April 4th, 2026

• ​US-Iran ceasefire talks reach standstill, say mediators - report
• Regional effort to broker ceasefire between US and Iran reportedly hits dead end
• An emboldened Iran is driving a hard bargain, officials say - Trump says the country's surviving leaders are more reasonable, but assassinations have left hard-liners in charge, officials say
• Iran Beefs Up Defenses, Recruits Children as It Prepares for Ground War
• Battle of the Decade: Floating hospitals, hovercrafts & drone lasers: Trump's force ready to land in Iran…& what regime has in store for them
• US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say
• U.S. fighter jet downed over Iran, one pilot rescued, official says
• US special forces enter Iran to rescue jet pilot as choppers hit
• Iran shoots down US jet; 1 pilot rescued, US races against Iran to find the second
• 2 U.S. planes are down and Iran hits Gulf refineries as the war wraps its 5th week
• Downed jets puncture Trump's and Hegseth's claims of air invulnerability
• Iran said restoring bombed missile bunkers within hours after being struck
• Iran's March 3 drone attack on US Embassy in Riyadh led to more damage than publicly revealed - report
• Interception debris falls on building in Dubai belonging to American firm IRGC vowed to target
• UAE's Biggest Gas Plant Forced Offline for Second Time Since War Began
• Israeli strikes on Iranian petrochemicals hub reported to wound five
• Trump's Mission Impossible for Allies: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz - European leaders say forcing the passageway open militarily is unrealistic and more likely to come about through international pressure
• Trump Says "A Little More Time" Would Allow the US to "OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE"
• Fuel rationing warning as 'all possibilities' studied in Iran war energy crisis - An energy official has warned that fuel rationing could be on the cards in Europe over the upheaval caused by the Iran war - as prices at the pumps in the UK stay high
• Iran hangs 18-year-old over protests in latest wartime execution: activists
• Iran Guards recruiting children as young as 12, putting them on front lines of war - The campaign called 'Homeland Defending Combatants for Iran' encourages minors to sign up through Basij bases in mosques
• 'War crime': Amnesty slams Iran's recruitment of children as young as 12 to Basij militia
• Artist files war crime case in Paris over Israeli strike that killed parents in Lebanon
• Iran, proxy militias threaten US universities in Lebanon as Americans urged to flee now
• IDF extends time reservists must serve this year, amid Iran and Hezbollah wars
• In Lebanon, displaced Shiites feared over potential Hezbollah ties amid IDF strikes
• Iran and Lebanon fire at northern Israel as IDF strikes Tehran and Beirut
• 3 UNIFIL peacekeepers hurt in south Lebanon blast; IDF blames Hezbollah rocket
• Hezbollah attacks damage homes in north; IDF said to destroy east Lebanon bridge
• Katz: 'Israel's Goal in Lebanon is to Disarm Hezbollah'
• IDF official says disarming Hezbollah unrealistic, not a goal of Lebanon operation - Military to present its buffer zone plan to political leadership; will involve razing border villages, setting up army posts in south Lebanon
• Netanyahu vows to continue crushing Iranian regime during security assessment - "Together with our American friends, we continue to crush the terror regime in Iran. We are eliminating commanders, bombing bridges, striking infrastructure," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
• Leadership of Israel's Arabs is calling for an end to the war - The Higher Follow-Up Committee for Israel's Arabs calls the military campaign against Iran an 'aggressive colonial war.'
• Hamas Wants Guarantees of Israeli Troop Withdrawal Before Disarmament talks, sources say
• Christians mark subdued Good Friday in Jerusalem, wider region amid Iran war - From Jerusalem to Dubai, wartime fears halt pilgrimages and force churches to cancel or livestream services during one of Christianity's holiest days
• Latin Patriarch holds limited prayers at Holy Sepulchre after Palm Sunday uproar - Jerusalem church akin to 'womb of peace' in a world 'being torn apart,' Cardinal Pizzaballa tells clergymen and staff permitted to attend Holy Thursday rites amid Iran war
• 'For such a time as this' - Faith leaders pray over Trump as Iran conflict escalates
• In call, Pope urges Herzog to pursue 'all paths of dialogue' to end Iran war
• With Mideast in conflict, Pope Leo criticizes those who invoke God for war
• Has the pope ever read the Bible?
