The people of 19 April

United States president Donald Trump says that negotiations with Iran will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 20, with a U.S. delegation led by vice president JD Vance and special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Conflict · 19 Apr · with JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner

Two Mexican officers and two Central Intelligence Agency agents are killed in a car crash in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. President Claudia Sheinbaum states her government is investigating "potential violations of national security", with their operation to reportedly destroy a clandestine drug lab not pre-approved by the federal government.

Conflict · 19 Apr

Bulgarians vote for 240 seats of the National Assembly in the nation's eighth election since April 2021. Former president Rumen Radev leads the soft eurosceptic Progressive Bulgaria coalition, the frontrunner of the election according to opinion polls.

Politics · 19 Apr

Argentine president Javier Milei and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announce the launching of the Isaac Accords to foster cooperation between Israel and the Western Hemisphere.

World · 19 Apr · with Benjamin Netanyahu

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain announces that Bahraini nationality law will be reassessed so that actions can be taken against anyone who provided assistance to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, such as with espionage.

Crime & Justice · 19 Apr

First U.S. attorney Bill Essayli announces that an Iranian woman has been arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan.

Crime & Justice · 19 Apr