Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
After pressure from the United States, Israel agrees to hold direct talks with Lebanon in Washington, D.C., but refuses to observe the Iran war ceasefire in Lebanon. (Axios) (AA)
German chancellor Friedrich Merz announces that Germany will resume direct negotiations with Iran to support a ceasefire between Iran and the U.S., with talks planned in Islamabad, Pakistan, involving a German delegation. (Xinhua)
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved the ceasefire. (The Times of Israel)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
The Bahraini military intercepts seven drones from Iran. (AA)
2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
The Kuwaiti military reports that drones attacked several vital facilities and caused significant damage to a national guard base. (AA)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announces alternative routes for ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, citing risks of sea mines in the main shipping channel. (AFP via Arab News)
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company CEO Sultan Al Jaber says that the strait is still not open because Iran has been restricting and controlling traffic. (CNBC)
Gabon-flagged oil tanker MSG crosses the Strait of Hormuz according to MarineTraffic, making it the first non-Iranian oil tanker to cross the waterway since the ceasefire was announced. (Gulf Today)
Iranian officials killed during the 2026 Iran war
Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi dies from injuries sustained during an Israeli–U.S. airstrike on his home on April 1. (Ynet)
Hezbollah launches rockets at the Israeli kibbutz of Manara, citing Israeli and American violations of the ceasefire linked to the Iran war. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
At least seven people are killed by a wave of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling across Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
The Israeli military says that it has killed Lebanese Resistance Brigades commanders Maher Qassem Hamdan and Ali Yusuf Harshi, personal secretary and nephew of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem. (The Jerusalem Post) (Reuters)
Hezbollah says that its fighters are engaged in "point-blank clashes" with Israeli troops in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
Lebanese authorities update the losses from the previous day's attacks to 303 killed and 1,150 injured. (AA)
Russo-Ukrainian war
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War says that Russia has returned 1,000 bodies of fallen individuals to Ukraine as part of repatriation efforts. (Interfax Ukraine)
Russian president Vladimir Putin declares a ceasefire for the weekend in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter. (AP)
Russia–United Kingdom relations, Russian sabotage operations in Europe
British defence secretary John Healey says three Russian Navy submarines engaged in covert operations against the UK in the North Sea near its undersea cables and says counter-measures are underway. (BBC News)
Sudanese civil war
The World Food Programme announces the return of its Sudan office in Khartoum for the first time in three years amidst a hunger crisis caused by the war. (Sudan Tribune) (Sudan Horizon)
The Sudan Founding Alliance says that over 56 civilians, including 17 children, are killed and 107 are injured in a Sudanese drone strike on a wedding celebration in Kutum, North Darfur, Sudan. (The Sudan Times)
Arts and culture
The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Western Wall, and other holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem reopen for the first time since the war with Iran started on February 28 after being closed by authorities due to security concerns. (Israel National News) (Middle East Eye) (The Times of Israel)