power plants.
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MoneyControl
Saudi Arabia closes the King Fahd Causeway to Bahrain for several hours after the Iranian Fars News Agency has published a list of strategic bridges in the Gulf region as potential targets for retaliation.
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Al Jazeera
The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh is officially advising its citizens to reconsider participating in this year’s Hajj. The U.S. has raised its travel advisory for Saudi Arabia to Level 3 and is warning of security risks such as rocket and drone attacks.
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OSAC
An Iranian ballistic missile strikes a Thuraya building in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, injuring two Pakistani nationals.
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Al Jazeera
Four people are injured by falling debris in Muraikh, Qatar, after the Qatari military intercepts Iranian missiles.
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Al Jazeera
Kata'ib Hezbollah announces the release of Shelly Kittleson, an American journalist who was kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad on March 31st. The group's condition for Kittleson's freedom is her departure from Iraq.
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The Jerusalem Post
At least 35 people are killed in airstrikes across Iran.
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Al Jazeera
Reports indicate nighttime attacks in the greater Tehran area, in Ahvaz, Chahbahar, Jask, Shiraz, and Yazd, as well as near Shahid Kalantari Port, Tis Port, and the Imam Ali base.
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Iran International
The semi-official Mehr News Agency reports that a suspected Israeli–U.S. missile struck a synagogue in central Tehran.
Source:
Dawn
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has struck bridges and railways in Iran allegedly used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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The Jerusalem Post
U.S. and Israeli warplanes strike Iranian military targets on Kharg Island that results in several massive explosions.
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NBC News
At least five people are killed after a rocket fired from Kuwait landed in Basra, southern Iraq.
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Shafaq
Three people are killed and several are injured by an Israeli airstrike in Maarakah, Tyre District, Lebanon.
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Daily Sabah
One person is killed by an Israeli drone strike in Deir ez-Zahrani, Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
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Daily Sabah
One person is killed by an Israeli strike in Zebdin, Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
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Daily Sabah
The Israeli military says that 36 soldiers were injured over the past two days, bringing the total casualties to 411.
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Al Jazeera
Israel deploys the 98th Division to southern Lebanon, raising the force there to five divisions.
Source:
AA
The Afghan Foreign Ministry says that talks between the Taliban–led government of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Ürümqi, China, to end the conflict have been "useful".
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ABC News
Arts and culture
This year's in London, England, is cancelled and all tickets are refunded after its headliner, American rapper Kanye West, is banned from entering the United Kingdom by the Home Office on the grounds that "his presence would not be conducive to the public good" amid controversy over his past antisemitic comments on Jews and Adolf Hitler, and his association with neo-Nazis.
Source:
CNN
April 6
Politics and elections
Left-wing activists protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in Iran.
Source:
Middle East Eye
Science and technology
NASA's Artemis II spacecraft carrying four astronauts breaks the record for furthest distance humans have ever travelled from Earth surpassing the previous 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) record set by Apollo 13 in April 1970.
Source:
AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iraqi security sources say that two people are killed after an Iranian drone strike in the Darashakran District of the Erbil Governorate.
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Al Jazeera
Debris from a missile defense system falls on a Raneen Systems building in Mussafah, injuring a Ghanaian citizen.
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The Times of Israel
The United Arab Emirates is targeted by 12 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 19 drones from Iran.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
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Al Jazeera
Iran claims to be targeting U.S. satellite equipment and ammunition on Bubiyan Island using drones.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
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Reuters
The Kuwaiti military responds to 14 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 46 drones from Iran in Kuwaiti airspace.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Source:
Al Jazeera
Fifteen Americans are wounded in an overnight Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base.
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CBC News
The Bahraini military announces that it has intercepted 188 missiles and 468 drones from Iran since the start of the war.
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Middle East Eye
Pakistan proposes a ceasefire plan received by Iran and the United States, reportedly dubbed the Islamabad Accord, which calls for an immediate halt to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a 15–20 day period of negotiations between Iran and the U.S. This comes following reported talks between Pakistani army staff chief Asim Munir, U.S. vice president JD Vance, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. The Pakistani foreign ministry says that talks between Iran and the U.S. are ongoing.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsPakistan in the 2026 Iran war
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Reuters
U.S. president Donald Trump says that Vance, Witkoff, and senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner are talking to intermediaries in Pakistan on ending the war. He also calls the Iran proposal a "significant step" ahead of his Tuesday deadline.
