Archives for April, 2026

Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Trump, Iran cite progress in talks as uncertainty hangs over Strait

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A test-launch of 600 mm-calibre multiple rocket launchers is overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured), North Korea, March 14, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File photo

North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles towards sea off its east coast

Reuters

Many Lebanese displaced from their homes have been reluctant to return on a permanent basis

Displaced Lebanese hesitant to return home as lasting truce uncertain

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Two Indian-flagged ships attacked while crossing Strait of Hormuz, government confirms

Reuters

Pope Leo XIV holds a holy Mass at Yaounde-Ville Airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 18, 2026. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Pope Leo downplays feud with Trump, says 'not in my interest' to debate him

Reuters

French peacekeeprs in Lebanon on patrol

France blames Hezbollah for French peacekeeper's death in Lebanon

Agence France-Presse

A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil

Trade ships hit in Hormuz as Iran recloses strait

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Turkey says US withdrawal from European security architecture could be 'destructive'

Reuters

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (Not Pictured) attend a press conference during the summit between Spain and Brazil in Barcelona, Spain, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Brazil's Lula calls on permanent members of UN Security Council to change behaviour

Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a press conference after the multinational virtual summit at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, April 17, 2026. Tom Nicholson/Pool via REUTERS

Macron: French soldier was killed in Lebanon

Reuters

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh speaks to reporters as he attends Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, April 18, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Iran says no date set for next round of negotiations with US

Reuters

A man drinks tea inside his damaged house after returning to his hometown of Qana in southern Lebanon

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

No date has been set for the next round of Iran–US peace talks brokered by Pakistan following the failure of an initial round, Iran's deputy foreign minister says

No date set for next round of Iran-US talks: Iran deputy FM

Agence France-Presse

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers and members of the Lebanese army arrive at the site, after an Israeli strike severed the last remaining bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

Lebanon PM condemns attack on French UNIFIL troops on Saturday

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walks for a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China April 15, 2026. Iori Sagisawa/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia's Lavrov says time has come for conversation with US about future economic ties

Reuters

Pope Leo XIV holds a holy Mass at Yaounde-Ville Airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 18, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Pope Leo, newly forceful global voice, heads to Angola on Africa tour

Reuters