Archives for April, 2026

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

FILE PHOTO: World Bank President Ajay Banga gives remarks during a forum held at the Atlantic Council building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz/File Photo

World Bank could provide up to $100 billion in funds for countries hit by war, Banga says

Reuters

A group of students attend a gathering in support of an Iranian student prisoner in France, Mahdieh Esfandiari, in front of the French embassy in Tehran, Iran, October 21, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Female Iranian student arrives in Iran after release in France, state TV reports

Reuters

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at This is the Turning Point Tour at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, U.S., April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer

Vice President Vance says US-Iran mistrust cannot be solved overnight

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 3, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo

US Democrats will try, and try again, to rein in Trump's Iran war powers

Reuters

An Israeli artillery unit fires towards Lebanon, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in northern Israel, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Israel, Lebanon united in liberating Lebanon from Hezbollah, Israeli ambassador to US says

Reuters

People walk past a wall mural along the roadside in Tehran on April 12, 2026.

Analysis

Survival first: Will Iran soften red lines in US talks to consolidate war gains?

Ahead of a possible new round of US talks, Iran insists that uranium enrichment on its own soil is nonnegotiable, framing it as a matter of sovereignty and deterrence.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

FILE PHOTO: A European Union flag flutters outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Februrary 26, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

War spurs EU plan for electricity tax cuts, faster shift from fossil fuels, draft shows

Reuters