For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN 4-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Satellite images reveal destruction after Iran port explosion kills at least 46, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — Satellite images show the devastation of an explosion that rocked one of Iran’s main ports as the death toll rose to 46 people with over 1,000 injured. The blast Saturday disintegrated a building next to the blast site, which appeared to be in a row where other containers once stood . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for later report from Reuters.

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Iran vows to probe ‘mistakes’ leading to deadly port explosion. From the Cradle. Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni said on 28 April that “mistakes” have been identified and individuals have been “summoned” in relation to the deadly blast that took place at Shahid Rajaee part of the Bandar Abbas Port two days ago. READ MORE . . .

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Iran port explosion that killed at least 40 raises questions. Steve Inskeep of NPR speaks with Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about the geopolitical ramifications of Saturday’s port explosion in Iran that killed at least 40 people. Click HERE to listen and read.

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