World News Digest — April 14, 2026

Every headline below links to its original source. No AI-generated claims.

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🔴 US-Iran Conflict (Day 46)

• Iran war: Trump says Tehran wants deal amid US blockade of Hormuz — Iran accuses US of piracy as thousands rally in Tehran against the blockade (Al Jazeera)

• Sanctioned tankers transit Strait of Hormuz despite US blockade — Chinese-owned tanker Rich Starry becomes the first sanctioned vessel to exit the Gulf (Al Jazeera)

• FAO warns of food ‘catastrophe’ if Strait of Hormuz disruption persists — Global agriculture highly exposed to waterway blockage, risking higher commodity prices and food inflation (Al Jazeera)

• UN urges ‘all parties’ to respect navigation in Strait of Hormuz — UN Secretary-General calls on all parties to respect freedom of navigation (Al Jazeera)

• Asia’s stock markets surge, oil falls on hopes for US-Iran talks — Relief for global markets after Trump says Iranian officials keen on a deal (Al Jazeera)

• Energy prices rise despite Jones Act suspension — Shipping costs up 10%+ in the past month due to the US-Israel war on Iran (Al Jazeera)

• US military kills two in strike on vessel in eastern Pacific — Death toll from US strikes on vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean reaches at least 170 since September (Al Jazeera)

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🌍 Middle East & North Africa

• Palestine weekly wrap: Ben Gvir says ‘master of the house’ as Al-Aqsa opens — Nine-year-old Ritaj Rihan among multiple Palestinians killed in ongoing Gaza attacks (Al Jazeera)

• Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon to pull out of Israel talks — Naim Qassem calls planned DC talks a ploy to pressure Hezbollah into disarming (Al Jazeera)

• Lebanon seeks peace, but Hezbollah needs to be convinced first — Government enters talks with limited influence over the group (BBC)

• UN experts slam attacks on Gaza shelters, forced displacement in West Bank — Panel details violence by Israeli forces and settlers against displaced Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

• Anti-war protesters arrested in New York — ~100 arrested in sit-in demanding end to US arms for Israel (Al Jazeera)

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🌏 Asia-Pacific

• Russia’s Lavrov visits China amid US pressure on Iran — China and Russia both vocal critics of the US-Israel war on Iran (Al Jazeera)

• China dismisses Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong — Sudden dismissal amid wave of removals in anticorruption campaign (Al Jazeera)

• Indonesia & US sign ‘major’ defence cooperation agreement — US reportedly seeking overflight access in Indonesia for military planes (Al Jazeera)

• Super Typhoon Sinlaku bears down on Guam — Weakening but still bringing dangerous conditions to the region (Al Jazeera)

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🇪🇺 Europe

• Hungary’s next PM would tell Putin to stop Ukraine war — Péter Magyar says Russia offered “pragmatic” relations but he won’t call Putin himself (BBC)

• Greek police using masked migrants for illegal pushbacks — Mercenaries recruited since at least 2020 for illegal migrant pushbacks (BBC)

• Sea of Azov: Ukraine’s loss but hardly Russia’s gain — Colossal steel plants along Ukraine’s coast are now unrestorable ruins (Al Jazeera)

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📌 Other

• Man charged with attempted murder of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — 20-year-old Texan faces potential life imprisonment after Molotov cocktail attack on SF residence (Al Jazeera)

• Three babies born into Sudan war every minute — Save the Children warns children born into conditions “no child should ever face” (Al Jazeera)

• Pakistan hospital caught reusing syringes amid child HIV outbreak — Undercover filming shows staff injecting without gloves; hospital boss denies footage (BBC)

• White House report targets US housing shortage of 10 million — Blueprint for more home construction to help middle class and overall economy (Al Jazeera)

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Sources: Al Jazeera (25 entries), BBC (5 entries) Fetched at: 2026-04-14 05:28 UTC Method: RSS feed aggregation — zero AI-generated claims