April 27, 2026

U.S., ISRAEL, IRAN WAR | Day 59.

• Citing a lack of progress in negotiations, U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled the appearance of envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at U.S.-Iran peace talks that were expected to take place in Pakistan over the weekend. Trump later suggested talks could take place by phone instead. [more]
• Reports say Iran, in a new proposal to the U.S., has offered to end its restrictions on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. endings its blockade of Iranian ships and ports in the strategic waterway and suggests that active hostilities be permanently ended without addressing the issue of Iran's nuclear program. [more]
• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Russia today for a scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a video interview posted by Iranian state media, Araghchi said the meeting is a "good opportunity for us to consult with our Russian friends about the developments that have occurred in relation to the war during this period and what is happening now." [more]
• Amidst accusations by both Israel and the Hezbollah militant group of the other having violated the fragile Israel-Lebanon cease-fire, Lebanese health officials say at least 14 people were killed, and 37 others were wounded, yesterday in Israeli strikes on several towns in southern Lebanon. [more]

UKRAINE | Today is day 1,521 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is your update:

• Ukrainian officials say at least nine people were killed over the weekend in Russian drone and missile strikes on the city of Dnipro and five others were killed in Russian attacks on a village in the Luhansk region. Russian authorities, meanwhile, say one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod border region and one other was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the port city of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea. [more]

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY | The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner – the first attended by President Donald Trump while in office – was evacuated Saturday night after a gunman rushed a security checkpoint outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton. The gunman, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was apprehended by Secret Service agents and is expected to be arraigned on firearms-related charges today. In a manifesto written in the lead-up to the incident, Allen expressed his dissatisfaction with U.S. government policies and actions. [more]

U.S. DRUG WAR | The U.S. military's Southern Command says three people were killed yesterday in the latest military attack on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Reports note that at least 186 people have been killed in similar U.S. military strikes on boats since last September. [more]

GEORGIA | Emergency officials say the Highway 82 fire and the Clinch and Echols counties fire in Georgia have burned about 31 and 46 square miles, respectively, and were both less than 10% contained as of early yesterday. [more]

CHICAGO | Authorities in Chicago, Illinois, say one police officer was killed, and a second was critically wounded, Saturday when a man arrested on suspicion of robbery was taken to the city's Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital for observation, somehow obtained a gun, and fired on the officers. The yet-unidentified suspect was captured by police after fleeing the hospital. [more]

U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE | The Justice Department announced Friday that it was ending its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and the extensive renovations of the Fed's headquarters building in Washington, DC. Reports note that terminating the investigation clears a key roadblock in the Senate's confirmation of Kevin Warsh, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to replace Powell. [more]

SOUTH CAROLINA | Health officials in South Carolina have declared the state's measles outbreak to be over after no new cases of the disease were reported in the state for more than 40 days. The South Carolina Department of Public Health says 997 people were sickened during the six-month outbreak, with 932 cases occurring in people who had never been vaccinated against the disease. [more]

U.S. AND U.K. | Britain's King Charles II is scheduled to arrive in Washington, DC, today, beginning a four-day state visit intended to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary. The visit comes amidst relations between the U.S. and U.K. being strained over issues including trans-Atlantic trade and security and the war in Iran. [more]

U.S. AND MEXICO | Mexico’s Ministry of Security said Saturday that two U.S. Central Intelligence Agency agents killed in a car crash last week in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua were not authorized to operate in Mexico. [more]

COLOMBIA | Authorities say 20 people were killed, and 36 others were wounded, Saturday when a bomb exploded on a bus traveling along the Pan-American Highway in Colombia's municipality of Cajibio. Colombian military officials have blamed the attack on former members of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia militant group. [more]

MALI | Defense Minister General Sadio Camara was among the dozens of people reported to have been killed or wounded Saturday in a series of coordinated attacks carried out by separatist forces and al-Qaida-linked militants across the West African nation of Mali. [more]

NORTHERN IRELAND | Police say yet-unidentified attackers carried out a car-bomb attack Saturday night outside a police station in the Belfast suburb of Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. Authorities have suggested the attack was an attempt to undermine the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which brought relative peace to the region after decades of violence between groups for and against British rule. [more]

ISRAEL | Former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced yesterday that they would join forces in a coalition headed by Bennett to unseat long-time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's elections scheduled for later this year. [more]

CHAD | Authorities in eastern Chad say at least 42 people were killed, and 10 others were wounded, Saturday in clashes over water resources between members of two extended families in the village of Igote. Deputy Prime Minister Limane Mahamat said a "swift response" by the military prevented the violence from expanding further and that the situation was now "under control." [more]

SOMALIA | British maritime officials have raised the threat level to shipping in the region to "substantial" after pirates sized a cargo ship yesterday off the coast of Somalia – the fourth such attack in less than a week. [more]

MARATHON RUNNING | Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds yesterday, bettering the previous men’s world record by 65 seconds and becoming the first runner to ever finish an official 26.2-mile marathon in less than two hours. [more]

GOLF | Nelly Korda shot a final-round 2-under-par 70 yesterday to win The Chevron Championship at Houston's Memorial Park and claim her third women's major championship title. [more]

WEEKEND MOVIES | "Michael" topped the North American box office over the weekend with an estimated $97 million in receipts, followed by "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" and "Project Hail Mary." [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines as he attempted to expand Spanish colonization in the region. [more history]