Archives for April, 2026

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about research into mental health treatments in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File photo

Trump tells Fox News Iran can call US if it wants to negotiate

Reuters

Israeli opposition figures Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, seen here in 2022, have both been outspoken critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and beyond

Two former Israel PMs unite to challenge Netanyahu in elections

Agence France-Presse

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 25, 2026. REUTERS/Florion Goga

Netanyahu's biggest rivals join forces for Israel's next election

Reuters

A Palestinian man votes during the municipal election at a polling station in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip April 25, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Palestinian leader's loyalists win local elections, including some seats in Gaza

Reuters

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 24, 2026. REUTERS

UK's Starmer and Trump discuss 'urgent need' to restore shipping in Strait of Hormuz

Reuters

Smoke rises from targeted areas in Lebanon Nabatieh province following an airstrike, on April 26, 2026

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

Pope Leo XIV looks on as he meets with Catholic religious education teachers attending a national meeting organised by the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, April 25, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Pope Leo says those who wage war are thieves stealing away our peaceful future

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog attend a memorial service in Meitar, Israel, January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Israel's president says he wants a deal reached in Netanyahu case before pardon decision

Reuters

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said at Al Baraka Palace in Muscat, Oman, April 26, 2026. Oman News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's Araqchi discusses efforts to end war and Hormuz security with Oman

Reuters

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, in Arlington, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File Photo

ICE detains family less than two days after court ordered their release, lawyers say

Reuters

Yusra Qwaider, 97, is bedridden and helpless: within days, bulldozers from Jerusalem municipality will tear down the home she's lived in for over 50 years

East Jerusalem residents anguished as homes demolished to make way for biblical park

Agence France-Presse

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS

US-Iran peace hopes fade as Trump scraps talks

Reuters

Smoke rises from a village in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army operates in it as seen from the Israeli side of the border, April 23, 2026 REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu/File Photo

Israel says it will attack Hezbollah 'forcefully' as four killed in strikes on southern Lebanon

Reuters

A police officer evacuates a resident at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine April 25, 2026. Picture taken using a mobile phone. REUTERS/Serhii Chalyi

Russian forces pound Ukraine's Dnipro, other areas, killing 10 people

Reuters

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 25, 2026. Pakistan's Prime Minister Office/Handout via REUTERS

Iran says it will not accept 'maximalist' US demands as Pakistan pursues peace

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump says he canceled US negotiators' trip to Pakistan for Iran talks, Fox News reports

Reuters