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Trump threatens Iran could be 'taken out' in one night, eying Iranian oil and tolls on Hormuz Strait

April 7, 2026 2026-04-07

​U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. military had used as many as 155 warplanes to rescue the second airman in Iran and was forced to destroy some cargo planes that got stuck.
April 7, 2026 2026-04-07
​The crew of the Artemis II mission on Monday broke the record for the farthest distance from Earth ever traveled by humans, surpassing the milestone achieved by Apollo 13 in April 1970, according to NASA.
April 7, 2026 2026-04-07
​Iran has rejected a U.S.-proposed 15-point peace plan, calling instead for a permanent end to the conflict, the official news agency IRNA reported Monday.
April 7, 2026 2026-04-07
​Thailand's new coalition government led by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was sworn into office on Monday evening, following a royal endorsement last week.
April 7, 2026 2026-04-07
​Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Monday that the country's air force attacked Iran's largest petrochemical facility in Assaluyeh County in the southern Bushehr province.
April 7, 2026 2026-04-07
Pakistan's Foreign Office on Monday said that diplomatic efforts for de-escalation and peace regarding tensions in the Middle East are "ongoing," according to official Pakistan TV.
April 7, 2026 2026-04-07
​Senior figures from several Japanese opposition parties joined thousands of citizens outside the bustling Ikebukuro station in Tokyo on Sunday evening to protest the government's dangerous push to ease restrictions on arms exports and advance sweeping military expansion, voicing concern about the country's future path.
April 7, 2026 2026-04-07
China is willing to continue working with Russia within the framework of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, maintain timely communication on major issues, and make joint efforts to help de-escalate the situation in the Middle East, safeguard regional peace and stability, and uphold common security for the world, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.
April 6, 2026 2026-04-06
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, on Sunday decided to increase oil output by 206,000 barrels per day in May, according to an OPEC statement.
April 6, 2026 2026-04-06
U.S. President Donald Trump posted "Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time!" on social media on Sunday, a message that appeared to signal a possible extension of the deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
April 6, 2026 2026-04-06
​A top Iranian commander warned that any U.S. or Israeli strike on Iran's infrastructure would be met with "devastating and continuous" attacks on all U.S. military assets in West Asia and Israeli infrastructure, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
April 5, 2026 2026-04-05
​At the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, speaker of the Portuguese Parliament Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco will lead a delegation to visit China from April 7 to 11.
April 5, 2026 2026-04-05
​Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun the main phase of evacuating staff from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said Saturday.
April 5, 2026 2026-04-05
​An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Northern Territory, Australia at 1826 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
April 5, 2026 2026-04-05
​China and Tanzania on Saturday jointly commemorated Chinese experts who sacrificed their lives during the construction of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA), marking 50 years since the railway's commercial operations began.
April 4, 2026 2026-04-04
​Iran has rejected a U.S. proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday.
April 4, 2026 2026-04-04
​The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Monday countermeasures against Keiji Furuya, a member of Japan's House of Representatives, for his egregious moves, including collusion with "Taiwan independence" separatist forces for provocative moves.
April 4, 2026 2026-04-04
​High-quality development within the Belt and Road Initiative is aimed at fostering a green, fair and open global economy, a Kyrgyz scholar has said.
April 4, 2026 2026-04-04
​Debris from an aerial interception hit the Oracle building in Dubai Internet City, with no injuries reported, the Dubai Media Office said on Saturday.
April 4, 2026 2026-04-04
​Hamas on Friday called for the start of work of a transitional Palestinian administrative committee to manage the Gaza Strip and implement the provisions of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.
April 4, 2026 2026-04-04
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