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Iranian drone strikes hit Kuwait’s oil infrastructure before Opec+ supply talks
Apr 5, 2026 - World 
Members reportedly agree rise of 206,000 barrels a day in May but move symbolic with strait of Hormuz effectively closedMiddle East crisis – live updatesIranian drones struck Kuwait’s oil infrastructure on Sunday, causing “severe material damage” that threatened to further disrupt oil supplies already hit by the US and Israel’s war with Tehran.It came hours before members of the Opec+ group that represents major global oil suppliers gathered to discuss how to bolster output despite Iran’s effective closure of the crucial strait of Hormuz shipping route. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Trump uses expletive-ridden social media post to threaten Iran’s infrastructure
Apr 5, 2026 - World
US president tells Iran: ‘Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell’Iranian media has claims that a US aircraft was destroyed while searching for the crew member of a missing US F-15 fighter jet.“An American enemy aircraft that was searching for the pilot of a downed fighter jet was destroyed by the fighters of Islam in the southern region of Isfahan,” the Tasnim news agency quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as saying. The Guardian was unable to verify their claim. Continue reading...
Storm Dave: thousands of homes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland left without power
Apr 5, 2026 - World
Road and rail travel also disrupted across the UK before weather warnings lifted on SundayStorm Dave left thousands of homes across Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland without power and disrupted road and rail travel across the UK before high wind and snow warnings were lifted on Sunday morning.Winds of up to 93mph were recorded in Capel Curig in north Wales – 20mph higher than forecast – while the Met Office issued a yellow severe weather warning for heavy snow and blizzards across the Scottish Highlands, Argyll and the Western Isles on Saturday. Continue reading...
Iran Says US Airman Rescue Op "Foiled" Hours After Trump's "We Got Him" Post
Apr 5, 2026 - World 
Iran's military said on Sunday that the US operation to rescue an airman from a downed American fighter jet had been "completely foiled", without suggesting he had been captured.
US-Iran War Live Updates: US Used Abandoned Airport In Southern Isfahan To Rescue F-15 Crew, Says Iran
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US-Iran War Live Updates: The speech will offer Trump a wide audience to articulate clear objectives for the war that could attempt to reconcile weeks of changing goals
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