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NBC News
Iran delivers its response to the United States via Pakistan, rejecting a temporary ceasefire and listing its own 10-point demands, which include a solution to all regional conflicts, lifting of sanctions, reconstruction, and a protocol to re-open the Strait of Hormuz.
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Moneycontrol
An Iranian missile strike hits 15 areas in Israel. A woman is seriously injured in Petah Tikva, while two other people are injured in Tel Aviv. In Haifa, four people are also slightly injured by a cluster bomb.
Source:
The Times of Israel
Four bodies are found during a search and rescue operation in a house in Haifa that had been destroyed by an Iranian missile.
Source:
The Times of Israel
The first vessel from Malaysia passes through the Strait of Hormuz after talks between Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian aimed at securing clearance for 7 stranded Malaysian vessels in the waterway.
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Daily Express Malaysia
Fars News Agency reports that Iran has allowed 15 vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
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Kurdistan24
The mosque and filling station at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, are damaged in an airstrike, causing a gas outage in the neighbourhood.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warIsraeli attacks on Iranian scientific and academic centers
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Al Jazeera
At least 13 people are killed in an airstrike on a residential building near Eslamshahr, Tehran Province, Iran.
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WBAL-TV
Explosions, likely from airstrikes, are reported in the South Pars gas field, in southern Iran.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Four people are killed, seven are injured and others are reported missing in a Israeli–U.S. airstrike on a residential area in eastern Tehran, Iran.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Source:
Iran International
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military is attacking Iran's most important petrochemical plant in Assaluyeh, causing severe damage.
Source:
Iran International
Strikes hit a petrochemical complex in Marvdasht, Fars province, Iran, causing a fire.
Source:
Dawn
Majid Khademi, head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection, is killed in an American–Israeli airstrike.
Source:
Iran International
Nighttime attacks on Bandar Lengeh and Kong, Iran, kill six people and injured 17 others.
Source:
AP
Reports indicate that explosions and attacks occurred early this morning at a military compound in northern Iran and in Khorramshahr.
Source:
Iran International
The Israeli military claims to have attacked Mehrabad International Airport as well as two smaller airfields, destroying dozens of Iranian aircraft and helicopters in the process.
Source:
The Times of Israel
The Houthis launch several long-range drones from Yemen at Eilat, Israel, in a coordinated attack with Hezbollah and Iran.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Christian anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces Party official Pierre Mouawad, his wife, and another woman are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Ain Saadeh, a predominantly Christian town east of Beirut, Lebanon.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Multiple people are killed by Israeli attacks in towns across southern Lebanon.
Source:
Al Jazeera
The Israeli military orders the evacuation of the southern suburbs of Beirut because Israel will strike "Hezbollah infrastructure".
Source:
Al Jazeera
The Lebanese government reports that there are 1.2 million displaced people in Lebanon due to the war.
Source:
Al Jazeera
A Russian drone strike kills three civilians in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, including a woman and her 2-year-old daughter.
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Odesa strikes (2022–present)
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Reuters
Cameroon says Russia has confirmed that 16 Cameroonian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces. Cameroon's foreign ministry says "necessary arrangements" had been made to contact the families of the deceased soldiers.
Source:
AP
Sudanese Army says that it has reopened the road linking Dilling, South Kordofan and North Kordofan following battles between the Rapid Support Forces and SPLM-N.
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Sudan Tribune
Afghan forces says that they have captured a border post during clashes with Pakistani troops in Khost Province.
Source:
Khaama Press
One child is killed and three others are injured after a piece of unexploded ordnance detonated in Khost Province, Afghanistan.
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KabulNow
Business and economy
Source:
Al-Monitor
Law and crime
Canadian mining company Vizla Silver confirms nine of the ten workers abducted from a silver mine in Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico, in late January, are dead.
Source:
Reuters
A court in Kursk Oblast, Russia, sentences former governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison for defrauding the government by embezzling public funds intended for building fortifications along the Russia–Ukraine border.
Source:
Bloomberg
Sports
In college basketball, the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team beats UConn, 69–63, to win the national championship. Michigan also becomes the first team to beat UConn past the Sweet 16 or later since Michigan State in the 2009 tournament.
