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On April 8, Pakistan's prime minister requested that U.S. President Donald Trump extend by two weeks the deadline set for Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil, urging a corresponding goodwill opening of the Strait of Hormuz by Tehran and proposing a two-week ceasefire to allow diplomacy to proceed. Sources said negotiations between Washington and T…
Preliminary United Nations findings indicate that one Indonesian peacekeeper was struck by an Israeli tank projectile and two others were killed by an improvised explosive device most likely emplaced by Hezbollah. U.N. officials described the incidents as unacceptable and said they could amount to war crimes, while a full investigation involving th…
Pope Leo publicly condemned threats directed at the people of Iran, calling them "truly unacceptable" and framing them as not only a matter of international law but a moral issue. Speaking to reporters outside his Castel Gandolfo residence, the pope appealed to citizens to urge their representatives to seek an end to the widening regional conflict …
An Iran-aligned Iraqi militia, Kataib Hezbollah, said it will free U.S. freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson and demanded she leave Iraq immediately. The group circulated a video it said showed Kittleson speaking in English against a plain backdrop. Kittleson was taken in late March in Baghdad and has contributed reporting to regional outlets.
Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi armed group aligned with Iran, announced that U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson will be released and must leave Iraq immediately. Kittleson was taken in late March in Baghdad. A video circulated by a social media outlet linked to the militia shows a woman identifying herself as Kittleson, but the clip's authenticity, timin…
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said President Donald Trump has both the right and the duty to press for investigations into individuals who previously probed him. Blanche, speaking in his first extended remarks since becoming acting attorney general, rejected suggestions that the Justice Department is improperly targeting the president's…
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said customs officials might stop processing international arrivals at major U.S. airports located in jurisdictions labeled as sanctuary cities or states. The possible move, raised amid a funding impasse in Congress, could disrupt international air travel and commerce at large hubs and affect events such…
U.S. cybersecurity, intelligence and law enforcement agencies issued a joint advisory saying Iranian-affiliated hacking operations have intensified in response to ongoing hostilities. The campaigns have targeted publicly exposed programmable logic controllers and supervisory control and data acquisition displays that interface with critical infrast…
Portugal has approved 76 landings and 25 overflights by U.S. aircraft at the Lajes air base in the Azores since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, on the condition that the site not be used to strike civilian infrastructure. Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel told parliament the United States has respected that restriction, though Portuguese aut…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recorded at least 15 deaths of individuals in its custody between January 2026 and early April 2026. The fatalities occurred at a variety of detention facilities and hospitals nationwide. Several of the cases are under active investigation, with some described by ICE as presumed suicides and others…
British authorities have refused entry to the rapper Ye, formally known as Kanye West, who had been scheduled to headline London’s Wireless Festival in July. Festival organisers withdrew permission for him to travel and perform, subsequently cancelling the three-day event and arranging refunds for ticket holders. The decision follows intense public…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer described the economic relationship between the United States and China as stable and said President Donald Trump intends to preserve that stability during a meeting next month with his Chinese counterpart. Greer, speaking at the Hudson Institute, said Washington does not seek a large-scale confrontation wit…
Residents of small kibbutzim on Israel's northern border, many of whom fled after Hezbollah rocket strikes in October 2023 and spent years displaced, have returned and now vow to stay despite renewed rocket fire tied to expanded fighting. Homes remain damaged or awaiting demolition, repairs have been suspended for safety reasons, and local criticis…
Efforts to broker direct discussions between the United States and Iran remained active on April 7, Pakistani officials told reporters, even as U.S. strikes on Iran intensified and a looming deadline set by President Donald Trump approached. Pakistani intermediaries said Tehran’s recent attack on Saudi industrial sites tied to U.S. companies risked…
Spain's foreign minister warned that recent U.S. complaints and talk of withdrawing from NATO are driving European nations to consider alternative security arrangements, including a pan-European army and deeper defence industry integration. Madrid has already taken measures against U.S. military flights connected to strikes on Iran, and faces the p…
Internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement records indicate that more than 800 people were arrested after federal airport security officials shared traveler data from the start of Donald Trump’s presidency through February 2026. The leads were drawn from over 31,000 passenger records provided by the Transportation Security Administration's S…
On the sixth day of NASA’s Artemis II mission, four astronauts flew farther from Earth than any humans in history, conducting a six-hour flyby of the Moon’s far side. The crew observed and recorded meteor impact flashes on the shadowed hemisphere, photographed previously unseen terrain and proposed informal names for lunar features. The mission als…
Vietnam’s National Assembly unanimously confirmed Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as state president, granting him consolidated authority for the next five years. The vote, held with 495 deputies present and five absent, also elevated Le Minh Hung to prime minister. Lam pledged a technology- and innovation-led growth model while analysts w…
Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto warned that the conflict with Iran places U.S. global leadership at risk and raises the possibility of dangerous nuclear escalation. Crosetto, who blocked US military flights from refueling at Sigonella last week, warned that current actions in the war could produce increasingly severe reactions and urged bol…
A Ukrainian intelligence assessment reviewed by TradeVae concludes that Russian satellite reconnaissance and cooperation with Iranian cyber actors aided a sequence of Iranian missile and drone strikes on military and critical infrastructure sites across the Middle East. The assessment details at least 24 satellite surveys over 11 countries from Mar…
Iran refused a U.S.-brokered ceasefire proposal ahead of a deadline set by President Donald Trump, maintaining its effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and issuing a 10-point response to the plan. Exchanges of strikes continued between Iran and Israel, Saudi Arabia reported missile interceptions, and oil prices remained elevated amid fears of …
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is visiting Hungary for two days just before the April 12 parliamentary election to publicly support Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Vance will meet with Orban and join a campaign rally, underscoring the Trump administration’s willingness to back like-minded right-wing leaders. Observers note the move is politically signif…
President Donald Trump used the successful Easter weekend rescue of an American airman to recast a politically fraught Iran campaign as a decisive military achievement, offering vivid operational details and asserting command while expressing anger at slow diplomacy and reluctant allies. The White House event highlighted the administration's effort…
The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote on a revised resolution aimed at protecting commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. After opposition from China to language authorizing force, the draft has been significantly softened to encourage coordinated defensive actions and escorting of vessels rather than endorsing explicit enforce…
The U.S. Education Department announced it will terminate six resolution agreements that had been established to protect transgender students under Title IX, stating the deals were improperly reached. The Office for Civil Rights will no longer monitor or enforce agreements with five school districts and one college, and the department declined to p…
