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Hegseth Before Congress: $25 Billion Spent, No End Date in Sight
The Iran war finally gets a price tag — $25 billion — as Hegseth faces his first congressional grilling, gets accused of lying, and drops a bombshell: North Korea is the real lesson.
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Iran proposes reopening Hormuz strait in exchange for end to US naval blockade
Iran has submitted a formal proposal: reopen the Strait of Hormuz if Washington lifts its naval blockade — while Trump declares Iran in 'state of collapse' and Merz accuses it of waging war without strategy.
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Kim Jong-un inaugurates a museum for North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
Pyongyang officially acknowledges the military engagement of its soldiers in Ukraine with a national museum and state funerals — Kim Jong-un calls their deaths a "sacred war" and reaffirms the Moscow-Pyongyang axis as an anti-Western bulwark.
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Iran-Strait of Hormuz: Tehran Plays Moscow Card While Trump Awaits a Phone Call
Facing military stalemate, Iran proposes reopening Hormuz in exchange for ending the U.S. blockade, while Foreign Minister Araghchi bypasses Pakistani mediation by visiting Putin. Trump responds that all Tehran needs to do is call. Europe grows impatient.
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Ukraine: War Turns to Robotics as Kim Jong-un Opens Museum for Moscow's Fallen Soldiers
Zelensky orders 50,000 autonomous ground vehicles, strikes 24 fuel tanks in Russia, and directs development of intermediate-range drones with Norway — while Pyongyang inaugurates a memorial for its soldiers killed in Ukraine, formalizing its war alliance with Moscow.
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White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: Cole Allen Targeted Trump and Cabinet Members
On April 26, 2026, an armed man attempted to force his way into the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, wounding a Secret Service agent and forcing Donald Trump and JD Vance to be evacuated. The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a California tutor with a Caltech background, sent a manifesto to his family ten minutes before the attack, identifying himself as the 'Friendly Federal Assassin.' Authorities determined he targeted Trump and members of his administration.
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Pakistan Steps In as Mediator Between the US and Iran — Then Trump Cancels His Envoys
A second round of US-Iran talks was supposed to take place in Islamabad, with Pakistan hosting both sides as a neutral broker. Donald Trump abruptly cancelled the trip of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, saying negotiations could happen by phone. Iran had already denied any direct meeting was planned. Pakistan's prime minister vowed to remain an 'honest and sincere facilitator.' The episode exposes the fractures in American diplomacy and the growing ambitions of Global South nations as conflict mediators.
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Palestinians Vote for First Time Since Gaza War: Single Gaza City, No Electricity, and Ballot Boxes Under Tents
Around one million Palestinians head to the polls for fragmented municipal elections — in Gaza, voting takes place by candlelight in the sole city not invaded by the Israeli military.
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DeepSeek V4 launches with 1.6 trillion parameters and Huawei backing: the AI war shifts
Beijing launches an open-source model that rivals GPT-5.4 — and Washington responds by accusing China of stealing its technology.
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ChatGPT targeted by unprecedented criminal investigation: 'If it were a person, we'd charge it with murder'
Florida launches criminal investigation into OpenAI after a student used ChatGPT to prepare a campus shooting — a global first.
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles amid Iran war: Pyongyang exploits global chaos
Pyongyang launches multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea, including a potential submarine-launched missile, while the world focuses on the Iran crisis. Japan protests, Seoul convenes emergency meeting.
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