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2026-04-20: Us Opens Fire, Disables & Seizes an Iranian Ship Attempting to Break the Blockade | 19 April 2026

thebulletin.org (2026-04-19). Taking a Sledgehammer to the Nuclear Nonproliferation RegimeThe current crisis over Iran's nuclear program has reached an extraordinary level, climaxing shockingly with President Trump's April 7 threat to destroy Iran's "civilization" if it did not comply with his demands-a barely veiled threat of a massive nuclear attack on Iran's cities. Any country faced with such a threat would want its own nuclear deterrent.

dropsitenews.com (2026-04-19). My Daughter Went Out to Learn, Not to Fight: Gaza Grieves More Children Killed by IsraelAs the world's attention has shifted to Iran and Lebanon over the past six weeks, Israel has been able to continue its genocidal assault on Gaza with little international notice.

apnews.com (2026-04-19). Iran war live updates: Standoff escalates after Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over US blockadeIran doubles down on its pledge to restrict ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remains in place.

apnews.com (2026-04-19). Iran Revolutionary Guard fully closes Strait of Hormuz and fires on ships trying to passThe standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports.

2026-04-19: SEYED M. MARANDI | Signs Point MAJOR Escalation

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2026-04-19: Patrick Henningsen: Indian Ships FORCED to Turn Back Near Hormuz — Iran's Chilling Message to Trump

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presstv.co.uk (2026-04-19). No one can open up Bab el-Mandeb Strait once shut, Yemen's Ansarullah warnsA high-ranking member of the Yemeni Ansarullah resistance movement has urged US President Donald Trump to refrain from making incendiary decisions and respect the rights of Muslim nations, warning the US president and his allies of the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

muslimnetwork.tv (2026-04-19). Israel kills Gaza water workers, aiming to halt critical aid operationsUNICEF condemns deadly attack on water delivery team as suspension threatens hundreds of thousands already facing severe shortages

2026-04-19: Why is Trump blockading Iran's blockade? This is the crazy, and dangerous, US strategy

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2026-04-19: Is Hezbollah Beating Israel in Lebanon? (w/ Laith Marouf) | the Chris Hedges Report

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presstv.co.uk (2026-04-18). Israeli army implements Gaza-style yellow line in south LebanonThe Israeli army has established "Yellow Line" military zones and buffer areas across the southern part of Lebanon to keep control over its occupied territories there during the ongoing 10-day ceasefire.

presstv.co.uk (2026-04-18). Trumps post prohibiting Israeli strikes on Lebanon leaves Netanyahu stunned, alarmed: ReportIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally "stunned and alarmed" by a social media post by US President Donald Trump, in which the latter said the Israeli regime was "PROHIBITED" from attacking Lebanon, a report says.

aljazeera.com (2026-04-18). US Congress extends controversial surveillance power under FISA for 10 daysThe United States Congress has temporarily extended a controversial surveillance law which allows federal intelligence agencies to collect the data of foreigners, including their contacts with US citizens.

aljazeera.com (2026-04-18). World reacts to Strait of Hormuz reopening amid US-Iran conflict Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and United States President Donald Trump have said that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial vessels.
Araghchi declared on Friday that the strategic waterway was "completely open" in line with the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect the previous day.

presstv.co.uk (2026-04-18). Iran will enter talks with US only if framework agreed: Deputy FMIranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh says the Islamic Republic will enter the next round of negotiations with the United States only if a framework of understanding is agreed upon by both sides.

2026-04-17: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson : Will Israel Go Nuclear?

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2026-04-17: Why Iran Will NEVER Give In — Even If It Means War

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middleeasteye.net (2026-04-17). Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon hours before ceasefire Israeli forces have carried out more than a dozen strikes across southern Lebanon in the past few hours, even as a 10-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump is set to take effect at 21:00 GMT.
The latest attacks come in the final hours before the truce, with casualties continuing to rise across multiple areas, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

presstv.ir (2026-04-20). Rights body slams US-Israeli 'organized massacre' of 344 Iranian students, teachersIran's High Council for Human Rights has condemned the "organized massacre" of 344 Iranian students and teachers during the recent illegal war of aggression waged by the Unites States and the Israeli regime against the country.

