Archives for April, 2026

Men walk past street vendors' stands set up beneath a damaged building in the capital Khartoum on the third anniversary of the start of the war

After three years of war, Sudan confronts devastation as donors gather in Berlin

Agence France-Presse

The military adviser to Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei also warned that Iran would sink American ships in the strait if the United States decides to 'police' the key shipping channel

Trump says Iran agrees to hand over its enriched uranium

Agence France-Presse

The Strait of Hormuz, vital for world energy supplies, has become a key point of the US-Iranian negotiations

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Portuguese Defence Minister, Nuno Melo speaks with Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles during the La Toja Forum on global challenges in Lisbon, Portugal, April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

Portugal, unlike Spain, rejects separate European army

Reuters

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Ukraine broaches 'stolen' Russian grain cargo on call with Israel

Reuters

Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano in Tokyo, Japan, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Philippines' national security adviser has resigned, official says

Reuters

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

Russia ready to help China with energy ahead of Putin's visit, foreign minister says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif looks on during a business and investment conference, during his official visit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/Pool/File Photo

Pakistan PM Sharif to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey this week

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A Sri Lanka Navy vessel approaches an Iranian Navy vessel IRIS Bushehr (422) during a rescue operation, a day after the crew of a distressed Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, were assisted in waters south of Sri Lanka, off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iranian crew members return home from Sri Lanka

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

US shuts down Iran's maritime trade despite optimism for more talks

Reuters

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

Factbox-Oil tankers transiting Strait of Hormuz since start of Iran war

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: News photographers wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to walk out of the Oval Office to speak with reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 13, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Trump reiterates Pope Leo criticism, says it is 'unacceptable' for Iran to have a nuclear bomb

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer//File Photo

A shipment of Austrian timber and its tortuous new route to Qatar

Reuters

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun arrives for a meeting on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Bing Guan/Pool

South Korea says Israel accepts explanation, dispute over President Lee's comments resolved

Reuters

Printed pouches for facial masks that have yet to be made into finished products are seen stacked at a factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short

Reuters

UNIFIL vehicles drive on a main road in Qlayaa, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Qlayaa, southern Lebanon, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher

Canada, UK and other nations condemn killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Reuters