Archives for April, 2026

FILE PHOTO: Tunisian actor and playwright Lotfi Abdelli performs on stage in Tunis on November 11, 2011. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo

Tunisian comedian Abdelli sentenced in absentia, says ruling targets free speech

Reuters

Blackened buildings and burned-out cars... scenes from Beirut's southern suburbs

Destruction, hope in south Beirut as Lebanese return home

Agence France-Presse

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shake hands during the press conference following their meeting at Villa Doria Pamphilj, on April 29, 2025, in Rome, Italy.

Analysis

Italy’s TB3 drone deal signals turn toward Turkey amid US-NATO tensions

Italy’s expected TB3 drone purchase highlights a rapidly deepening, interest-driven alignment with Turkey on defense and geopolitics.

Barin Kayaoglu

By Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

FILE PHOTO: A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/File Photo

Trump says blockade on Iran 'in full force' until deal is reached

Reuters

President Donald Trump said the United States and Iran would jointly remove uranium from Tehran's nuclear sites 'with excavators', under any peace deal

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

Oil price plunged and stocks surged following the announcement by Iran that the Strait of Hormuz was open to travel

Oil plunges, stocks jump as Iran declares Hormuz open

Agence France-Presse

President Donald Trump struck a celebratory tone on social media and told AFP there were 'no sticking points' left in a US-Iran peace deal

Trump tells AFP Iran deal close, 'no sticking points' left

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo

Exclusive-US is leading G20 initiative to ensure fertilizer access, sources say

Reuters

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opens an annual diplomatic forum in southern Antalya province

Turkey hosts latest diplomatic push on Middle East war

Agence France-Presse

MUSCAT, OMAN - MARCH 25: Locals take photos of two bulk carriers anchored at Muscat Anchorage on March 25, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which conveys about 20% of the world's oil and gas, has mostly come to a halt after the joint U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that began on February 28. Iran, in a defiant reply to a ceasefire proposal from the United States, has claimed that sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz "is its natural and legal right." Under international law, t

Iran says Strait of Hormuz 'completely open' to ships

Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday that commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will remain secure for the duration of the Israel-Lebanon truce.

A worker walks at a site of a building hit by a yesterday's Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov

Kremlin says Europe's drone cooperation with Ukraine shows its growing involvement in the war

Reuters

The Strait of Hormuz is the world's fifth busiest shipping lane

First loaded Iranian oil tankers exit Gulf since US blockade: Kpler

Agence France-Presse

A UN vehicle leads ambulances carrying war-wounded people and patients who leave Gaza, for treatment abroad, through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after it was opened by Israel on Thursday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Average of 47 women and girls killed daily during Gaza war, UN says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A convoy heads toward the Serena Hotel, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Waseem Khan/File Photo

Exclusive-Iran negotiators, citing possible Israeli attack, got Pakistan escort home from peace talks

Reuters

People work to repair the bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, which was hit earlier in an Israeli strike, after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Explainer-What's in the Lebanon ceasefire deal and will it hold?

Reuters

Pope Leo XIV arrives to hold a holy Mass near Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

A new, forceful Pope Leo steps onto the world stage

Reuters