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ESPN
International relations
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi says that her government is planning to hold summit talks with Iran amidst the Iran war.
Source:
Mainichi
Disasters and accidents
The Afghani National Disaster Management Authority says that the total number of deaths from recent natural disasters in Afghanistan has risen to 110.
Source:
KabulNow
One person is killed and four people are injured after a tanker explodes on the Bridge of the Americas near the Panama Canal.
Source:
Straits Times
April 5
Business and economy
Nepal announces that government and educational institutions will have two days off work during the week instead of one, as part of an effort to save fuel.
Source:
Al Jazeera
OPEC+ agrees to increase oil production quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for a second consecutive month amid concerns over damage to energy infrastructure and disruptions to maritime routes affecting global supply stability.
Source:
AFP via France 24
Law and crime
Iran executes two men convicted of attempting to storm a military facility and access the armory during the protests in January.
Source:
Reuters
Sports
In college basketball, the UCLA Bruins defeat the South Carolina Gamecocks 79-51 to win the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game.
2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game
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NBC 4 Los Angeles
Armed conflicts and attacks
The state-owned energy company Bapco Energies reports an Iranian drone attack on one of its storage facilities. An oil tank caught fire as a result.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
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The Jerusalem Post
An Iranian drone strikes the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation building, which also houses the Ministry of Oil. The impact triggers a fire, prompting the evacuation of the entire complex.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
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The Jerusalem Post
An office complex housing government ministries in Kuwait City is struck by a drone, causing significant property damage.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Source:
The Quint
Two power plants and their associated desalination facilities are severely damaged. The electricity and water ministry confirms the failure of two power generation units.
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The Quint
Iranian media claims an American Lockheed C-130 Hercules was shot down in Isfahan, Iran, while on a search and rescue operation for a missing U.S. airman.
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Al Jazeera
After heavy fighting, the weapon systems officer from the downed F-15E is successfully recovered by U.S. special forces.
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BBC News
Two American C-130 transport aircraft and 4 MH-6 Little Bird helicopters are destroyed at a temporary U.S. base in Iran by withdrawing U.S. troops to prevent them from being captured by Iranian forces.
Source:
Türkiye Today
The United Arab Emirates declares its willingness to join a U.S.-led international coalition to secure and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran.
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News18
The Israeli military says that it has killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, the head of trade at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's oil headquarters, in an airstrike in Tehran.
Source:
The Jerusalem Post
A Lebanese soldier is killed by an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
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Reuters
At least four people are killed and forty are injured by Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, Lebanon.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Israeli–Lebanese conflictHezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war
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Al Jazeera
Israeli military chief of staff Eyal Zamir says that all parts of Lebanon south of the Litani River have been turned into an "operational zone" against Hezbollah.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Israeli–Lebanese conflictHezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war
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Al Jazeera
On Palestinian Child's Day, human rights organizations report that approximately 350 Palestinian children are currently being held in Israeli prisons, citing a systematic deterioration in detention conditions and allegations of torture.
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WAFA
A Palestinian is killed and others are injured, including some seriously, in a drone strike on civilians in Gaza City, Palestine.
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Wafa
The Taliban claims six Pakistani soldiers are killed and several others are injured in clashes along the Durand Line in Tani District, Khost Province, Afghanistan.
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CNN-News18
Nigerian security forces rescue 31 worshippers abducted during Easter services in a village in the Kaduna State, after an attack on churches by armed assailants. The incident results in at least five deaths.
Source:
The Manila Times
Two people are killed when a cargo ship sinks after being struck by a Ukrainian drone strike in the Sea of Azov near Kerch, Crimea.
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TASS
Disasters and accidents
Two merchant vessels near the Italian coast rescued 32 migrants from a boat attempting to cross from Libya to Europe over the Easter weekend, and 71 others are still missing at sea .
Seven people are killed and one injured after a car and a truck collide head-on in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Source:
News24
Three people, including two children, are killed and another is seriously injured after high winds cause a tree to fall onto an Easter egg hunt in Mittelangeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Source:
AP via CTV News
Health and environment
Bangladesh launches an emergency MMR vaccine campaign after new health data shows that at least 130 children have been reported dead from measles in the last six weeks.
Source:
AA