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Rumen Radev

• The Progressive Bulgaria party, led by former president Rumen Radev (pictured), wins a majority of the National Assembly in the parliamentary elections, in a bid to end the ongoing Bulgarian political crisis.
• Separate school shootings in Siverek and in Onikişubat, Turkey, leave 12 people dead and 35 others injured.
• Romuald Wadagni wins the Beninese presidential election.
• In golf, Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament.

Ongoing:

• Afghanistan–Pakistan war
• Iran war (Lebanon war)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Osvaldas Balakauskas
• Andy Kershaw
• Marian Cygan
• Phil Garner
• José Santamaría
• Justin Fairfax

April 23, 2026 (2026-04-23) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • U.S. President Donald Trump orders the United States Navy to open fire on any Iranian vessels placing mines along the Strait of Hormuz. (CNN)
    • Naval blockade of Iran
      • The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conducts a boarding operation on the stateless tanker M/T Majestic in the Indian Ocean, alleged to be carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Dnipro strikes
    • Three people are killed and 10 others are injured in an overnight Russian drone strike on a 13-story apartment building in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Eight people are killed and two others are injured when a vehicle loses control and plunges into a gorge in Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India. (Hindustan Times)
• Eighteen people are injured when two trains collide near Hillerød, Capital Region, Denmark. (Reuters)

April 22, 2026 (2026-04-22) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seizes two vessels after attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz. A third vessel is also reportedly "disabled off Iran's coast". (CNN)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region
      • Three members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party are injured in a drone attack in the Khabat District, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The group attributes the attack to Iran. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • A French UNIFIL peacekeeper dies from his wounds sustained from an ambush last week blamed on Hezbollah. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
    • Israeli airstrikes kill at least five people across Lebanon, including a journalist. (Al Jazeera)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on motorcycles kill at least 20 people in shootings in Borno State and Adamawa State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • At least 10 people are killed, eight others are injured and a Turkish national is taken hostage in an attack on a copper and gold mine in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Arabiya English)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • German airline Lufthansa announces that it will cut 20,000 short-haul flights in Europe this summer, saying rising fuel prices have made many flights "unprofitable" for the company. (BBC News)
  • Stocks in the United States, including S&P 500 and Nasdaq, rise following yesterday’s announcement that the ceasefire would be extended indefinitely. (CNBC)
• Germany–Russia relations, Russia in the European energy sector
  • Russia announces it will halt the transport of Kazakh oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline starting May 1, citing technical reasons, while the German economic ministry states that the interruption is not expected to significantly disrupt fuel supply. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed and around 27 others are injured when a bus crashes into a tree on a highway near San Juan del Río and Amealco de Bonfil, Querétaro, Mexico. (Turquesa News in Spanish)
• A leak results in a violent chemical reaction involving nitric acid and another substance at a facility in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, killing two people and injuring 19 others. (AP)
• Two people are killed and 16 others are injured when a passenger bus carrying Ukrainian citizens strikes a group of people and crashes into a ditch in Burgas, Bulgaria. (Ukrainska Pravda)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
  • Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
    • Islamabad, Pakistan, remains on lockdown ahead of a potential, unconfirmed second round of talks between Iran and the U.S. in the city. (Digital Journal)
  • France and the United Kingdom host a military conference involving over 30 countries in Northwood, London, to discuss the use of military forces for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz once conditions allow. (AA)

Law and crime

• Corruption in Moldova
  • Moldovan oligarch and former politician Vladimir Plahotniuc is sentenced to 19 years in prison for embezzling about US$1 billion from the country's banks. (Reuters)
• International Criminal Court investigation in the Philippines
  • International Criminal Court (ICC) judges dismiss former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's jurisdictional challenge regarding the ICC's authority over alleged crimes committed while the Philippines was still a member, allowing proceedings to continue against Duterte on charges of crimes against humanity linked to his anti-drug campaign. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Balen Shah cabinet
  • Nepali home minister Sudan Gurung resigns to allow an impartial investigation into his financial activities, becoming the second minister to leave prime minister Balen Shah's government following recent elections. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid scandal
  • The Greek parliament votes to lift the immunity of 13 legislators from the ruling New Democracy party to allow investigation into alleged fraud involving European Union agricultural subsidies. (Reuters)
• Presidency of José María Balcázar
  • Peruvian defence minister Carlos Díaz Dañino and foreign minister Hugo de Zela resign following president José María Balcázar's decision to postpone the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from the United States. (Reuters)

