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News As Facts
04-04-2026 22:00 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
and formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
== Financial Markets ==
S&P 500 +0.11% $6,582 BTC +0.77% $67,347 OIL (WTI) +11.93% $112
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Five people are killed and 19 others are injured in a Russian drone
strike on a market in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/five-killed-by-
russian-strike-market-frontline-ukrainian-city-2026-04-04/
Russia evacuates 198 more staff from Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
as an airstrike kills an Iranian security guard at the plant. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-evacuates-198-more-staff-irans-
bushehr-nuclear-plant-agencies-report-2026-04-04/
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. (Arab News Pakistan), (CNN-News18)
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2638757/pakistan
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. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/loud-explosions-heard-in-
beirut-after-idf-announces-strikes-on-hezbollah-sites/
Eleven people are injured in an airstrike carried out by Israel in the
southern Lebanon city of Tyre. (AA) https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-
east/11-injured-including-3-medical-workers-in-israel-s-attack-on-
lebanon-s-tyre-region/3891240
The Somali intelligence and security agency says that security forces
have killed nine al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle, Somalia.
(Garowe Online) https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-
intelligence-agency-says-nine-al-shabaab-militants-killed-in-raid
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. (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm29zmpdj3vt
== Disasters and accidents ==
Five people are killed in a fire at a gas lighter factory in Keraniganj
Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh. (TRT World)
https://www.trtworld.com/article/755be9f67d8f
One person is killed and at least six others are reportedly trapped
after a four-story hotel collapses in Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
(India Today), (CNN-News18)
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/madhya-pradesh-four-storey-hotel-
collapses-in-anuppur-kotma-several-feared-trapped-
injured-2891643-2026-04-04
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. (AP)
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-extreme-weather-flood-landslide-
rain-storm-750d2cc1d9b4905a41e03c1cefbc1cf0
== International relations ==
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives in Qatar after previously
visiting Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. She
becomes the first leader of a European Union or NATO country to visit
the Middle East since the start of the Iran war on February 28. (Arab
News) https://www.arabnews.com/node/2638749/amp
== Law and crime ==
The Israeli High Court of Justice orders police to allow anti-war
protests in Israel. (The Times of Israel)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/high-court-orders-police-
to-allow-hundreds-more-anti-war-protesters-to-attend-tonights-rallies/
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. (Haaretz), (The Times of Israel) https://www.haaretz.com/israel-
news/israel-politics/2026-04-04/ty-article/.premium/idf-restricts-tel-
aviv-anti-iran-war-protest-limits-turnout-
to-150/0000019d-5805-d759-ab9d-799de33f0001
Protests break out across provinces in Iraq to demand an end to the
aggression and end to the war in the region following calls by Shiite
National Movement leader Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr. (SABA)
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3678578.htm
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. (Irish News)
https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/two-demonstrators-arrested-outside-
raf-base-during-peace-protest-647TXIAQWFPMVJL4ORYERIQ56M/
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces that the U.S. State
Department has revoked the green cards of the niece and grandniece of
deceased IRGC Quds Force general Qasem Soleimani. This comes after they
were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (NBC News),
(Dawn) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/niece-grand-niece-slain-
iranian-gen-soleimani-arrested-rcna266721
== Politics and elections ==
Maldivians vote on a proposed constitutional amendment that would place
presidential and parliamentary elections on the same day in 2028.
(Raajje TV) https://raajje.mv/180177
== End News As Facts 04-04-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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