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News As Facts
04-05-2026 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 +0.30% $67,532 OIL (WTI) + $111
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Five people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on Kfar Hatta, South
Governorate, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
https://aje.news/vtvz59?update=4463182
An office complex housing government ministries in Kuwait City is struck
by a drone, causing significant property damage. (The Quint)
https://www.thequint.com/news/breaking-news/iranian-drone-strikes-
kuwait-oil-infrastructure-damage#read-more
Hezbollah claims its fighters struck an Israeli military vessel off the
coast of Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) https://aje.news/vtvz59?update=4463261
On Palestinian Child's Day, human rights organizations report that
approximately 350 Palestinian children are currently being held in
Israeli prisons, citing a systematic deterioration in detention
conditions and allegations of torture. (WAFA)
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/168990
The state-owned energy company Bapco Energies reports an Iranian drone
attack on one of its storage facilities. An oil tank caught fire as a
result. (The Jerusalem Post) https://www.jpost.com/middle-
east/article-892059
An Iranian drone strikes the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation building,
which also houses the Ministry of Oil. The impact triggers a fire,
prompting the evacuation of the entire complex. (The Jerusalem Post)
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892059
Two power plants and their associated desalination facilities are
severely damaged. The electricity and water ministry confirms the
failure of two power generation units. (The Quint)
https://www.thequint.com/news/breaking-news/iranian-drone-strikes-
kuwait-oil-infrastructure-damage#read-more
Iranian media claims an American Lockheed C-130 Hercules was shot down
in Isfahan, Iran, while on a search and rescue operation for a missing
U.S. airman. (Al Jazeera) https://aje.news/vtvz59?update=4463111
After heavy fighting, the weapon systems officer from the downed F-15E
is successfully recovered by U.S. commandos. (Al Jazeera), (BBC News),
(BBC News) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/5/iran-war-
live-tehran-rejects-trumps-ultimatum-fire-at-kuwait-oil-complex
Two people are killed when a cargo ship sinks after being struck by a
Ukrainian drone strike in the Sea of Azov near Kerch, Crimea. (TASS)
https://tass.com/emergencies/2112081
Two American C-130 transport aircraft and 4 MH-6 Little Bird helicopters
are destroyed at a temporary U.S. base in Iran by withdrawing U.S.
troops to prevent them from being captured by Iranian forces. (Türkiye
Today) https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/wreckage-of-us-c-130s-and-
mh-6-helicopter-shown-in-iranian-footage-3217509
An Iranian missile strike hits a residential building in Haifa, injuring
nine people, one seriously, and leaving three others missing. (ynet)
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r19irkgn11g
The Israeli military has confirmed the killing of Mohammad Reza Ashrafi
Kahi, the head of trade at the IRGC's oil headquarters, in a targeted
airstrike in Tehran. (The Jerusalem Post) https://www.jpost.com/middle-
east/iran-news/article-892146
The United Arab Emirates has declared its willingness to join a U.S.-led
international coalition to secure and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which
has been blocked by Iran. (News18) https://www.news18.com/world/ready-
to-play-our-part-uae-says-it-will-join-any-us-led-effort-to-secure-
hormuz-ws-l-10015863.html
Jordan's military intercepts two missiles and two drones from Iran. (Al
Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/5/iran-war-live-
tehran-rejects-trumps-ultimatum-fire-at-kuwait-oil-complex
Ocean Thunder, an oil tanker carrying Iraqi petroleum, crosses the
Strait of Hormuz after Iranian military command spokesperson Ebrahim
Zolfaghari has allowed vessels from Iraq to use the waterway. (Iraqi
News) https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-oil-tanker-crosses-strait-of-
hormuz-following-iranian-exemption/
Israeli military chief of staff Eyal Zamir says that all parts of
Lebanon south of the Litani River have been turned into an "operational
zone" against Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/5/iran-war-live-tehran-
rejects-trumps-ultimatum-fire-at-kuwait-oil-complex
A Lebanese army soldier is killed by an Israeli airstrike in southern
Lebanon. (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanese-
army-says-soldier-killed-israeli-attack-southern-lebanon-2026-04-05/
At least four people are killed and forty are injured by Israeli
airstrikes on Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/5/iran-war-live-tehran-
rejects-trumps-ultimatum-fire-at-kuwait-oil-complex
== Business and economy ==
Nepal announces that government and educational institutions will have
two days off work during the week instead of one, as part of an effort
to fuel. (Al Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/5/nepal-
announces-two-day-weekends-as-fuel-crisis-caused-by-iran-war-deepens
OPEC+ agrees to increase oil production quotas by 206,000 barrels per
day for a second consecutive month amid concerns over damage to energy
infrastructure and disruptions to maritime routes affecting global
supply stability. (AFP via France 24) https://www.france24.com/en/live-
news/20260405-opec-hikes-oil-production-quotas-issues-warning
== Disasters and accidents ==
Three people are killed, including two children, and another is
seriously injured after high winds cause a tree to fall onto an Easter
egg hunt near Satrupholm in Mittelangeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
(CTV News) https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/3-killed-as-high-winds-
topple-a-tree-on-an-easter-egg-hunt-in-germany/
== End News As Facts 04-05-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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