On 2025-04-18, Donald Trump indicated the US might withdraw from resolving the Russia-Ukraine war if a deal isn't reached quickly, echoing concerns from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the lack of progress in negotiations.

On 2025-04-18, Houthi rebels reported that US airstrikes on a Yemeni oil port resulted in 74 fatalities. The reports were published on 2025-04-18 and 2025-04-19.

On 2025-04-18, Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 58 Palestinians, while separate strikes in southern Gaza killed at least 24, including 10 members of one family. Palestinian civil defense reported the casualties.

On 2025-04-18, the US announced it will withdraw approximately 1000 soldiers from Syria, reducing its military presence to less than 1000 troops.

On 2025-04-17, Emmanuel Macron hosted discussions in Paris with Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Ukrainian representatives, and European representatives to revive peace negotiations for Ukraine and increase pressure on Russia. Ukraine and European countries also met with US representatives to advocate for an equitable ceasefire deal with Russia.

On 2025-04-17, the United States military conducted airstrikes destroying the Houthi rebel-controlled Ras Issa oil port in Yemen, targeting Houthi economic resources. The report published on 2025-04-18 indicates 80 deaths and 150 injuries.

On 2025-04-18, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi expressed doubts about US intentions regarding nuclear talks scheduled for the weekend in Rome, mediated by Oman. Lavrov expressed Russia's willingness to mediate.

On 2025-04-17, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Donald Trump at the White House to advance trade negotiations between the U.S. and the EU. This visit marked the first by a European leader since Trump's 'Liberation Day' on 2025-04-02, which signaled the beginning of his aggressive trade policy.

On 2025-04-18, Georgian protesters held their 140th day of protest against the government, with weakening mobilization due to increasing repression.

On 2025-04-18, Russia’s Ministry of Defence reported its air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 71 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, with 49 downed in the Kursk region. Kyiv reported Russia launched five missiles and 75 drones, with 25 shot down and 30 not reaching targets.

On 2025-04-18, Ukraine’s top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, said that Ukraine had gained small pockets of land amounting to about 16 square kilometres (6 square miles) near Udachne, Kotlyne and Shevchenko.

On 2025-04-17, a Russian attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, destroyed a residential area, resulting in 3 fatalities, including a child, and 31 injuries. The attack involved Shahed UAVs, with at least 15 buildings damaged.

On 2025-04-18, the Russian-installed management of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the facility was attacked by Ukrainian drones despite a mutually agreed moratorium on energy strikes. Russia claims Ukraine violated the agreement daily, with 80 strikes on energy sites.

On 2025-04-18, Ukraine’s largest private energy producer DTEK said that Russian drone attacks destroyed its energy infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

On 2025-04-18, regional governor Serhiy Lysak reported that Russian artillery shelling killed two and injured five others in Nikopol.

On 2025-04-18, the region’s governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported that a Russian drone attack in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson killed two road workers.

On 2025-04-18, a Russian court in Saint Petersburg sentenced 19-year-old activist Daria Kozyreva to nearly three years in prison for "discrediting" the Russian army through her poems and an interview protesting the war in Ukraine.

On 2025-04-18, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, repeated that Israel intended to achieve its war aims.

On 2025-04-18, Israeli settlers and the military attacked Palestinian people on their land in Biddya, West Bank, injuring one Palestinian. Dozens of settlers also stormed Jabal al-Urma under Israeli army protection.

Footage released on 2025-04-18 shows the wreckage of a school in Gaza following an Israeli strike.