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26.04.2026 19:40 The Navy will commission the 26th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Idaho , during an 11 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, April 25, at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut.

26.04.2026 19:40 Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the wartorn enclave's people, the UN health agency said on Friday, while demining experts warned that they've "barely scratched the surface" in assessing the level of contamination of unexploded ordnance.

26.04.2026 19:40 A growing share of global hunger is becoming entrenched in a small group of conflict-hit countries, with two-thirds of people facing acute food insecurity concentrated in just 10 nations, a major international report backed by UN agencies warns.

26.04.2026 19:40 Southeast Asian leaders are unlikely to resolve long-standing disputes in the South China Sea at next month's ASEAN Summit, but they could make "incremental progress" towards a Code of Conduct, or COC, aimed at managing tensions there, analysts told Radio Free Asia.

26.04.2026 19:40 Beijing has placed seven companies in the European Union on an export control list, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on April 24.

26.04.2026 19:40 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford released the following statement on the introduction of language to reauthorize the critical national security tool, which allows the United States to gather intelligence on foreign targets outside the United States

26.04.2026 19:40 A Polish national was sentenced in Nevada after investigators said he unlawfully photographed and recorded U.S. military installations and equipment, drawing attention to the issue of unauthorized photography at sensitive military sites.

26.04.2026 19:40 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned China-based independent teapot refinery Hengli Petrochemical Refinery Co., Ltd. . China-based independent teapot refineries continue to play a vital role in sustaining Iran's oil economy, and Hengli is one of Iran's largest customers for crude oil and other petroleum products, having purchased billions of dollars' worth of Iranian petroleum. Additionally, OFAC is targeting approximately 40 shipping firms and vessels that operate as part of Iran's shadow fleet, whose transportation of petroleum and petrochemicals provides a financial lifeline to Iran's unstable regime.

26.04.2026 19:40 The United States will send a delegation to Pakistan this weekend for a new round of talks with Iranian officials, the White House said, as Washington tests whether a fragile cease-fire can translate into diplomatic progress.

26.04.2026 19:40 With tensions high and the prospects for a deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran uncertain, analysts say a "two-way street" of support from Russia and China is a crucial element of Tehran's ability to weather the effects of weeks of air attacks and keep its military machine running after severe losses.

26.04.2026 19:40 China has refuted a claim by US President Donald Trump that the Iranian ship seized by the United States in the Strait of Hormuz on April 19 was carrying a "gift from China."

26.04.2026 19:40 Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is facing serious medical complications after surviving an attack, leaving him awaiting a prosthetic leg and plastic surgery on his face, The New York Times reported on April 23.

26.04.2026 19:40 Senior leaders from the Department of War, U.S. government, and defense industry gathered at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, April 23, to provide an update about Golden Dome for America , the nation's initiative to build a next-generation missile defense shield to protect the Homeland.

26.04.2026 19:40 On the morning of Saturday, April 25, Russian forces resumed drone attacks against civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, near the river border with Romania, in Tulcea County.

26.04.2026 19:40 The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned in the strongest terms the attack on two northern land border posts of the State of Kuwait by two booby-trapped drones coming from the Republic of Iraq, in violation of the sovereignty and security of the State of Kuwait