Archives for April, 2026

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud receives United Arab Emirates' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan ahead of an exceptional meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the first in-person meeting of Gulf leaders since their states became a front in the Iran war two months ago, In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 28, 2026. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

UAE leaves OPEC and OPEC+ in huge blow to global oil producers' group

Reuters

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UAE to leave OPEC on May 1

The United Arab Emirates says it will focus more on domestic production amid the US-Israel-Iran war.

United Arab Emirates

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First LNG tanker transits Strait of Hormuz since Iran war began

An Orthodox Jewish man walks by at a wall showing pictures of protesters killed during anti-government demonstrations in Iran, in Golders Green, London, Britain, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jack Taylor

UK counter terrorism police launch investigation into arson at memorial wall

Reuters

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries national flags are seen hanging in Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 23, 2024. REUTERS /Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Gulf leaders to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss response to Iranian strikes

Reuters

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Analysis

Despite Trump pressure to limit Israel's Lebanon attacks, Aoun-Netanyahu meeting still unlikely

As President Donald Trump pressures Israel to limit its strikes in Lebanon, Hezbollah is taking advantage of the situation.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to the media as he arrives to attend an informal European leaders' summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Israel's purchase of 'stolen' Ukrainian grain is not 'legitimate', Zelenskiy says

Reuters

Estonia's President Alar Karis and Finland's President Alexander Stubb during the delegation meeting of the state visit of the Estonian presidential couple in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, April 28, 2026. Lehtikuva/Emmi Korhonen/via REUTERS

Finland and Estonia say US defence deliveries delayed over Middle East war

Reuters

Rabih Khreisse, 44, a displaced Lebanese man from the southern village of Khiyam, near the border with Israel, shows a photograph of his son Ziad, 11, lying in a hospital after being wounded in an Israeli strike in 2024, as they sit at their shelter in a makeshift encampment, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, Lebanon April 27 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

As war nears two months, displaced Lebanese family sinks into despair

Reuters

Iranian women walk on a street, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran eases internet curbs for businesses as blackout enters third month

Reuters

Three dates in Swift's record-breaking 'Eras' tour were cancelled in the summer of 2024

Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr speaks in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo

Philippines not concerned Iran war will distract US from region, top defence official says

Reuters

Swedish Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch speaks to members of the media as she arrives to attend a European Union Energy meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Omar Havana/File Photo

Sweden warns of potential jet fuel shortage

Reuters

Gulf Cooperation Council leaders met in-person in for the first time since the war in Iran began

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, speaks during the official signing event of the EU-Ghana Security and Defense Partnership in Accra, Ghana March 24, 2026 REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

EU's top diplomat calls on Southeast Asian countries to seek alternatives to Russian oil

Reuters

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Explainer-The Hormuz digital chokepoint: How does the Iran war threaten subsea cables?

Reuters