Places in this day's records
4 places · 1 event not on the map
Iraq · Rask · Strait of Hormuz · Washington
22 April 2026
5 events recorded (3 confirmed), and 3 statements counted apart.
22 April 2026 in brief
Al-Akhbar correspondent Amal Khalil was killed when an Israeli strike hit a house in al-Tiri in southern Lebanon, and the health ministry said two strikes there killed two people, while the Israeli military said it struck militants, denied targeting journalists and said the case was under review. [1] UKMTO said an IRGC gunboat fired on a container ship north-east of Oman, heavily damaging its bridge with all crew safe, and the IRGC Navy said it seized the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas, the first Iranian ship seizures of the war. [1] White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the seizures did not violate the ceasefire because the ships were not US or Israeli, and parliament speaker Ghalibaf said reopening Hormuz was impossible given the US blockade. Iranian forces said they destroyed a Jaish al-Adl cell in Sistan and Baluchestan, and the Wall Street Journal reported the US halted a shipment of nearly 500 million dollars to Iraq to press Baghdad over Iran-aligned groups. [1][2] The US Senate rejected a fifth war powers resolution on Iran by 46 to 51. [1]
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IEA chief Fatih Birol said the world was facing the biggest energy crisis in history, citing losses of oil, gas, petrochemicals, fertilisers, helium and sulphur.
International Energy Agency
22 Apr · to an international body
Reported by KSAT
Market
$113.44
Brent crude, per barrel
+60% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
22 Apr · US Energy Information Administration
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Said: 3 statements, not counted as events
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International Energy Agency: IEA chief Fatih Birol said the world was facing the biggest energy crisis in history, citing losses of oil, gas, petrochemicals, fertilisers, helium and sulphur.
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Government of the United States: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that Iran's seizure of two ships did not violate the ceasefire because they were international vessels rather than US or Israeli ships, called the seizures piracy, and said Trump had set no deadline for an Iranian proposal.
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Government of Iran: Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said reopening the Strait of Hormuz was impossible given the US blockade and what he called a flagrant breach of the ceasefire.