Strait of Hormuz<br />Shot: April 18 2026
Breaking: Iranian gunboats fired on tanker, shipping body says

Iranian Revolutionary Guards gunboats fired on two tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to an advisory from the UK Maritime Traffic Organization. CNN's Nic Robertson says the reported incident comes as Iran’s military says restrictions on the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz are being reimposed, alleging “repeated breaches of trust” by the United States.

01:38 • Source: CNN
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Strait of Hormuz<br />Shot: April 18 2026
Breaking: Iranian gunboats fired on tanker, shipping body says

Iranian Revolutionary Guards gunboats fired on two tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to an advisory from the UK Maritime Traffic Organization. CNN's Nic Robertson says the reported incident comes as Iran’s military says restrictions on the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz are being reimposed, alleging “repeated breaches of trust” by the United States.

01:38 • Source: CNN
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Rare mass shooting in Ukraine

At least six people are dead and another 15 injured after a man opened fire on civilians in a Kyiv street on Saturday before taking hostages in a nearby supermarket, Ukrainian authorities said. CNN's Sebastian Shukla explains why this is a rare event for the country.


Editor's Note: This video was updated to clarify that hostages were only released after the shooter was killed by authorities.

01:39 • Source: CNN
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Trump on Iran talks: 'No more Mr. Nice guy'

In a recent Truth Social post, President Trump says the US is offering a “very fair and reasonable deal" but also warns he’ll “do what needs to be done” if it’s rejected. CNN's Julia Benbrook reports.

00:53 • Source: CNN
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Over two dozen held hostage in Italian bank robbery

More than two dozen people were held hostage in a bank in Naples, Italy, according to Italian news agency LaPresse. The hostages were held for about an hour and a half in an incident that happened around 12:30pm on Thursday. A nationwide search is underway for three or four robbers who escaped through a tunnel and into the sewers, the Naples prosecutor general told CNN.

01:02 • Source: CNN
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Pope Leo addresses criticism from Trump

On a flight from Cameroon to Angola, Pope Leo XIV spoke to reporters about the recent criticism from President Trump.

01:09 • Source: CNN
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Women and girls attend defiant protest in Iran against the US and Israel

Thousands of women and young girls attended the “Devoted Girls of Iran” rally in central Tehran Friday. Pro-regime protests across Iran by the general population have been an almost daily occurrence since Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who ruled Iran with an iron fist as its supreme leader for nearly four decades, was killed on February 28 after US and Israeli joint strikes targeting his regime.

01:10 • Source: CNN