The edition of
Friday 24 April 2026
13 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms that U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with Araghchi. She also states that vice president JD Vance will travel to Pakistan if the second round of talks are proven "successful".
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi announces that he will visit Pakistan, Russia, and Oman amidst a potential second round of ceasefire talks between Iran and the United States.
Two people are killed in a Russian drone strike on Odesa, Ukraine.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Allied Democratic Forces insurgents killed at least 87 civilians in separate attacks last month in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
U.S. Central Command confirms that the USS George H. W. Bush has arrived in the Middle East.
Israeli forces kill at least 12 Palestinians in attacks on the Gaza Strip.
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent announces that the Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions against financial networks linked to Iran, including digital asset wallets.
The European Union sanctions two Uzbekistan-based cotton manufacturing plants for supplying raw material to the Russian defense industry.
Politics
Police raid the home of Peru's former chief electoral official as part of a new probe into alleged electoral irregularities, after he resigned this week over delays in counting votes from the recent general election.
Business
The International Energy Agency estimates that the damage to liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Qatar will strain the natural gas market for at least two years, and along with the Strait of Hormuz closure, will cause the loss of 120 billion cubic meters of LNG supply by 2030.
The Law
Syrian authorities say that they have arrested Amjad Youssef, an intelligence officer of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, for his role in the Tadamon massacre during the civil war. This comes after Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced that he had been captured by the Syrian transitional government.
German biotech company CureVac sues Moderna, accusing their COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax of infringing on CureVac patents.
Environment
Georgia governor Brian Kemp says that two large wildfires in southeast Georgia, U.S., have destroyed over 120 homes.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 24 April 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.