April 21, 2026 (2026-04-21) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • United States president Donald Trump announces that the ceasefire will be extended so that Iran can make a "unified proposal," upon Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and field marshal Asim Munir's request. However, Trump also says the blockade will remain. (AA) (CNBC) (The Hill)
    • Naval blockade of Iran
      • The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announces that it stopped and boarded a stateless tanker, M/T Tifani, which it says is connected to Iran. (Stars and Stripes)
      • Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi calls the blockade "an act of war" and a violation of the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • Hezbollah fires rockets at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and launches a drone into northern Israel. (The Times of Israel)
      • Two Israeli soldiers are sentenced to 30 days in military prison for destroying a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in the Christian village of Debel, Lebanon. (The Guardian) (The Times of Israel)
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks, France–Lebanon relations
      • French president Emmanuel Macron affirms France's support for the territorial integrity of Lebanon, saying that the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the country is a precondition for stability. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israeli–Palestinian conflict
    • Israeli settler violence
      • Two Palestinians are killed and three are injured in an attack towards a school by settlers and Israeli soldiers in Al-Mughayyir, West Bank. (Reuters)
  • Israeli invasion of Syria
    • Israeli troops raid the Quneitra Governorate in Syria, where they detain three people. (AA)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Libya–Sudan relations
    • A United Nations investigation finds that the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar facilitated the transfer of weapons, vehicles and Colombian mercenaries to Sudan to fight for the Rapid Support Forces against government forces. The operation was centred around Kufra, Libya, where LNA forces control Kufra Airport. (AP)
  • Transitional Sovereignty Council leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Omani sultan Haitham bin Tariq hold official talks to focus on regional development and efforts to end the war in Sudan. (Muscat Daily)
• Mali War
  • The Russian defence ministry says the Africa Corps freed a Russian and a Ukrainian citizen abducted in Niger in July 2024 by Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin during an operation conducted in Mali. (AP)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Nepal resumes issuing work permits for its nationals seeking employment in the Middle East after a temporary suspension linked to the Iran war, citing guidance from the foreign ministry and demand from workers. (Reuters)
  • Vitol CEO Russell Hardy says that at least one billion barrels of oil production will be lost because of the war even if it ends immediately, and that the current loss is in the range of 600 to 700 million barrels. (Financial Times)
• Defense industry of Japan
  • Japan approves new rules easing long-standing restrictions on arms exports, allowing the overseas transfer of a broader range of defense equipment, including deadly weapons. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirteen people are killed and 23 injured after an explosion at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Thrissur, India. (The Indian Express) (India Today)
• A shell explodes inside a Type 10 main battle tank from the 8th Division's Western Army Tank Battalion, during a live fire exercise at Hijudai Training Area in Kusu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, which is under the AOR of 4th Division, killing three soldiers and injuring another. (AP) (Asahi Shimbun Company)

International relations

• Cross-strait relations, Eswatini–Taiwan relations
  • Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te cancels his planned visit to Eswatini after the governments of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles denied overflight permissions for his aircraft, with Taiwan attributing the decision to pressure from China. (Reuters)
• Ukraine–European Union relations
  • Ukraine completes repairs on the Druzhba pipeline damaged in a war-related strike and prepares to resume operations, while president Volodymyr Zelenskyy links the restoration to progress on a proposed €90 billion European Union support package. (AP)
• Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea
  • Pope Leo XIV arrives in Malabo, the final leg of his papal visit to Africa, becoming the first pope to visit Equatorial Guinea since John Paul II in 1982. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2025 Indonesian protests
  • A joint investigation by the Indonesian human rights commission, the ombudsman, and the child protection commission finds that police and other state security personnel violated human rights, including arbitrary arrests, torture, and alleged child sexual abuse, during anti-government protests in 2025 that left at least 11 people dead and thousands detained. (Reuters)
• At least five people are killed and 200 others are injured in a prison riot at the Yare Prison in Miranda State, Venezuela. (AFP via New Straits Times)
• South Korean police seek an arrest warrant for Hybe founder and chairperson Bang Si-hyuk over alleged violations of capital market laws related to Hybe's initial public offering, accusing him of misleading early investors and receiving profits through a related private equity fund. (Reuters) (AP News)
• The U.S. justice department indicts the Southern Poverty Law Center on fraud charges related to payments it made to infiltrate white supremacist hate groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations and the American Nazi Party. (The Guardian) (New York Post)

