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Trump has repeatedly delayed deadlines for Iran, but suggests Tuesday’s is final

President Donald Trump speakS with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2026 (AP) — President Donald Trump has pushed back a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday, the latest of several deadline delays, and threatened that without a deal “Hell will reign down on them.” Trump’s previous deadline was for March 23, but that shifted several times over the ensuing weeks as Trump oscillated between heated threats, announced delays and proclamations that the negotiations were going well, sometimes in the same statement. Iran rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, the country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Monday. Shortly

Bangladesh conducts emergency measles vaccinations as outbreak kills more than 100 children

DHAKA, Bangladesh, April 7, 2026 (AP) — Bangladesh is conducting emergency measles-rubella vaccinations while trying to contain an ongoing outbreak that has killed more than 100 children in less than a month. The government in partnership with the World Health Organization, the U.N. children’s agency and the Gavi vaccine alliance began working to vaccinate children age 6 months to 5 years old in 18 high-risk districts Sunday and will expand nationwide in phases from next month, a joint statement said. A UNICEF official said the agency was deeply concerned about the sharp rise in cases, which was putting the youngest

Iran official calls for youths to form human chains around power plants ahead of threatened Trump strikes

TEHRAN, Iran, April 7, 2026 (AP) — An Iranian official early Tuesday issued a video message calling on youths of the Islamic Republic to form “human chains” around power plants in the country ahead of threatened strikes by U.S. President Donald Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, issued the video call in a newscast. “I invite all young people, athletes, artists, students and university students and their professors,” he said. Gather “Tuesday at 2 p.m. around the power plants that are our national assets and capital, regardless of

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