Archives for April, 2026

FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo

Russia's Lavrov says time has come for conversation with US about future economic ties

Reuters

Pope Leo XIV holds a holy Mass at Yaounde-Ville Airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 18, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Pope Leo, newly forceful global voice, heads to Angola on Africa tour

Reuters

US extends sanctions waiver on purchases of Russian oil

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (not pictured) in Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2026. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo

Egypt working with Pakistan on lasting US-Iran peace plan, minister says

Reuters

This handout photo released by US Central Command shows AH-64 Apaches flying above the Strait of Hormuz during a patrol on April 17, 2026

Iran not planning to attend talks with US in Pakistan

Agence France-Presse

UK’s Cooper urges full resumption of shipping through Hormuz Strait

Reuters

Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani Foreign media in Iran operate under guidelines set by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which regulates press activity and permissions

Iranians fear sharpening pressure after war and crackdown

Reuters

A satellite image shows the ship movement at the Strait of Hormuz on April 17, 2026, in Space. EUROPEAN UNION/COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2/Handout via REUTERS

Convoy of tankers is seen leaving Gulf, vessel tracking data shows

Reuters

Lightning strikes above Mohammad Al Amin Mosque after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Trump says he has 'good news' on Iran, no clarity on peace deal

Reuters

Trump says US blockade of Iranian ports will 'remain' if no deal reached

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping react as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo/File Photo

Trump says China's Xi is 'very happy' about Strait of Hormuz reopening

Reuters

UNICEF says Israeli fire kills two Gaza water truck drivers

Reuters

Iranians drive next to a billboard displaying pictures of nuclear scientists, centrifuges and a sentence reading in Farsi "Science is the power," at Enqelab Square in Tehran, on Aug. 29, 2025.

Analysis

What is Iran really willing to concede on its nuclear program?

Iran’s current posture accepts short-term, reversible constraints while rejecting long-term limits on enrichment.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

President Joseph Aoun delivered a televised address to the Lebanese people from the presidential palace

Lebanon president says working on 'permanent agreements' after Israel truce

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

Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for joint efforts to set up Hormuz mission

Reuters

Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by federal agents in the town of Somerville, Massachusetts in March 2025

Turkish doctoral student detained by US immigration returns home

Agence France-Presse