Archives for April, 2026

People attend a gathering to pay tribute to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and to show support for Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, inside the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Lebanon to seek ceasefire extension in US-hosted talks with Israel

Reuters

The US Navy is attempting to block vessels heading to and from Iranian ports, while Tehran has said vessels must seek permission to leave or enter the Gulf through the Hormuz strait

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: A container ship enters the Singapore Strait for the Strait of Malacca, as tourists stand at mainland Asia's southern most point in Johor, Malaysia November 12, 2016. Picture taken November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Henning Gloystein/File Photo

Explainer-Hormuz crisis throws spotlight on world's largest 'chokepoint' - the Malacca Strait

Reuters

A commercial freighter close to the Strait of Hormuz

Pentagon denies clearing Hormuz Strait mines will take six months

Agence France-Presse

Under orders from Trump, the US Navy is attempting to block vessels heading to or from Iranian ports, seeking to ramp up pressure on the Iranian economy

Trump orders Iran mine-layers sunk, as Iran tolls tankers

Agence France-Presse

The US Navy is attempting to block vessels heading to and from Iranian ports, while Tehran has said vessels must seek permission to leave or enter the Gulf through the Hormuz strait

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

A woman walks past a banner with a picture of the late Iranian security chief Ali Larijani in Tehran Bazaar, April 21. Majid Asgaripour/WANA

Iran tightens control of Hormuz after US calls off renewed attacks

Reuters

Iran's parliament speaker said the country would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz as long as the US naval blockade remained

Stocks retreat as US-Iran peace talks stall

Agence France-Presse

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten (not pictured), after the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony, in Middelburg, Netherlands, April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

A longer Iran conflict could boost risk for Ukraine securing missile defences, Zelenskiy says

Reuters

Diggers are used by rescue teams working to remove the rubble from a building previously hit by the Israeli army, in the southern Lebanese village of Hanaouay

Israeli strikes kill 5 in Lebanon, Beirut to seek truce extension

Agence France-Presse

'The prevailing view in Tehran is that time is on its side and that a prolonged conflict would impose mounting costs on the US and the global economy,' Sina Toossi, a senior fellow at the progressive Center for International Policy, told AFP

Trump looks for way out on war, but Iran may not oblige

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to NCAA Collegiate National Champions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Trump says eight Iranian women won't be executed, Iran disputes entire account

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S forces patrol near the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska after it was boarded and seized by U.S. forces on Sunday, at a location given as the Arabian Sea, in this handout image released April 20, 2026. U.S. Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Exclusive-US intercepts three Iranian oil tankers in Asian waters, sources say

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A damaged civil defence car parks in front of a house damaged by an Israeli strike, amid a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Mansouri village, southern Lebanon, April 21, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Israeli strikes wound journalist, trap another under rubble in southern Lebanon

Reuters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attends a Fox News interview on the day of her press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

US wants to see unified response from Iran, White House says

Reuters

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Ankara, Turkey, April 22, 2026. Murat Kula/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

Turkey trying to revive Russia-Ukraine negotiations, Erdogan tells NATO chief

Reuters