Politics and elections

• Corruption in the United States
  • U.S. House of Representatives member Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from her position amid a probe by the House Ethics Committee, following her November 2025 indictment by federal prosecutors for stealing $5 million of COVID-19 pandemic relief funds, some of which allegedly went towards funding her 2022 election campaign. (AFP via SCMP) (CNBC)
• Smoking in the United Kingdom
  • The British parliament passes the Tobacco and Vapes Bill formally banning anyone in England born after December 31, 2008, from buying cigarettes and other tobacco products in an effort to create a "smoke-free generation". The age controls will enter force on January 1, 2027. (AP)
• The Indonesian parliament passes the landmark Domestic Workers Protection Bill into law after 22 years of deliberation. (Bloomberg)
• New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon secures the support of his caucus after initiating and winning a confidence vote on his leadership within the National Party. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Mars Exploration Program
  • NASA announces that the Curiosity rover has detected more than 20 organic molecules on Mars using a chemical analysis method involving tetramethylammonium hydroxide, conducted for the first time on another planet, indicating the long-term preservation of compounds associated with prebiotic chemistry. (AFP via The Manila Times)

April 20, 2026 (2026-04-20) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • A Iranian official says that Iran may attend ceasefire talks with the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan, following moves by Pakistan to end the blockade of Iranian ports. However, a decision has yet to be made. (Al Jazeera)
        • Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that Iran is not going to negotiate while it is being threatened. (Al Jazeera)
        • U.S. president Donald Trump says that he is "highly unlikely" to renew the ceasefire when it expires in two days. (AP)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • The cruise ship Aroya arrives in the Gulf of Oman, becoming the latest of six cruise ships in the Middle East to cross the Strait of Hormuz since the war started on February 28. (Seatrade Cruise News) (People)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • The Israeli military launches airstrikes in southern Lebanon against individuals that it accused of posing a threat to northern Israel or to Israeli troops. (NBC News)
    • 2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks
      • The United States announces that another round of talks between Israel and Lebanon will be held in Washington, D.C., on April 23. (Al Jazeera)
      • Lebanese president Joseph Aoun announces that he is appointing a new negotiator for the next talks, former ambassador Simon Karam. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli strikes kill at least five Palestinians in ​separate incidents in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukrainian forces say they have struck two Russian Navy landing ships docked at Sevastopol Naval Base in Russian-occupied Crimea. Separately, a Ukrainian drone attack on Tuapse oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, kills one person and causes several large fires at the facility. (Al Jazeera)
  • Terrorism in Russia
    • Russia's Federal Security Service says it has arrested a German woman and a Central Asian man in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, and seizes an improvised explosive device, alleging they planned an attack on a law enforcement facility on instructions from Ukraine. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• Colombian conflict
  • FARC dissidents launch drone strikes on the Colombian army in Ipiales, Nariño Department, killing three soldiers and wounding two others. (AP)

Business and economy

• Apple Inc. announces that Tim Cook will step down as chief executive officer with senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus taking on the role from September 1. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Earthquakes in 2026
  • 2026 Sanriku earthquake
    • An earthquake on a scale of 7.7 is measured off the coast of Sanriku, Japan. A subsequent 80-centimetre (2.6 ft) high tsunami is reported in Kuji, Iwate prefecture. (AP) (Kyodo News)
• At least 21 people are killed and 45 others are injured when a passenger bus rolls into a gorge in Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Hindustan Times) (Al Jazeera)
• Six people are killed in a fire on two residential buildings in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines. (Xinhua via The Star)

