Tehran A pro-government protest is held in Tehran after the ceasefire is announced, with protesters chanting Death to America, Death to Israel, and death to compromisers. Protesters also burn the American and Israeli flags.
Gilgo Beach serial killings Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to the Gilgo Beach serial killings, which occurred between 1993 and 2010.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war Oil prices plunge below $95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surges past 1,000 after the ceasefire announcement.
Middle Eastern crisis Hundreds of people are killed and injured in a wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, including in southern Lebanon, Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley.
The Israel Defense Forces says that it has halted strikes against Iran, but state that they will continue fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon.
MarineTraffic says that the first ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz following the ceasefire announcement including Greek-owned bulk carrier NJ Earth and Liberia-flagged Daytona Beach.
Thailand confirms the three crewmen on a vessel that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz in March have died.
Iranian agencies report explosions from Sirri Island and Lavan Island of unknown origin. Iran accuses the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait of the attacks and launches retaliatory attacks against those countries in response.
After the ceasefire took hold, Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces on social media that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon.
The Supreme National Security Council says that negotiations between the United States and Iran will start on Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi confirms the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, which includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The ceasefire is ratified by the Supreme National Security Council.
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2026 Vietnamese presidential election The National Assembly of Vietnam re-elects General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm as president for the 2026–2031 tenure.
2026 United States House of Representatives elections 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.
Protests against the 2026 Iran war Citizens in Ilam, Ilam province, Iran form a human chain protest against Trump's threats against key infrastructure in the country.
Human chain protests are held across bridge and power plant structures in Iran to protest against Trump's threats against civilian infrastructure.
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.
A protest is held outside the White House in Washington DC after the ceasefire announcement, calling for Trump’s removal from office and accusing him of war crimes.
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.
Corruption in South Sudan 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.
War crimes in Afghanistan 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.
Iraq–Kuwait relations Protestors storm the Kuwaiti consulate in Basra, Iraq, after a rocket attack launched from Kuwait killed three people in Basra.
Cuba–United States relations Cuban president and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Díaz-Canel warns the United States that his forces will wage a guerrilla warfare campaign if the U.S. military invades and occupies the country.
Cross-strait relations Kuomintang chairwoman and Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun begins a visit to China at the invitation of paramount leader Xi Jinping.
Natural disaster The death toll from natural disasters, including heavy rain, storms and floods, rises to 188 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
TGV 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.
Kawasaki Three people are killed and another is reported missing after a scaffolding collapse at a steel plant in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Petrochemical plant The death toll from a large fire at a petrochemical plant in Tatarstan, Russia, five days ago, rises to 12, including a firefighter. Dozens of others were injured.
Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling 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.
''Wireless'' Festival 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.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict 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".
Terrorism in Turkey 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.
Middle Eastern crisis Israel deploys the 98th Division to southern Lebanon, raising the force there to five divisions.
The Israeli military says that 36 soldiers were injured over the past two days, bringing the total casualties to 411.
Three people are killed and several are injured by an Israeli airstrike in Maarakah, Tyre District, Lebanon.
U.S. and Israeli warplanes strike Iranian military targets on Kharg Island that results in several massive explosions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has struck bridges and railways in Iran allegedly used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The semi-official Mehr News Agency reports that a suspected Israeli–U.S. missile struck a synagogue in central Tehran.
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.
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.
Four people are injured by falling debris in Muraikh, Qatar, after the Qatari military intercepts Iranian missiles.
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.
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.
An Iranian ballistic missile strikes a Thuraya building in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, injuring two Pakistani nationals.
The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh is officially advising its citizens to reconsider participating in this year’s Hajj. The U.S. has raised its travel advisory for Saudi Arabia to Level 3 and is warning of security risks such as rocket and drone attacks.
China and Russia veto a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on UN member 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.
Vance says that the war in Iran will conclude "very shortly", claiming that the U.S. military has achieved all objectives.
"The New York Times" reports that Iran has ended direct contact with the U.S. in response to Trump's latest threat to "end its civilization". However, "Tehran Times" denies the reports by stating on X that "diplomatic and indirect channels of talks with US are not closed".
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).
It is reported that U.S. vice president JD Vance would serve as the U.S. interlocutor in ceasefire talks.
Trump tells Fox News that the U.S. is in "heated negotiations" with Iran after being briefed about the proposal.
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".
United States president Donald Trump announces on his Truth Social that, based on conversations with Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and field marshal Asim Munir, he has agreed to "suspend the bombing and attacks on Iran for a period of two weeks", subject to Iran agreeing to the "complete, immediate and safe opening" of the Strait of Hormuz, and to allow time for an agreement to be reached.