2026-04-20: Us Opens Fire, Disables & Seizes an Iranian Ship Attempting to Break the Blockade | 19 April 2026

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2026-04-19: SEYED M. MARANDI | Signs Point MAJOR Escalation

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2026-04-19: Patrick Henningsen: Indian Ships FORCED to Turn Back Near Hormuz — Iran's Chilling Message to Trump

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2026-04-19: Why is Trump blockading Iran's blockade? This is the crazy, and dangerous, US strategy

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2026-04-19: Is Hezbollah Beating Israel in Lebanon? (w/ Laith Marouf) | the Chris Hedges Report

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2026-04-17: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson : Will Israel Go Nuclear?

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2026-04-20: Ukraine Roundup

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Today's Key Takeaways

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition Ship ("The Handala") Was boarded by the Israeli IDF on Saturday.
Images of children starving to death in Palestine are flooding social media across the globe, and more and more the masses in many places are completely enraged.
The US supported and facilitated genocide in Gaza is at a fever pitch, and the US gov't is doing nothing to stop it.
Trump is now channeling his racist furor toward European migrants.
Thailand and Cambodia to hold ceasefire talks.

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presstv.ir (2026-04-20). Israel flattening civilian buildings in southern Lebanon despite ceasefireIsrael has continued to systematically flatten civilian buildings in southern Lebanon during the ceasefire, according to an Israeli media report.

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presstv.ir (2026-04-20). Iran holds all the cards: Victorious on battlefield, united at home, and armed with strategic assetsIran holds all the cards: Victorious on battlefield, united at home, and armed with strategic assets

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palestinechronicle.com (2026-04-19). 47 Women, Girls Daily: UN Says Israel Killed 38,000 Women in GazaUN reports tens of thousands of women killed in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue despite ceasefire and worsening humanitarian crisis.

thenationonlineng.net (2026-04-19). Trump's Disastrous War on IranTrump had only a Plan A: that the Iranian regime would fall within 72 hours. When it did not, Trump was lost, because he is not in the business of planning – only improvising – so any Plan B was beyond him. Therefore, Trump has lost the war.

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muslimnetwork.tv (2026-04-19). In response to US naval blockade, Iran says Hormuz stays 'shut'Iran has again closed the strategic Strait of Hormuz in direct response to the United States maintaining a naval blockade on Iranian ports, intensifying a standoff widely seen as driven by Washington's coercive tactics amid an already volatile regional conflict.

the-independent.com (2026-04-19). Trump believed coming across as 'unstable and insulting' in controversial posts could 'bring the Iranians to the table,' report saysTrump reportedly adopted a strategy of intentionally acting unstable and insultingly towards Iran, in the hopes it would push the U.S. adversary to negotiate an end to the war.

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rnz.co.nz (2026-04-18). As Iran War Fallout Spreads the Focus Shifts to Trump S Mind as It Should And I think we would certainly suggest that people, sane people across the world, should support the call for peace against any form of injustice, atrocities, whether he made reference specifically to Gaza or the position in the Middle East, for that matter, after the aftermath of the Israeli-American attack on Tehran and Iran."

presstv.co.uk (2026-04-17). Exclusive: IRGC locked 16 cruise missiles on US warships in Strait of Hormuz before they retreatedPress TV has learned that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy locked more than a dozen cruise missiles onto aggressive US warships moments before they hastily retreated.

2026-04-17: "People Wanted to Keep Fighting" | Inside Iran's War Mindset

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2026-04-17: Professor Robert Pape: US Has No Idea What is Coming NEXT!

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theguardian.com (2026-04-17). Pope says 'world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants' amid feud with Trump's White House Pope Leo XIV has said that the world is being "ravaged by a handful of tyrants" who spend billions on war, in comments that will be seen as another sharp escalation in his almost week-long feud with the White House over the US-Israel war on Iran.

naharnet.com (2026-04-17). Israeli strikes kill 14, hurt dozens in 3 southern towns after ceasefire announced ' NaharnetAn Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese town of Ghazieh has killed at least seven people and wounded 33, the health ministry said Thursday, hours before a 10-day ceasefire between the two countries is scheduled to take effect.

2026-04-17: Politicians are Defying the People — Still in The Pocket of Israel

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