Health and environment

• Several Central European countries, including Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, begin pulling baby food produced by Hipp Holding from supermarket shelves after rat poison was detected in some jars over the weekend. (AP)

International relations

• Argentina–Israel relations
  • 2026 state visit by Javier Milei to Israel
    • Argentine president Javier Milei receives the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour from president Isaac Herzog. (The Times of Israel)
• Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations, Pakistan–Sudan relations
  • Pakistan places on hold a proposed US$1.5 billion arms and aircraft supply agreement with Sudan after Saudi Arabia withdraws financing and requests its termination. (Reuters)
• Philippines–United States relations
  • The Philippines and the United States begin the 19-day Balikatan military exercises, described as the largest to date in terms of participating countries, involving more than 17,000 troops from seven nations and additional observers. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2026 Teotihuacan pyramids shooting
  • A man opens fire around the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacán Municipality, Mexico, killing a Canadian tourist and wounding 13 other people, before killing himself. (Al Jazeera)
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
  • France is investigating allegations that two Lebanese banks transferred billions of U.S. dollars out of the country despite strict capital controls. (Naharnet)
• Protests against the 2026 Iran war
  • At least 62 U.S. military veterans are arrested by police inside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., during a anti-war protest against the Iran war after occupying the Cannon House Office Building. (The Hill) (Latin Times)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Bulgarian parliamentary election, Bulgarian political crisis
  • Preliminary results from yesterday's election in Bulgaria reveal that the left-wing nationalist and populist Progressive Bulgaria coalition, led by former president Rumen Radev, secured a majority of seats in the National Assembly. (AP) (DW)
• The Royal Palace of Cambodia announces that King Norodom Sihamoni underwent surgery for prostate cancer in Beijing, China. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• In Romania, the Social Democratic Party withdraws support for prime minister Ilie Bolojan of the National Liberal Party, a move that could lead to the collapse of the coalition government. (Xinhua)

April 19, 2026 (2026-04-19) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • United States president Donald Trump says that negotiations with Iran will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 20, with a U.S. delegation led by vice president JD Vance and special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. (Al Jazeera) (CNBC)
      • Tasnim News Agency reports that Iran is undecided as to sending a negotiating delegation to Islamabad while a naval blockade remains in place. (Reuters)
    • Naval blockade of Iran
      • The United States Navy destroyer USS Spruance and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit stop and seize control of the Iranian-flagged container ship Touska, in the first direct action during the blockade. (Bloomberg) (Task and Purpose)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • The Israeli military publishes a map of the territory that it claims to control in Lebanon for the first time. (Reuters)
• New People's Army rebellion
  • Nineteen alleged New People's Army militants are killed in a shootout with the army in Toboso, Negros Occidental, Philippines. (TRT World)
• Operation Southern Spear, United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
  • Three people are killed in an American airstrike against a boat in the Caribbean Sea. (The New York Times)
• M23 campaign
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the March 23 Movement agree to facilitate humanitarian aid delivery and release prisoners within 10 days following talks in Montreux, Switzerland, and sign a memorandum establishing mechanisms to monitor a ceasefire. (AFP via Al-Ahram)
• Terrorism in the United Kingdom, Antisemitism in the United Kingdom
  • A synagogue in North London, England, is targeted in a firebombing attack, which is suspected to be an act of terrorism. (The Independent)
• Mexican drug war
  • Two civilians killed and three wounded in a mass shooting at a bar in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. Authorities began to investigate the attack as part of a conflict between delictive cells. (El Universal in Spanish)
  • Five gunmen are killed in a shootout with security forces in the municipality of General Terán, Nuevo León. Authorities start a series surveillance operation in the area. (Milenio Noticias in Spanish)
  • Two Mexican officers and two Central Intelligence Agency agents are killed in a car crash in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. President Claudia Sheinbaum states her government is investigating "potential violations of national security", with their operation to reportedly destroy a clandestine drug lab not pre-approved by the federal government. (CBS News) (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 25 people are killed and 13 others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. (BBC News)
• Eight people are killed, including two children, and three others are injured in two separate drowning incidents in the Kaveri river in Mysore district, Karnataka, India. (Deccan Herald)
• Seven people are killed, including six children, in a propane tank explosion and fire at a house in Lamar Township, Pennsylvania, United States. (WNEP-TV)
• A spectator is killed and two others are injured when a car crashes into spectators at the Codasur South American Rally Championship in Córdoba, Argentina. (Infobae in Spanish)
• A fire destroys about 1,000 homes in a stilt settlement in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, displacing thousands of residents. (AFP via Gulf News)

