#BreakingNews 🇨🇳🇮🇷 China is reportedly preparing to supply Iran with new air defense systems within the coming weeks- CNN

#BreakingNews 🇬🇧 UK PM Keir Starmer says he’s coordinating with Donald Trump on a 30-nation coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the ceasefire seen as a window for potential escalation against Iran.

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸 🇵🇰 🇮🇷 U.S. Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Islamabad for high-stakes talks with Iran.

#BreakingNews 🇸🇦🇶🇦🇵🇰 Saudi Arabia and Qatar are set to provide Pakistan with $5 billion in financial support as Islamabad faces debt repayments to the UAE, sources told Anadolu.

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇳 Trump warns China will face serious consequences if it supplies weapons to Iran.

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇷 A senior IRGC delegation has just arrived in Islamabad, signaling potential progress toward a framework agreement or, at minimum, an extension of ongoing negotiations.

#BreakingNews 🇮🇷🇺🇸🇵🇰 A fresh round of U.S.-Iran talks has started in Islamabad, with Iranian officials saying Washington is presenting “unacceptable demands.”

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Economic pessimism among Americans has reached an all-time high amid fears of a potential war with Iran: Forbes

#BreakingNews 🇮🇷🇵🇰 Iran’s Tasnim says Western media are publishing optimistic coverage of Pakistan-hosted negotiations to calm markets, despite no real progress in the talks.

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸 U.S. President Donald Trump shared a social media article suggesting he could impose a naval blockade on Iran.

#BreakingNews 🇮🇷🇵🇰 The Iranian delegation has left Pakistan after the Islamabad round of talks concluded without an agreement.

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰 “We have not reached an agreement,” says U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

#BreakingNews Witkoff and Kushner are staying in Islamabad as negotiations continue: Al Arabiya

#BreakingNews UKMTO: A vessel 54 NM southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen was approached by an armed skiff with 10–12 people. The group tried to board but withdrew after a flare was fired.

#BreakingNews No senior U.S. officials remain in Pakistan, including Witkoff and Kushner: CBS

#BreakingNews 🇮🇷🇵🇰 Iran allowed two Pakistani vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz as a goodwill gesture following the Islamabad talks.

#BreakingNews 🇦🇿🇮🇷 Azerbaijan has reopened its embassy in Iran.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said the embassy resumed operations on April 12 with limited staff.

#BreakingNews 🇵🇰 Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claims responsibility for an attack on Pakistani forces in the Jiwani Sea.

Spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch says the move marks a shift to maritime operations, aiming to stop the “plunder of Baloch resources” via sea routes and target Pakistani forces on all fronts.

#BreakingNews 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 U.S. to enforce blockade on ships entering or leaving Iranian ports — CENTCOM

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command announced it will begin enforcing a blockade on all maritime traffic to and from Iranian ports starting April 13 at 10 a.m. ET, following a presidential proclamation.

The measures apply to vessels of all nations heading to or departing from Iranian ports in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Transit through the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian ports will not be affected.

CENTCOM said additional guidance will be issued to commercial mariners, who are advised to monitor Notice to Mariners broadcasts and contact U.S. naval forces on bridge-to-bridge Channel 16 when operating near the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz.