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News As Facts
04-07-2026 22:30 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
== Financial Markets ==
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== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Reports indicate nighttime attacks in the greater Tehran area, in Ahvaz,
Chahbahar, Jask, Shiraz, and Yazd, as well as near Shahid Kalantari
Port, Tis Port, and the Imam Ali base. (Iran International)
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604079375
Three people are killed and several are injured by an Israeli airstrike
in Maarakah, Tyre District, Lebanon. (Daily Sabah)
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/israeli-forces-kill-5-expand-
ground-invasion-in-southern-lebanon/amp
One person is killed by an Israeli drone strike in Deir ez-Zahrani,
Nabatieh District, Lebanon. (Daily Sabah)
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/israeli-forces-kill-5-expand-
ground-invasion-in-southern-lebanon/amp
One person is killed by an Israeli strike in Zebdin, Nabatieh District,
Lebanon. (Daily Sabah) https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-
east/israeli-forces-kill-5-expand-ground-invasion-in-southern-
lebanon/amp
The Israeli military says that 36 soldiers were injured over the past
two days, bringing the total casualties to 411. (Al Jazeera)
https://aje.news/9k7fl9?update=4469146
U.S. and Israeli warplanes strike Iranian military targets on Kharg
Island that results in several massive explosions. (METRO), (NBC News)
https://metro.co.uk/2026/04/07/several-large-explosions-heard-kharg-
island-hours-trump-deadline-27883811/
Iran calls on the population to form human chains around critical
infrastructure such as power stations and bridges ahead of a U.S.
deadline that threatens their destruction. (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5819100-iran-trump-threats-
power-plans-human-chain/
Iranian ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri-Moghaddam says that the
Pakistan-mediated framework aimed at a ceasefire to end the war has
reached a "critical, sensitive stage". (WIOnews), (ARY News)
https://www.wionews.com/photos/iran-envoy-to-pakistan-gives-update-on-
negotiations-ahead-of-trump-s-tuesday-deadline-critical-stage-of-talks-
war-to-end-big-power-plant-
strike-1775546363320/1775546363321#goog_rewarded
The New York Times reports that Iran has ended direct contact with the
United States in response to Trump's latest threat to "end its
civilization". However, Iranian newspaper Tehran Times pushes back on
the reports by stating on X that "diplomatic and indirect channels of
talks with US are not closed". (AA), (Bloomberg), (Iran International)
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-cuts-direct-diplomacy-with-us-
amid-rising-tensions-ahead-of-trumps-deadline/3896455
Iranian drones strike a SABIC petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi
Arabia, causing a fire. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/overnight-iranian-strike-
hits-saudi-petrochemical-plant/
An Iranian ballistic missile strikes a Thuraya building in the Emirate
of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, injuring two Pakistani nationals. (Al
Jazeera) https://aje.news/9k7fl9?update=4469171
The semi-official Mehr News Agency reports that a suspected Israeli–U.S.
missile struck a synagogue in central Tehran. (Dawn)
https://www.dawn.com/news/1989363/synagogue-in-tehran-damaged-by-us-
israeli-projectile-iranian-media
Israel deploys the 98th Division to southern Lebanon, raising the force
there to five divisions. (AA) https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-
east/israel-sends-more-troops-to-southern-lebanon-to-expand-ground-
offensive/3895935
Kata'ib Hezbollah announces the release of Shelly Kittleson, an American
journalist who was kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad on March 31st. The
group's condition for Kittleson's freedom is her departure from Iraq.
(The Jerusalem Post) https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892340
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has struck
bridges and railways in Iran allegedly used by the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps. (The Jerusalem Post) https://www.jpost.com/middle-
east/iran-news/article-892297
U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Hungary says that the war in Iran will
conclude "very shortly", claiming that the U.S. military has achieved
all objectives. (Middle East Monitor)
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260407-iran-war-is-going-to-
conclude-very-shortly-says-us-vice-president/
The Afghan Foreign Ministry says that talks between the Taliban–led
government of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Ürümqi, China, to end the
conflict have been "useful". (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/afghanistan-peace-talks-
held-china-end-fighting-pakistan-131801434
At least five people are killed after a rocket fired from Kuwait landed
in Basra, southern Iraq. (Shafaq)
https://www.shafaq.com/en/Security/Missile-strike-kills-four-in-Basra-
home
One gunman is killed, while two other perpetrators and two policemen are
injured in a shootout outside of the Israeli consulate in Istanbul,
Turkey. The two injured perpetrators have been captured and detained by
police. (Al Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/three-
people-killed-in-gun-clash-near-israeli-consulate-in-istanbul
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif calls on U.S. President Donald
Trump to extend his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by
two weeks. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that Trump
has been made aware of the plan. (The Jerusalem Post), (Axios)
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892348
Trump tells Fox News that the United States is in "heated negotiations"
with Iran after being briefed about the proposal. (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-deadline-power-
plants-human-chains-israel-train-strikes/#post-update-1ce8735f
Trump warns that "a whole civilization will die tonight" and will "never
be brought back" if Iran does not agree to a deal by noon (GMT). (AP),
(Reuters) https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-
april-7-2026-421ee64fdc9a5c26460df8119c7d1b3f
Russia and China veto a United Nations Security Council resolution
calling on states to "coordinate efforts, defensive in nature" to ensure
the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that it was
biased against Iran. The U.S. and France condemn the veto. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/russia-and-china-block-un-
resolution-on-strait-of-hormuz
Iran threatens to launch massive retaliatory strikes against the energy
infrastructure of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the event of a U.S. attack
on its power plants. (MarketScreener)
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/iran-s-tasnim-cites-military-source-
as-saying-that-iran-will-add-oil-facilities-of-aramco-and-saudi-ce7e50da
d989fe21#:~:text=Iran's%20Tasnim%20cites%20military%20source%20as%20sayi
ng,if%20Trump%20attacks%20the%20country's%20power%20plants.
