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4 places · 3 events not on the map
Bab el-Mandeb · Jeddah · Strait of Hormuz · United Arab Emirates
28 April 2026
7 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 3 statements counted apart.
28 April 2026 in brief
Two successive Israeli strikes on a building in Majdal Zoun killed five people, including three civil defence rescuers who had come to help the wounded, Lebanon's health ministry said, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called it a war crime. [1] The ministry said other Israeli strikes on the south killed four people and wounded 51, and put its toll since 2 March at 2,534 killed. [1] The UAE said it would leave OPEC on 1 May while most of its oil exports were blocked by Iran's restrictions on Hormuz, and Yemen's Houthis warned they could shut the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. [1][2] Gulf leaders met in Jeddah for the first time since the war began and said the strait must reopen, and UN Secretary-General Guterres warned the impasse risked the worst supply chain disruption since COVID-19. [1][2] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the blockade was pushing Iran's oil storage at Kharg Island near capacity, and Trump said Iran was in a state of collapse.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said US measures against Iran's shadow banking, crypto access and oil networks had cut its revenues and that the blockade was pushing storage at Kharg Island near capacity, which could force production cuts costing Iran about 170 million dollars a day.
Government of the United States
28 Apr · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
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Market
$117.62
Brent crude, per barrel
+66% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
28 Apr · US Energy Information Administration
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Said: 3 statements, not counted as events
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Government of the United States: Trump said Iran was in a 'state of collapse' and had been 'militarily defeated', and said King Charles III agreed that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon; he also criticised German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who had said Tehran was humiliating Washington at the negotiating table.
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Government of the United States: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said US measures against Iran's shadow banking, crypto access and oil networks had cut its revenues and that the blockade was pushing storage at Kharg Island near capacity, which could force production cuts costing Iran about 170 million dollars a day.
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Islamic Republic of Iran Army: Army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said Iran's air force had struck enemy bases across the region and got past US-designed defences, that more than 170 aircraft were hit during six weeks of war, and that any new aggression would meet a more crushing response.