Portal:Current events/2026 April 6

April 6, 2026 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
  - 2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Iraq
      - Iraqi security sources say that two people are killed after an Iranian drone strike in the Darashakran District of the Erbil Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
      - Debris from a missile defense system falls on a Raneen Systems building in Mussafah, injuring a Ghanaian citizen. (The Times of Israel)
      - The United Arab Emirates is targeted by 12 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 19 drones from Iran. (Al Jazeera)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait
      - Iran claims to be targeting U.S. satellite equipment and ammunition on Bubiyan Island using drones. (Reuters)
      - The Kuwaiti military responds to 14 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 46 drones from Iran in Kuwaiti airspace. (Al Jazeera)
      - Fifteen Americans are wounded in an overnight Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base. (CBC News)
    - 2026 Iranian strikes on Bahrain
      - The Bahraini military announces that it has intercepted 188 missiles and 468 drones from Iran since the start of the war. (Middle East Eye)
  - 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
    - Pakistan in the 2026 Iran war
      - Pakistan proposes a ceasefire plan received by Iran and the United States, reportedly dubbed the Islamabad Accord, which calls for an immediate halt to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a 15–20 day period of negotiations between Iran and the U.S. This comes following reported talks between Pakistani army staff chief Asim Munir, U.S. vice president JD Vance, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. The Pakistani foreign ministry says that talks between Iran and the U.S. are ongoing. (Arab News) (Reuters)
      - U.S. president Donald Trump says that Vance, Witkoff, and senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner are talking to intermediaries in Pakistan on ending the war. He also calls the Iran proposal a "significant step" ahead of his Tuesday deadline. (AA) (NBC News)
      - Iran delivers its response to the United States via Pakistan, rejecting a temporary ceasefire and listing its own 10-point demands, which include a solution to all regional conflicts, lifting of sanctions, reconstruction, and a protocol to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. (Al Jazeera) (Moneycontrol)
  - 2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
    - An Iranian missile strike hits 15 areas in Israel. A woman is seriously injured in Petah Tikva, while two other people are injured in Tel Aviv. In Haifa, four people are also slightly injured by a cluster bomb. (Ynet) (The Times of Israel)
    - Four bodies are found during a search and rescue operation in a house in Haifa that had been destroyed by an Iranian missile. (The Times of Israel)
  - 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    - The first vessel from Malaysia passes through the Strait of Hormuz after talks between Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian aimed at securing clearance for 7 stranded Malaysian vessels in the waterway. (Daily Express Malaysia)
    - Fars News Agency reports that Iran has allowed 15 vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz. (Kurdistan24)
  - The mosque and filling station at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, are damaged in an airstrike, causing a gas outage in the neighbourhood. (Al Jazeera)
  - At least 13 people are killed in an airstrike on a residential building near Eslamshahr, Tehran Province, Iran. (WBAL-TV)
  - Explosions, likely from airstrikes, are reported in the South Pars gas field, in southern Iran. (Al Jazeera)
  - Four people are killed, seven are injured and others are reported missing in a Israeli–U.S. airstrike on a residential area in eastern Tehran, Iran. (Al Jazeera)
  - Israel claims to have killed Asghar Bakri, the commander of Unit 840 of the Quds Force. (Iran International)
  - Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military is attacking Iran's most important petrochemical plant in Assaluyeh, causing severe damage. (Iran International)
  - Strikes hit a petrochemical complex in Marvdasht, Fars province, Iran, causing a fire. (AFP via Dawn)
  - Majid Khademi, head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection, is killed in an American–Israeli airstrike. (Iran International)
  - Nighttime attacks on Bandar Lengeh and Kong, Iran, kill six people and injured 17 others. (AP)
  - Reports indicate that explosions and attacks occurred early this morning at a military compound in northern Iran and in Khorramshahr. (Iran International)
  - The Israeli military claims to have attacked Mehrabad International Airport as well as two smaller airfields, destroying dozens of Iranian aircraft and helicopters in the process. (The Times of Israel)
- Red Sea crisis
  - 2026 Houthi strikes on Israel
    - The Houthis launch several long-range drones from Yemen at Eilat, Israel, in a coordinated attack with Hezbollah and Iran. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Lebanon war
  - Christian anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces Party official Pierre Mouawad, his wife, and another woman are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Ain Saadeh, a predominantly Christian town east of Beirut, Lebanon. (The Guardian)(Al Jazeera)
  - Multiple people are killed by Israeli attacks in towns across southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  - The Israeli military orders the evacuation of the southern suburbs of Beirut because Israel will strike "Hezbollah infrastructure". (Al Jazeera)
  - The Lebanese government reports that there are 1.2 million displaced people in Lebanon due to the war. (Al Jazeera)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war, Odesa strikes
  - A Russian drone strike kills three civilians in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, including a woman and her 2-year-old daughter. (Reuters)
- Foreign involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war
  - Cameroon says Russia has confirmed that 16 Cameroonian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces. Cameroon's foreign ministry says "necessary arrangements" had been made to contact the families of the deceased soldiers. (AP)
Sudanese civil war
- Kordofan campaign
  - Sudanese Army says that it has reopened the road linking Dilling, South Kordofan and North Kordofan following battles between the Rapid Support Forces and SPLM-N. (Sudan Tribune)
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
- Afghan forces says that they have captured a border post during clashes with Pakistani troops in Khost Province. (Khaama Press)
- One child is killed and three others are injured after a piece of unexploded ordnance detonated in Khost Province, Afghanistan. (KabulNow)

Business and economy

Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- AirAsia says that it plans to open a hub in Bahrain despite the Iran war. (Al-Monitor)

Disasters and accidents

The Afghani National Disaster Management Authority says that the total number of deaths from recent natural disasters in Afghanistan has risen to 110. (KabulNow)
One person is killed and four people are injured after a tanker explodes on the Bridge of the Americas near the Panama Canal. (Straits Times)

International relations

Iran–Japan relations, Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
- Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi says that her government is planning to hold summit talks with Iran amidst the Iran war. (Mainichi)

Law and crime

Crime in Mexico
- Canadian mining company Vizla Silver confirms nine of the ten workers abducted from a silver mine in Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico, in late January, are dead. (Reuters)
Corruption in Russia
- A court in Kursk Oblast, Russia, sentences former governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison for defrauding the government by embezzling public funds intended for building fortifications along the Russia–Ukraine border. (Bloomberg)
The Philippine National Police announces the detention of four of its officers and the relief of two commanders in relation to the April 3 shootout in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, where two police officers and a personnel of the Bureau of Corrections were killed. (PNA) (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (The Philippine Star)

Politics and elections

Protests against the 2026 Iran war
- Left-wing activists protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in Iran. (Middle East Eye)

Science and technology

Artemis program
- NASA's Artemis II spacecraft carrying four astronauts breaks the record for furthest distance humans have ever travelled from Earth surpassing the previous 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) record set by Apollo 13 in April 1970. (AP)

Sports

2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- In college basketball, the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team beats UConn, 69–63, to win the national championship. Michigan also becomes the first team to beat UConn past the Sweet 16 or later since Michigan State in the 2009 tournament. (AFP via SportsDesk) (ESPN)