International relations

• Argentina–Israel relations
  • 2026 state visit by Javier Milei to Israel
    • Argentine president Javier Milei and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announce the launching of the Isaac Accords to foster cooperation between Israel and the Western Hemisphere. (The Times of Israel)

Law and crime

• 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Internet blackout in Iran, Cyberwarfare during the 2026 Iran war
    • Four people, including two foreign nationals, are arrested in Jolfa, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, on charges related to importing Starlink equipment and alleged intelligence activities involving networks linked to Israel and the U.S. (AFP via New Straits Times)
  • Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
    • King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain announces that Bahraini nationality law will be reassessed so that actions can be taken against anyone who provided assistance to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, such as with espionage. (Arab News)
• 2026 Shreveport shooting
  • Eight children are killed and two women are injured in a domestic violence mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The perpetrator later carjacks a vehicle and flees across the Red River to the adjacent Bossier City, where he is fatally shot by police. (Reuters)
• First U.S. attorney Bill Essayli announces that an Iranian woman has been arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Bulgarian parliamentary election, Bulgarian political crisis
  • Bulgarians vote for 240 seats of the National Assembly in the nation's eighth election since April 2021. Former president Rumen Radev leads the soft eurosceptic Progressive Bulgaria coalition, the frontrunner of the election according to opinion polls. (AFP via RFI) (AP)
• Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
  • Several universities across Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Pakistan, including the International Islamic University and Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, will shift to online classes amidst a potential second round of talks between Iran and the U.S. (The Express Tribune)
• Nus Kei, chairperson of the Golkar Party's Southeast Maluku Regency branch in Indonesia, is assassinated at Karel Sadsuitubun Airport. The two perpetrators are subsequently arrested. (CNN Indonesia in Indonesian) (Tempo in Indonesian)

Science and technology

• AI boom
  • Artificial intelligence industry in China
    • A humanoid robot developed by Chinese company Honor completes a half marathon in Beijing involving both robots and human runners in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, faster than the standing human world record. (AFP via RTÉ) (Fox News)
• New Space Race
  • American company Blue Origin successfully launches its New Glenn rocket using a reused booster, which it recovers after liftoff, but the communications satellite it carried for AST SpaceMobile is placed in an incorrect orbit. (AFP via France 24)

April 18, 2026 (2026-04-18) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
        • Israel's military establishes a "yellow line" along southern Lebanon similar to the one in Gaza. Israel conducts strikes against individuals it says approach its forces in violation of ceasefire arrangements, including operations targeting positions and tunnels linked to Hezbollah. (AFP via The Korea Herald) (Al Jazeera)
      • A French soldier is killed and three are injured in a shooting against United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeepers in Deir Kifa, southern Lebanon. France has accused Hezbollah of being responsible, an allegation that the group has denied. (AP)
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • Iran says that a date for another round of talks with the United States has not been set, pending an agreement on a framework for negotiations. (NBC News)
      • Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that ceasefire negotiations have progressed but also states that a deal is far from ready. (The Times of Israel)
    • Naval blockade of Iran
      • The U.S. Central Command reports that 21 ships have been turned back since the start of the blockade. (NBC News)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announces that the Strait of Hormuz is closed again until the blockade ends. (NBC News)
      • A tanker is reportedly attacked by Iranian "gunboats" while in the strait. (NBC News)
  • Israel–Palestine conflict
    • Gaza war
      • The Gaza health ministry updates the total Palestinian casualties to 72,549 killed and 172,274 injured, including at least 773 killed and 2,171 injured since the October 2025 ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
• Terrorism in Ukraine
  • 2026 Kyiv shooting
    • Six people are killed and 15 others are injured, including a child, in a mass shooting in Holosiivskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine. The gunman barricaded himself inside a supermarket and took hostages before being killed by police. (Sky News)

