US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would suspend bombing of Iran for two weeks, subject to the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump wrote about this on the Truth social network. The US President said that the truce will be bilateral. “We have received a ten-point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis for negotiations,” Trump wrote. Iranian authorities have confirmed their agreement to a truce.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked US President Donald Trump to extend the deadline for reaching a peace agreement with Iran by two weeks. “Diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve the ongoing war in the Middle East are advancing steadily […] and may lead to significant results in the near future.

Romanian football coach Mircea Lucescu died in Bucharest on April 7 at the age of 80, Antena 3 CNN reported, citing a statement from medical workers. Yasin Akgul / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Lucescu was hospitalized after he lost consciousness during a training session with the Romanian national football team on March 29. Two days later, he resigned as head coach of the national team.

Trump and Vance got on the phone while the US vice president was speaking at a rally in Hungary. So they decided to support Orban before the elections, which he may lose Jonathan Ernst / AP / Scanpix / LETA J.D. Vance speaks on the phone with Donald Trump at a rally in Budapest, April 7, 2026 US President Donald Trump and his Vice President J.D. Vance got on the phone while Vance was speaking at a campaign rally in Budapest, Magyar Hírlap reported on April 7.

At a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia and China vetoed a draft resolution from Bahrain aimed at resuming and protecting commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports. The document calls on states that are interested in using the Strait of Hormuz to “coordinate defensive efforts commensurate with the circumstances” for the safety and security of commercial shipping along this route.

It has been criticized as vague and unrealistic Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg/Getty Images Sam Altman Listen to the audio version of this text on Radio Medusa OpenAI Unveils Policy Plan for the Age of Artificial Superintelligence On April 6, the American company OpenAI (developer of ChatGPT) published its recommendations on how economic and social policy should change in the era of artificial intelligence.

The Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez (NORSI) oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, which was damaged as a result of an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones on the night of April 5, has suspended its operations. Reuters reports this, citing sources. According to the St. Petersburg Exchange, Lukoil did not offer gasoline, diesel fuel or fuel oil from this refinery for sale. Industry sources told Reuters that deliveries could be suspended until the end of the month.

Infrastructure problems in the republic really have not been solved for years RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia More than 6.2 thousand people were injured as a result of a series of floods in Dagestan, the head of the republic Sergei Melikov said on the NTV channel on April 7. “Approximately the same number of damaged households, private plots and commercial facilities,” he added.

Update. The Iranian Tehran Times reported that "diplomatic and indirect channels of negotiations with the United States are not closed." Iran has stopped direct diplomatic contacts with the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported on April 7, citing representatives of Middle Eastern countries. It is not entirely clear what direct contacts we are talking about. Tehran took this step after US President Donald Trump threatened that he would destroy “an entire civilization” today.

The cause of a large-scale failure of the websites and applications of banks, telecom operators and other organizations in Russia on the evening of April 6 was a malfunction in the backbone network of the Rostelecom operator, Roskomnadzor told the Fontanka publication. The night before, Russians complained about problems with the websites and applications of Alfa Bank, NTV Plus, Tricolor, Gosuslug, T2, Mosenergosbyt and other services.

The UK Home Office has banned rapper Ye (also known as Kanye West) from entering the country, The Wall Street Journal reported on April 7. Organizers of the Wireless Festival, which was due to take place in London in July, said authorities banned West from entering due to negative public reaction to the rapper's planned performance. Because of this, Festival Republic announced that it was canceling the festival at which West was scheduled to headline.

NASA NASA has published photographs taken by astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission from the far side of the Moon. The first image shows the Earth descending below the lunar horizon. Another image shows a solar eclipse from lunar orbit: “A view that few in human history have ever seen.”

The cost of Russian Urals oil for shipment in the Baltic port of Primorsk as of April 2 was $116.05 per barrel, Bloomberg reports, citing data from the Argus Media agency. This is the highest oil price since 2013, when prices reached $113-115 per barrel, according to Bloomberg infographics. According to Argus Media, when oil was loaded in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the price reached $114.45 per barrel.

Donald Trump wrote a post on the social network Truth Social in which he threatened the “destruction of an entire civilization” on the night of April 8, when his latest ultimatum to Iran expires. An entire civilization will perish tonight and will never be brought back. I don't want this to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have a complete and total regime change, where other, smarter and less radical forces will prevail, perhaps something truly revolutionary will happen.

The US is planning to bomb Iranian power plants. Neighboring countries are waiting for Iran's strikes and planning a response Msgt.