Military operations across Nigeria’s regions freed kidnapping victims, including two NDLEA personnel in Zamfara, and led to multiple arrests and seizures in the last 24 hours.
Riyadh is reported to be urging Washington to end a blockade around the Strait of Hormuz amid fears that the disruption could spread across other shipping routes.
Anglophone separatist groups said they would halt hostilities ahead of the pope’s arrival, in a rare de-escalation for Cameroon’s northwest and southwest regions.
The Israeli army said engineering units found and destroyed four tunnel routes over the weekend, describing them as containing living quarters and weapons.
Pakistan’s prime minister is heading to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey as Islamabad tries to keep diplomacy alive around a second round of US-Iran talks.
The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin's offer to take in Iran's enriched uranium remains on the table after weekend talks between Iran and the United States failed to produce a deal.
Bahrain says it has protested to Baghdad over “continued malicious drone attacks,” joining a regional wave of pressure on Iraq to stop launches from its territory.
Shehbaz Sharif said the ceasefire between the United States and Iran was still holding, even though the Islamabad talks ended without a final agreement.
Airstrikes and shelling hit multiple towns in southern Lebanon as Israel said it was close to taking Bint Jbeil and officials prepared for talks in Washington.
The military says it has encircled the south Lebanese town and claims major gains there, even as strikes elsewhere in the country killed at least six people.
A gang attack in southern Haiti killed at least seven people and set a police station on fire, prompting urgent calls for central government intervention as violence spreads beyond the capital.
Talks in Islamabad ended without agreement after disputes over Lebanon, the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear program, according to regional sources.
After a day of negotiations in Islamabad, JD Vance said the U.S. and Iranian delegations left without an agreement and that Washington had presented its final offer.
On April 12, 2026, the Israeli military said a strike in central Gaza killed several Hamas operatives, including a Nukhba commander accused of helping kidnap hostages during the October 7 attacks.