Arts and culture

• Reactions to the 2026 Iran war, Coachella 2026
  • At the Coachella festival in Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, American rock band The Strokes shows videos accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of enforcing regime change through violence while performing "Oblivius" and also denounce the U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran. (The Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirteen people are killed by lightning strikes across Bangladesh. (The Daily Star)

International relations

• Australia–Japan relations, Australian general purpose frigate program
  • Australia and Japan sign an agreement for the delivery of the first stealth ships under a AU$10 billion (US$7.2 billion) program to supply the Australian navy with a new fleet of warships. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• India–Iran relations
  • India's external affairs ministry summons the ambassador of Iran after an Indian-flagged tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. (Al Jazeera)
• Headed by Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, left-wing heads of government gather at the IV Meeting in Defense of Democracy and Progressive Global Mobilization in Barcelona. Participants include Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, Kosovo's Albin Kurti, Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum, South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, and Uruguay's Yamandú Orsi. (El Constitucional)

Law and crime

• Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
  • Pakistan tightens major security in Islamabad ahead of potential second round of talks between Iran and the U.S. (Khyber News TV)
  • Rawalpindi shuts down cafés, restaurants, gyms, markets, and marriage halls in preparation of possible Iran–U.S. talks. (Daily Pakistan)
• Two Indian citizens are killed in a shooting outside a Sikh temple in Covo, Province of Bergamo, Italy. (IANS)
• Three people are killed in a stabbing attack during the filming of the TV series Sin senos sí hay paraíso in Laches, Bogotá, Colombia. (People en Español)

April 17, 2026 (2026-04-17) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Naval blockade of Iran
        • United States president Donald Trump says that the U.S. naval blockade will remain in effect until a peace agreement is reached with Iran. (Al Jazeera)
        • Fars News Agency reports that the Iranian government considers the continuation of the blockade a violation of the ceasefire and would close the strait again if it is not lifted. (Iran International)
      • Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi announces that the Strait of Hormuz will be open for commercial traffic via a "coordinated route" with Iranian authorities while the 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon is in effect. (CNBC)
      • Celestyal Discovery becomes the first cruise ship to successfully transit the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on February 28 after being previously docked in Dubai for 47 days. (Cruise Industry News) (Euronews)
      • An Iranian military official says that vessels must receive permission from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to pass. (Al Jazeera)
      • Maritime tracking data shows that only a few ships have moved through the strait after the announcement. (BBC)
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • Iran denies that it agreed to give up its highly enriched uranium. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that the military will hold all of its positions in southern Lebanon, and that disarming Hezbollah remains its main objective. (Al Jazeera)
      • The Israeli military issues a statement telling residents from southern Lebanon to remain north of the Litani River during the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
      • The Lebanese military says that there have been several Israeli attacks and artillery shelling incidents in violation of the ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
• Moro conflict
  • Ten Maute Group militants, including a leader, are killed in a shootout with soldiers during a raid in Marantao, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. (AFP via The Punch)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • China–Turkmenistan relations, Energy in Turkmenistan
      • China and Turkmenistan begin expansion works at the Galkynyş Gas Field, the world's second-largest gas field, to increase production amid the fuel crisis. (AFP via SpaceWar.com)
    • Russia–United States relations
      • The United States issues a one-month sanctions waiver allowing the sale of Russian petroleum products already in transit to help stabilize global energy supply. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
    • A South Korean tanker transports crude oil to the country via the Red Sea for the first time since disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, as the government implements alternative supply routes to secure energy imports. (AFP via CNA)
  • Oil prices, including Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate, drop to less than US$90 per barrel, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average increases by over 1,000 points, following Iran's announcement of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed and several others are injured after a car collided head-on with a private bus in Yadgir, Karnataka, India. (News18) (NDTV)

