The people of 9 April

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.

Conflict · 9 Apr

Indian oil and gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri visits Qatar to discuss the prioritization of energy exports, as the country is India's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.

World · 9 Apr

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved the ceasefire.

Conflict · 9 Apr · with Mojtaba Khamenei

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.

Conflict · 9 Apr

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.

Conflict · 9 Apr

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.

Conflict · 9 Apr

Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov meets with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana to discuss bilateral relations amid ongoing tensions between Cuba and the U.S. over energy and economic measures, and following the recent arrival of a Russian oil shipment to Cuba despite U.S. restrictions.

World · 9 Apr · with Miguel Díaz-Canel

Nepal issues an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba, for alleged money laundering.

Crime & Justice · 9 Apr · with Arzu Rana Deuba

Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi dies from injuries sustained during an Israeli–U.S. airstrike on his home on April 1.

Conflict · 9 Apr

Russian president Vladimir Putin declares a ceasefire for the weekend in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter.

Conflict · 9 Apr

United States deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau summons the ambassador of Iraq to protest the Iraqi government's failure to prevent militia attacks on American personnel.

World · 9 Apr