Situation Reports

Iranian-linked threat actors are actively seeking to exploit vulnerabilities in internet-facing operational technology components of U.S. critical infrastructure entities, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and several other U.S. federal intelligence agencies warned in an advisory published April 7.

Ukraine has intensified drone strikes on Russian oil export infrastructure, including Baltic ports such as Ust-Luga and Primorsk, Bloomberg reported on April 7.

Kazakhstan's Samruk-Energy said it had signed engineering, procurement and construction contracts on Jan. 30 with a Kazakh-Singapore consortium to build combined heat and power plants in Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk, Vlast reported on April 7.

The upper house of Japan's Diet passed the general budget for fiscal year 2026 on April 7, with 122.3 trillion yen ($766 billion) in spending, up 6.2% from 2025.

China on April 7 released regulations on the "security of industrial and supply chains," effective immediately, that outline an early warning system for industrial and supply chain security threats, the creation of reserves for key goods and emergency measures to mobilize reserves and supply chains.

India and New Zealand are reportedly set to sign a free trade agreement on April 24 to boost trade and investment, The Economic Times reported on April 7.

A coalition of youth movements from Nigeria's southern Rivers state has urged the country's federal government to decentralize pipeline security contracts in the Niger Delta, stressing that this is essential to creating opportunities for youths and that failing to do so would be "neither equitable nor sustainable," THISDAY reported on April 7.

Iran cut direct communication with the United States hours ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's late April 7 deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though talks through mediators are reportedly ongoing, The Wall Street Journal reported on April 7.

Vietnam's National Assembly unanimously elected Communist Party General Secretary To Lam as state president and Le Minh Hung as prime minister for the 2026-31 term, AP reported on April 7.

An investigation shows wrongdoings in an Argentine public bank's concession of loans to high-ranking Argentine government officials, El Pais reported on April 6.