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27.04.202511:41
Vancouver Police have announced that they are now confident last night’s ramming incident at the Filipino Lapu Lapu Festival, which resulted in at least 9 deaths, was not a terrorist attack. A 30-year-old Asian male from Vancouver, previously “known” to police for mental health reasons, remains in custody as the investigation into the incident continues.
26.04.202514:29
On his first international trip to the Indo-Pacific as Secretary of the Navy, John C. Phelan stopped yesterday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, during which he paid his respects at the USS Arizona Memorial.
26.04.202513:13
Israeli officials state that Israel was not behind this morning’s explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran, according to Channel 12.
26.04.202512:26
A massive cloud of smoke seen rising from the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran, following this morning’s explosion which according to Iranian sources is believed to have been caused by an out-of-control fire coming in contact with a single and/or several chemicals being improperly stored by Iranian Port Authorities. The chemicals which the fire came in contact with are believed to have either been a high-explosive fertilizer like ammonium nitrate and/or a compound used in the production of solid rocket fuel such as sodium perchlorate, both of which are known to come through the port of Bandar Abbas via China.
25.04.202519:41
Chuck Grassley, the Republican President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, has called on President Trump to place tougher sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating that there is “clear evidence that he is playing America as a patsy.”
25.04.202517:17
Following his tour of shipbuilding facilities across the United States over the last few weeks, Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan departed today from Washington, D.C. for his first international trip to the Indo-Pacific.
26.04.202518:40
Footage from a CCTV camera located at the port of Bandar Abbas, showing the resulting shockwave from this morning’s explosion in Southern Iran.
26.04.202514:22
Today’s third round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran in Oman, have now ended after nearly six hours, with them expected to continue next Saturday.
26.04.202512:50
Large parts of the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas have been entirely destroyed by this morning’s explosion on the shores of the Persian Gulf. Footage of the port shows a number of warehouses as well as other buildings having suffered significant damage, while firefighting and search-and-rescue operations continue.
26.04.202512:08
U.S. President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart from Rome aboard Air Force One, following today’s funeral for Pope Francis and the meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
25.04.202519:33
During his recent interview with Time Magazine, U.S. President Trump was asked if he was worried Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu might drag the United States into a war with Iran, to which he responded, “No - by the way, he may go into a war. But we’re not getting dragged in.” Prompting the interviewer to ask if the U.S. would stay out of a war if Israel starts it, with Trump then stating, “No, I didn’t say that. You asked if he’d drag me in, like I’d go in unwillingly. No, I may go in very willingly if we can't get a deal. If we don't make a deal, I'll be leading the pack.”
25.04.202517:07
George Santos, the disgraced former Republican representative for New York's 3rd congressional district, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud linked to fraudulent activity during the 2022 midterm election. Santos has been ordered to surrender to federal authorities by July 25th, where he is expected to serve at least 2 years of his more than 7 year sentence in prison. He has previously said that he will attempt to petition President Trump for a pardon.
26.04.202515:37
The death toll from today’s explosion and fire at the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran has now risen to 5, with at least 700 reported injuries. The number of dead is expected to significantly rise over the coming hours and days, though some bodies may have been severely mutilated or entirely vaporized by the blast, meaning they will take a while to identify.
26.04.202514:15
After meeting this morning at the Vatican with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald J. Trump states in a post on Truth Social that, “there was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days.” Before adding, “It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?”
26.04.202512:43
Following his meeting earlier today at the Vatican with U.S. President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended another one-on-one meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
26.04.202512:01
CCTV footage showing part of this morning’s explosion at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, for which the number of injuries has now surpassed 500.
25.04.202518:35
Following the removal of most of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s senior advisors recently, after several of them were accused of leaking information to the media; the Pentagon yesterday named a number of individuals who will now serve as senior advisors to the Secretary of Defense. These include Sean Parnell, who is already serving as Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman; Justin Fulcher, a former employee of DOGE who was working at the Pentagon; Patrick Weaver, previously a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; and finally Ricky Buria, a Marine Corps veteran who has became very close with Hegseth since the removal of Caldwell, Carroll and Selnick, previously working under Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
25.04.202516:19
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani attended the raising of the Free Syrian Flag today at the United Nations in New York City, with him later stating, “It wasn’t my hand alone that raised the flag; I was aided by 1 million martyrs and 15 million displaced persons and refugees who stood by me, and by the voices of the mothers of the martyrs and missing.”
26.04.202514:58
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met at the Vatican earlier with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, following his previous meetings today with Trump, Macron, and Starmer.
26.04.202514:07
The closest footage we have gotten so far of the moments leading up to this morning’s explosion at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Orange smoke, likely nitrogen dioxide, being produced by a fire interacting with a still unknown chemical can be seen right before the explosion occurs; chemical compounds that would produce such smoke as well as the blast include ammonium nitrate, nitrogen tetroxide and nitric acid, all of which are likely to have been stored at Bandar Abbas.
26.04.202512:34
Both the White House and Kyiv have now described this morning’s meeting in Rome between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “very productive” regarding ongoing negotiations, with several issues said to have been ironed out between the two leaders during their private face-to-face talk within the Vatican.
26.04.202511:56
Footage by a worker, showing the immediate aftermath of this morning’s explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran.
25.04.202517:39
Despite claims earlier today by U.S. President Donald J. Trump that he has been in contact with Chinese President Xi Jinping regarding trade negotiations, and that active talks were ongoing between China and the United States; the Chinese Foreign Ministry denies that such talks have taken place, with Spokesman Guo Jiakun adding, “China and the U.S. have not held consultations or negotiations on the issue of tariffs. The United States should not confuse the public.”
25.04.202515:58
On April 17th, Evgeny Ritikov, a lead designer for the “Krasukha” Ground-Based Electronic Warfare System utilized by the Russian Armed Forces, alongside the deputy head of the design agency for the Bryansk Electromechanical Plant, were killed when their car exploded within the city of Bryansk in Western Russia.
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