April 26th, 2026

• ​Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner's trip to Islamabad for 'time-wasting' Iran talks - US president claims Iran submitted a better but not good enough proposal minutes after he canceled his negotiators' trip; Iran's FM departs Pakistan after meeting local leaders
• Trump cancels Witkoff, Kushner's Pakistan trip for Iran negotiations: 'We have all the cards'
• Turkey signals willingness to help secure Strait of Hormuz with de-mining effort - Ankara has positioned itself as a regional mediator, offering technical support to clear naval mines pending a US-Iran agreement
  
  US turns to drones after retiring minesweepers to reopen Strait of Hormuz amid Iran crisis - Analyst says the Navy is at a 'nadir' of mine-sweeping capacity as it transitions to unmanned systems
  Von der Leyen Proposes Strategic Energy Corridor to Bypass Strait of Hormuz - The European Commission president urged Gulf nations to fast-track the IMEC corridor and diversify export routes to ensure global energy security is no longer "held hostage" by regional conflicts
  The Billion-Barrel Hormuz Oil Shock Is About to Crash Demand - Traders are now sounding the alarm that a harsh adjustment is coming
  Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known
  Saudi Arabia pushes back on US effort to broker Netanyahu-Aoun meeting
  Hezbollah lawmaker calls on Lebanon to 'withdraw' from talks 'with the Zionist enemy'
  Lebanese Ask, 'What Cease-Fire?' as Violence Simmers in the South - The fragile truce in Lebanon was extended after talks in Washington this week but has come under threat as Israel and Hezbollah have traded attacks
  PM instructs IDF to strike Hezbollah targets 'with force' after repeated truce violations
  Netanyahu orders army to 'vigorously attack' Hezbollah in Lebanon
  The Gaza playbook: Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli destruction in Lebanon
  Key suspect in notorious Tadamon massacre during Syria civil war arrested
  
  'Butcher of Tadamon' arrested over notorious Syrian massacre - Residents who lived in fear take to streets to celebrate capture of man accused of atrocities on 'Execution Road'
  Russia and Ukraine are fighting a proxy war in the Middle East
  The Killer Robots Are Coming. The Battlefield Will Never Look the Same. Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm's way
  Ukrainian strikes have wiped $25.5 billion off Russia's war machine, Syrskyi says - Ukrainian drones now kill Russian troops faster than Moscow can replace them - for four months running, Syrskyi says
  This Ukrainian company is upgrading its battlefield robots like smartphones. Here's how it's chasing the edge in combat.
  EU approves a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto
  Europe Prepares for a Longer War in Ukraine, With No Strategy to End It - With American dealmakers wrapped up with Iran, neither Russia nor Ukraine has a clear path to victory - or toward a negotiated peace
  China's PLA Navy Expands Operations Meant to Intimidate Japan and the Philippines
  Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks across Mali, army says - Capital Bamako and several other locations hit in an apparently coordinated assult involving multiple groups
  
  Jihadist and Tuareg rebels claim attacks across Mali
  Highway bombing in Colombia kills at least 14 amid a 'wave' of attacks
  Jesse Kelly on the Massive Fraud in California Perpetuated by Democrats - "The Democrat Party Exists on Fraud, Foreigners and Cheating in Elections"
  Trump Says the 2020 Election Should Be 'Permanently Wiped from the Books' if SPLC is Convicted for Massive Fraud Scam
  Trump evacuated after gunshots heard at White House Correspondents' Dinner
  Suspect charges security checkpoint in White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident
  Trump Confirms a Secret Service Agent Was Shot at White House Correspondents' Dinner
  Trump safely evacuated, shooter apprehended during White House correspondent's dinner
  Trump dodges another gunman, unbowed but grounded: 'Not going to deter me'
  Trump rushed from same hotel where Reagan assassination attempt unfolded in 1981
  Trump condemns Correspondents Dinner shooter, says WH ballroom needed
  Correspondents' dinner chaos hits high-profile guests already marked by political violence - Trump said in his first remarks that those who 'make the biggest impact' are the ones shooters 'go after'
  California Engineer Identified in Suspected Shooting at White House Correspondents Dinner
  WHCD Shooter Identified as Cole Allen, a 30-Year-Old Former 'Teacher of the Month' from California
  DC Police: WHCD Shooter Was Registered Hotel Guest Armed with Shotgun, Handgun, and Multiple Knives
  Secret Service in line of fire at WHCA shooting still unpaid due to Dem-led shutdown - Senate Democrats declined to fund DHS through regular appropriations, triggering a lapse now stretching beyond 60 days
  How the AI-driven data center boom is leading to skyrocketing energy bills for many Americans
  Air Force Veteran Died in an 'Accidental' Drug Overdose Just Months After Agreeing to Testify Before Congress About Secret Government UFO Crash Retrieval Programs
  5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Khovd, Mongolia
  5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
  5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Paracas, Peru
  Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
  Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 20,000ft
  Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
  Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
  Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
  Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
  Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
  Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupt to 11,000ft
  Unseasonably strong hurricane-force low approaches Aleutians and Bering Sea, Alaska
  Possible tornado kills one in Runaway Bay, damages homes and sends at least six people to hospitals, Texas
  More than 3,000 residents evacuated as wildfires spread toward town in Iwate, Japan
  Major Georgia wildfires destroy 143 structures amid severe drought
  America's real crisis is biblical illiteracy: A civilizational problem
  One Police Officer Dead, Another Officer Injured After Naked Suspect Opens Fire at Hospital in Chicago
  Detroit Thieves Destroy 75 Fire Hydrants in Just 48 Hours, Stealing $600 Metal Parts and Leaving Firefighters Without Water for Emergencies
  DHS says Biden could have deported illegal alien 'cannibal' who attacked Texas 3-year-old, but didn't - "This barbaric assault against this woman and her 3-year-old child in a park was completely preventable."
  Biden Admin Let Illegal Alien Cannibal Stay in U.S. After Previous Felony Assault Deemed 'Not Egregious Enough,' Now He Tried to Eat Three-Year-Old Girl's Face in Texas Park
  Illegal Aliens Can Never Get Citizenship, Says UK Spokesman on Immigration and National Security
  In Britain, 7 Unelected Lords Help Block an Assisted Dying Bill - A small group in the House of Lords proposed hundreds of amendments that helped stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill