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On 29-30 Apr 2026, President Trump directed the Pentagon to study pulling an unspecified portion of the 36,000-plus U.S. troops from Germany, linking any cut to Berlin’s refusal to back the U.S.–Israel war against Iran.
On 25 April 2026, President Trump aborted a just-announced trip by Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff to Pakistan for Iran cease-fire talks, abruptly halting the U.S.–Iran negotiation track Pakistan was brokering.
On 26 April 2026, Kim Jong Un and visiting Russian leaders opened a museum-memorial in Pyongyang honoring thousands of North Korean soldiers who died helping Russia retake the Kursk region in 2024-25, publicly cementing the two countries’ combat alliance.
On 28 Apr 2026 President Trump brushed aside Iran’s written offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in return for Washington lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports and postponing nuclear talks, publicly saying Iran is in a “state of collapse” and insisting the nuclear issue be settled first.
On 27 Apr 2026 prosecutors filed firearm-and-assault charges against 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, two days after he opened fire at the Washington Hilton moments before President Trump spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and he will appear in D.C. federal court Monday.
On 26 Apr 2026, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen fired 5–8 shots at a Secret Service checkpoint outside the Washington Hilton ballroom during President Trump’s first in-office appearance at the press gala, forcing the evacuation of the president and thousands of guests.
On 25 April 2026 President Trump abruptly canceled his envoys’ Islamabad mission aimed at reviving U.S.–Iran talks, after which Iran’s foreign minister launched shuttle diplomacy and, within 48 hours, handed Pakistan a fresh plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war.
On 25 April 2026, President Trump abruptly cancelled a previously announced envoy trip to Pakistan that had been billed as the next round of U.S.–Iran cease-fire talks, halting the nascent diplomacy only a day after confirming it.
On 26 Apr 2026 Kim Jong Un opened a museum for North Korean troops killed in Russia’s Kursk fighting and, with visiting Russian defense chief Andrei Belousov, pledged deeper ties including a formal 2027-2031 military-cooperation plan.
On 25–26 April 2026, a joint assault by al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and Tuareg separatist FLA hit at least five Malian cities, killing Defence Minister Sadio Camara in Kati and compelling Russia’s Africa Corps to negotiate a withdrawal from the symbolic northern city of Kidal.
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