• "Not Sponsored by the Lord" - Military Archbishop Broglio Declares Iran War Unjust
• Franklin Graham cites King David in response to papal war rebuke: 'God does take sides' - Former speaker of the Knesset takes issue with interpretation
• French Politician Is Charged With Glorifying Terrorism in Social Media Post - Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament, could face seven years in prison for the post, in which she quoted a perpetrator of a 1972 massacre in Israel
• Kanye West plays to packed LA stadium as he launches comeback from antisemitism controversies
• IDF tightens protocols as spy cases pile up in air defense corps
• Syrian President Al-Sharaa says normalization talks with Israel collapsed at final stage
• Drone strike on Sudan hospital kills 10, medical charity MSF says
• Burkina Faso must 'forget' about democracy, military leader says
• Russian army records almost no territorial gains for first time since 2023, analysis shows
• Macron Says Nations Should Stand Up To U.S. And China As Trump Feud Grows
• Under Mounting US Pressure, Cuba Sets Over 2,000 Prisoners Free
• 'This is a recalibration': Trump Cabinet worries no one is safe after Bondi and Noem firings
• Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster - Pam Bondi was ousted from her post as attorney general on Thursday, but Trump is said to be considering also removing others
• Acting AG Todd Blanche Breaks Silence After Bondi Ouster — Slams "Fake Narratives," Vows DOJ Reckoning on Lawfare, Fraud, and Foreign Influence
• Hegseth's wartime firing of top generals stuns officials: "It's insane"
• NY Post: Hegseth's 'paranoia' of being replaced explains purge of top general - as ally emerges for Army secretary's role
• Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs
• Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: 'We're fighting wars'
• House Republicans seek to fund ICE before passing Senate DHS bill, complicating plan to end shutdown
• Trump issues order declaring all DHS staff get paid amid partial shutdown - US president issues executive order as longest partial government shutdown in US history enters 49th day
• Trump unveils plan to privatize TSA in major shift at US airports
• Is America on the cusp of a farm crisis? Rising prices for fertilizer and diesel are driving up costs for farmers - squeezing an industry that's already under intense pressure
• Ro Khanna admits Dems will 'absolutely' impeach Trump if they retake the House - "The Democrats will impeach him once we take back the House, and should impeach him for all the things he's done. And depending on the Senate, he may face conviction."
• Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: How Ukraine Meddled In the U.S. Election
• China moves to regulate digital humans, bans addictive services for children
• Economists Once Dismissed the A.I. Job Threat, but Not Anymore
• Silicon Valley Is in a Frenzy Over Bots That Build Themselves - How close are we really to self-improving AI?
• Artemis II astronauts nearly halfway to the moon; NASA shares stunning photos from Orion spacecraft
• Impulsive M7.5 solar flare erupts from Earth-facing Region 4409, geomagnetic conditions remain elevated
• Strong geomagnetic storm may produce vivid northern lights as far south as Pennsylvania
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Bitung, Indonesia
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Jurm, Afghanistan
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Mid-Indian Ridge
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Rasht, Tajikistan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Attu Station, Alaska
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Bitung, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ercis, Turkey
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Hicks Bay, New Zealand
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 27,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 24,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 23,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 18,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 11,000ft
• Two fires break out in Southern California amid Santa Ana winds, triggering evacuations
• Trump says 'America needs God' in Good Friday message touting 'resurgence of religion' - Trump quoted John 3:16 and said church pews will be 'fuller, younger, and more faithful' this Easter
• 'It'd Be Better Not to Talk About it at All': Mamdani's Good Friday Message Draws Backlash from Christians
• Suspect Murders 70-Year-Old Florida Woman Walking Her Dog - Stabs Her More Than 16 Times in Unprovoked Attack
• Florida Dem Nancy Bowen's husband charged with her murder in brutal shotgun killing - confessed to uncle he 'couldn't take it anymore'
• Illegal immigrant accused of murdering wife in Texas just weeks after marriage, ICE fights release
• Illegal immigrants charged in 75% of this year's murders in Fairfax County, VA: DHS
• Female Anchor Baby of Two Chinese Illegal Aliens Busted on Terrorism Charges While Brother Remains At Large - Parents in ICE Custody
• Meloni's cabinet rocked by affair scandal - Second minister caught up in romance with younger online influencer as Italian PM recovers from bruising referendum defeat
• Dem Maine Senate candidate with Nazi tattoo called Jesus a 'zombie,' Mary a 'skank'
• Don Lemon Teases His Presidential Run Depends on God, Who He Insists is Female: 'If She Gives Me a Sign'
• Michigan Democrat Rep. Karen Whitsett Quits Politics, Blasts the Left's Radical Abortion and LGBTQ Agenda, Says Party is 'Incompatible with My Christian Faith'
• LGBTQ Americans Seeking Asylum in the Netherlands Are Being Rejected
• 'Betrayal': Pro-life leaders react to Trump admin. extending Title X funding to Planned Parenthood
• White House Fraud Task Force Uncovers 221 Fraudulent Hospice and Healthcare Providers in California as "Operation Never Say Die" Begins - Trump Responds
• Tiger Woods And America's Addiction To Excuses - What used to be called a bad decision now gets reframed as a struggle
• Unregulated drugs are turning vain men and women into human guinea pigs
• Big Pharma Giants Pfizer and BioNTech Forced to Shut Down COVID-19 Booster Shot Trials After Americans Refuse to Be Guinea Pigs