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- Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
- 2026 Iran war ceasefire
- Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
- Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi visits Tehran to talk with Iranian authorities, including foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, regarding ending the war. (AA)
- Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Iran war ceasefire
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
- United States Central Command forces attack surveillance sites on Iran's Qeshm Island after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at four tankers attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz without coordinating with it. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
- 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
- 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
- The Bahraini army intercepts three Iranian missiles and several drones launched against Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
- The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired at the country. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
- 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
- 2026 Lebanon war
- 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
- At least ten people, including three Lebanese soldiers, one of whom is a brigadier general, are killed by Israeli airstrikes on approximately 150 Hezbollah-linked sites across southern Lebanon over two days, including weapon storage areas, command centers, rocket launchers, and other military infrastructure. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Al Jazeera)
- The Israeli military announces that it is investigating the incident that killed three Lebanese troops. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
- Gaza war
- 2026 Iran war
- Mali War
- 2026 Mali offensives
- Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin releases a propaganda video of the 25 April 2026 attacks on Mali against a Malian Army camp and Sevaré airport in Mali's Mopti region. (Africanews)
- 2026 Mali offensives
- Sudanese civil war
- Kordofan campaign
- A drone strike hits a market in the Abu Zaeima area of Hamrat Al Sheikh in North Kordofan, Sudan, killing 11 people. (AA) (Hindustan Times)
- Kordofan campaign
Business and economy
- Lebanon inaugurates its second international airport, the Rene Mouawad Airport in Qleiat. (The New Arab)
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are killed and two more injured after the collapse of a building caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Province of Fermo, Italy. (Il Messaggero)
Health and environment
- 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
- The Directorate General of Health Services reports that three children have died from measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. (BSS News)
- 2026 Ebola epidemic
- The American physician who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is discharged from the hospital in Charité, Germany. (The Independent)
International relations
- 2026 visit by Pope Leo XIV to Spain
- Pope Leo XIV begins his six-day apostolic visit to Spain, marking the first papal visit to the country in 15 years. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2025–2026 Iranian protests
- High school students in Iran hold protests in 20 Iranian provinces over the country's education policies, final exam rules and changes affecting the admission policies of universities. (The Times of Israel) (Iran International)
- 2026 Armenian parliamentary election
- Armenia's investigative authority arrest six candidates from the opposition Strong Armenia party a day before the election after the Central Election Commission authorized criminal proceedings against them. (Reuters)
- Lithuania's ruling Social Democratic Party votes to remove Dawn of Nemunas (NA) from the governing coalition and seeks to replace it with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", following disputes involving NA leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis and coalition policy disagreements. (Reuters)
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