The US guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta intercepted the Iranian crude oil tanker M/T Stream on April 26 while enforcing the American blockade of Iranian ports, as efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz continue

A Russian drone strike on Odesa injured 14 people, including two children, after hitting residential areas and civilian infrastructure. The attack underscores continued escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with Kyiv also reporting a retaliatory strike in the Russian-occupied Kherson region that killed two people