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News As Facts
04-11-2026 22:30 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% $6,816 BTC +0.54% $73,485 OIL (WTI) -2.29% $95
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
U.S. President Donald Trump says that the U.S. has begun "clearing out"
naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. (AA)
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-clearing-out-strait-of-hormuz-
trump-/3902097
At least ten people, including three emergency workers, are killed by
Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/11/israel-rejects-ceasefire-with-
hezbollah-ahead-of-lebanon-talks-next-week
Israel rejects a ceasefire with Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/11/israel-rejects-ceasefire-with-
hezbollah-ahead-of-lebanon-talks-next-week
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)
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2639522/pakistan
The Israeli army has reportedly encircled Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah
stronghold in southern Lebanon. (Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reports-israeli-troops-surround-
hezbollah-105221160.html
Ukraine and Russia announce a 32-hour ceasefire in observation of
Orthodox Easter, alongside a prisoner exchange of 175 servicemen.
(Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-russia-
swap-175-servicemen-each-ahead-easter-ceasefire-2026-04-11/
The U.S. Central Command confirms that the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class
destroyers 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)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-confirms-destroyers-
passed-through-strait-of-hormuz-as-it-works-to-de-mine-the-key-waterway/
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the Yemeni Army says that it repealed a Houthi attack. (Yemen Monitor)
https://www.yemenmonitor.com/en/Details/ArtMID/908/ArticleID/169046
== International 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) https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-
pacific/saudi-arabia-qatar-to-provide-5b-financial-assistance-to-
pakistan-amid-debt-repayment-obligations-to-uae/3902009
== Politics and elections ==
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)
https://apnews.com/article/djibouti-election-
guelleh-56800757f1108c104adb4bdc5ae880fa
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)
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/907256/puk-candidate-nizar-amedi-
elected-president-of-iraq-in-parliamentary-vote
== Sport ==
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)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/articles/cgme42z1gjro
== End News As Facts 04-11-2026 22:30 UTC ==
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