The day
Saturday 4 April 2026
31 stories, biggest first.
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News2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi rejects reports that Iran has declined to meet American officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, amidst stalled ceasefire efforts. He also reaffirms that Iran remains open for peace talks to end the war.
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Politics2026 Maldivian constitutional referendum
Early provisional results indicate that voters rejected the proposed constitutional amendment, while also allowing the Maldivian Democratic Party to retain five mayoral seats.
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NewsPeace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine is willing to hold the next round of peace talks with Russia and the United States.
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CrimeProtests against the 2026 Iran war in Israel
Police clash with anti-war protesters at the Habima Square in Tel Aviv, defying the recent high court order. This comes after protesters defy a previous order by the Israeli military to limit gatherings to 150 people.
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News
Three people are killed and at least 10 others are reportedly trapped after a four-story hotel collapses in Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Crime
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.
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News2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
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.
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News2026 Iran war
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.
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News2026 Lebanon war
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.
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NewsBlockade of the Gaza Strip
Around 20 boats from Marseille, Provence, France, set sail with international flotilla in an effort to break the current blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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News2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
The Jordanian military says that 261 missiles and drones from Iran aimed at Jordan have been intercepted over the past five weeks.
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News2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
Kuwait intercepts eight missiles and 19 drones.
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NewsRussia in the 2026 Iran war
Russia evacuates 198 more staff from Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant as an airstrike kills an Iranian security guard at the plant.
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NewsIraq in the 2026 Iran war
Military command spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari says that Iran will allow vessels and ships from Iraq to use the Strait of Hormuz.
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NewsRussian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Five people are killed and 19 others are injured in a Russian drone strike on a market in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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NewsSomali Civil War
The Somali intelligence and security agency says that security forces have killed nine al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle, Somalia.
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Politics2026 Maldivian constitutional referendum
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.
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News
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.
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News
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.
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Politics
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.
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Politics
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.
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CrimeProtests against the 2026 Iran war
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.
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CrimeProtests against the 2026 Iran war
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.
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News
Five people are killed in a fire at a gas lighter factory in Keraniganj Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh.
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ScienceCyberwarfare during the 2026 Iran war
Planet Labs suspends public release of satellite imagery of Iran and surrounding conflict areas at the request of the U.S. government, shifting to restricted, case-by-case distribution for selected uses. The policy applies retroactively to images from March 9 and follows earlier delays imposed to limit potential military use of commercial imagery.
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CrimeProtests against the 2026 Iran war in Israel
The Israeli High Court of Justice orders police to allow anti-war protests in Israel.
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CrimeTerrorism in India
A joint operation between the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh police units arrests ISIS recruiter Rizwan in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Sport2025–26 NHL season
In ice hockey, the NHL's Buffalo Sabres clinch the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2010–11 season, ending their 14-year Stanley Cup playoff drought.
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Crime
A vehicle crashes into a Lao New Year parade in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States, injuring at least 15 people.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 4 April 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.