Saudi Arabia closes the King Fahd Causeway to Bahrain for several hours
after the Iranian Fars News Agency has published a list of strategic
bridges in the Gulf region as potential targets for retaliation. (Al
Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/israel-warns-iranians-
to-avoid-trains-as-trump-deadline-approaches
35 people are killed in attacks across Iran. (Al Jazeera)
https://aje.news/9k7fl9?update=4469268
It is reported that U.S. Vice President JD Vance would serve as the U.S.
interlocutor in ceasefire talks. (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-deadline-power-
plants-human-chains-israel-train-strikes/#post-update-62ba923d
Following Trump's threat to "end its civilization", Democrats in the
U.S. House of Representatives and former Republican congresswoman
Marjorie Taylor Greene call for the invocation of the 25th amendment of
the United States Constitution. Additionally, Democrats also call for
Trump to be impeached. (Axios) https://www.axios.com/2026/04/07/trump-
iran-impeachment-25th-amendment-war-crimes
Four people are injured by falling debris in Muraikh, Qatar, after the
Qatari military intercepts Iranian missiles. (Al Jazeera)
https://aje.news/9k7fl9?update=4471243
== Arts and culture ==
This year's Wireless Festival in London, England, is cancelled and all
tickets are refunded after its headliner, American rapper Kanye West, is
banned from entering the United Kingdom by the Home Office on the
grounds that "his presence would not be conducive to the public good"
amid controversy over his past antisemitic comments on Jews and Adolf
Hitler, and his association with neo-Nazis. (BBC News), (CNN)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxk3kxjr0o
== Disasters and accidents ==
The International Organization for Migration reports that at least 990
deaths have been recorded in 2026 across the Mediterranean Sea, making
it one of the deadliest starts to a year since 2014, with over 180
people feared dead or missing in the latest shipwrecks since 28 March.
(IOM) https://www.iom.int/news/over-180-feared-dead-mediterranean-death-
toll-nears-1000-2026
The death toll from natural disasters, including heavy rain, storms and
floods, rises to 188 in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Brecorder)
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40415202/storms-floods-kill-188-in-
pakistan-afghanistan-over-two-weeks
A TGV train collides with a military lorry on a level crossing at Nœux-
les-Mines, France. The train driver is killed and 27 people are wounded.
(Liverpool Echo) https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/train-driver-
killed-27-injured-33724550
== Law and crime ==
Australian Army veteran and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith
is arrested by police at Sydney Airport for alleged war crimes committed
between 2009 and 2012 during his deployment to Afghanistan. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-most-decorated-
soldier-ben-roberts-smith-arrested-over-alleged-war-2026-04-07/
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit sacks National Legislative
Assembly speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba and her deputy Parmena Awerial Aluong
after his ruling party backed a no-confidence vote accusing them of
corruption and mismanagement. (Pan African Visions)
https://panafricanvisions.com/2026/04/kiir-removes-speaker-jemma-nunu-
kumba-in-major-south-sudan-political-shake-up/
== Politics and elections ==
The National Assembly of Vietnam re-elects General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm as president for the 2026–2031 tenure.
(Xinhua)
https://english.news.cn/20260407/ed18537e45de4a1dabae914f80d5a145/c.html
Citizens in Ilam, Ilam province, Iran form a human chain protest against
Trump's threats against key infrastructure in the country. (Away The
Voice) https://www.awazthevoice.in/world-news/iran-s-ilam-sees-human-
chain-protest-amid-rising-tensions-with-us-56340.html
Human chain protests are held across bridge and power plant structures
in Iran to protest against Trump's threats against civilian
infrastructure. (The Telegraph UK) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-
news/2026/04/07/iran-war-latest-news-trump-deadline-israel-strait-of-
hormuz/#1775575180976
Activists in San Francisco, California organize an emergency anti-war
rally at the Federal Building to protest against Trump’s threats and
rhetoric of military action against Iranian infrastructure and nuclear
power plants. (National Today) https://nationaltoday.com/us/ca/san-
francisco/news/2026/04/07/san-francisco-activists-call-for-general-
strike-to-protest-threat-of-war-with-iran/
Amidst the Iran war, a special election between Democrat Shawn Harris
and Republican Clayton Fuller is held in Georgia's 14th congressional
district to replace former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/georgia-runoff-election-replace-marjorie-
taylor-greene-2/story?id=131766302
== End News As Facts 04-07-2026 22:30 UTC ==
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