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News As Facts
04-20-2026 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 -0.24% $7,109 BTC +1.27% $75,953 OIL (WTI) -1.86% $87
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Ukrainian forces say they have struck two Russian Navy landing ships
docked at Sevastopol Naval Base in Russian-occupied Crimea. Separately,
a Ukrainian drone attack on Tuapse oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai,
Russia, kills one person and causes several large fires at the facility.
(Al Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/20/kyiv-claims-to-
hit-russian-landing-ships-as-both-sides-trade-deadly-attacks
The cruise ship Aroya arrives in the Gulf of Oman, becoming the final of
six cruise ships in the Middle East to cross the Strait of Hormuz since
the war started on February 28. (Seatrade Cruise News), (People.com)
https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/ship-operations/the-last-gulf-stranded-
cruise-ship-clears-strait-of-hormuz
A Iranian official says that Iran may attend ceasefire talks with the
United States in Islamabad, Pakistan, following moves by Pakistan to end
the blockade of Iranian ports. However, a decision hasn't been made.
(Straits Times) https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/world-
weighs-fate-of-mideast-ceasefire-after-us-seizes-iranian-cargo-ship
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that Iran is
not going to negotiate while it is being threatened. (Al Jazeera)
https://aje.news/3i78ht?update=4508702
The Israeli military launches airstrikes in southern Lebanon against
individuals that it accused of posing a threat to northern Israel or to
Israeli troops, despite the ceasefire. (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-us-
seizes-ship-trump-blockade-hormuz-peace-talks-
rcna340930/rcrd108371?canonicalCard=true
The United States announces that another round of talks between Israel
and Lebanon will be held in Washington, D.C., on April 23. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/20/lebanon-israel-to-meet-again-
thursday-for-direct-talks-us-says
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun announces that he is appointing a new
negotiator for the next talks, former ambassador Simon Karam. (Al
Jazeera) https://aje.news/3i78ht?update=4508439
== Business and economy ==
Apple Inc announces that Tim Cook will step down as Chief executive
officer with senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus
taking on the role on September 1. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/john-ternus-become-apple-ceo-tim-
cook-become-executive-chairman-2026-04-20/
== Disasters and accidents ==
An earthquake on a scale of 7.8 is measured off the coast of Sanriku,
Japan. A subsequent 80-centimetre (2.6 ft) high tsunami is reported in
Kuji, Iwate prefecture. A warning of the risk of potential further
earthquakes at 8.0 was issued soon after. (AP), (Kyodo News)
https://apnews.com/article/japan-earthquake-
tsunami-0746aebae49fc6cc37e20836ca37d570
At least 21 people are killed and 45 others are injured when a passenger
bus rolls into a gorge in Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
(Hindustan Times), (Al Jazeera) https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-
news/sharp-curve-loss-of-control-100-ft-plunge-what-caused-jammu-and-
kashmir-udhampur-bus-crash-that-left-20-dead-101776671666044.html
== Health and environment ==
Several Central European countries, including Austria, Slovakia and the
Czech Republic, begin pulling baby food produced by Hipp Holding from
supermarket shelves after rat poison was detected in some jars over the
weekend. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/rat-poison-baby-food-hipp-
austria-e709858e1a0698d2337c264e66498ced
== International relations ==
Argentine President Javier Milei receives the Israeli Presidential Medal
of Honour by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. (The Times of Israel)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/argentinas-milei-awarded-
presidential-medal-of-honor-honorary-bar-ilan-doctorate-for-israel-
support/
== Law and crime ==
Russia's Federal Security Service says it has arrested a German woman
and a Central Asian man in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, and seizes an
improvised explosive device, alleging they planned an attack on a law
enforcement facility on instructions from Ukraine. (AFP via The Straits
Times) https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russia-detains-german-
citizen-for-terrorist-plot-russian-media-report
France is investigating allegations that two Lebanese banks transferred
billions of dollars out of the country despite strict capital controls
in relation to the Lebanese liquidity crisis of 2019. (Naharnet)
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/319671-france-probes-alleged-illicit-
cash-flight-from-lebanon/
A man opens fire around the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacán
Municipality, Mexico, killing a tourist from Canada and wounding six
other people, before killing himself. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/20/gunman-kills-canadian-woman-
injures-more-at-mexicos-teotihuacan-pyramids
== Politics and elections ==
Preliminary results from yesterday's election reveal that the centre-
left to left-wing Progressive Bulgaria coalition, led by former
president Rumen Radev, secured a majority of seats in the National
Assembly. (AP), (DW) https://apnews.com/article/bulgaria-election-radev-
borissov-corruption-russia-oligarchs-2f821c5a659a8ca4ab9dfe28b9138236
The Royal Palace of Cambodia announces in a statement that King Norodom
Sihamoni has underwent surgery for prostate cancer in Beijing, China.
(Strait Times) https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cambodian-king-
has-successful-surgery-after-cancer-diagnosis
== End News As Facts 04-20-2026 22:30 UTC ==
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