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On 23 April 2026 all 27 EU governments approved a €90 billion, two-year loan for Ukraine and agreed to open the first reform ‘cluster’ of accession negotiations, actions long blocked by Hungary until Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat earlier in the month.
In the early hours of 25 April 2026, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM and Tuareg-led FLA rebels mounted synchronized assaults from Kati to Kidal, breaching the capital’s outskirts, wrecking the defence minister’s home, downing a military helicopter, and overrunning Kidal— the first time the junta’s heartland and its northern prize fell under joint rebel fire since the 2020–21 coups.
On 25 Apr 2026, hours after Hezbollah rockets and drones violated the U.S.–brokered truce extended only two days earlier, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu directed the IDF to launch renewed, large-scale attacks on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
Defying earlier threats, President Trump on 21 Apr 2026 prolonged the U.S.–Iran ceasefire yet left a naval blockade intact, and within 24 hours Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot up a transiting container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Eight weeks of high-tempo strikes on Iran consumed key U.S. munitions so fast that on 23 April 2026 the Air Force unveiled a five-year, $20.2 billion plan to buy 4,300 AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles to rebuild depleted inventories.
On 23 April 2026 the EU’s 27 leaders unanimously cleared an interest-free €90 billion loan and a 20th sanctions round on Russia once Hungary and Slovakia dropped their vetoes following the resumption of Druzhba pipeline oil flows and Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat.
Once Ukraine reopened the Druzhba pipeline on 22 Apr 2026, Hungary dropped its veto, letting EU ambassadors provisionally clear a €90 billion interest-free loan and linked sanctions package for Kyiv.
On 24 Apr 2026 President Trump authorized the US Navy to use lethal force against any boat laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and, the same day, US forces boarded the sanctioned Iranian-oil tanker M/T Majestic X, hardening a weeks-old blockade amid stalled cease-fire talks.
On 19-20 April 2026 Pakistani authorities sealed Islamabad’s Red Zone as delegations led by US Vice-President JD Vance and Iranian Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf prepared to meet for a second round of direct talks before the two-week Gulf cease-fire ends on 22 April.
On 22 Apr 2026 EU ambassadors approved a previously-blocked €90 billion loan and a 20th sanctions package for Ukraine minutes after Hungary withdrew its veto once Russian oil again flowed through the repaired Druzhba pipeline.
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