Current events: 2026-04-11

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • The delegations of the United States and Iran arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan, for ceasefire talks, the highest-level engagement between the two countries since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, with the Iranian delegation led by Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance. (Arab News PK)
        • The first round of talks end without a peace deal, but is expected to continue into Sunday night. (CNBC)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • U.S. president Donald Trump says that the U.S. has begun "clearing out" naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. (AA)
      • The U.S. Central Command confirms that the U.S. Navy {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}s USS Frank Peterson and USS Michael Murphy have crossed the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the strait is clear of sea mines. (Times of Israel) (Reuters) (CENTCOM)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • At least ten people, including three emergency workers, are killed by Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
      • The Israeli army has reportedly encircled Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon. (Yahoo News)
      • Israel rejects a ceasefire with Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • It is reported that a prominent senior North Darfur commander in the Rapid Support Forces has defected to the Sudanese Army. (Sudan Tribune)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Ukraine and Russia announce a 32-hour ceasefire in observation of Orthodox Easter, alongside a prisoner exchange of 175 servicemen. (Reuters)
• Yemeni civil war
  • The Yemeni Army and Houthis engage in intense fighting in the As-Silw district in Taiz Governorate, Yemen, killing two soldiers. Additionally, the Yemeni Army says that it repelled a Houthi attack. (Yemen Monitor)

International relations

• Pakistan–Qatar relations, Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations, Saudi Arabia–Pakistan relations
  • Pakistan announces that Qatar and Saudi Arabia will provide US$5 billion in financial assistance to support the country's foreign exchange reserves and enable it to repay US$3.5 billion of debt to the United Arab Emirates by the end of April. (AA)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Djiboutian presidential election
  • Preliminary results released after yesterday's presidential election revealed that incumbent President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh won a sixth term in office with 97.81% of the vote, beating CDU candidate Mohamed Farah Samatar, who took 2.19% of the vote. (AP) (France 24)
• 2026 Iraqi presidential election
  • The Council of Representatives elects PUK candidate Nizar Amidi as president of Iraq in the second round, defeating Muthana Amin of the Kurdistan Islamic Union in a 227–15 vote. (Kurdistan24) (AA)

Sports

• 2026 Grand National
  • In horse racing, I Am Maximus, rode by Irish jockey Paul Townend, wins this year's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, England, becoming the second horse since Red Rum to win the Grand National twice. (BBC News)

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