Health and environment

• Health care in France
  • France announces that its social security system will reimburse the cost of reusable menstrual products for individuals under 26 and those with low income. (AFP via Iosco County News-Herald)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the Afghanistan War
  • 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
    • Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Sean Parnell announces that the U.S. Department of Defense has completed a key phase of its investigation into the withdrawal from Afghanistan by conducting a series of interviews with generals who executed the operation including former Marine Corps Commandmant David Berger, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley, and U.S. Central Command chief Kenneth McKenzie. (KabulNow)
  • Australian Army veteran and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is granted bail with travel restrictions after his previous arrest for alleged war crimes while deployed to Afghanistan during the war. (Reuters)
• 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
  • Myanmar's ousted president Win Myint is released under an amnesty on Myanmar’s New Year’s Day. (Reuters)
• Irish media reports that drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan is arrested by police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• Cuban crisis and blackouts
• Gaza genocide

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Iran war fuel crisis

• Philippine energy crisis

• Strait of Hormuz crisis
• United States tariff policy
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Epstein files release
• Gaza peace plan
• Greenland crisis
• Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
• Slovak–Ukraine oil dispute
• United States–Iran negotiations

Protests and strikes

• Georgian protests and political crisis
• Iranian domestic and diaspora protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• April

• 10: Djibouti, President
• 11: Iraq, President (indirect)
• 12: Benin, President
• 12: Hungary, National Assembly
• 12: Peru, President (1st), Senate, Chamber of Deputies
• 19: Bulgaria, National Assembly

Upcoming

• 30: Antigua and Barbuda, House of Representatives

• May

• 02: Niue, Assembly

Sports

• American football

• 2026 NFL draft

• Association football

• 2025–26 UEFA Champions League
• 2025–26 UEFA Europa League
• 2025–26 UEFA Conference League
• 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
• 2025–26 Premier League
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• 2025–26 Serie A
• 2025–26 Bundesliga
• 2025–26 Ligue 1
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2025–26 Women's Super League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2026 Major League Baseball season
• 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season

• Basketball

• 2025–26 EuroLeague
• 2026 NBA playoffs

• Handball

• 2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs
• 2025–26 PWHL season

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2026 NRL season
• 2026 Super League season

• Rugby union

• 2025–26 Premiership Rugby
• 2025–26 United Rugby Championship
• 2026 Super Rugby Pacific

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

April0/0March

• 22: David Scott
• 20: Alan Osmond
• 19: Dave Mason
• 19: Desmond Morris
• 18: Van Hammer
• 17: Nathalie Baye
• 17: Oscar Schmidt
• 16: Garret Anderson
• 16: Justin Fairfax
• 16: Alex Manninger
• 16: Don Schlitz
• 14: Joy Harmon
• 14: Alexander Morton
• 13: Moya Brennan
• 12: Asha Bhosle
• 11: Phil Garner
• 10: Eliot Engel
• 10: Sid Krofft
• 09: Afrika Bambaataa
• 09: Kamal Kharazi
• 08: Davey Lopes
• 07: Averil Cameron
• 07: Mircea Lucescu
• 07: Jim Whittaker
• 06: Nick Pope
• 06: Christian Schwarz-Schilling
• 03: Pearl Fryar
• 31: Stephen Lewis
• 30: Christopher North
• 30: Chan Santokhi
• 28: Marinella
• 28: Mary Beth Hurt
• 28: Liamine Zéroual
• 27: Henry Lee
• 26: Noelia Castillo
• 26: Mary Rand
• 26: Barret Robbins
• 26: James Tolkan
• 26: Epeli Nailatikau
• 25: Dash Crofts
• 25: Alexander Kluge
• 24: Biruté Galdikas
• 24: Tracy Kidder
• 24: Mel Schilling
• 23: Valerie Perrine
• 23: Chip Taylor
• 22: Lionel Jospin
• 21: Michael Lyster
• 21: Rhoda Roberts

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda

• M23 campaign

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Ethiopia

• Fano insurgency

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso
• Chad Basin

• Mali
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Darfur campaign

• Kordofan campaign

Americas

• Haiti

• Gang war

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

• Venezuela

• United States intervention

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Border war

• Myanmar

• Civil war

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Syrian conflict
• Lebanon war

• Iran war
• Gaza war

• Yemen

• Civil war

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2026 events and developments by topic

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• Video games

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• Sovereign states
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• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
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• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
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• Wildfires)

Transportation

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• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

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