The Supreme National Security Council says that negotiations between the United States and Iran will start on Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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April 8, 2026 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces on social media that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon.
Thailand confirms the three crewmen on a vessel that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz in March have died.
After the ceasefire took hold, Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.
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.
Hundreds of people are killed and injured in a wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, including in southern Lebanon, Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley.
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.
The Israel Defense Forces says that it has halted strikes against Iran, but state that they will continue fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Masoud Pezeshkian says the ceasefire with the United States was broken as Lavan and Siri islands were bombed.
Iranian media says that Iran paused Hormuz traffic over Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Business and economy
Oil prices plunge below $95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surges past 1,000 after the ceasefire announcement.
Law and crime
Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to the Gilgo Beach serial killings, which occurred between 1993 and 2010.
Politics and elections
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.
April 7, 2026 (Tuesday)
4.7 minutes to read
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.
Three people are killed and several are injured by an Israeli airstrike in Maarakah, Tyre District, Lebanon.
One person is killed by an Israeli drone strike in Deir ez-Zahrani, Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
One person is killed by an Israeli strike in Zebdin, Nabatieh District, Lebanon.
The Israeli military says that 36 soldiers were injured over the past two days, bringing the total casualties to 411.
U.S. and Israeli warplanes strike Iranian military targets on Kharg Island that results in several massive explosions.
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.
An Iranian ballistic missile strikes a Thuraya building in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, injuring two Pakistani nationals.
The semi-official Mehr News Agency reports that a suspected Israeli–U.S. missile struck a synagogue in central Tehran.
Israel deploys the 98th Division to southern Lebanon, raising the force there to five divisions.
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".
At least five people are killed after a rocket fired from Kuwait landed in Basra, southern Iraq.
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).
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.
It is reported that U.S. Vice President JD Vance would serve as the U.S. interlocutor in ceasefire talks.
Four people are injured by falling debris in Muraikh, Qatar, after the Qatari military intercepts Iranian missiles.
At least 35 people are killed in airstrikes across Iran.
Trump tells Fox News that the U.S. is in "heated negotiations" with Iran after being briefed about the proposal.
Vance says that the war in Iran will conclude "very shortly", claiming that the U.S. military has achieved all objectives.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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 [the] U.S. are not closed".
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.
Kata'ib Hezbollah announces the release of American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad on March 31. The group's condition for Kittleson's freedom is her departure from Iraq.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has struck bridges and railways in Iran allegedly used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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.
Disasters and accidents
A TGV train collides with a military lorry on a level crossing at NĹ“ux-les-Mines, France. The train driver is killed and 27 people are wounded.
Three people are killed and another is reported missing after a scaffolding collapse at a steel plant in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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.
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.
The death toll from natural disasters, including heavy rain, storms and floods, rises to 188 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
International relations
Cuban president and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel DĂaz-Canel warns the United States that his forces will wage a guerrilla warfare campaign if the U.S. military invades and occupies the country.
At the invitation of paramount leader Xi Jinping, Kuomintang chairperson Cheng Li-wun begins the first visit to China by a Taiwanese opposition leader since 2016.
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.
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.
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.
A protest is held outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., after the ceasefire announcement, calling for President Trump's removal from office and accusing him of war crimes.
Human chain protests are held across bridge and power plant structures in Iran to protest against Trump's threats against civilian infrastructure.
Citizens in Ilam, Iran, form a human chain protest against Trump's threats against key infrastructure in the country.
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