Archives for April, 2026

FILE PHOTO: A worker cultivates rice plants at a farm in Bangkok, Thailand, August 28, 2018. Picture taken August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

From surplus to strain: world rice supply threatened by Iran war, El Nino

Reuters

A crossing point and destruction in the Lebanese village, Kfar Kila, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border in northern Israel April 28, 2026. REUTERS/Shir Torem

The death of a Lebanese village

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Artemis II astronauts in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 29, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

US military commanders to brief Trump on new options against Iran, Axios reports

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Grandparents of 10-year-old Matilda, who was killed during a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, grieve at the floral memorial to honour the victims of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jeremy Piper/File Photo

Initial Australian inquiry into Bondi Beach shooting calls for counter-terrorism reforms

Reuters

The likes of Bryson DeChambeau defected from the PGA Tour in acrimonious circumstances, and may face severe penalties if they try to return

Saudi to end LIV Golf funding this year: reports

Agence France-Presse

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 29, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

US seeks new coalition to get ships moving again in Hormuz, WSJ reports

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A rubber boat used by migrants floats at the sea on sunset in the Mediterranean, off Libya, August 9, 2025. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki/File Photo

Libya says 17 migrants perish at sea, nine missing feared dead

Reuters

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war

Trump says US may cut troops in Germany as Iran row rages

Agence France-Presse

The German flag featuring the Federal Eagle and the U.S. flag are pictured at the German Navy base in Kiel, Germany, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Trump says US reviewing possible reduction of its troops in Germany

Reuters

A screen grab shows an emergency vehicle as people arrive at a hospital after an attack at Kabul airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021. REUTERS TV/via REUTERS

Virginia jury convicts Afghan man linked to 2021 Kabul airport attack

Reuters

UN says Iran has executed 21, arrested over 4,000 since war started

Reuters

Boats taking part in a humanitarian flotilla depart for Gaza from Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Israel begins intercepting Gaza aid ships far from shores, army radio says

Reuters

Like many leaders in Tehran, President of the Iranian Football Federation Mehdi Taj is a former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Iran officials leave Canada before FIFA Congress over airport 'insult': Iranian media

Agence France-Presse

Local residents look on from outside a cordoned off area in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London on April 29, 2026, following the stabbing to two people nearby.

Iran-linked group claims stabbing in Jewish area in London: What to know

Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya has been linked to a number of attacks on Jewish targets in Europe, as well as an anti-regime Iranian news outlet.

Two Jewish men were stabbed in Wednesday morning's incident in Golders Green

Shomrim: the Jewish volunteers protecting their community

Agence France-Presse

Members of Lebanese security forces stand guard in the perimeter of the Parliament, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president in Beirut on January 8, 2025. Lebanese political heavyweights held talks on January 8, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president of the tiny Mediterranean country, already deep in economic and political crisis, and which has been without a president for more than two years. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Under US pressure, will Lebanon repeal Israel Boycott Law?

The 1955 law criminalizes all dealings with Israel, raising questions about how far Beirut can even go with its current engagement, currently at the ambassadorial level.