2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament In college basketball, the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team beats UConn, 69–63, to win the national championship. Michigan also becomes the first team to beat UConn past the Sweet 16 or later since Michigan State in the 2009 tournament.
Artemis program NASA's Artemis II spacecraft carrying four astronauts breaks the record for furthest distance humans have ever travelled from Earth surpassing the previous 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) record set by Apollo 13 in April 1970.
Protests against the 2026 Iran war Left-wing activists protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in Iran.
Corruption in Russia A court in Kursk Oblast, Russia, sentences former governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison for defrauding the government by embezzling public funds intended for building fortifications along the Russia–Ukraine border.
Crime in Mexico Canadian mining company Vizla Silver confirms nine of the ten workers abducted from a silver mine in Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico, in late January, are dead.
Iran–Japan relations Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi says that her government is planning to hold summit talks with Iran amidst the Iran war.
Bridge of the Americas One person is killed and four people are injured after a tanker explodes on the Bridge of the Americas near the Panama Canal.
Afghani National Disaster Management Authority The Afghani National Disaster Management Authority says that the total number of deaths from recent natural disasters in Afghanistan has risen to 110.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war AirAsia says that it plans to open a hub in Bahrain despite the Iran war.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict One child is killed and three others are injured after a piece of unexploded ordnance detonated in Khost Province, Afghanistan.
Afghan forces says that they have captured a border post during clashes with Pakistani troops in Khost Province.
Sudanese civil war Sudanese Army says that it has reopened the road linking Dilling, South Kordofan and North Kordofan following battles between the Rapid Support Forces and SPLM-N.
Russo-Ukrainian war Cameroon says Russia has confirmed that 16 Cameroonian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces. Cameroon's foreign ministry says "necessary arrangements" had been made to contact the families of the deceased soldiers.
A Russian drone strike kills three civilians in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, including a woman and her 2-year-old daughter.
Middle Eastern crisis The Lebanese government reports that there are 1.2 million displaced people in Lebanon due to the war.
The Israeli military orders the evacuation of the southern suburbs of Beirut because Israel will strike "Hezbollah infrastructure".
Christian anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces Party official Pierre Mouawad, his wife, and another woman are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Ain Saadeh, a predominantly Christian town east of Beirut, Lebanon.
The Houthis launch several long-range drones from Yemen at Eilat, Israel, in a coordinated attack with Hezbollah and Iran.
The Israeli military claims to have attacked Mehrabad International Airport as well as two smaller airfields, destroying dozens of Iranian aircraft and helicopters in the process.
Reports indicate that explosions and attacks occurred early this morning at a military compound in northern Iran and in Khorramshahr.
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military is attacking Iran's most important petrochemical plant in Assaluyeh, causing severe damage.
Four people are killed, seven are injured and others are reported missing in a Israeli–U.S. airstrike on a residential area in eastern Tehran, Iran.
At least 13 people are killed in an airstrike on a residential building near Eslamshahr, Tehran Province, Iran.
The mosque and filling station at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, are damaged in an airstrike, causing a gas outage in the neighbourhood.
The first vessel from Malaysia passes through the Strait of Hormuz after talks between Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian aimed at securing clearance for 7 stranded Malaysian vessels in the waterway.
Four bodies are found during a search and rescue operation in a house in Haifa that had been destroyed by an Iranian missile.
An Iranian missile strike hits 15 areas in Israel. A woman is seriously injured in Petah Tikva, while two other people are injured in Tel Aviv. In Haifa, four people are also slightly injured by a cluster bomb.
Iran delivers its response to the United States via Pakistan, rejecting a temporary ceasefire and listing its own 10-point demands, which include a solution to all regional conflicts, lifting of sanctions, reconstruction, and a protocol to re-open the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. president Donald Trump says that Vance, Witkoff, and senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner are talking to intermediaries in Pakistan on ending the war. He also calls the Iran proposal a "significant step" ahead of his Tuesday deadline.
Pakistan proposes a ceasefire plan received by Iran and the United States, reportedly dubbed the Islamabad Accord, which calls for an immediate halt to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a 15–20 day period of negotiations between Iran and the U.S. This comes following reported talks between Pakistani army staff chief Asim Munir, U.S. vice president JD Vance, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. The Pakistani foreign ministry says that talks between Iran and the U.S. are ongoing.
The Bahraini military announces that it has intercepted 188 missiles and 468 drones from Iran since the start of the war.
The Kuwaiti military responds to 14 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 46 drones from Iran in Kuwaiti airspace.
The United Arab Emirates is targeted by 12 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 19 drones from Iran.
Debris from a missile defense system falls on a Raneen Systems building in Mussafah, injuring a Ghanaian citizen.
Iraqi security sources say that two people are killed after an Iranian drone strike in the Darashakran District of the Erbil Governorate.