Saturday 4 April 2026

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine is willing to hold the next round of peace talks with Russia and the United States.

Iran's military command rejects an ultimatum from U.S. president Donald Trump to re-open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours or face more attacks on its critical infrastructure.

Five people are killed and 170 others are injured in an Israeli missile strike on a petrochemical complex in Bandar-e Mahshahr, Khuzestan province, Iran.

The Israeli military says on Telegram that it has started striking Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut after destroying a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent them from crossing.

Israeli airstrikes in Habboûch and al-Hawsh, southern Lebanon, kill at least two girls and injure 40 people, while an Israeli soldier is also killed in action.

Around 20 boats from Marseille, Provence, France, set sail with international flotilla in an effort to break the current blockade on the Gaza Strip.

The Jordanian military says that 261 missiles and drones from Iran aimed at Jordan have been intercepted over the past five weeks.

Kuwait intercepts eight missiles and 19 drones.

Russia evacuates 198 more staff from Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant as an airstrike kills an Iranian security guard at the plant.

Military command spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari says that Iran will allow vessels and ships from Iraq to use the Strait of Hormuz.

Eleven people are injured in an airstrike carried out by Israel in Tyre, southern Lebanon.

Five people are killed and 19 others are injured in a Russian drone strike on a market in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

The Somali intelligence and security agency says that security forces have killed nine al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle, Somalia.

Maldivians vote to elect members of local councils and decide on a constitutional referendum that proposes holding presidential and parliamentary elections concurrently on the same day in 2028.

Cameroon's parliament approves a constitutional amendment reinstating the position of vice president, who will assume the presidency if the office becomes vacant and will be appointed by the president for the remainder of the term.

The term of Vjosa Osmani as President of Kosovo ends and is succeeded by the speaker of the Assembly, Albulena Haxhiu, who becomes acting president until a new president is elected.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces that the State Department has revoked the green cards of the niece and grandniece of deceased IRGC Quds Force general Qasem Soleimani following their arrest by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Two demonstrators are arrested outside the RAF Lakenheath station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. The protest comes after media reports that a U.S. F-15E fighter jet that was shot down took off from the base.

Protests break out across provinces in Iraq to demand an end to the aggression and end to the war following calls for protests by Shiite National Movement leader Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr.

The Israeli High Court of Justice orders police to allow anti-war protests in Israel.

A joint operation between the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh police units arrests ISIS recruiter Rizwan in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.

A vehicle crashes into a Lao New Year parade in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States, injuring at least 15 people.

At least four people are killed and 18 others are injured, including two children, when a passenger vehicle plunges off a road near Sojha in Himachal Pradesh, India.

The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority reports 77 deaths and 137 injuries in flooding, landslides and lightning caused by severe weather in the country over the past 10 days.

Five people are killed in a fire at a gas lighter factory in Keraniganj Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh.